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Related: About this forumScott Walker’s big-time mess: Why 2016 is the least of his problems now
Problems for Wisconsin's governor are about far more than a presidential run. Here's why he may never get that farHEATHER DIGBY PARTON
Despite the fact that a couple of judges have found the John Doe investigation thats been dogging him for years to be without merit, the news for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is not good. On Thursday, the Wisconsin Club for Growth got what they wanted and the court released secret documents underlying the case against the governor and the groups alleged to have been illegally coordinating with him during the 2011 recall election. If one assumes that everyone in the nation agrees that outside Big Money groups should be allowed to funnel money into politics using subterfuge and misdirection (while marching around self-righteously insisting they are defending the First Amendment) then perhaps this can be considered a victory.
Certainly the Wall Street Journal editorial page will see it that way. For them this case is a civil rights case in which the Club For Growth is their Rosa Parks being forced to sit in the back of the private jet and drink Perrier-Jouet instead of Dom. Youll recall that recently they almost had a full-blown breakdown at the rumor Scott Walker might settle this case rather than have it tied around his neck like a sack full of gold bullion as he was trying to run for president.
And now we know why Walker would have wanted to do that. The documents theyve released show that the special prosecutor (a Republican, by the way) found evidence of a crime. And among that evidence? Emails between Scott Walker and none other than the big kahuna, Karl Rove himself:
Bottom-line: R.J. helps keep in place a team that is wildly successful in Wisconsin, Walker wrote. We are running 9 recall elections and it will be like 9 congressional markets in every market in the state (and Twin Cities).
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http://www.salon.com/2014/06/20/scott_walkers_big_time_mess_secret_coordination_and_a_criminal_probe/
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Scott Walker’s big-time mess: Why 2016 is the least of his problems now (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jun 2014
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warrior1
(12,325 posts)1. can he be charged?
Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)3. This is what I can't figure out...
Apparently two lower court judges (one state, one federal) have deemed this activity to be not a violation of the law. But it sure as hell sounds like it.
Do we need the US DOJ to get involved?
Blue Owl
(49,913 posts)2. The Karl Rove connection is a real hamdinger
Here's hoping they both get nailed, and justice is served to the GOP for once in our lives...
Htom Sirveaux
(1,242 posts)4. Wow, it was the Club for Growth that won Walker all those
"Scott Walker involved in criminal probe" headlines the other day? Every time you think they've plumbed the depths of out-of-touchness, they reach even farther. And if his re-election goes down because of this friendly fire? Delicious.
Cal33
(7,018 posts)5. I hope his downfall will be a big one -- big enough to also bring about the downfall of
the REAL POWER that's propping up Scott Walker, the Koch brothers.
May this be the beginning of the end of corporate power over the USA,
as well as over many other nations -- worldwide.