Scott Walker, still trying to mansplain it all away
Republican panties are in a bunch as
16,000 MORE emails were just released from the original John Doe Probe that saw 6 of Scott Walkers top aides and supporters convicted. It was the 3rd release of documents from the original probe into corruption in Scott Walkers Milwaukee County Executive Office.
Wisconsin's Republican Governor keeps meeting his dismal record of failure, corruption, cronyism, favoritism, divide and conquer tactics and doesn't like it one bit. His attempts at blaming others, diversion and distraction are failing.
Clearly, the highly partisan Milwaukee County Executive, who has given $63,000 to my opponent, released four-year-old emails two weeks before the election to distract voters from my opponent's failed record," Walker said in a statement.
"This case was closed nearly two years ago," Walker said. "Voters see through the political motives of my opponents to stop our successful reforms which are moving Wisconsin forward."
Waaaaaah!
But it gets worse for Scotty. because today Mary Burke released a new ad that rightfully questions Walkers integrity.
I'll transcribe it for those unable to view:
4 years of political fistfights, criminal convictions, and secret donations.
Tax cuts for the wealthy 10 times the size of yours and a jobs promise broken.
Where's all that gotten us?
A state divided with the worst jobs record in the Midwest and a future that looks more uncertain every day.
We can't afford 4 more years of Scott Walker and we don't have to.
Yowsa! That's going to leave a mark.
The ad was scheduled for release today without knowledge that the Doe document dump was going to be made. A spokesperson for the Milwaukee County's Corporation Council has said that the documents are released as soon as they become available due to the judicial decision on the release of documents. No elected official is involved in that process.
Walker knows that, of course, but his "job" is to point fingers, distract from his sleazy history of having aides do campaign work, anonymous pro-Walker blogging on news sites, and fundraising while in a government office when they should have been doing official work for the people of Milwaukee County. The emails being released were deliberately hidden from the public by the use of an illegal secret router and private email accounts to skirt the law requiring the use of government servers and data archiving. The chickens are coming home to roost.
It gets better (or, at least more interesting) below the cheese curd.
Karl Rove has now jumped in to try to save Scotty's bacon (tip of the hat to Jud Lounsbury) by sending a fundraising appeal.
Dear friend,
America's eyes are on Wisconsin again.
Democrats are desperate to beat Governor Scott Walker because his commonsense reforms worked and put Wisconsin back on track. So liberal special interests are using every dirty trick in the book to defeat him.
That’s why I’m asking for your help.
Democrats and unions are pouring millions into the state to defeat Scott Walker. They know his victory will send a loud, clear message that voters want leaders willing to make tough choices and advocate bold reforms.
National union bosses call Walker their #1 target. They won’t stop until November 4th. We can’t either. This good man moved Wisconsin forward and inspired conservatives across America. Will you give $50, $100 or more today? The Republican Party of Wisconsin is leading the way for Walker, especially on getting out the vote, and your gift will go directly into vital work to get our people to the polls.
With Scott Walker’s leadership, Wisconsin is an example for America. Give the unions and national Democrats indigestion by helping this good man win.
Thanks for your help,
Karl Rove
(Bolding is mine)
Soooooo, liberals are the ones using dirty tricks? The projection is extra strong on this one.
And repeatedly calling Scott Walker a "good man" despite his history of corruption, sleaze, cronyism, and ineptitude is literally stabbing irony in the back. That whole "son of a preacher-man and former Eagle Scout" routine is so long past its expiration date that it's laughable.
Corrupt dirty-trickster Karl Rove is the last man alive who should be looked at to give the honesty and integrity "all clear" to anyone. Both Walker and Rove are about as honest as a 3 dollar bill.
Walkers media poodles at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have also jumped in to try to save Walker in an editorial calling his failed 250,000 jobs promise "no big deal".
The Walker critics argue you should care about this. But you shouldn't. It's just not that important. Walker's promise was always more rhetoric than reality, a nice sound bite.
That's NOT how they put it when Walker was campaigning in 2010. They plastered his "firm" jobs promise everywhere they could as they endorsed him in 2010 (and again in the recall in 2012). They tried really, really, really hard (via Wisconsin PolitiFact) to keep that promise alive, only recently listing it a failure (it's a dismal failure when you pay attention to the facts).
No surprise that they're still helping him out. It's what they do.
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