tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post1542487827790983655..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: Supreme Court adsRick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-25783853225673613102008-03-18T20:34:00.000-05:002008-03-18T20:34:00.000-05:00There's a Butler event at the Cafe Carpe in Fort A...There's a Butler event at the Cafe Carpe in Fort Atkinson on Thursday night starting at 5:30. I'll buy a round.Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-48012519721290638272008-03-18T20:04:00.000-05:002008-03-18T20:04:00.000-05:00Based on your denouncement of Gableman's use of ra...Based on your denouncement of Gableman's use of race to stir up racism.<BR/><BR/>You are supporting Justice Butler's re-election.<BR/><BR/>or are you forgiving Gabelman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-54405420890672735262008-03-18T15:53:00.000-05:002008-03-18T15:53:00.000-05:00anon 1:02 -What do you have against people wanting...anon 1:02 -<BR/><BR/><BR/>What do you have against people wanting our courts to be fair and inpartial?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-66893158900687796242008-03-18T13:02:00.000-05:002008-03-18T13:02:00.000-05:00anonyOthers may have great commentary on why Rick ...anony<BR/><BR/>Others may have great commentary on why Rick won't endorse; unfortunately the same can't be said about your post. <BR/>Need a little therapy to deal with the fact that you are a hostile fool, fool?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-67707809865294323272008-03-18T10:09:00.000-05:002008-03-18T10:09:00.000-05:00I think the choice is clear when it comes down to ...I think the choice is clear when it comes down to which candidate is more interested in our courts being fair and inpartial and it's not Butler. <BR/><BR/>Outside of all the special interests, this is what people are most interested in. Gableman is not beholden to all the judges as Butler seems to be. Moreover, Gableman is the only one that claims he'll give people a fair shake. Something we need in the courts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-57475747352319181432008-03-18T08:53:00.000-05:002008-03-18T08:53:00.000-05:00ITI won't be endorsing anyone because I have recie...IT<BR/><BR/>I won't be endorsing anyone because I have recieved certain support from the Federalist Society in commenting on issues before the court. If people think that my views point to one candidate or the other, that's fair but I decided a long time ago - before there was even a challenger - that I wouldn't endorse. Gableman could be a clone of the sainted Nino Scalia and I wouldn't endorse.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-42116631222023374912008-03-18T08:20:00.000-05:002008-03-18T08:20:00.000-05:00"The disingenuous nature of the ad is magnified by..."The disingenuous nature of the ad is magnified by the fact that the Greater Wisconsin Committee - funded by trial lawyers, unions and casinos - has absolutely no interest in electing someone who is 'tough on crime.'"<BR/><BR/>Hey, Ricky, how did you get the inside information on just who is funding the Greater Wisconsin Committee? Like the equally creepy garbage being spewn by WMC, no one knows where the (likely) corporate money behind these phony-baloney ads come from.<BR/><BR/>These ads are not "express advocacy" so the scum who run them don't have to tell who is paying for them, but does anyone believe that these creepy groups will keep running this garbage beyond April Fools Day -- the date of the spring election? If you believe it, I have a bridge to sell you cheap!<BR/><BR/>Great commentary by others on why you aren't making an endorsement, Ricky, because you know that by whatever standard is used, "Judge" Gobble-Gobble-Gobbleman can't meet it. He is an intellectual cipher!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-72111172623657724182008-03-18T07:07:00.000-05:002008-03-18T07:07:00.000-05:00Not to worry Jay. It's just a small disappointment...Not to worry Jay. It's just a small disappointment, a tactical error. Here are the criteria Prof. Esenberg has already laid out as undergirding his endorsement of Judge Lisa Neubauer:<BR/><BR/>1. Intelligence - the capacity to truly understand the law.<BR/><BR/>2. Diligence - a demonstrated willingness to work hard.<BR/><BR/>3. Integrity - both judicial and personal integrity.<BR/><BR/>Those are also why Esenberg won't be explicitly endorsing either candidate for the Supreme Court. He knows darn well that Butler more than satisfies all of the above but he doesn't like Butler's rulings as they supposedly affect the business community.<BR/><BR/>And they're also the same reasons why he could never endorse Gableman with a straight face.illusory tenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-23346321137986621582008-03-18T05:20:00.000-05:002008-03-18T05:20:00.000-05:00Hasn't Gableman's own campaign--not to mention Gab...Hasn't Gableman's own campaign--not to mention Gableman's enablers at WMC and that "Family" group--made "tough on crime" a central theme in this campaign? Was he not the one who opened the door to attacks based on criminal cases and their outcomes?<BR/><BR/>When Gableman brags about prosecuting arson, for example, he's just asking for a response that notes that he prosecuted exactly one arson case and that said arsonist was acquitted. (I haven't seen the ad--I love my TiVo!--so I don't know specifically what GWC is leveling at Gableman.)<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that if Gableman started the crime conversation, he should have expected a response on just exactly that. If he was not confident in his own record as a tough-on-crime prosecutor and judge, he shouldn't have opened that line of attack against his opponent.<BR/><BR/>And this is some more pot-calling-the-kettle-blackness:<BR/><I>The disingenuous nature of the ad is magnified by the fact that the Greater Wisconsin Committee - funded by trial lawyers, unions and casinos - has absolutely no interest in electing someone who is "tough on crime."</I><BR/><BR/>You can say that because WMC's only interest in Gableman is the way he'd rule on the relative handful of criminal matters before the court? Riiiiiight. (And to suggest that union members--of which I am one--casino operators or plaintiff's attorneys have no more interest in crime-free places to do <I>their</I> business than WMC does is both ridiculous and personally insulting.)Jay Bullockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-33203654038297213572008-03-17T20:25:00.000-05:002008-03-17T20:25:00.000-05:00There are criminal defense lawyers who come to hav...<I>There are criminal defense lawyers who come to have a certain type of guerrilla complex ... They shouldn't become judges.</I><BR/><BR/>And what of someone who runs the utterly bogus campaign Gableman has? He should become a State Supreme Court Justice?<BR/><BR/>I would have replied sooner but was overcome with the wistful disappointment of it all, and needed to fetch a tissue and collect myself.<BR/><BR/>*daubs away tear*illusory tenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.com