Scott Walker campaign aide fired after tweets demeaning Hispanics

[PeaceNikki]

For the second time in less than four months, Gov. Scott Walker has fired an aide for making demeaning comments about Hispanics on social media.

Walker — who has been calling on fellow Republicans to do more to reach out to minority voters — ousted Taylor Palmisano as his campaign's deputy finance director on Tuesday. The first-term governor made the move after No Quarter contacted his campaign regarding the inflammatory tweets.

In one, Palmisano, 23, complained about an individual who was doing custodial work in a library in which she was working.

"I will choke that illegal mex cleaning in the library. Stop banging (expletive) chairs around and turn off your Walkman," she posted on March 9, 2011.

Two months earlier, she went to Twitter to write about her bus trip from Pasadena, Calif., to Las Vegas after watching the Wisconsin Badgers play in the Rose Bowl: "This bus is my worst (expletive) nightmare Nobody speaks English & these ppl dont know how 2 control their kids #only3morehours #illegalaliens."

Read more from Journal Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/scott-walker-campaign-aide-fired-after-tweets-demeaning-hispanics-b99155734z1-234291761.html#ixzz2mSGOBKyZ

[Gothmog]

1. The GOP outreach program in action

You have to admire the dedication that the GOP has to convincing Hispanics to vote for non-Democratic candidates

[Jefferson23]

2. Way to go, don't hold back now, bigoted dumbass.

They think this is perfectly fine commentary until it's noticed.

[freshwest]

12. +1. Only 23 and full of dumb...

[Jefferson23]

13. Although I am a little sensitive about the number 23, I agree..hee hee.

[freshwest]

17. Oh, oh, no! I meant her age! Didn't mean to snark at you, eek! My post for her:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024127900#post7

[Jefferson23]

28. It's fine..I knew you were not targeting me...it just made me laugh...lol.

All's well.

[Coyotl]

3. Apparently, it's Scott Walker who doesn't know how to control his kids!

[PeaceNikki]

6. Twitter profile is now deleted.

day late, dollar short, Tay!!

[Coyotl]

10. Tweet lives on in infamy.

I bet this kid doesn't have a union for protection

[onenote]

4. Taylor Palmisano is the same aide that signed the fundraising letter

that suggested people should not buy Christmas presents for their kids and send the money to Walker's campaign instead.

Pretty convenient that she'd be fired this week for something she did two years ago, rather than for what she did last week.

[PeaceNikki]

5. lol, oops.

[jsr]

15. Yep, the same Taylor Palmisano:

[warrant46]

18. More info on the Tweeter

Taylor Palmisano

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/taylor-palmisano/53/66a/56

Summer Analyst
JPMorganChase
May 2012 – September 2012 (5 months)

• Researched 179 potential clients and created in-depth guidelines for how to effectively assign the prospects to bankers and follow up with their progress; I also taught this comprehensive methodology to other markets in the Midwest-region.
• Identified lending values from $250MM to $15MM on financial securities and created Credit Slides used in 29 meetings to show credit availability and rates to clients and prospects.
• Completed 16 performance reviews and 11 presentations for client and prospect meetings.
• Examined the Personal Financial Statements of clients to identify held-away assets, mortgages, life insurance, and other opportunities that could be brought in to JPMorgan.
• Pitched a non-profit organization to a panel of judges to win a $5,000 donation from JPMorgan; successfully led and coordinated a team of 12 other national analysts to the final round of competition.
RBC Wealth Management
Private Wealth Intern
RBC Wealth Management
December 2010 – May 2012 (1 year 6 months)

• Calculated value and time weighted returns for over 1,000 clients’ portfolios, accounts, and individual holdings for communication with clients on assets totaling in excess of $300 million.
• Determined overall client asset allocation using Morningstar; evaluated potential changes to suggest an appropriate allocation appropriate for the clients’ age, retirement goals, income and savings levels, and spending habits and plans.
• Assisted tracking investment performance and weighing risks against potential reward to offer buy and sell suggestions based on client specific criteria.
• Observed client meetings to learn effective ways to communicate with clients, help them understand their current and future financial positions, and educate them about existing and potential market conditions.
• Facilitated planning and marketing of client and non-client events such as Women, Wine, and Wall Street and Raising Money-Smart Kids to educate clients about financial planning and preparation techniques.

[TeamPooka]

22. That's a long way of saying she did the filing and ran to get the coffee and donuts.

[hatrack]

30. Oh, and put together a PowerPoint from time to time . . .

[LuckyLib]

37. Another talent: she's a master bullshitter.

Perfect for Scott Walker's team!

[JI7]

19. she has that crazed look of many at right wing rallies

[SummerSnow]

32. The Bachmann crazed look

[hatrack]

24. Michelle Bachmann 2.0

[Rozlee]

26. As a Hispanic woman, I don't know what I find more unsettling.

That she slurs Hispanics or that she slurs us while looking like the psycho chick on the telenovela El Privilegio de Amar.

[frylock]

35. what a shock to learn that she's a fairly attractive white girl..

that has probably never wanted for anything in her fucking life. born with a silver spoon up her ass.

[PCIntern]

38. Opinions vary in that regard...

my taste in Rethugs goes towards the Abby Huntsman types. this one...not so much.

[Vogon_Glory]

42. Palmisano Looks Like She Could Pass For An Actress On A Telenovela

Ms Palmisano looks like she could pass for an actress on a Mexican or Colombian telenovela (television soap opera).

I wonder if she'd even remotely aware of what native-born Americans used to say of immigrants from Italy and their children a century or so ago? Fortunately for her and "Sheriff Joe" Arpaio, they're unlikely to be scooped up by a passing time machine and dropped off in the year 1903 and left to fend for themselves.

[Starry Messenger]

39. Great catch!

[WilliamPitt]

7. Ah, outreach.

Or something.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. So long. Nobody needs you.

[Cha]

9. The Stupid Burns around there.

[Laelth]

11. Every once in a while ...

... a Republican will screw up and actually say what they think. It's rare, but it happens.

-Laelth

[sharp_stick]

33. That's what I like about Twitter

By the time the dumb shit figures it out at least a few people have retweeted and saved the remark.

[slor]

14. Holy Crap !

And I say that as an African American. How could anyone think to just put it out there like that? I mean, even if you are a bigot, you have to know it is not a good career move, to say the least. That kind of comfort is troubling.

[AverageJoe90]

16. white guy from TX here and I agree with you 100%.

Unfortunately, for every moron who just lacks foresight, there's another who simply doesn't care and only pulls out when the heat gets to be too much of a problem.....indeed, it certainly is troubling.

[JI7]

20. they have been pretty open about it for some time now

[tblue37]

27. Actually, I don't think they DO know. They hang out only with

people just like themselves who think just the way they do. Among her friends she probably gets reinforced when she makes such remarks, and she was assuming that only her friends or at least only people like her would ever see those tweets.

After years of getting laughs and applause for her "wit," she just spouts such things automatically and expects more appreciation for doing so.

[JI7]

29. yes, they probably say far worse and often also, these are not isolated

things . this is how they talk in their everyday lives with their friends and family.

that's why they seem so at ease in the way you see it when they let it out on something like facebook , twitter etc.

[frylock]

36. just like the people who complain that "the blacks" use the n-word..

and argue that because of that, they should be able to use it as well. yeh, I promise you that those people are already using that word.

[Posteritatis]

40. They've gotten a lot more comfortable about it in the last few years, it seems. (nt)

[TeamPooka]

21. Who hires a 23-year-old deputy finance director for their incumbent gubernatorial campaign?

Really?

[bullwinkle428]

34. Most likely has a rich daddy that's well-connected in financial and Republican circles.

Not like there's any overlap there!

[dembotoz]

23. walker and his flunkies are so not ready for prime time--wisconsin media lobs more softballs than

brewer starting pitchers

[Volaris]

46. DAMN....I'm a Cardinals fan and even I thought that was low...but I'm smiling now, so thanks for tht

[AAO]

25. You wouldn't understand. It's a creep thang!

[Skittles]

31. disgusting

[Spitfire of ATJ]

41. Well sure,...racists are welcomed in the Republican Party.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

43. They just can't help themselves

[Vietnameravet]

44. I wonder how someone like this ever got to be part of the Rep party..

[mstinamotorcity2]

45. Tell her

unemployment is only 20 weeks.