Gableman (Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate) Ad Called 'Highly Offensive' (Willie Horton-Style)

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Source: Associated Press

Gableman ad called 'highly offensive'

State Supreme Court candidate doesn't apologize

By Scott Bauer
The Associated Press

MADISON — A Willie Horton-style ad by state Supreme Court candidate Michael Gableman is "highly offensive and deliberately misleading," an independent group monitoring the election said Monday.

Gableman should take the ad off the air and apologize both to his opponent, Justice Louis Butler, and the public for the "disgraceful attack," the Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee said. The ad is unbecoming of Gableman as a sitting judge in Burnett County, the group added.

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"The ad is factual and points to the stark contrasts in the candidates' professional experiences and backgrounds," he said. "Judge Gableman is a former prosecutor, while Louis Butler is a former criminal defense lawyer."

The ad began airing Friday in Milwaukee. It deals with Butler's defense of a man accused of rape in 1984. The ad says after Butler found a loophole in the law, the man molested another child. It ends with a picture of convicted rapist Reuben Lee Mitchell alongside a picture of Butler. Both men are black. The ad is in the offensive, race-bating style reminiscent of the Willie Horton spot from the 1988 presidential race, the monitoring group said.

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I'm pretty sure this guy is a Republican. Can someone please confirm?

http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/C2mv

Gableman's Suspicious Appointment
By Cory @ One Wisconsin Now - Feb 20th, 2008 at 8:14 pm EST

An investigation by One Wisconsin Now into the appointment of Michael Gableman to the Burnett County Circuit Court by former Republican Governor Scott McCallum raises serious questions about the current Supreme Court candidate's judicial ethics and qualifications.

After hosting a fundraiser and making a substantial contribution to Governor McCallum, Gableman leapt over six announced local candidates for a Burnett County Court for a vacancy which he had not applied through the established process. Gableman's job at the time was located in Appleton, nearly 300 miles from Burnett County. The discovery of a campaign memo inside Governor McCallum's official government records at the State Historical Society reveals the larger scope of Gableman's political connections and his fundraising role for the Governor during the appointment period.

One Wisconsin Now's investigation has verified all of the following:

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1. Gableman is a troglodyte.

Supreme Court Justices run on nonpartisan platforms, but Gableman is backed by a powerful conservative, anti-regulatory lobbying group called Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC). The group is so bad that reformers in the state have put together a WMC Watch website:
http://www.wmcwatch.org

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2. Larry Rambo.....

a contributor listed on the web site, is the CEO of Humana in Wisconsin. I find it hard to believe he is behind the agenda the web site listed...He has done a lot (and benefited alot) for advancing affordable health care in Wisconsin. I know him as a man of his word...Next time I see him...I will ask him..."Larry...WTF? "

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3. How you can help defeat this guy

While we watched Jeopardy tonight we saw three ads for Gableman.

Here's the website of Justice Louis Butler, the Democrat who would lose his seat to this guy. If you have a little spare cash, I can't think of a better place to put it. He needs money to counter these nasty, false ads that are taking over our TV.

http://louisbutler.com /

If we lose this seat, the balance on the court will change toward conservative and hurt Wisconsin, right when the trend here and nationally is going toward taking back the reins from the Republicans. Louis Butler is a former public defender (and that is being used against him by his opponent). He's a very able and intellectually honest jurist, which can't be said of his opponent, who has had 1/3 of his decisions as a circuit judge overturned on appeal. Incidentally, I don't think it's a bad thing to have an African American justice on the Supreme Court, especially in a state with a significant minority population in Milwaukee and other places.

So, if you're interested in helping us defeat the arrogant WMC and keep our court solid, please join me and do what you can. Thanks!