"Scott Walker Scandal Explodes: Documents Show He Directed County Workers To Break The Law"

[grahamhgreen]

In the heat of the 2010 governor’s race, Scott Walker urged both county employees and campaign aides to go to news websites and post comments promoting him and his record, newly unsealed documents show.

...

Scott Walker’s defense has always been that he had no connection to any of this, but it is impossible to make that argument when a message sent from his Blackberry ends up posted nearly word for word on a website just a half of an hour after he sent it. On Fox News Sunday, Walker refused to answer questions, and got very defensive when asked about the emails.

...

His main defense is that he wasn’t charged with a crime. However, not being charged with a crime isn’t the same thing as not committing a crime. Walker’s refusal to answer questions about the emails is only serving to heighten the scrutiny on the governor.

...

There is enough evidence in these emails for a new investigation into Gov. Walker. If the state won’t investigate, the apparent level of corruption is so severe that this may require federal involvement. It appears that Scott Walker committed numerous crimes, but it may take a public outcry for justice to be done.


http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/23/scott-walker-scandal-explodes-documents-show-directed-county-workers-break-law.html

[Control-Z]

1. K&R to the greatest page!

I hope they take him down.

[Coyotl]

2. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Walker urged county staff, campaign aides to promote him online

Scott Walker urged county staff, campaign aides to promote him online
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-urged-county-staff-campaign-aides-to-promote-him-online-b99210902z1-246713991.html

...... Walker's campaign spokesman Jonathan Wetzel said Friday that emails asking people to post comments were not directives to government employees.

"The post was an observation made to a multitude of individuals. They were trusted to determine how best to handle that observation based on their own individual capacity," Wetzel said. "Neither the governor nor the campaign are aware of who made the post."

The post duplicated and carried out an email directive Walker sent to about two dozen people. .......

[myrna minx]

3. K&R. May he wind up in jail. *fingers crossed*

[PearliePoo2]

4. Make it happen please!

I will absolutely RELISH the response of Joey "fucking" Scarborough when yet another Governor that he has the hots for goes down in flames!
BRING IT...Oh Yeah!!

[sheshe2]

5. The house of cards

[ut oh]

42. ooops!

there it is...

[Cha]

47. Good one, sheshe! nt

[Plucketeer]

73. Let's hope that the term....

"Scott Free" doesn't come into play here! Let's hope "Perp Walker" is what develops!

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Watch and see----

this sucker will get reelected. This scandal goes all the way to Washington. Kroch Bros. have greased the skids,and,now they want their pound of fless. Hearing stories of malfeasance in the northwestern counties. Going to be interesting election cycle this year in Wisconsin.

[Mrdrboi]

7. Thats all lovey and good. BUT will anything come of it?

I would love it if Scot Walker got charged but knowing the system and crap I doubt anything will happen.

[monmouth3]

8. Get yer novenas right here...n/t

[malaise]

9. I'm off to the supermarket

for moro popcorn and chocolates.

[Cha]

48. Like chicken soup..

it can't hurt..

[daleanime]

10. K&R....

[SmittynMo]

11. Take this scumbag down and all his corrupt cronies.

I love it.

[johniowa]

12. JOHNIOWA

JUST MAYBE.... JUST MAYBE, THERE IS A GOD..........

[gopiscrap]

44. welcome to DU

[dawnie51]

13. GOP dream No. 2 about to be burst......

I guarantee that No. 3 will be John Kasich of Ohio. He has kept his head down since the disaster of trying to break the public unions here, and the baggers will probably not be happy, because he's not crazy enough for them, but watch him pop to the surface if Walker implodes.

[Berlum]

14. Republicon "values" are right out of the cesspool

sheesh...

[Jack Rabbit]

15. Prison would be like rehab for Walker's Koch addiction

It would do him a lot of good.

We must fight Koch addiction in America, one crooked politician at a time.

[DJ13]

31. He'll find more kochs in prison that he can handle

[librechik]

16. Ahem, I'm gonna have to invoke the Bush Jr rule here

Are we sure Scott Walker has the brains to pull this off?








Yes, he is just stupid enough.

[PeoViejo]

17. Walker is on a Mission from 'God.'

..and that makes anything OK.

[Orsino]

77. "Right. We'll be charging Him, too." n/t

[G_j]

18. K&R!

[Blue Owl]

19. The google-eyed homonculus made me do it!!!

n/t

[mike_c]

20. I love the smell of republicans self immolating in the morning....

Smells like toast.

[rhett o rick]

28. Beware when watching the Republican clowns with their pants on fire, beware of Corporate Democrats

stealing your wallet.

Urge your Congress-Critters to vote no on Fast Track and vote no on the job killing TPP.

[VA_Jill]

21. I am quite sure

that the John Doe probe is onto something. Their very silence is telling. I just wish it would break! I'm so tired of waiting…..

[postulater]

34. I think you might be right.

There was probably not enough in the Rindfleisch papers to convict him under the original John Doe. But they may have found enough to open another investigation with new material and new charges.

[Historic NY]

60. How many more e-mails do they have?

if they cracked the blackberry account I'd presume they can read all the stuff he sent...

Walkers "selfies" are his shady e-mails deeds.

[postulater]

64. The investigators may not have been able to access Walkers

Own stuff under the first Doe but may have used that as reason for opening the second one with a broader goal. Hope so.

[Bonduel]

68. I know people don't want to hear this but here it is:

1. This investigation has been going on for how long? 3 years? If they had something that they thought they could bust him on they would. I will come back and apologize, and I would be glad to come back to do it, if anything comes of this.

2. The average person doesn't care about this. They assume every politician has people in his office who do some campaign work on the taxpayers dime. They just don't care.

I hope I am wrong but don't think I am. This won't bring him down. Funny thing is, I do have some friends who are Republicans and they hope this keeps him from any attempt at the Presidency. They absolutely believe he has a far greater impact on their lives as Governor vs. President. And they love him. They will give money and go door to door for this guy. What the Republicans have right now that we don't is passion for our candidate.

[mikeysnot]

71. you are confusing blind allegiance for "passion"...

most of us see whats behind the curtains.

[Bonduel]

75. Most of us who see what's behind the curtains

were not going to vote for Scott Walker. And I am not confusing blind allegiance with passion. Many of the people I know who support Walker may be blind but they absolutely believe in what Walker is selling. They love him and will donate money and time to get him reelected. That is something we don't have at this point. Many people, like myself, only have a small limited amount of money to give to campaigns. I will wait and see how the campaign and Mary Burke look going forward. If it looks like a lost cause than much of my money will go elsewhere.

[HereSince1628]

72. True, the John Doe investigation didn't yield criminal charges against Walker. BUT

it appears to have spawned another investigation referred to as Son of Doe. That investigation is proceeding.

The original investigation involved only possible wrong doing in Milwaukee County.

Son of Doe, involves multiple counties, so some reporters call it Sons of Doe, of which there are 5. Those investigations are looking into wrong doing that includes groups that are essentially fronts for billionaire activists, including the Koch brothers.

A summary of all this is provided here:

http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2014/01/walkergate-2-sons-of-doe-ride-again.html

[blkmusclmachine]

22. But, IOKIYAR.

[City Lights]

25. That's exactly what I'm afraid of.

Fingers crossed that his ass lands in jail, but I won't hold my breath.

[EC]

23. He means his hand chosen team of investigators

didn't charge him and if they did it would have been before his hand chosen court. The judges are elected and there has been a lot of dirty ads in these races the past 10 years or so.

[watoos]

24. Someone should tell the M$M

I just heard that Walker may be the leading GOP candidate. Maybe he will be Christie's V.P.?

The GOP has control of the M$M so it's really hard to nail the scumbags.

[lostincalifornia]

26. Well based on the last couple of elections, I guess that means he would probably get reelected if he

ran.

[ksecus]

27. his ten minutes are up

Time to go Scotty boy

[Richardo]

29. "Why should you go to jail for a crime somebody else... noticed?"

His main defense is that he wasn’t charged with a crime. However, not being charged with a crime isn’t the same thing as not committing a crime.

[aggiesal]

30. First Christy in NJ, then McCrory in NC . . .

Now Walker in Wis. Who next? Kasich in Ohio?

When are the RW morans going to get a clue.
They're taking the rest of us down with them.

But wait, we have Benghazi!!!

[Isoldeblue]

32. Don't forget to add McDonald and his wife

to the list! Robert and Maureen McDonnell were charged last in a 14-count indictment that alleges that they repeatedly asked wealthy Richmond businessman Jonnie R. Williams Sr. for loans and for gifts of money, clothes, golf fees and equipment, trips and private plane rides, totaling at least $165,000.00. In exchange, the McDonnells allegedly worked together to lend the prestige of the governor’s office to Williams’s struggling company.

Then there's Michell Crazy-eyes, Bachman and her hubbie under ethics investigation. Her entire staff are testifying against her!

The list grows and grow....

[Enthusiast]

53. Hey, Kasich! You're going down!

[AzDar]

33. Can't wait for this corrupt scumbag to go down...

[sulphurdunn]

35. If you've got lots of money,

slimy reptiles like Walker will lick your boots with their forked tongues. When it comes to unctuous Nixonesque republicans, Walker ranks in the top tier.

[UtahLib]

36. Hopefully , he'll get exactly what he deserves. nt

[Lifelong Protester]

37. We in WI are still angry

[WCLinolVir]

38. I just wish he could fall down a hole and disappear.

But then he would not serve time.

[otohara]

39. They Don't Hide Their Disdain For Laws/Voters/Civil Rights

what galls me is their voter purge plans and the attitude they can't be stopped.

[Enthusiast]

54. If they succeed in purging voters they won't be stopped.

They have zero respect for democracy or the law. Imagine the very worst and you will have an approximate estimate of the evil.

[calimary]

40. Kick so this stays up.

[Greybnk48]

41. He has torn our state apart

and crippled our schools. The number of excellent teachers that have left or retired is significant. Sadly, Wisconsin had always been known for our education system including our Universities. He doesn't give a wit about our children, our poor, uninsured, hungry or elderly. I truly hate this man.

[PeaceNikki]

58. amen

My beloved state is a shadow of its former self. It's sad.

[AllyCat]

67. I'm running for school board in my city to try to stop some of the train

It is appalling what many of the "Democrats" on the board have done to our teachers in the wake of Act 10. I fear charter schools are around the corner for us and lots of TFA.

Our schools are failing because of him, NOT the unions, or the students, or the parents...they are failing because of SKW.

[drm604]

43. I have to wonder if guys like Walker and Christie know of even bigger crimes,

maybe on a national level, and if they'd make deals in exchange for that information.

Maybe illegal campaign money?
Maybe electoral fraud?
Maybe something involving the Kochs?

Probably just wishful thinking.

[glinda]

45. Cannot help but be thinking the same thing. I think they are connected through

similar people and funding mechanisms. Well we know they are but how to make it "chargeable and prosecuted" is the question.

[father founding]

74. Schooled

I think Republicans have a free crime school for their Governors.

[yuiyoshida]

46. Please, let JUSTICE COME DOWN on his neck...

Just for once, lets SEE a Republican GO TO JAIL.

[lastlib]

49. I want his frog-march on a repeating-loop video!

Sweetness is a Scott Walker perp-walk! "Cut the crap 'n' Make it happen!"

[flamingdem]

50. How sweet it is!!!

[yortsed snacilbuper]

51. K&R

measure walker up for an orange jumpsuit!

[Enthusiast]

52. K&R! This thread has hundreds of recommendations! Holy crap!

God, please expose this Koch puppet Walker asshole for the miscreant he is, Amen.

[Warren DeMontague]

55. Phew... Good thing the rest of that GOP bench for 2016 is so strong!

[merrily]

56. It's supposedly been "strong" since Jindal was allegedly the

next great thing---until he responded to the SOTU.

[merrily]

57. I want Walker to go down and fast, but

I don't understand which law this breaks:

“Someone should comment on the fact that the only way for the county to benefit from that success is to contract out operations,” Walker wrote in an email. “Having a well performing airport increases the value that the county could receive.”

That is the only supposedly damning email that the article quotes. The article said that he sent the message to aides, volunteers and campaign workers from his phone. I don't get it.

[mdbl]

62. That was just another part of it

I'll repost this link from above

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-urged-county-staff-campaign-aides-to-promote-him-online-b99210902z1-246713991.html

[merrily]

63. Okay, that I get completely. Thank you.

[randr]

59. As the worm turns---Stay tuned

[hue]

61. We WI-ites have been waiting for Wanker to go down for many years! I still believe he will!

[libodem]

65. I never understood how he survived that recall

[Jasana]

66. K&R I hope they take this SOB down. nt

[Coyotl]

69. K&R. O.K., someone give this rec #250.

[marvinsacco]

70. ooops!

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[Orsino]

76. Let it eat him. n/t