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For the second time in less than four months, Gov. Scott Walker has fired an aide for making demeaning comments about Hispanics on social media.
Walker who has been calling on fellow Republicans to do more to reach out to minority voters ousted Taylor Palmisano as his campaign's deputy finance director on Tuesday. The first-term governor made the move after No Quarter contacted his campaign regarding the inflammatory tweets.
In one, Palmisano, 23, complained about an individual who was doing custodial work in a library in which she was working.
"I will choke that illegal mex cleaning in the library. Stop banging (expletive) chairs around and turn off your Walkman," she posted on March 9, 2011.
Two months earlier, she went to Twitter to write about her bus trip from Pasadena, Calif., to Las Vegas after watching the Wisconsin Badgers play in the Rose Bowl: "This bus is my worst (expletive) nightmare Nobody speaks English & these ppl dont know how 2 control their kids #only3morehours #illegalaliens."
Read more from Journal Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/scott-walker-campaign-aide-fired-after-tweets-demeaning-hispanics-b99155734z1-234291761.html#ixzz2mSGOBKyZ
Gothmog
(145,619 posts)You have to admire the dedication that the GOP has to convincing Hispanics to vote for non-Democratic candidates
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)They think this is perfectly fine commentary until it's noticed.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)All's well.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)day late, dollar short, Tay!!
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)onenote
(42,768 posts)that suggested people should not buy Christmas presents for their kids and send the money to Walker's campaign instead.
Pretty convenient that she'd be fired this week for something she did two years ago, rather than for what she did last week.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)jsr
(7,712 posts)warrant46
(2,205 posts)Taylor Palmisano
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/taylor-palmisano/53/66a/56
Summer Analyst
JPMorganChase
May 2012 September 2012 (5 months)
Researched 179 potential clients and created in-depth guidelines for how to effectively assign the prospects to bankers and follow up with their progress; I also taught this comprehensive methodology to other markets in the Midwest-region.
Identified lending values from $250MM to $15MM on financial securities and created Credit Slides used in 29 meetings to show credit availability and rates to clients and prospects.
Completed 16 performance reviews and 11 presentations for client and prospect meetings.
Examined the Personal Financial Statements of clients to identify held-away assets, mortgages, life insurance, and other opportunities that could be brought in to JPMorgan.
Pitched a non-profit organization to a panel of judges to win a $5,000 donation from JPMorgan; successfully led and coordinated a team of 12 other national analysts to the final round of competition.
RBC Wealth Management
Private Wealth Intern
RBC Wealth Management
December 2010 May 2012 (1 year 6 months)
Calculated value and time weighted returns for over 1,000 clients portfolios, accounts, and individual holdings for communication with clients on assets totaling in excess of $300 million.
Determined overall client asset allocation using Morningstar; evaluated potential changes to suggest an appropriate allocation appropriate for the clients age, retirement goals, income and savings levels, and spending habits and plans.
Assisted tracking investment performance and weighing risks against potential reward to offer buy and sell suggestions based on client specific criteria.
Observed client meetings to learn effective ways to communicate with clients, help them understand their current and future financial positions, and educate them about existing and potential market conditions.
Facilitated planning and marketing of client and non-client events such as Women, Wine, and Wall Street and Raising Money-Smart Kids to educate clients about financial planning and preparation techniques.
TeamPooka
(24,259 posts)hatrack
(59,593 posts)LuckyLib
(6,820 posts)Perfect for Scott Walker's team!
JI7
(89,276 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)hatrack
(59,593 posts)Rozlee
(2,529 posts)That she slurs Hispanics or that she slurs us while looking like the psycho chick on the telenovela El Privilegio de Amar.
frylock
(34,825 posts)that has probably never wanted for anything in her fucking life. born with a silver spoon up her ass.
PCIntern
(25,592 posts)my taste in Rethugs goes towards the Abby Huntsman types. this one...not so much.
Vogon_Glory
(9,132 posts)Ms Palmisano looks like she could pass for an actress on a Mexican or Colombian telenovela (television soap opera).
I wonder if she'd even remotely aware of what native-born Americans used to say of immigrants from Italy and their children a century or so ago? Fortunately for her and "Sheriff Joe" Arpaio, they're unlikely to be scooped up by a passing time machine and dropped off in the year 1903 and left to fend for themselves.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)Or something.
Baitball Blogger
(46,758 posts)Cha
(297,723 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)... a Republican will screw up and actually say what they think. It's rare, but it happens.
-Laelth
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)By the time the dumb shit figures it out at least a few people have retweeted and saved the remark.
slor
(5,504 posts)And I say that as an African American. How could anyone think to just put it out there like that? I mean, even if you are a bigot, you have to know it is not a good career move, to say the least. That kind of comfort is troubling.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Unfortunately, for every moron who just lacks foresight, there's another who simply doesn't care and only pulls out when the heat gets to be too much of a problem.....indeed, it certainly is troubling.
JI7
(89,276 posts)tblue37
(65,490 posts)people just like themselves who think just the way they do. Among her friends she probably gets reinforced when she makes such remarks, and she was assuming that only her friends or at least only people like her would ever see those tweets.
After years of getting laughs and applause for her "wit," she just spouts such things automatically and expects more appreciation for doing so.
JI7
(89,276 posts)things . this is how they talk in their everyday lives with their friends and family.
that's why they seem so at ease in the way you see it when they let it out on something like facebook , twitter etc.
frylock
(34,825 posts)and argue that because of that, they should be able to use it as well. yeh, I promise you that those people are already using that word.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)TeamPooka
(24,259 posts)Really?
bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)Not like there's any overlap there!
dembotoz
(16,844 posts)brewer starting pitchers
Volaris
(10,274 posts)AAO
(3,300 posts)Skittles
(153,199 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)Vietnameravet
(1,085 posts)mstinamotorcity2
(1,451 posts)unemployment is only 20 weeks.