BrainGlutton’s point, apparently, is that Democrat platform/ideology is as inherently antithetical to people who have money as the Libertarian platform/ideology is to people who hate freedom.
It’s nice and refreshing when lefties once in a while speak truthfully.
But the point is that it’s almost equally impossible in either case. The Soroses and Buffetts of the socioeconomic firmament are far, far outnumbered and outspent by the Kochs and the Scaifes.
Actually the Democrats won two of the five recall elections against Republican Senators who had won in 2008, a Democratic year in Wisconsin. That got the Democrats within one vote of the overall majority and with the aid of the one (and only) moderate Republican, have been able to block much of the Fitzwalkers’ second year radical plan.
2010 Wisconsin voter turnout was 50.9%. Turnout in 2008 when Obama carried the state, was 70.9%. Go figure the implications.
As I said in this GD thread: Whoa! Let’s not get into content restrictions here! Freedom of speech has to include the freedom to lie, and that is important to political speech too, with each side calling the other liars routinely.
George Orwell wrote that “Freedom means the freedom to say that two and two make four. Once that is granted, all else follows.” “All else” includes, must include, the freedom to say that two and two make five.
And, of course, there are plenty of ways to let the candidates get their message out without letting them buy the airtime.
They had better hope so as they really poured money into the recall. I think they’ve misjudged the mood of the state but I don’t live in Wiscosin so that’s idle speculation. I will note than the anti-Walker camp tended to be extremely vocal on these boards which put me off and I think may have put other people off too if they were similarly inclined in person. Just my two cents.
Walker lied under oath to a Congressional committee.
Walker is likely to be indicted sometime after the recall election.
Walker promised 250,000 jobs for Wisconsin and has delivered close to zero.
Walker lied about his intentions wrt labor unions during the 2010 campaign.
The Fitzwalkers violated Wisconsin’s open meetings law and circumvented normal legislative processes to pass their radical agenda.
The Fitzwalkers have been running dirty tricks throughout the recall process including the recent text message scam, running Republicans as Democrats in primaries to delay the process, filing early intent to recall in order to give Walker a jump on fund raising, etc.
The man has the same level of honesty as Richard Nixon. He’s a sleazeball with no charm.
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Thanks, I was aware of the investigation. What I was asking for was proof of an imminent indictment.
The legal defense fund may or may not indicate Walker’s in trouble. The fact that they are looking for evidence to connect him to the actions of his aides may be enough to trigger the “under investigation” clause of the defense fund law, even if they find nothing.
But, I am not a lawyer, so I don’t know that for sure.
Some say there was a reason the Walker people didn’t try harder to challenge the petition signatures and delay the date of the recall election. Some say he didn’t want to be campaigning while under indictment. Now he can sink a boat load of money into beating back the recall, hope charges aren’t brought until after the June election, then focus his attention on beating back the charges once (if) they arrive.
If only!