# So, Walker won the election. Will he now be indicted? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 6, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266 "2012-06-06T14:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/21 "2012-06-06T18:42:51Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Yet I recall seeing no mention of it until…Hm…trying to think. Oh yeah, this morning? If it was out there earlier in the week and I missed it then I’ll take the hit, but you must admit it’s gained quite a bit more prominence since last evening. No, it gained its own thread last evening. It has been discussed in other Wisconsin-related threads. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/22 "2012-06-06T18:44:04Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Frankly, it sounds like a fishing expedition, operating under the theory that if they lean hard enough on enough people, they’ll find _something_ they can indict Walker for. Not a dumb approach, nor an unethical one, nor an unusual one. They’re obviously fishing in fishy waters. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/23 "2012-06-06T18:45:36Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Wow. She’s not… very bright, is she? I mean that in the nicest possible way. Bless her heart, she probably means well, but did folks actually vote for her? Well, in the sense folks voted for Biden. I mean, even if the Wisconsin LG gets a separate ballot-line and ticket-splitting is possible, they voted for her as part of the Walker-package. And voted again yesterday against recalling her – there’s really no such excuse for **that,** under the circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/24 "2012-06-06T18:52:18Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Jesus, people. My main intent here was to discuss Kleefitch. But, hey let’s not talk about that, let’s slam liberals. > > I guess conservatives want to avoid discussing Kleefitch. I intend to start a thread with the intention of discussing cuts to the capital gains tax. Should I title it, “Beware of the leopard!” or “Pokemon: Gotta Catch 'Em All?” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/25 "2012-06-06T18:53:49Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I intend to start a thread with the intention of discussing cuts to the capital gains tax. > > Should I title it, “Beware of the leopard!” or “Pokemon: Gotta Catch 'Em All?” You still need to work on your lameass material. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/26 "2012-06-06T18:57:09Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > You still need to work on your lameass material. Yes, because the only acceptable material is something along the lines of “Conservatives and Republicans want to eat babies, kick puppies, and kill all the brown people.” Even, if you want to discuss Pokemon or the dangers of feral felines. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/27 "2012-06-06T18:58:08Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Not a dumb approach, nor an unethical one, nor an unusual one. They’re obviously fishing in fishy waters. Obviously. Nothing could be more obvious. Well, one thing – the fact that Walker is so obviously bad he’ll be recalled. THAT is more obvious. Am I right? Huh? Let’s hear it! :sigh: OK, so is the topic “Walker: Indicted Tomorrow or Friday?” or is it something about what kind of a governor Kleefitch would make if she assumed the post following a Walker resignation, or following a Walker removal from office precipitated by a felony conviction? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/28 "2012-06-06T18:59:23Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No, it gained its own thread last evening. It has been discussed in other Wisconsin-related threads. Fair enough, I scanned through a few that I could find and didn’t see much about it, but my search wasn’t exhaustive. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/29 "2012-06-06T19:03:35Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > You still need to work on your lameass material. Could this business be any more transparent? Does it make you feel better to have lots of threads telling you how your worldview is really correct, even when the actual world is telling you it isn’t? Are you really happy being the Pauline Kael of the 21st century? How about a thread asking why some liberals on the Straight Dope are so easily entranced by their wishes for how things should be that they lose all ability to judge the realities of how things are? Of course, I don’t know what a good thread title would be. “IDH Mutations: Oncometabolite Deregulation of Epigenetic Remodeling,” would be my guess. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/30 "2012-06-06T19:36:53Z")
Can a kind mod possibly change the thread title? Maybe to something like this. “If Walker were to leave office. Can Keeflitch be a competent governor?” Someone can start another thread about the possibility (or non-possibility) of a Walker indictment if they’d like. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/31 "2012-06-06T19:59:35Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > “If Walker were to leave office. Can Keeflitch be a competent governor?” Judging by the linked video, I don’t think she’d be competent to work in a Quick-e-Mart. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/32 "2012-06-06T21:56:13Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Could this business be any more transparent? > > Does it make you feel better to have lots of threads telling you how your worldview is really correct, even when the actual world is telling you it isn’t? Are you really happy being the Pauline Kael of the 21st century? > > How about a thread asking why some liberals on the Straight Dope are so easily entranced by their wishes for how things should be that they lose all ability to judge the realities of how things are? > > Of course, I don’t know what a good thread title would be. “IDH Mutations: Oncometabolite Deregulation of Epigenetic Remodeling,” would be my guess. Nope. Still needs work. And thought. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/33 "2012-06-07T01:31:55Z")
I’m too exhausted to get into the politics, but jeez, could you guys come up with a few more ways to misspell her name? It’s Kleefisch. Pronounced CLAY-fish. \ ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/34 "2012-06-07T01:40:14Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > I’m too exhausted to get into the politics, but jeez, could you guys come up with a few more ways to misspell her name? > > It’s Kleefisch. Pronounced CLAY-fish. > > \ I was just working with the information provided…but no wonder Google didn’t give me any love on that name. > [@davidm](#): > > If so, and if he ends up leaving office, what kind of Governor will current Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefitch be? > > Here’s Kleefitch: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2S5bAm37UU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2S5bAm37UU) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/35 "2012-06-07T02:02:15Z")
Never mind whatever’s at the bottom of the Milwaukee County DA’s investigation, Walker deserves a **federal** indictment just for [lying under oath to Congress.](http://www.thenation.com/blog/168087/house-members-seek-answers-scott-walker-amid-new-evidence-lying-congress) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/36 "2012-06-07T02:05:42Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Never mind whatever’s at the bottom of the Milwaukee County DA’s investigation, Walker deserves a **federal** indictment just for [lying under oath to Congress.](http://www.thenation.com/blog/168087/house-members-seek-answers-scott-walker-amid-new-evidence-lying-congress) Know who lies to Congress the most?? Congressmen. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/37 "2012-06-07T02:23:46Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I intend to start a thread with the intention of discussing cuts to the capital gains tax. > > Should I title it, “Beware of the leopard!” or “Pokemon: Gotta Catch 'Em All?” That depends. When your Pokemon evolves, is the increase taxable? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/38 "2012-06-07T02:50:00Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > That depends. When your Pokemon evolves, is the increase taxable? Depends on the cost basis. A Pokemon you got as an egg from the Day Care couple is calculated differently than a Pokemon you catch. And of course items like Dawn Stones are fully deductible if purchased to evolve Pokemon. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/39 "2012-06-07T08:15:43Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Know who lies to Congress the most?? > > Congressmen. Yes, but they’re allowed to do that. It’s in the Constitution. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266/40 "2012-06-07T12:46:42Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Frankly, it sounds like a fishing expedition, operating under the theory that if they lean hard enough on enough people, they’ll find _something_ they can indict Walker for. That sounds familiar for some reason. I don’t know why, but I keep thinking of blue dresses with DNA on them, cigars and, oddly, blowjobs. The irony factor if this is what they try to do here (after doing this stupid recall, which is now going to open this new gambit up for future exploitation with gods know what results) is going to pretty much be off the scale. I’ll either need to heavily shield my irony meter behind a series of Faraday cages, lead shielding and old Twinkies (stacked in a specific geometric pattern), or just resign myself to buying yet another new industrial strength meter. :eek: -XT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-walker-won-the-election-will-he-now-be-indicted/624266.md?page=3)