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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-11 11:10 AM
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WAHOO...SCOTT WALKER UNDER SCRUTINY BY THE FBI FOR CORRUPTION
Scott Walker, Wisconsin Governor, Eyed In Corruption Probe After FBI Raid On Cynthia Archer's Home

“MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker kept his distance Thursday from an investigation into one of his top agency officials, staying silent despite calls from his opponents to say what he knows about why FBI agents raided her home a day earlier.

Agents raided the home of Cynthia Archer, who held a top spot in Walker's office when he served as Milwaukee County executive and followed Walker to work in state government after last November's election.

The raid comes amid an ongoing secret Milwaukee County investigation that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, citing unnamed people familiar with the case, said focuses on whether county staffers in Walker's office did political work on the taxpayer dime.

This week's action is a reminder of long-simmering questions surrounding work by Walker's county staffers, one of whom admitted last year to anonymously posting pro-Walker comments on websites while on county time. It also raises questions about how deep the investigation will go and what implications it could have for the rising first-term Republican star.”…cont…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/16/scott-walker-cynthia-archer-fbi-raid-wisconsin_n_965899.html


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Blue Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-11 11:12 AM
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1. The "first-term Republican star?"
Whose fucking ass did they pull that shit from?
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-11 11:17 AM
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2. Maybe They Forgot To Finish The Sentence
And omitted the words "star of the courtroom drama surrounding his forthcoming trial"
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-11 11:59 AM
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3. That's "rising" star
If you stand on your head, it's undeniably true!
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-11 12:59 PM
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5. I Understand That Inmates Can 'Rise' In The Prison System
Though I don't see him as trustee material
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-11 12:02 PM
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4. Republicon Family Cesspool Values
As usual.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-11 01:50 PM
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6. I smell IMPEACHMENT, and a trial!
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-11 03:46 PM
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7. Such A Lovely Aroma!
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