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bobabode 06-20-2014 04:01 PM

Scott Walker in a "Criminal Scheme"
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...c7d_story.html

Walker email to Karl Rove gets him into even more trouble. :rolleyes: Prosecutor's say he was involved in a "criminal scheme".

CarlV 06-20-2014 04:22 PM

Yeah, I was reading about it last night, why am I not surprised?
I posted about it in one of dj's Fox fantasy threads actually. :p



Carl

Ike Bana 06-20-2014 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobabode (Post 226067)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...c7d_story.html

Walker email to Karl Rove gets him into even more trouble. :rolleyes: Prosecutor's say he was involved in a "criminal scheme".

This is just sofa king delicious, I cain't hardly stand it. This union busting, teacher bashing, pig fucking hypocrite gets rooted out for the scumbag he really is.

bobabode 06-20-2014 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CarlV (Post 226073)
Yeah, I was reading about it last night, why am I not surprised?
I posted about it in one of dj's Fox fantasy threads actually. :p



Carl

It's incredibly easy to skirt campaign finance laws, particularly in Scott Walker's state, which begs the question - dumber'n a fencepost or simply arrogant or both?

CarlV 06-20-2014 04:31 PM

Arrogant gets my vote.


Carl

donquixote99 06-20-2014 04:34 PM

Arrogance makes people dumb.

JBS... 06-20-2014 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobabode (Post 226067)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...c7d_story.html

Walker email to Karl Rove gets him into even more trouble. :rolleyes: Prosecutor's say he was involved in a "criminal scheme".

How all this work out in the courts ? LMAO :D

donquixote99 06-20-2014 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBS... (Post 226092)
How all this work out in the courts ? LMAO :D

Hmmm...I wonder if Walker is laughing right about now....

No hurry, of course. He'll have time later. :)

bobabode 06-20-2014 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBS... (Post 226092)
How all this work out in the courts ? LMAO :D

Seeing as the issue is still before the courts, we shall see, won't we? ;)

BlueStreak 06-20-2014 06:00 PM

No! This is not possible! Republicans are all squeaky clean, honorable and faultlessly honest little Christian angels........

Well, I guess that's bullshit too. Just like the rest of their naive beliefs.

Dave

JBS... 06-21-2014 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donquixote99 (Post 226095)
Hmmm...I wonder if Walker is laughing right about now....

No hurry, of course. He'll have time later. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobabode (Post 226097)
Seeing as the issue is still before the courts, we shall see, won't we? ;)

Sorry fellas this is already been through the courts and lost both times. Even the federal judge told them to stop their "star chamber" political which hunt when he ruled against them.

mpholland 06-21-2014 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueStreak (Post 226099)
No! This is not possible! Republicans are all squeaky clean, honorable and faultlessly honest little Christian angels........

Well, I guess that's bullshit too. Just like the rest of their naive beliefs.

Dave

Or as Barry Goldwater put it:

"When you say "radical right" today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican Party away from the Republican Party, and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye."

Of course, that was about 20 years ago.

whell 06-21-2014 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBS... (Post 226174)
Sorry fellas this is already been through the courts and lost both times. Even the federal judge told them to stop their "star chamber" political which hunt when he ruled against them.

Seconded. The Dems are intent to continue to throw crap at Walker and pray that something sticks.

Rajoo 06-21-2014 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBS... (Post 226174)
Sorry fellas this is already been through the courts and lost both times. Even the federal judge told them to stop their "star chamber" political which hunt when he ruled against them.

Really?

"A U.S. district judge ruled in favor of the group last month, in a decision that halted the investigation into possible illegal coordination and represented a victory for Walker. A federal appeals judge is now reviewing that ruling."

Prosecutors: Scott Walker part of 'criminal scheme'
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...ng-108073.html

The saga continues.

whell 06-21-2014 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeamOn (Post 226182)
Really?

"A U.S. district judge ruled in favor of the group last month, in a decision that halted the investigation into possible illegal coordination and represented a victory for Walker. A federal appeals judge is now reviewing that ruling."

Prosecutors: Scott Walker part of 'criminal scheme'
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...ng-108073.html

The saga continues.

Yes, really. If the money is available to fund the appeal, the Dems will take it all the way to SCOTUS if they think that the process will harm the Governor, quality of evidence be damned.

bobabode 06-21-2014 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeamOn (Post 226182)
Really?

"A U.S. district judge ruled in favor of the group last month, in a decision that halted the investigation into possible illegal coordination and represented a victory for Walker. A federal appeals judge is now reviewing that ruling."

Prosecutors: Scott Walker part of 'criminal scheme'
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...ng-108073.html

The saga continues.

Indeed it continues.


"On May 6, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa granted a preliminary injunction against the five county-level prosecutors from continuing their so-called John Doe investigation. Randa, who was appointed by George H.W. Bush in 1992, ordered that all property seized in the investigation be returned and said the conservative groups don’t need to cooperate.
Frank Easterbrook, the judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals who is reviewing the decision, was appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1985."


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...#ixzz35IVHN4Y3


Rudy Randa is a frequent flyer at the Koch brothers biennial legislative retreat. :rolleyes:

bobabode 06-21-2014 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whell (Post 226184)
Yes, really. If the money is available to fund the appeal, the Dems will take it all the way to SCOTUS if they think that the process will harm the Governor, quality of evidence be damned.

Did you read the Politico article Whell? Maybe you can dig up something from 'The Drudge' to rebut?


"Schmitz, who spent 30 years in the Wisconsin U.S. attorney’s office, was appointed by a judge in August 2013 as a special prosecutor to lead the five-county investigation.
“The conduct under investigation clearly violates Wisconsin law and the subpoenas do not infringe on constitutionally protected speech or activity,” he argued.
Schmitz seems to have focused in on R.J. Johnson in their investigation, who is linked with outside groups and played an official, paid role on Walker’s campaign. One of the emails obtained via subpoena was from Walker to Rove, the GOP rainmaker. The full May 4, 2011, message is not being made public but the prosecutor quotes from it.
“Bottom-line: R.J. helps keep in place a team that is wildly successful in Wisconsin,” the governor wrote Rove. “We are running 9 recall elections and it will be like running 9 Congressional markets in every market in the state (and Twin Cities.)”
This refers not to Walker’s own recall, but the union-led effort to remove state senators who had backed Walker’s controversial budget to limit the collective bargaining power of public employees. Several big outside groups spent heavily to protect the Republicans.
Schmitz argues that, for all practical purposes, Johnson controlled the Wisconsin Club for Growth and that he used it as “the hub” for a coordinated campaign between 501(c)(4)’s and the Walker campaign.
“Notably, prior to the 2011 Wisconsin Senate recall elections, the national Club for Growth organization raised concerns about coordination or interaction between [the Wisconsin chapter] and [the Walker campaign] as early as 2009,” Schmitz writes.
The Wisconsin Club for Growth said in its own motion that “armed officers raided the homes of R.J. Johnson, WCFG advisor Deborah Jordahl, and several other targets across the state” early one morning last October. The group’s lawyers argued in court filings that there was “frivolous” overreach in the investigation that amounts to prosecutorial misconduct."


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...#ixzz35IWvmrL5

Tom Joad 06-21-2014 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donquixote99 (Post 226079)
Arrogance makes people dumb.

They do seem to go hand in hand.

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/z...psa025d9a3.jpg

BlueStreak 06-21-2014 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whell (Post 226179)
Seconded. The Dems are intent to continue to throw crap at Walker and pray that something sticks.

Sounds familiar.

Dave

BlueStreak 06-21-2014 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whell (Post 226184)
Yes, really. If the money is available to fund the appeal, the Republicans will take it all the way to SCOTUS or impeachment if they think that the process will harm the President, quality of evidence be damned.

Really? Politicians determined to bring their opponent down, whatever the cost? Including such things as endless hearings over the same old, tired "scandals" that don't ever seem to gain any traction? That's weird. Who ever heard of such a thing?

Where might we have seen such things before? Ah, I know! Just let me rearrange a few words..................

There, I see the reality of it, now.

Dave

finnbow 06-21-2014 03:05 PM

Walker is a scumbag and has been ever since he dropped out of Marquette after campaign irregularities while running for student body President. He has yet to come clean why he dropped out 34 credit hours short of a degree. He's a bum.

http://www.politicususa.com/2011/02/...mpaigning.html

Rajoo 06-21-2014 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whell (Post 226184)
Yes, really. If the money is available to fund the appeal, the Dems will take it all the way to SCOTUS if they think that the process will harm the Governor, quality of evidence be damned.

The SCOTUS is right leaning anyway. So what are you worried about? You are worried that as the investigation continues, more will be revealed. Why else would a partisan Rudolph Randa rule that all materials gathered (seized??) during the investigation should be returned and they don't need to cooperate with the investigators? Does this not sound strange to you? Forget the cost. This guy took on the public service employees head on and this is payback time. Yet another case of dumb and dumber.

Of course, you are more than welcome for the Koch Bros. to pay off the investigators. ;)

Oerets 06-21-2014 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by finnbow (Post 226211)
Walker is a scumbag and has been ever since he dropped out of Marquette after campaign irregularities while running for student body President. He has yet to come clean why he dropped out 34 credit hours short of a degree. He's a bum.

http://www.politicususa.com/2011/02/...mpaigning.html

Agree and will add bully to his long list of character flaws.

The phone call recorded where thinking he was talking to a Koch alone should of killed his career!



Barney

Rajoo 06-21-2014 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by finnbow (Post 226211)
Walker is a scumbag and has been ever since he dropped out of Marquette after campaign irregularities while running for student body President. He has yet to come clean why he dropped out 34 credit hours short of a degree. He's a bum.

http://www.politicususa.com/2011/02/...mpaigning.html

Great paragraph from above.

"Republicans want a free market and yet they want handicaps for their candidates: We are supposed to lower the bar for Sarah Palin who doesn’t read, for Christine O’Donnell who doesn’t read and cheats on her campaign finances, for Jan Brewer who never went to college and can’t manage a budget without murdering people, and for Scott Walker who doesn’t know what he doesn’t know about his own state constitution and laws. See, that’s the thing about ignorant people, they make great puppets."

bobabode 06-21-2014 04:19 PM

Another Repub governor, (presidential candidate in waiting) bites the big one.
That so called 'deep bench' seems more than a little thin these days. It's going to be a cakewalk for Madame President Clinton. ;) :)

icenine 06-21-2014 04:39 PM

Looks like Kooks in the Klown Kar are Kareening into Kontroversies. Might as well pick Mitt again.

Rajoo 06-21-2014 04:42 PM

It is said that the path to success is strewn with failures. :D

Cruz, Perry, Walker, Christie, ....................................

finnbow 06-21-2014 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icenine (Post 226224)
Looks like Kooks in the Klown Kar are Kareening into Kontroversies. Might as well pick Mitt again.

The Teabaggers' heads would explode. Somehow, they're convinced that the country wants one of their kind in the White House.

bobabode 06-21-2014 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeamOn (Post 226225)
It is said that the path to success is strewn with failures. :D

Cruz, Perry, Walker, Christie, ....................................

Gov. 'Sponge' Bob of Virginia. :D

bobabode 06-21-2014 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icenine (Post 226224)
Looks like Kooks in the Klown Kar are Kareening into Kontroversies. Might as well pick Mitt again.

There must be something in the water in Utah :rolleyes:.
To be fair to our friends on the right, this dude stepped in it pretty good recently at a Mittser soirre`. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...cial_photo.jpg
Gov. 'Mad Cow' Schweitzer.

edit-'something' in the water, doh.:o

icenine 06-21-2014 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobabode (Post 226228)
There must be in the water in Utah :rolleyes:.
To be fair to our friends on the right, this dude stepped in it pretty good recently at a Mittser soirre`.



yeah he said some really dumb things I find it hard to believe he is an actual Governor.:rolleyes:

icenine 06-21-2014 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by finnbow (Post 226226)
The Teabaggers' heads would explode. Somehow, they're convinced that the country wants one of their kind in the White House.

Yeah if only a true conservative were nominated.......:rolleyes:



yeah right.

Oerets 06-21-2014 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icenine (Post 226224)
Looks like Kooks in the Klown Kar are Kareening into Kontroversies. Might as well pick Mitt again.

I think you are on to something! He seems to be staying just below the fold for right now.



Barney

Ike Bana 06-22-2014 08:23 AM

As far as a political model is concerned, Walker is nothing particularly special. He's on the same one-way street as pretty much every other GOP governor in the country. The State executive and legislative (both parties are pretty guilty of this) play the vote-whoring "I created jobs in this state/" game by allowing themselves to be butt-fucked by American corporations for big State corporate income tax breaks by moving their legal offices from one state to another every three years. And by the "I won't raise your taxes" vote whoring game. So the States are more and more broke every year...and then GOP Governors jump in blaming their state's fiscal woes on members of greedy public unions and greedy overpaid public school teachers, and greedy management level public servants who negotiated good pensions for themselves in lieu of the paycheck they would have gotten for 25 years working in the private sector.

And the gullible, ignorant, lazy-ass fucking electorates in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Arizona, etc., just buy it.

merrylander 06-22-2014 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ike Bana (Post 226308)
As far as a political model is concerned, Walker is nothing particularly special. He's on the same one-way street as pretty much every other GOP governor in the country. The State executive and legislative (both parties are pretty guilty of this) play the vote-whoring "I created jobs in this state/" game by allowing themselves to be butt-fucked by American corporations for big State corporate income tax breaks by moving their legal offices from one state to another every three years. And by the "I won't raise your taxes" vote whoring game. So the States are more and more broke every year...and then GOP Governors jump in blaming their state's fiscal woes on members of greedy public unions and greedy overpaid public school teachers, and greedy management level public servants who negotiated good pensions for themselves in lieu of the paycheck they would have gotten for 25 years working in the private sector.

And the gullible, ignorant, lazy-ass fucking electorates in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Arizona, etc., just buy it.

Not much that I can add to that.:)

CarlV 06-22-2014 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by merrylander (Post 226316)
Not much that I can add to that.:)

+1



Carl


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