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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:59 PM
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Did Governor Walker admit to looking forward to getting a bribe?
(Faux) Koch: Well, I tell you what, Scott: once you crush these bastards I’ll fly you out to Cali and really show you a good time.

Walker: All right, that would be outstanding.


http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2011/02/great-...

To me there seems to be little wiggle room here .... a payment was offered and he responded in a positive way
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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:01 PM
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1. I does sound like some kind of payoff....
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Poboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:02 PM
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2. He's certainly looking forward to a 'hot piece of ass', among other perks.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:02 PM
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3. not just payment offered. do this and receive this. nt
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:10 PM
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14. K&R!!!
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Hosnon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:02 PM
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4. Conspiracy to commit a crime perhaps? It likely requires an "act in furtherance" in Wisconsin too.
Edited on Wed Feb-23-11 02:02 PM by Hosnon
Talking about committing a crime is not a crime.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:05 PM
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7. They put people in prison all the time for talking about crimes
Like trying to hire a hit man to kill your spouse or offering to give $
to a prostitute for a b.j..
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former9thward Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:07 PM
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11. No they don't. It always requires another act. Talking is not enough.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:12 PM
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16. You might very well be right
But it sure doesn't look good for Walker.
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Hosnon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:10 PM
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13. Trying to hire a hit man is worlds apart from talking about trying to hire one to kill your wife.
Edited on Wed Feb-23-11 02:11 PM by Hosnon
Ditto for giving money to a prostitute for a b.j.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:17 PM
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18. I object!


Although I am not a lawyer I just play one on D.U..

:pals: All the best to you,
tom/botany
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AlabamaLibrul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:49 PM
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25. I think this whole week has been an act of furtherance, he just didn't know it until
Edited on Wed Feb-23-11 02:50 PM by AlabamaLibrul
it was verbalized by "Mr. Koch" on the phone call.
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:02 PM
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5. The funny thing is, I assumed Walker already knew the Koch brothers
Just from all the stories out there

lol he wasn't even a 'made man' yet
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:04 PM
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6. "Thanks a Million" !!!
he named his price right there
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drm604 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:06 PM
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8. Certainly sounds like it to me.
It was one of the big things I noticed when I listened to it.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:06 PM
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9. It does sound like the real David Koch has Scott Walker in his pocket, wouldn't you say?
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:07 PM
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10. As much as Walker's a dick, I would hesitate to call that a bribe.
He's not being offered something conditionally on the basis that he do something he wasn't already going to do. If a friend of yours says "Hey, finish up your work and all the booze is on me tonight," is your friend bribing you? WI state ethics laws might frown on this, but whether it constitutes a bribe, probably not.
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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:12 PM
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15. I don't get the comparison,your friend has no financial stake
in you finishing your work and going for a beer. This is Walker accepting a reward for an outcome favorable to a private business. It's a bribe, for all intents and purposes.
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:21 PM
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20. But there's no evidence that he wasn't going to do it regardless of the "invitation."
Suppose your friend is the guy who you're doing the work for. He profits from you finishing.

In this case, Walker was already pursuing his course long before this call happened. There's no evidence that such an offer would affect his decision-making, and saying otherwise is stretching.
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tinrobot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:26 PM
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22. That's how I read it.
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FredStembottom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:09 PM
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12. Good catch!
Edited on Wed Feb-23-11 02:12 PM by FredStembottom
(Edited for caution - legal opinions are for others - not me)
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:15 PM
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17. I've looked on line to see any legal commentary on this prank.
I'd love to hear this asshole go down.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:21 PM
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19. Scott Walker, "I talk to Kasich every day."
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/116737394.html

"I talk to Kasich every day. John's going to stand firm in Ohio. I think we do the same thing with Rick Scott in
Florida. I think (Rick) Snyder, if he got a little support, could do the same thing in Michigan. I think if you go
down the list, a lot of us new governors got elected to something big."

Now are they still gonna say this is not a coordinated national attack on labor and the middle class by the Koch
Brothers and the right wing.

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How was the union meeting this AM?

BTW

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x488736
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:25 PM
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21. it`s all about perception in politics
a bribe? probably not, but most people would think there`s something wrong about it.
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:28 PM
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23. Since the caller was playing the role of a Koch, can we say that
Walker was essentially out-smarted by a dildo?
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:47 PM
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24. They are trying to convict Blagojevich in Illinois
for some very similar things. He was caught on tape for making the same types of statements. He is trying to have the tapes thrown out right now.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 03:00 PM
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26. Sounds like a valid offer and acceptance to me
It's a contract - for services rendered.
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 03:01 PM
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27. Gov. Scott Walker needs to resign NOW! Admitting felonies on tape.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x490151
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