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Read the "Think Progress" (yeah, love the totally non-partisan flavour of that name) article. Looks like political payback in the works. What's fun is watching the anguished voices comparing the sleaze they foresee to that in Texas and Mississippi - when they border on that shining example of political rectitude, Illinois (oh, yeah, forgot, that one's run by the Democrats).
Here's an example of the hysteria expressed when a favourite political cudgel is snatched off the table:
Here's an example of the hysteria expressed when a favourite political cudgel is snatched off the table:
“It’s going to be a free-for-all,” warned Bottari. “It’s going to be a wild, wild, West.” “This will allow corruption to flourish,” added Heck. “We used to be the shining model state for elections, campaign finance reform, ethics, all that stuff. Now we’re somewhere between Texas and Mississippi in the state of our ethics, and anything goes and the money flows.” ![ROFL](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
Scott Walker Is Ready To Turn Back The Clock On Ethics And Campaign Finance In Wisconsin | ThinkProgress
Colour me cynical.
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Scott Walker Is Ready To Turn Back The Clock On Ethics And Campaign Finance In Wisconsin | ThinkProgress
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Read the "Think Progress" (yeah, love the totally non-partisan flavour of that name) article. Looks like political payback in the works. What's fun is watching the anguished voices comparing the sleaze they foresee to that in Texas and Mississippi - when they border on that shining example of political rectitude, Illinois (oh, yeah, forgot, that one's run by the Democrats).
Here's an example of the hysteria expressed when a favourite political cudgel is snatched off the table:
Here's an example of the hysteria expressed when a favourite political cudgel is snatched off the table:
“It’s going to be a free-for-all,” warned Bottari. “It’s going to be a wild, wild, West.” “This will allow corruption to flourish,” added Heck. “We used to be the shining model state for elections, campaign finance reform, ethics, all that stuff. Now we’re somewhere between Texas and Mississippi in the state of our ethics, and anything goes and the money flows.” ![ROFL](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
Scott Walker Is Ready To Turn Back The Clock On Ethics And Campaign Finance In Wisconsin | ThinkProgress
Colour me cynical.![ROFL](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
Scott Walker Is Ready To Turn Back The Clock On Ethics And Campaign Finance In Wisconsin | ThinkProgress
Oh, and Walker's stance predates the termination of his hopeless run for president:
Scott Walker: Dismantle independent elections and ethics board | Politics and Elections | host.madison.com
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"As He Drops Trump Says Polls ‘Not Scientific’"
Ah, the irony...
https://radio.foxnews.com/2015/10/27...ot-scientific/
Ah, the irony...
https://radio.foxnews.com/2015/10/27...ot-scientific/
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Any predictions for the third Republican debate tomorrow night?
Will any of the candidates do damage to Trump or Carson?
Will anyone have a breakout moment?
Can any of the candidates get their campaign jumpstarted?
Since it's going to be on CNBC, you'll need a cable subscription. However, there is a workaround where you can sign up for CNBC Pro's free 7 day trial (but you need to cancel before the week is up or it'll charge your card).
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Will any of the candidates do damage to Trump or Carson?
Will anyone have a breakout moment?
Can any of the candidates get their campaign jumpstarted?
Since it's going to be on CNBC, you'll need a cable subscription. However, there is a workaround where you can sign up for CNBC Pro's free 7 day trial (but you need to cancel before the week is up or it'll charge your card).
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Yeh, that was funny comparing them to Texas and Mississippi :-) But what you haven't done is explain why this is a good idea.
Oh, and Walker's stance predates the termination of his his hopeless run for president:
Scott Walker: Dismantle independent elections and ethics board | Politics and Elections | host.madison.com
Oh, and Walker's stance predates the termination of his his hopeless run for president:
Scott Walker: Dismantle independent elections and ethics board | Politics and Elections | host.madison.com
Glad to see we're not too far apart. I'm not saying Walker is lily-white. He's survived a relentless campaign to bring him down and he's now just as hard-boiled and cutthroat as his opponents.
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Well, other states manage to keep the sleaze within acceptable bounds without having a "John Doe" procedure. That sounds too much like an invitation for activists to anonymously cooperate with hyper-partisan DAs to tie up political opponents with endless investigations and with strategic leaks to the press to destroy those political opponents on the thinnest of charges. I'm talking about the procedure, not that it didn't maybe correctly bag 6 of Walker's people. But there is an urge in this country to criminalize political opposition.
I think he's always been cutthroat. I do think the Democrats made a bad tactical error in trying to recall him in '12 though.
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Agree. Trump will trash Carson - in, for him, the nicest way possible. Too easy to lose points for being the bully. No one else has the chutzpa to touch Carson.
Fiorina will try to get a break-out by going after The Hill. Auditioning for VP if, as is likely, she can't get to the top. Like Hillary she's going to play the gender card, but not as overtly.
Let's see if Cruz can vault into second place if either Trump or Carson fall a couple of spots and Bush and Rubio cancel each other out. [Is Leslie rooting for Cruz?
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Game of Thrones continues tomorrow night.
Fiorina will try to get a break-out by going after The Hill. Auditioning for VP if, as is likely, she can't get to the top. Like Hillary she's going to play the gender card, but not as overtly.
Let's see if Cruz can vault into second place if either Trump or Carson fall a couple of spots and Bush and Rubio cancel each other out. [Is Leslie rooting for Cruz?
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If the Wisconsin board has nabbed crooks in both parties one would probably have to look at which party was in the majority on the board when someone got bagged.
We need to import some Canadians to clean up our shite-filled barns.
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Yeah. Utility bills are on their list. That worked in 2012. There is a story, undoubtedly apocryphal, that several busloads of Chicago residents were bused into Wisconsin to vote - early and often, of course. They all had photocopies of utility bills and were accompanied by a lawyer who threatened to sue the poll workers if they didn't let his people register and vote. So they did and they did, and then boarded their buses and motored to the next county to repeat the process - probably with a fresh sheaf of utility bills.
In 2012, 48,000 people registered to vote in Milwaukee on election day, 17% of the total. It would take an army of people weeks to pore through the voter registration and voting records, check the addresses and who lives there, probably to find no one at the address. No one has the time and money to do that, ergo, voter fraud is hardly ever proved.
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Well I do agree on the world scale our federal election is a non-issue.
Perhaps the difference is that since the Americans are electing the "Leader of the Free World"
the election here matters to some extent. Canada's election has about as much effect on the world as the elections in Denmark.
Obama was trying to turn the country into a large, cozy multi-culti Denmark; but the people here aren't quite comfortable with the "transforming America" into a scandinavian-style social democracy gig. And they're not as polite as our friends in the Great White North either.![Argue](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/argue.gif)
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Obama was trying to turn the country into a large, cozy multi-culti Denmark; but the people here aren't quite comfortable with the "transforming America" into a scandinavian-style social democracy gig. And they're not as polite as our friends in the Great White North either.
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Yeah. Utility bills are on their list. That worked in 2012. There is a story, undoubtedly apocryphal, that several busloads of Chicago residents were bused into Wisconsin to vote - early and often, of course. They all had photocopies of utility bills and were accompanied by a lawyer who threatened to sue the poll workers if they didn't let his people register and vote. So they did and they did, and then boarded their buses and motored to the next county to repeat the process - probably with a fresh sheaf of utility bills.
In 2012, 48,000 people registered to vote in Milwaukee on election day, 17% of the total. It would take an army of people weeks to pore through the voter registration and voting records, check the addresses and who lives there, probably to find no one at the address. No one has the time and money to do that, ergo, voter fraud is hardly ever proved.
Sorry, that's all the fun I can have tonight. See you all tomorrow.
"GOP’s voter fraud humiliation: Turns out Wisconsin’s worst case is a Republican"
GOP’s voter fraud humiliation: Turns out Wisconsin’s worst case is a Republican - Salon.com
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