Douche of the Day

We had two leading contenders for today's biggest Douche of the Day, and when we couldn't decide who should take the title, we just said, "F**k it," and decided to award two crowns.
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The obvious choice for Douchebag of the Day is Wisconsin Governor, Scott Walker, who is using his state's budget crunch as an excuse to wipe out the unions for state employees. There are a lot of sides to this argument, and we're not saying that some of the employee pension plans aren't a little bloated and unrealistic, but let's face it, we all know what this fight is really about. Republicans favor big business, and big business would love nothing more than to completely eliminate unions, which means they would then be free to pay less in benefits and pay to their workers, thus increasing their own personal profits. Wait a minute, isn't Greed one of the seven deadly sins?
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The most schocking statistic to come out of this fight in the Badger State is the report which said that two-thirds of Wisconsin's corporations pay no taxes. Let that fact sink in for awhile before you start to think the state workers are the villains in this showdown. But when Scott Walker and his fellow Republicans talk about "tough choices" and "sacrifices" which have to be made to balance the state budget, why is it that corporations and the rich aren't invited into that sacrificial pit; why are the only Christians in the lions' den the poor, the needy, and middle class workers? For this incredibly cynical and mean-spirited philosophy, Gov. Walker is easily our biggest Douche of the Day.
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But wait, a close second to the hapless Governor is MSNBC (alleged) journalist, Alex Witt. Miss Witt, whose Farrah Fawcett-y hair gets bigger by the day, threatening to soon expand beyond the boundaries of a normal-sized t.v. screen, also earns a Douche of the Day recognition. This morning, Miss Witt interviewed a school teacher who is protesting at the Wisconsin state capitol, and three times the large-coiffed Witt asked her when she was going to return to school to "teach the children". Wow. Oh yes, Witt, for insinuating that a teacher, who barely makes enough money to live above the poverty line, is shirking her work duties, while you're too lazy to focus on the real evil-doers in this story, earns you a well-deserved Douche of the Day award. Someone should ask Alex Witt when she's going to do her job, which would involve putting down the hairspray, leaving the comfortable, well-compensated confines of the t.v. studio, and knocking on a few doors of the corporations who aren't paying state taxes. Then maybe, Miss Witt, you could rightfully be called a real journalist, but until then, you're just one, big, dumb, big-haired douchebag.

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