Chris Matthews Comes Up Short.... AGAIN
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism Once again Chris Matthews, MSNBC's resident blow hard gets it wrong. First the clip. And now the facts presented by Noel Shepard at Newsbusters . In reality the vast majority of the police and firefighter unions supported Walkers opponent, 310 of 314 to be exact. Politifact , weighing in on this issue had this to say: During the campaign last November, leaders of the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters Association and Milwaukee Police Association appeared in an ad supporting Walker and blasting his opponent, Democrat Tom Barrett. Walker also won endorsements from the West Allis Professional Police Association and the Wisconsin Troopers Association Walker didn’t get the endorsements of two statewide unions, the Wisconsin Professional Police Association and the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, which both backed Barrett. For the record, the governor told the Milwaukee Journal Sentin...