Graeme Zielinski: Victim Of Bipartisan Hypocritical Selective Outrage

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This past Friday, the news broke that the Walkergate investigation, at least the one in Milwaukee County, was over, and that it appeared that Scott Walker was going to walk scot-free from facing any consequences for his illegal behavior.

This caused a myriad of reactions. Predictably, the Teapublicans called it a vindication of Walker. To do so, they had to ignore the more than a half a million dollars he spent on a legal defense fund to hire two of the leading white collar/syndicate crimes attorneys in the country. They also had to stop believing their lying eyes which showed them the emails that Walker sent regarding the illegal politicking he was coordinating from the Milwaukee County Executive suite.

The left had a hard time dealing with the news. We experience frustration, depression, disbelief and anger that such an injustice was being done for no fathomable reason.

Among those who felt this frustration the most was Graeme Zielinski, who issued three unfortunate tweets that night. Those tweets were an effort to point out that Walker had a legal defense team that rivaled OJ Simpson's and was far more than what one of the most notorious figures in state history - Jeffrey Dahmer- had at his disposal.

But just seeing Dahmer's name caused a knee-jerk reaction among both the right and the left. The right started screaming with their selective outrage, falsely claiming that Zielinski was comparing Walker to Dahmer. The fact that Zielinski was actually talking about the legal teams is irrelevant. Why let the facts get in the way of a good round of selective outrage?

http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/

[reteachinwi]

1. jobs jobs jobs

or something like that. Wither goest Wisconsin?

Never mind the distinction, though, because Walker was going all out in trying to shoot down Duke's attempt to get on that year's Wisconsin Republican presidential ballot. It's all on video, on the web (see link below). Debating Duke, Walker says, at one point:
"The key is, we feel that in particular you are hiding behind these issues that are legitimate issues, but do not necessarily make you a legitimate candidate, any more than in the city of Milwaukee, if Jeffrey Dahmer were to stand up and talk about family values, he’s not a legitimate candidate."
So: Is openly comparing a politician to Jeffrey Dahmer a firing offense? Not if you're Scott Walker.

http://www.uppitywis.org/blogarticle/then-there-was-dahmer-comparison-made-ta-dah-scott-walker

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2. Thank you for this find... Everyone must read....

[reteachinwi]

3. The archetypical political opponent-

Jeffery Dahmer

[PeaceNikki]

4. I like Graeme very much as a person. He's funny, passionate and has a way with words.

And I like the idea of having a 'tough' mouthpiece. BUT... the state party can and should do better than he and Tate.

Graeme gets caught up in the drama and becomes the story rather than keeping everyone focused on a story.

[sybylla]

5. Well said.

n/t

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6. I don't know who would be better..... but.... these double standards are not going to attract

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the best... whoever they maybe....

A list of double standards... Could be helpful to understand the double standard:

http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2013/03/graeme.html

[PeaceNikki]

7. There are plenty of people who can do communications without being dramatic clowns

Again, Graeme is a good guy. I like him and adore his passion, but he's gotten caught up in the drama. I think there are plenty of people who can be hard-hitting and tough without stepping over the line to 'shocking'.

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8. Dramatic Clown like behavior is something that seems to be an essence that describes our State

legislature.... So hard for me to get behind this latest purity rage.... But glad to know our state is in great supply of communicators who can fill this open slot.....

[PeaceNikki]

9. Seriously? "Purity rage"? I think not. If this was Graeme's first time appearing unprofessional, I'd

agree. He's made a profession out of being unprofessional.

For examples of this, just go to @gjzielinski on twitter and start reading. I suggest starting at the beginning. He has made himself out to be the poster child of what unprofessional looks like, in any career field. When we, as Democrats, allow this to happen, we look no better than what people perceive. And what they see is Graeme Zielinski, looking like an idiot. So if you’re happy looking like an uncontrollable fool, that’s your choice. It sure as hell isn’t mine.

[midnight]

10. I'm not sure if I understand your comments about who is an uncontrollable fool?

But would like to suggest that this young man,Graeme Zielinski, was part of connecting the Walker misuse of money when dealing with the the orphans of vets scandal... I'm thinking this was a bit of pay back for him brining this story to the forefront.... And that with the serious scandals rocking this state.... This comment is clearly being made way to much of...