June 11, 2012
— Ace Oh?
He did nine fundraisers in the four days prior to the election, in total Obama hit 13 fundraisers in the 14 days leading up to BarrettÂ’s drubbing by Scott Walker.
I think it's a little worse than that. Obama actually flew over Wisconsin to go from an a Minnesota fundraiser to attend a Chicago fundraiser.
According to ABC NewsÂ’ Political Punch, the presidentÂ’s other Minnesota fundraisers did not allow press; one had 20 people paying $40,000 each for a roundtable discussion with the president, and the other had 10 people paying $50,000 each for a similar discussion.The president then flew over Wisconsin on Air Force One for three fundraisers in Chicago. Estimates are that the president raised $1.8 million in Minnesota and $5 million in Chicago.
He actually flew over Wisconsin twice, avoiding it both times, in the crucial last days of the recall. At one point, when on the ground, he was 15 miles away from the border of Wisconsin -- no quickie rally?
I guess Wisconsin's airports and helipads and highways were also too busy.
I never know how much to make of a lie like this, because it's an obligatory lie. Most people would mumble something like this rather than tell the strict truth.
And yet, it's still a lie. Or maybe just call it "bullshit." Maybe that's the right term.
He does bullshit an awful lot.
Didn't we used to call him "Captain Bullshit"?
Ah yes, we did.
I forget who did that, but it was probably @slublog.
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Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 11, 2012 02:53 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 11, 2012 02:53 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 11, 2012 02:54 PM (8MasJ)
Posted by: Politifact at June 11, 2012 02:55 PM (aw5Tx)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 11, 2012 02:55 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: runninrebel at June 11, 2012 02:55 PM (9hlKZ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 11, 2012 02:55 PM (XvHmy)
that fits his tin horn dictator style.
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 11, 2012 02:57 PM (8MasJ)
Posted by: Dr Spank at June 11, 2012 02:57 PM (I/Xad)
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2012 02:58 PM (sYijI)
Posted by: Anachronda at June 11, 2012 06:51 PM (xGZ+b)
He was reported to have played on May 26th
Posted by: Beto at June 11, 2012 02:58 PM (lpWVn)
He may have point.
Posted by: ontherocks at June 11, 2012 02:59 PM (aZ6ew)
This was a no win situation of Obama's own making. IF he showed up and Barret lost it would reflect poorly on Obama's ability to sway voters. If Barret had been looking like a winner, Obama could have dropped in for a cameo and taken credit for the victory. But he knew the polls were indicating Barrat wouldn't win and if he did show up before Barret lost he would have to take part of the blame. Now he has to explain why he didn't have time to weigh in on the recall and his only excuse is that he was busy when in fact he was attending his own fundraisers?
Hoy vey!
Posted by: MrObvious at June 11, 2012 02:59 PM (t4++D)
Jeffrey, who has a 4.25 cumulative grade-point average, applied for 27 scholarships and won three others in addition to the award from the Martin Luther King Senior Citizens Club, which only specified that African Americans were “encouraged to apply,” the newspaper reported. School counselors were informed that the scholarship was for black students.
The club intends to change the language on next yearÂ’s application to clarify who is eligible, according to the Press-Enterprise.
The returned scholarship was later awarded to an African-American girl at King High School.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at June 11, 2012 02:59 PM (e8kgV)
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I could practically see Obama from my back patio.
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:00 PM (P6QsQ)
Whatever it is, I believe this administration is five rungs above that, even.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 11, 2012 03:00 PM (ojRbN)
Pretty funny one liner if you ask me.
Posted by: Barack "Henny" Youngman at June 11, 2012 03:00 PM (qkbGP)
Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:00 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Bullshit Barry at June 11, 2012 03:00 PM (LVHsJ)
Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 11, 2012 03:00 PM (kqqGm)
In Obama's defense, Walker did declare Wisconsin from the big tree to the chain-link fence as "safe".
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 11, 2012 03:01 PM (kdS6q)
A cabinet member just smacked two cars in separate accidents.
Crickets.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 11, 2012 03:01 PM (ojRbN)
Posted by: stuiec at June 11, 2012 03:01 PM (L5cTC)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 11, 2012 03:01 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: runninrebel at June 11, 2012 03:01 PM (9hlKZ)
Posted by: soothsayer, for your own good at June 11, 2012 03:01 PM (KUrJA)
Posted by: Blaster at June 11, 2012 03:02 PM (HR5x9)
Posted by: Comrade Politifact at June 11, 2012 03:02 PM (44/AS)
Posted by: Politi-fact at June 11, 2012 03:02 PM (++kZl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 11, 2012 03:02 PM (WeA4Y)
Posted by: Illinois Unions at June 11, 2012 03:03 PM (FcR7P)
Sit down, Professor Warren.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 11, 2012 03:03 PM (ltdV/)
Posted by: Barry Syrup at June 11, 2012 03:03 PM (mxnUd)
Yeah, that's the ticket.
OK, no ticket, but seizures......... yeah
Posted by: ontherocks at June 11, 2012 03:04 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: Up With People! at June 11, 2012 03:05 PM (iYvMQ)
Posted by: Evil German in Raiders of the Lost Arc at June 11, 2012 03:05 PM (++kZl)
Posted by: Barry Syrup at June 11, 2012 03:05 PM (mxnUd)
Posted by: Blaster at June 11, 2012 03:05 PM (HR5x9)
Posted by: Barakhenaten I at June 11, 2012 03:06 PM (czc6X)
If someone asks for me to visit and I really just don't want to go, what is the most time tested excuse that I can give?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 03:06 PM (0q2P7)
Friday night Obama talked about how happy he was to be sleeping in his own home in his own bed. Then he talked about how he was looking forward to making breakfast in his kitchen Saturday morning. Then on Saturday a reporter asked him about what he had made for breakfast and Obama said that he had slept in late, and hadn't cooked breakfast after all.
So he slept in on the Saturday before the biggest union election in American history. Too busy.
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:06 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Barry Syrup at June 11, 2012 03:07 PM (mxnUd)
Awww, it's so cute that you think that would happen.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 11, 2012 03:07 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Baraka XIV at June 11, 2012 03:07 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: the Butcher at June 11, 2012 03:08 PM (8g9qq)
I can't take credit for that one. It's hilarious, though.
Posted by: Slublog at June 11, 2012 03:08 PM (SjVZP)
Posted by: The best parts of the United States at June 11, 2012 03:08 PM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: wierd flunky at June 11, 2012 03:08 PM (tlhtD)
Full quote from the WBAY Action 2 News:
Smith: I'd like to ask you about Wisconsin's recall election. There are a lot of Democrats that are upset you didn't campaign for Tom Barrett.
President Obama: The truth of the matter is that as POTUS, I've got a lot of responsibilities. I was supportive of Tom and have been supportive of Tom. Obviously, I would have loved to see a different result.
But the broader principle is that we want an economy that is not focused on a few at the top but is a broad-based economy that invests in our future, that makes sure we've got a strong education system that is thinking about workers and their ability to pay their bills, is something in everything I do. Shows those are values I care about deeply.
And we're going to be fighting very hard in Wisconsin, just like we have in the past, to make sure that's the kind of government people get.
http://tinyurl.com/7y9yr3u
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 11, 2012 03:08 PM (kdS6q)
When you don't have to worry about the media, you can lie like the devil.
Some people are just lucky like that.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 11, 2012 03:08 PM (eta7R)
Posted by: Blaster at June 11, 2012 03:09 PM (HR5x9)
Posted by: Barry Syrup at June 11, 2012 03:09 PM (mxnUd)
Posted by: Filthy Degenerate at June 11, 2012 03:09 PM (++kZl)
Yup. Have a friend with epilepsy; fortunately only had petit mals. He's under medication but he has to be taking for 6 months with evaluation until he gets the license back.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 11, 2012 03:09 PM (kqqGm)
Posted by: steevy at June 11, 2012 03:09 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Dr Spank at June 11, 2012 03:09 PM (I/Xad)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 03:09 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: What If Bush Had Done This? at June 11, 2012 03:10 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 11, 2012 03:10 PM (kqqGm)
Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker's Ex at June 11, 2012 03:11 PM (c3mby)
Uh...what?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 11, 2012 03:11 PM (+yxTR)
I have the plans on how to make your own solar powered flashlight. All you need is an old toilet paper roll. I think it only works in the daytime. I'll have the Solyndra boys email it over to you.
Posted by: Rockin' Joe Biden at June 11, 2012 03:12 PM (Ky1+e)
Well, it wasn't just Obama. Did any Democrat party hitters (besides a one night stand by Bill Clinton) campaign for Barrett?
Where was John F. Kerry? He claimed he liked to watch football at Lambert Field.
No wait, that's in St. Louis. And airplanes land there.
Nevermind.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at June 11, 2012 03:12 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2012 03:12 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Blaster at June 11, 2012 03:12 PM (HR5x9)
Posted by: RoyalOil at June 11, 2012 03:13 PM (kSaUf)
Captain Bullshit's Super Power?
He lies like a dog. A tasty little dog.
Posted by: garrett at June 11, 2012 07:11 PM (czc6X)
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Run for it, Krypto!
Posted by: Beefy Meatball at June 11, 2012 03:13 PM (mxnUd)
Posted by: Lauren at June 11, 2012 03:13 PM (5okt3)
Posted by: Jimmy Carter at June 11, 2012 03:14 PM (a4CUi)
And who can the Democrats blame for the loss of one of their most potent weapons?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 11, 2012 03:15 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Blaster at June 11, 2012 03:15 PM (HR5x9)
Posted by: wierd flunky at June 11, 2012 03:15 PM (tlhtD)
Posted by: President Choom-By-Ya at June 11, 2012 03:16 PM (VMcoS)
Posted by: Blaster at June 11, 2012 03:16 PM (HR5x9)
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About a third of them apparently will. I bet another 15-20 % stay home.
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:16 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 11, 2012 03:16 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Barry Obama at June 11, 2012 03:17 PM (Ky1+e)
When I was home after my first fundraiser, it was worse. [grabs at flying insect]
I'd wake up and there'd be nothing. I hardly said a word to my wife, until I said "yes" to a Spanish vacation.
When I was here, I wanted to be there; when I was there, all I could think of was getting back onto the links.
I'm here a week now... waiting for an emission... getting softer. Every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute Romney squats on the Bush wing, he gets stronger.
Each time I looked around the walls moved in a little tighter.
Posted by: captain bullshit at June 11, 2012 03:17 PM (nrW1y)
They'll blame Barry. And the mask will slip. And they won't care.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 11, 2012 03:17 PM (kqqGm)
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Yep. Always time for Val.
Too busy to put on his comfortable shoes for the unions tho.
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:18 PM (P6QsQ)
But more importantly.... are not the fundraisers the very definition of Pay for Access?
Roundtable discussions with the Prezzy, if you can afford it....
Wow.... just... wow...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 11, 2012 03:18 PM (lZBBB)
But HE can't understand that when he creates the perception that he's too cowardly to risk his political capital on behalf of his allies, he devalues that political capital to the point of worthlessness. Capital only has value when it's invested, and that implies risk: avoiding all risk neutralizes the power of capital.
Posted by: stuiec at June 11, 2012
So why are you surprised that a socialist doesn't understand about Capital?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 11, 2012 03:19 PM (z1N6a)
But, but....I sent Bill Clinton, the 'Comeback Kid', to Wisconsin.
That was supposed to work.
My union brothas can't blame their defeat on me....it's Bill Clinton's fault.
Posted by: Captain Dogshit at June 11, 2012 03:20 PM (/V8D4)
Didn't he go for a walk that Saturday with Valerie Jarrett in Chicago?
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle
Don't be silly....
6/2/2012
After your pool held in vans in the PresidentÂ’s Chicago neighborhood for about 90 minutes Saturday morning, Mr. Obama went out for a stroll of about four blocks to the home of his friend, Martin Nesbitt, in the Hyde Park/Kenwood section of the city.
The president walked into your poolersÂ’ view at 11:47 a.m. Central time at 49th Street and South Woodlawn Ave., strolling with senior adviser Valerie Jarrett. He was wearing tan slacks and a white, open-collared shirt with sleeves rolled up. Ms. Jarrett wore a knee-length, navy dress. They were trailed closely by an agent.
http://tinyurl.com/72boljq
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 11, 2012 03:21 PM (kdS6q)
Seriously, liberal leaders, especially, must be perfect human beings.
What should Obama have done? Shut up, that's what. Only the delusional moonbats thought they had a chance with this recall. I wouldn't be surprised if Barrett told Obama to stay out of the state.
But he can't. He can't just say nothing and let it be forgotten, he has to have an excuse, he has to be perfect.
I am reminded of Billy Dale. When the Clintons took office, they wanted to fire the head of the White House Travel Office, a long-time civil servant named Billy Dale. Billy's position was nominally a political patronage position, but he was appointed by Kennedy and no president had any cronies who wanted that job. The Travel Office arranged travel for those accompanying the president, though not the president himself.
The Clintons, though, had long-time donors who wanted that job. Now, even though they could have just fired him, and would give Republicans a minor scandal about the mean Clintons firing a sweet old man beloved by the White House Press Corps, they decided not to.
Instead they trumped up corruption charges against Dale. It finally took the Republican Congress, elected in 1994, to pay him his legal expenses for the long ordeal. In the meantime, the Clintons never admitted wrongdoing.
In the long run, even though they never admitted guilt, it was a major scandal for the Clintons and an embarrassment to the Democrats. And all because they must be without sin. This is a major weakness inherent to the Left and one we need to exploit.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2012 03:21 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:21 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: They call me Barky at June 11, 2012 03:21 PM (EcMtD)
*closes eyes, crosses fingers - "Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please.*
Posted by: Dang at June 11, 2012 03:21 PM (Ky1+e)
racists, of course.
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 11, 2012 03:21 PM (8MasJ)
Posted by: wierd flunky at June 11, 2012 03:22 PM (tlhtD)
Posted by: runninrebel at June 11, 2012 03:22 PM (9hlKZ)
Posted by: sandy burger at June 11, 2012 03:22 PM (k0pNf)
Roundtable discussions with the Prezzy, if you can afford it....
Wow.... just... wow... Posted by: Romeo13
You deserve a Little Debby® for that.
Posted by: Dang at June 11, 2012 03:23 PM (Ky1+e)
Hey, cut Owebama some slack. He was busy afterall. Taking millions from the dumbest of the dumb. What's shocking to me is not Barry's lame lying bullshit story, nor the media dutifully nodding their heads (or is it bobbing). It's the fact that there are people fucking stupid enough to pay 50 Grand to have dinner with that POS.
Posted by: Minnfidel at June 11, 2012 03:23 PM (hBx/E)
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And he brought them one state senate seat by merely flying over WI. Behold the power, ingrate!
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 11, 2012 03:23 PM (vOMX+)
Apparently the fallout from the recall is that the liberals are stopping the recall drive of MichiganÂ’s Gov. Rick Snyder and Florida's Gov. Rick Scott.
Posted by: Vulcan Probverb at June 11, 2012 03:23 PM (qkbGP)
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No, Barrett wanted him here. His office asked the President to come.
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:23 PM (P6QsQ)
123 He shoulda gone with the old "dog ate my plane ticket" excuse. Fools 'em every time.
The DogEater can't use that one.
Posted by: wheatie at June 11, 2012 03:24 PM (/V8D4)
It's all cultural. They've worked themselves up into such frothing hatred of Republicans/conservatives, they don't care what kind of dud Obama is.
If you put down 10 large to see the president, it really doesn't matter what he says or, frankly, what his policies are.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2012 03:24 PM (T0NGe)
B.O. will go down in the Guiness Book of World Records in the "most funny nicknames category".
Somebody should be keeping a list.
Posted by: wth at June 11, 2012 03:25 PM (wAQA5)
Wow. He's pretty stupid.
Or maybe he wanted to deflect the blame.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2012 03:26 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Boston12GS at June 11, 2012 03:26 PM (0VqvZ)
(Waits for laughter and applause; eventually leaves to play golf)
Posted by: Barack 'Retard Bismarck' Obama at June 11, 2012 03:26 PM (VMcoS)
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What did Boehner say once....talking with King Dipshit is like talking with jello? I don't believe I would've been parting with my cash to spend any time with this "historic" imbecile.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 11, 2012 03:26 PM (vOMX+)
Well, keep in mind Obama can't really insult the intelligence of his supporters, given that they're brainless.
Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at June 11, 2012 03:26 PM (f8XyF)
Posted by: wierd flunky at June 11, 2012 03:27 PM (tlhtD)
Doesn't he have even 50 friends winning to pop for $20,000 to sit down with me?
I would have been so there.
Posted by: Barack Obama at June 11, 2012 03:27 PM (UCR1O)
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He even botched THAT feeble victory. The only seat of the four that they won is being redistricted in the next election and will be a solid R district. The legislature is in recess till after November and won't even meet till January of 2013. Meanwhile, come November the Republicans are probably going to gain 2-3 seats in the Senate, making a strong majority once again by the time they come back to Madison.
So basically the unions spent 80 million dollars to rent a seat in an empty chamber for 5 months till the R's take control again
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Oh, and they made Scott Walker a rock star. So it all evens out.
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:28 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Barky O'Dogeater at June 11, 2012 03:28 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Jimmy Carter at June 11, 2012 03:28 PM (a4CUi)
Instead, bizarrely claiming it sent a "message" to Romney, followed by saying he was "too busy", just makes him look desperate, dishonest, and worst of all... weird.
Posted by: sandy burger at June 11, 2012 03:28 PM (k0pNf)
Posted by: steevy at June 11, 2012 03:28 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2012 07:21 PM (T0NGe)
oh man, I had no idea that's what travelGate was about. I voted for the jerk 2 twice. Makes me rethink a lot of what I thought of the man and the press who covered for him.
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at June 11, 2012 03:28 PM (ACkhT)
Posted by: King Putt at June 11, 2012 03:29 PM (ccXZP)
...$10,000? ....He's had fundraisers that were more expensive than that.
Some have been as much as $30,000 per plate.
But then....I guess that was because the donors got fed some rubber chicken with their dose of bullshit.
Posted by: wheatie at June 11, 2012 03:29 PM (/V8D4)
Posted by: Blaster at June 11, 2012 03:30 PM (HR5x9)
I know, mama. It's almost enough to make one succumb to a large burst of incontrollable laughter.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 11, 2012 03:30 PM (vOMX+)
Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at June 11, 2012 07:26 PM (f8XyF)
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Saying something intelligent would be considered an insult to their intelligence.
Posted by: Up With People! at June 11, 2012 03:30 PM (iYvMQ)
#113
he devalues that political capital to the point of worthlessness.
Capital only has value when it's invested, and that implies risk:
avoiding all risk neutralizes the power of capital.
Obama doesn't believe in risk/reward ratios. He has never risked anything of his own. He thinks that taxpayers should shoulder all of the risk. Even of his own political capital.
I just hope Obama doesn't get a 3:00 am call. He would respond poorly.
Posted by: Jack at June 11, 2012 03:31 PM (wUFaM)
Posted by: steevy at June 11, 2012 07:28 PM (Xb3hu)
He had to go pick up his "to go" order at the local pound.
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 11, 2012 03:31 PM (qkbGP)
(Waits for applause and laughter, eventually leaves to play golf)
Posted by: Barack 'Retard Bismarck' Obama at June 11, 2012 03:31 PM (VMcoS)
Posted by: Cicero at June 11, 2012 03:32 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at June 11, 2012 03:32 PM (ACkhT)
Posted by: Joe Repub at June 11, 2012 03:33 PM (YOZVY)
"There's probably a lot of things from then you didn't know."
Yep, and unlike back then, I would be very open to believing them.
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at June 11, 2012 03:33 PM (ACkhT)
Posted by: Boston12GS at June 11, 2012 03:33 PM (0VqvZ)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 11, 2012 03:33 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: Up With People! at June 11, 2012 03:34 PM (iYvMQ)
Posted by: dananjcon at June 11, 2012 03:34 PM (bRZQL)
/I kid, but really you know a less sarcastic version of this is already occurring as we sit here.
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at June 11, 2012 03:34 PM (KCvsd)
Posted by: Barky O'Dogeater at June 11, 2012 03:34 PM (QKKT0)
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I've been laughing uncontrollably for nearly a week now. I can't seem to wipe this gloat off my face.
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:34 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Barack, your college boyfriend at June 11, 2012 03:34 PM (aNu4E)
Here is the scary thing, using data pulled from the actual results of the election instead of the flaky exit polls:
Had Barrett won Dane and Milwaukee by Obama's margins...
He still would have lost by over 72,000 votes.
The rest of the state has turned rabidly against Barrett, the unions and their ilk. The western "blue wall" in the state stretching from Eau Claire Co down to the Illinois border disintegrated almost entirely in the recall with Barrett carrying just 6 counties out of the region, one which had given Gore, Kerry, Obama, and Clinton solid victories.
Looking at the actual hard numbers from the election, if Republicans keep up their enthusiasm in the rest of the state, no amount of busing or stuffing in the two biggest counties would be enough to keep the state blue for Obama.
If the unions couldn't do it with the national spotlight on them, with the largest turnout for a non-Prez election in Dane/Milwaukee... how the hell does Obama expect to?
Do the math yourself and tell me where the votes "show up". Their voters already did, and there weren't enough of them.
Posted by: CAC at June 11, 2012 03:35 PM (J93hD)
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So THAT's what that was on my geraniums.
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:35 PM (P6QsQ)
oh man, I had no idea that's what travelGate was about. I voted for the jerk 2 twice. Makes me rethink a lot of what I thought of the man and the press who covered for him.
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at June 11, 2012 07:28 PM (ACkhT)
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The TravelGate thing was even worse than AmishDude elaborated.
It wasn't just about firing Billy Dale...
The Clintons wanted all WH travel to be funneled through a travel company in Little Rock....as political payback, and to get some of the 'take' backdoored back into their own coffers.
All of the 'travel expenses' were inflated....and we the taxpayers were hosed in that deal.
Posted by: wheatie at June 11, 2012 03:36 PM (/V8D4)
Posted by: thunderb at June 11, 2012 03:37 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Barky O'Dogeater at June 11, 2012 03:37 PM (QKKT0)
Don't get cocky, kid.
What kind of voters are likely to skip "less important" elections, and show up for only the presidential ones? Democrats.
Posted by: sandy burger at June 11, 2012 03:37 PM (k0pNf)
Oh, and this includes the dead vote, the Chicago/Detroit/Minneapolis busloads of voters.
They pulled all the tricks and got destroyed by a margin of over 172,000.
Posted by: CAC at June 11, 2012 03:38 PM (J93hD)
Posted by: wheatie at June 11, 2012 07:36 PM (/V8D4)
Yep, looks like it was much worse, I'm reading about on wikipedia, seems to have a pretty good summary of it.
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at June 11, 2012 03:38 PM (ACkhT)
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:39 PM (P6QsQ)
That's not my ear!
Posted by: the rubber chicken at June 11, 2012 03:39 PM (nrW1y)
Posted by: sandy burger at June 11, 2012 07:37 PM (k0pNf)
Sandy, they did show up.
That is why Wisconsin is being swept under the rug.
The Democrats showed up like hell in Dane and Milwaukee. Even if they had presidential-level turnout in their core counties against Walker...it would not have been close to enough to steal it. There really are only so many voters. Even dead ones. The real story out of Tuesday night is that the Blue/Red split of the state has lurched towards the GOP. Look at Brown County. Fon Du Lac. Waukesha. Door. Marathon. St Croix. Eau Claire for Christ's sakes.
Posted by: CAC at June 11, 2012 03:40 PM (J93hD)
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I really honestly believe that the mood in Wisconsin was such that people saw the recall as THE election this year. I swear I have never in my life seen anything like this.
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:40 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: teej at June 11, 2012 03:41 PM (AiZkN)
I'm just playing devil's advocate; I think your analysis is probably right. But there's enough uncertainty to worry.
Posted by: sandy burger at June 11, 2012 03:41 PM (k0pNf)
Don't tell me what to do!
and tell me where the votes "show up". Their voters already did, and there weren't enough of them.
In November, the Wisconsin Recall voters will be voting in their own states.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2012 03:41 PM (T0NGe)
I don't think anyone want's to go anywhere near Air Force One with a UV light. Gives "Yankee White" a whole new meaning.
Posted by: Not Drinking Nearly Enough at June 11, 2012 03:41 PM (HtUdo)
Posted by: 66chevelle at June 11, 2012 03:43 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: CAC at June 11, 2012 07:40 PM (J93hD)
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This is true. Wisconsin only has three main population centers. Everything else is very much small town/rural. Republicans now lead in number of voters in two of those population centers. And they pretty much own the rural areas except for the Indian reservations and border counties.
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:43 PM (P6QsQ)
Ha. Yeah, good point.
By the way, my schadenfreude buzz is still going strong. I'm worried it might be permanent. I'm just so damned happy about how that election turned out.
And as a side note, I loved that this site's election coverage was better than the MSM's. Major kudos!
Posted by: sandy burger at June 11, 2012 03:44 PM (k0pNf)
I'm just playing devil's advocate; I think your analysis is probably right. But there's enough uncertainty to worry.
Posted by: sandy burger at June 11, 2012 07:41 PM (k0pNf)
WE shouldn't be worried.
Wisconsin is Obama's state to lose.
We are on the offensive here to flip states away from the President. None of these states that went to him are 'ours' in any sense other than when we have flipped them.
It is Obama who needs to worry about Wisconsin. And Ohio. And Florida. And North Carolina, Indiana, NE2, Michigan, Iowa, Nevada, Colorado, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, ME2...
The downside to winning big, is when the tide turns against you you face death by a thousand cuts. Keep those cracks in his "wall" open and he won't have much left to save him in November.
Posted by: CAC at June 11, 2012 03:44 PM (J93hD)
The Clintons wanted all WH travel to be funneled through atravel company in Little Rock....as political payback, and to get some of the 'take' backdoored back into their own coffers.
All of the 'travel expenses' wereinflated....and we the taxpayers were hosed in that deal.
I'm not so knowledgeable about the rest of the details (I didn't think taxpayers would be on the hook so much as the media outlets), but the Billy Dale thing was an example to me of this larger tendency Dems have to want to be perfect.
There are other examples of corruption and back-scratching.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2012 03:45 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2012 03:45 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: wierd flunky at June 11, 2012 03:45 PM (tlhtD)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 11, 2012 03:45 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2012 07:41 PM (T0NGe)
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One exception is that Wisconsin lets students who have lived here for the 28 days prior to the election vote. So out of state students who enroll in September can theoretically vote in Wisconsin as well as by absentee in their home state. It's hard to control that kind of fraud.
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:45 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Blaster at June 11, 2012 03:46 PM (HR5x9)
Posted by: CAC at June 11, 2012 03:46 PM (J93hD)
Posted by: Up With People! at June 11, 2012 03:47 PM (iYvMQ)
Posted by: sandy burger at June 11, 2012 03:48 PM (k0pNf)
Nice little city. Not too many assholes.
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2012 03:49 PM (sYijI)
Posted by: wierd flunky at June 11, 2012 03:49 PM (tlhtD)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 11, 2012 07:45 PM (lJJMb)
Not red yet and I've been out of the loop with a lot of polling so who knows. Still fun to come in here and whip you guys up and straight on who needs to worry about whom here. If we are playing defensively we will not beat this jackass. Convince him, like we did in 2010 with the House Democrats, that nowhere is safe, and his campaign will implode.
Posted by: CAC at June 11, 2012 03:49 PM (J93hD)
Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at June 11, 2012 03:50 PM (QxSug)
Haaahahahahaaahahahaa...
Sounds like he's running out of plausible excuses, and is now resorting to stupid ones.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at June 11, 2012 03:51 PM (4s7w4)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 11, 2012 03:51 PM (c2oll)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2012 03:51 PM (niZvt)
And I did say ALMOST!!!
Posted by: Killerdog at June 11, 2012 03:51 PM (CZrbJ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2012 03:52 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2012 03:53 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 11, 2012 07:45 PM (lJJMb)
Not red yet and I've been out of the loop with a lot of polling so who knows. Still fun to come in here and whip you guys up and straight on who needs to worry about whom here. If we are playing defensively we will not beat this jackass. Convince him, like we did in 2010 with the House Democrats, that nowhere is safe, and his campaign will implode.
Posted by: CAC at June 11, 2012 07:49 PM (J93hD)
NC and IN down...next FL and VA? CO and NV? Rust belt (always such a tease)?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 11, 2012 03:53 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: channeling charlie at June 11, 2012 03:54 PM (AiZkN)
Not necessarily. It's usually low-information voters who don't have a party or ideological allegiance. And, frankly, those are the most likely to be swayed by the "poor teachers" argument. When it comes to SCOAMFitude, they will be even less kind.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2012 03:54 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:55 PM (P6QsQ)
At this point, it appears that even if we do absolutely nothing, his campaign will implode.
I'd guess that some of the bizarre incompetence we're seeing is due to an internal culture of blame and fear, where every setback results in finger-pointing and recrimination. Organizations which get stuck in those dynamics have a hard time adapting to change. Based on what we're seeing, I bet there is some real personal nastiness going on behind closed doors. The tell-alls later should be funny.
Posted by: sandy burger at June 11, 2012 03:55 PM (k0pNf)
Posted by: CanaDave at June 11, 2012 03:55 PM (4simq)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2012 03:55 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: wierd flunky at June 11, 2012 03:56 PM (tlhtD)
Why do the taxpayers have to pay for that cocksucker's campaign plane and all those secret service agents on his campaign?
Get rid of that finace reform bullcrap and let us republicans spend the shit out of our own money.
Let that fuck drive around in a car.
Posted by: TexasJew at June 11, 2012 03:56 PM (3GZGr)
I've been quiet on this subject all day, but I lost a lot of respect for Ace this weekend.
I sat through 'Bridesmaids' and it was one of the most awful experiences of my life. I can't believe he had a Matt Damon sized boner for that fucking piece of crap.
I feel better now.
Posted by: garrett at June 11, 2012 03:56 PM (czc6X)
Posted by: steevy at June 11, 2012 03:57 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: teej at June 11, 2012 03:57 PM (xhupI)
Posted by: steevy at June 11, 2012 03:57 PM (Xb3hu)
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Not to go all WND on everyone, but I do admit to some vague unease with regard to the supposed vote tallying company in freaking Spain who will be counting our Nov. votes. Tell me not to worry.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 11, 2012 03:58 PM (vOMX+)
How Romney is a RINO, and Boehner is spineless, and McConnel is a wuss.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 11, 2012 03:58 PM (0q2P7)
198 It's ALL bullshit.
Perhaps you aren't looking at the expanded menu, then.
We now have...
--- Dogshit burgers
--- Rabbit pellet pie
--- Donkey shlong sherbet
--- Pig poo dumplings
Please check back, with the Captain Bullshit headquarters...for even more exciting additions to our menu.
Posted by: wheatie at June 11, 2012 03:59 PM (/V8D4)
Witnesses say Helwig performed oral sex on Torello in front of other members of the audience while they watched the show.
Was that wrong?
Because if it had said anything about that in the fine print on the back of the ticket...
Posted by: George Costanza at June 11, 2012 03:59 PM (czc6X)
How Romney is a RINO, and Boehner is spineless, and McConnel is a wuss.
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...that'll be refreshing!
Posted by: CanaDave at June 11, 2012 03:59 PM (4simq)
I'm gonna go back to full-time Romney-bashing, rather than just part-time. Keeping the bottom-feeding rent-seeking GOP honest will be a difficult job.
Posted by: sandy burger at June 11, 2012 03:59 PM (k0pNf)
Kind of interesting how there were almost no tell-alls (except, I guess, Dick Morris) from the Clinton administration.
What you will start to see is a fractured "message" as every little person in the campaign and in the MSM, convinced that Axelrod, et al. are doing it wrong. They'll try to "help" and it'll be a complete disaster. Honestly, I can't wait.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 11, 2012 03:59 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2012 04:00 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2012 04:03 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 11, 2012 04:03 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at June 11, 2012 04:03 PM (FV/9i)
Posted by: Twooshmaster Bo at June 11, 2012 04:04 PM (FzhYM)
....what people on this blog are gonna talk about after Obumbles gets voted out
Boobies, Hot Women, Football, firearms, and the latest outrageous thing that the Libs are pushing for....
You know.
The important stuff.
Posted by: wheatie at June 11, 2012 04:09 PM (/V8D4)
Posted by: teej at June 11, 2012 04:10 PM (0SHei)
Posted by: DB Cooper at June 11, 2012 04:10 PM (a4CUi)
A lye pit would probably work too, but just not 'the thing'.
Pig farms work too I hear. (eeeeeewwww.)
Posted by: Al at June 11, 2012 04:11 PM (5a/pJ)
Yeah, but at least Obama has a dependable VP he can rely on.
Posted by: sandy burger at June 11, 2012 04:14 PM (k0pNf)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at June 11, 2012 04:14 PM (Xy45h)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2012 08:03 PM (niZvt)
I'm quit tight under there. Thought guys liked that?!
Posted by: momma at June 11, 2012 04:16 PM (sYijI)
Posted by: 66chevelle at June 11, 2012 04:16 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2012 04:21 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 11, 2012 04:21 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: ChampionCapua at June 11, 2012 04:25 PM (KZi9D)
Posted by: exceller at June 11, 2012 04:26 PM (Z7Znk)
Posted by: 66chevelle at June 11, 2012 04:26 PM (QjSgY)
If not, maybe he should use part of those millions-of-dollars-of-contributions he received to ---> PAY FOR USING AIR FORCE ONE LIKE IT'S HIS OWN PERSONAL TAXI.
... Just sayin'.
Posted by: A_Nonny_Mouse at June 11, 2012 04:30 PM (hq0VE)
He was too busy. Busy raising funds for his own precious self. What, you want him to put that off to raise money for someone else's bs?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 11, 2012 04:33 PM (k34Gz)
Posted by: Cindy in San Diego at June 11, 2012 04:41 PM (esiUY)
Politics involves trading favors between allies (not friends - allies) and does not consist in receiving tribute. His SCOAMFency, however, seems only to have seen the tribute aspect in Chicago and never saw that horse-trading part. And for that I am grateful.
May his magic carpet ride end soon.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - meditating on the many meanings of SCOAMF-itude at June 11, 2012 04:41 PM (gmoEG)
Here is a letter that has been making the rounds in Wisconsin after Scott Walkers victory:
Letter from a WI Taxpayer (I did not write this but I like it Letter to the Left. To all leftists, occupiers, union thugs and
malcontents,
Thank you! What an election! We couldn't have done it without you.Without your tantrums, outbursts and boorish behavior we might have stayed home for this election. Without your filthy, pot smoking hemp -headed minions occupying, dirtying and damaging our Capitol we mighthave been complacent. Without your obnoxious protests, boycotts and other actions from your union playbook, we might have sat this one out.But you couldn't hold back. You couldn't restrain yourselves and behave like adults. You couldn't accept the 2010 election results.
We sat and watched as you erupted in a juvenile hissy fit that embarrassed Wisconsin.The spectacle you created is what motivated us. And thanks to yourpathetic behavior, we won. We turned out. Big time! And now we are organized and energized. Committed. "All in". And we aren't going away.We now have our own organizations (no dues required), an army of volunteers and the means to communicate. And countless new sources of funding, including a donor base from all 50 states. And we have "iverifytherecall" to ferret out your infiltrators in our future local elections.So thank you little boy Tate, Graeme Zielinski, Fred "Loonie" Levenhagen,Ismael Ozanne, Maryanne Sumi, Noble Ray, Charles Tubbs, JoanneKloppenberg, Segway Boy, John Chisolm, public employee union members,UW TA's, WEAC, SEIU, MTI, AFSCME Council 24 in Union Grove and WIprison guards,. Thanks for the death threats, the intimidation, the bullying,belligerence, thuggery and goonish behavior. The lack of ethics and thefailure to enforce rules and laws. Thank you for putting your selfish, greedy motives on display for all taxpayers to see.
Your antics might have made you feel good but they didn't make you look good. They sickened the rest of us.Thank you Shirley Abrahamson and Ann Walsh Bradley. Your petty politicswoke us up. Thanks you Miles Kristan for dumping the beer on Robin Vos's head. Thank you University doctors for writing the phony excuses; Madisonteachers for calling in sick or dragging your students to the protestswithout permission. Thank you Katherine Windels for making death threatsagainst the Governor. The noontime capitol singers who tauntedSheboygan high school students.
Thank you WEA Trust for rapingWisconsin taxpayers. Thank you Gwen Moore for your embarrassingminstrel show. And thanks all of you for harassing the Walker family attheir private home. You have all been exposed. Your tactics have been rejected. Your badbehavior has been forever captured on You Tube.Thank you Peter Barca and fellow Assembly members for donning yourfoolish orange T-shirts and screaming "shame" at legislators just doingtheir jobs.Thank you Mark Miller and all 14 senators for fleeing the state and makingfools of yourselves in the process. Your combination of childishness and ignorance fits in very well in Illinois. IÂ’m sure you felt right at home.
Thanks for showing us what democracy doesn't look like. And Mayor Barrett. How grateful we are that you chose one low road after another in your issue-less campaign against the Governor. This was yourstrike three. You are out. Take a seat on the bench and stay there. I havea hunch this was your final at-bat. All of you helped turn Wisconsin permanently red. Your Governor, ScottWalker, will not just complete his first term, he is all but assured as manyfuture terms as he seeks. He will be your governor for a long, long time.Get used to it. And his national "rock star" status just might lead him to beyour President some day. Just think, it couldn't have happened withoutyou! So to all of you blue fisters, thank you from the bottom of my happy,red heart.
Sincerely, A Wisconsin taxpayer
Posted by: Sock On...Sock Off at June 11, 2012 04:55 PM (d+eeq)
Posted by: avi at June 11, 2012 05:02 PM (j5eiX)
Quatzequatel: No worries, our civilization is doing just fine!
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 11, 2012 05:13 PM (hftE2)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 11, 2012 05:17 PM (hftE2)
Leonard Maltin: Musicals are doing just fine!
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 11, 2012 05:19 PM (hftE2)
Persian Empire: Sure, I've been better, but who hasn't?
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 11, 2012 05:20 PM (hftE2)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 11, 2012 05:22 PM (hftE2)
Yes steam engines powered by switchgrass, what could be more exhilarating!
Posted by: Joey Lunchbucket Biden at June 11, 2012 05:38 PM (i3+c5)
Posted by: Jimmy Carter at June 11, 2012 07:28 PM (a4CUi)
Hey don't go crazy mister. I had to clean up the dog-s mess you left.
Posted by: Ghost of R. Reagan at June 11, 2012 05:38 PM (0paMD)
Posted by: Grand Moff Tarkin at June 11, 2012 05:42 PM (PE7OR)
Posted by: Dogbert at June 11, 2012 06:14 PM (umz2N)
Posted by: MTF at June 11, 2012 06:54 PM (Ezq3m)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 11, 2012 07:08 PM (nrW1y)
It's just like 2008 all over again. Who could have guessed?
Posted by: Fritz at June 11, 2012 07:16 PM (ZN5qR)
Posted by: Barack Ziskey at June 11, 2012 08:48 PM (UjSt7)
So last night on the ONT.....
I wanted to say "met"...but I double-tapped the "e".
Lately, I have had that issue with wanting to "double tap"....probably some deep seated training cycle from years before coupled with the present political climate...or just fumble fingers...who is to say....yet I might "Double-Tap" again on a future post.....and I will have no reason for doing so.....
"Just Saying!"
Posted by: Richard at June 11, 2012 09:12 PM (zYKeB)
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