tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post697362498452507957..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: Primary UpdateRick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-42064281056445735862012-04-25T01:48:21.419-05:002012-04-25T01:48:21.419-05:00Haven't checked back in here for a while, have...Haven't checked back in here for a while, haven't bothered to do so or post, because it's just boring to see such appalling behavior flogged by a "professor" of law. Really, it's shameful to keep humiliating an ol' lady like Gladys Huber. She either has lost her wits and thinks that she's a Democrat, after all of these years of donating to Republicans and being active in her county Republican party -- or Republicans have convinced her, even after her humiliation last year as a fake candidate, that having this be the lede in her obituary will make her family proud of this as her legacy.<br /><br />So I'll post a serious reply if Rick and his sidekick George vow on their virtual Bibles that they would vote for ol' Gladys Huber as the Dem candidate for governor -- against Walker.<br /><br />I'll check back again in a while to see if there's a reply from Rick or George, or if there's anything interesting to read here that I couldn't hear on talk radio with more entertaining delivery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-25670399324795571992012-04-18T13:52:00.083-05:002012-04-18T13:52:00.083-05:00Well, Anony, what can you do? Normally there are ...Well, Anony, what can you do? Normally there are quite a few people refuting his points - but that doesn't stop him, does it?Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-82856278904324816672012-04-18T08:56:35.174-05:002012-04-18T08:56:35.174-05:00Well, now we have 2 posts where no one offered any...Well, now we have 2 posts where no one offered any refutation of the professor's points.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-36406704486957050602012-04-17T20:48:30.702-05:002012-04-17T20:48:30.702-05:00You simply don't understand the problem many o...You simply don't understand the problem many of us have with this Rick.<br /><br />Yes, some of the other democratic party hacks here are complaining because that is their pavlovian response to anything the GOP does. It's the same response obviously ingrained in your psyche only in reverse.<br /><br />For those of us who are not partisan hacks, and I want you to think outside the box a bit here and imagine what it must be like to not care for ideology or either party, it's much different.<br /><br />We have a political party, and it doesn't matter which one it is (because they are the same, really), that is running. fake. candidates. for. partisan. reasons. It is telling people, it's ok to put someone up for election under a party banner in which they do not believe. <br /><br />That's silly. It's stupid. It just continues to add to the image of our politics as nothing but a circus, a freakshow that would attract only the most vain, or arrogant, or psychotic people to run for office for the same reasons they'd go on some idiotic reality show. It's adults, who want power over us, saying "hey! let's play a trick! Let's screw with the others! Just to be dicks!"<br /><br />Isn't that slightly embarrassing, Rick? Don't respond that the Recall is embarrassing, that's a cop out. Actually respond to the issue at hand.<br /><br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-34934876546823011042012-04-17T18:23:56.685-05:002012-04-17T18:23:56.685-05:00Obviously, forcing a primary to align election dat...Obviously, forcing a primary to align election dates wasn't the main reason the Republicans did this. They could've run more Republicans to create the same result. They had other reasons. Of course, the Professor does not speculate about this. He huffs and puffs about other stuff, but he doesn't mention the real reasons the WisGOP might've done this.<br /><br />For example, perhaps they wanted to encourage Republicans to vote for the fake Democrats in order to attempt to eliminate the real Democrats. The chance of success for this is slim, of course. (I predict MacIver, Media Trackers, or Wisconsin Reporter will write a "isn't that interesting" story about this.) Perhaps they thought it would be clever to and charming to force more Democratic spending and effort. These sorts of reasons don't resonate with the public, do they?<br /><br /><a href="http://sharkandshepherd.blogspot.com/2012/04/more-false-outrage-about-fake.html?showComment=1334067614672#c6417486529199744727" rel="nofollow">My previous comment</a> stands with many unanswered questions.Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-19344127406559944032012-04-17T17:41:32.337-05:002012-04-17T17:41:32.337-05:00Yes, George, we can read. That is why I prefaced ...Yes, George, we can read. That is why I prefaced my comments as "perhaps legally". But, the question I and Foust posed still remains unanswered.<br /><br />I will invoke the mantra used by some on the right..."Well, it may be legal, but just because the law says you can do it does not mean it is ethical or justified".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-75121190377184601692012-04-17T12:25:52.891-05:002012-04-17T12:25:52.891-05:00from wispolitics today:
GAB rejects challenges to...from wispolitics today:<br /><br />GAB rejects challenges to 'fake' or 'protest' Dem recall candidates<br />4/17/2012<br /><br />The Government Accountability Board has unanimously rejected a challenge to the Republican-backed candidates who have filed to run in next month's Democratic recall primaries.<br /><br />The challenge was filed by Dem attorney Jeremy Levinson, who argued the candidates committed fraud in filing registration statements, declarations of candidacy and nomination papers claiming to be Dems.<br /><br />The GAB actions mean those candidates will appear on the primary ballot in the races for guv, lt. guv and four Senate districts.<br /><br />Ahead of today's meeting, GAB staff recommended the board reject the challenges, saying no statute bans individuals from running for office "for any political or strategic reason" or from running without the support of the relevant political party.George Mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-85026360267878200802012-04-16T17:59:34.764-05:002012-04-16T17:59:34.764-05:00A classic case of confirmation bias, Professor, wi...A classic case of confirmation bias, Professor, with your post.<br /><br />Yes, perhaps LEGALLY you may be onto something with the grey area regarding the statute requiring "nothing more than an affirmation of candidacy". <br />Yet at issue is the statement "political party affiliation or principal supported by you". Under oath, a person will declare their political affiliation. <br /><br />So assume if he/she has voted their entire life for the Republican or Democratic Party, has written numerous articles favoring or opposing an agenda, actively worked on political campaigns exclusively for one political party, we are suppose to take his/her word they are serious about running for an office they ultimately have no desire in serving?<br /><br />What type of person is willing to run for a political office that is the anthesis of their philosophical underpinnings to employ "political gamesmanship" and ensure a "tactical advantage"?<br /><br />Seriously, Republicans running as Democrats to force a primary when they could do the same by legally running as Republicans on the same day—ETHICAL? I think that is the issue that rubs a number of people the wrong way.<br /><br />Certainly, the legislature would have to clarify the issue before us. But the Assembly and Senate, with a Republican majority for over the last year, could have addressed the matter and changed the laws and rules governing recall elections. That would have brought recalls in line with a general election. But they CHOSE not to—it is not like the GOP failed to know what was coming down the pike.<br /><br />Also, f the GOP goal was to simply force a primary in order to make sure all the elections fall on the same date, then why did they not run someone else to take the appropriate "dive" in the Republican Primary? Would being the "sacrificial lamb" not have accomplished the same result to ensure to "level the playing field"?<br /><br /><br />George Mitchell--Perhaps not, indeed. Be my guest with your pipe dream that widespread election fraud exists and necessitates Voter ID.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-49623654960799648752012-04-16T17:28:21.576-05:002012-04-16T17:28:21.576-05:00If the Republicans wanted to force a primary, why ...If the Republicans wanted to force a primary, why didn't they simply run more Republicans?Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-41800718621335359242012-04-16T13:06:53.437-05:002012-04-16T13:06:53.437-05:00Perhaps those "outraged" about fake cand...Perhaps those "outraged" about fake candidates will be disappointed that the potential/likelihood of fake voting on June 5 increased with today's WSC decision.<br /><br />Perhaps not.George Mitchellnoreply@blogger.com