2016 Postmortem
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http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/The_Cheese_Stands_Alone?src=soc_fcbksThe fallout will be descending for weeks, and its reach will extend far beyond Wisconsin, the former state now doing business as the midwest subsidiary of Koch Industries and managed by Scott Walker, the goggle-eyed homunculus hired for that purpose. What we learned on Thursday, when the documents compiled by prosecutors were unsealed, is more than simply trouble for Walker and a shot below the waterline of both his local and national ambitions. It also is a window into the farce that the Supreme Court's decisions in various campaign finance and voting rights cases have made of our elections. Everything is a fake. Nothing ever happens by accident any more. "Grassroots" are now largely useful only as camouflage for the same old corruption.
The situation is fairly simple to understand; going back to his days at my alma mater, where he pursued a degree without making up much ground on it, Scott Walker has proven himself incapable of running a political campaign on the square. He has proven himself to be someone who believes that the laws governing elections simply do not apply to his own ambitions. This first resulted in a "John Doe" investigation into illegal politicking in his office when he was the Milwaukee County Executive and running for governor. Several of his former aides went to jail behind that one. Out of that came another "John Doe" investigation, this one guided by a Republican prosecutor, into the campaign conducted by Walker against attempts to recall him, and several Republican legislators, in 2011 and 2012. At question is the allegation that the Walker campaign coordinated its efforts with the kind of outside groups that have sprouted like mushrooms in our brave new world of campaign finance in violation of state campaign laws that are still on the books. On Thursday, with the files compiled by the prosecutors were opened up, that question found an answer that was clear and definitive.
postulater
(5,075 posts)I usually plan my beers a few weeks ahead of time. Just to make sure I retain the interest and the taste. Usually it is for a Saturday afternoon or evening. And it has to be a really dark one with a soft head, I don't tolerate carbonation so the nitrogen-based ones are preferable. Murphy's or Guinness or even a local brewery stout. I use the lagers and other white beers to cook brats in.
Yeah, I think I may just have a beer tonight. Thanks, Scotty. You Asshole. When you are convicted I may have two.
unionthug777
(740 posts)i,too, shall have a beer. well..i have already had a few....hoping that this will lead to his eventual demise !!!!!
Myrina
(12,296 posts)... is of there's some way Walkergate drags Paul Ryan down with it.
pansypoo53219
(20,995 posts)hue
(4,949 posts)I feel that Wanker will never be the same. They are throwing him under the bus, or the puppeteers may be planning to use him for firewood.
I def think it's over for that dimwit!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Scott Walker can no longer say, "he didn't know what his campaign finance person was doing". He gloated & bragged about the illegal activities.