Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Purple Project Flop

While I still stand by my belief that Christian Schneider is THE single biggest hack of a writer in WI, Sunny Schubert comes close. Unfortunately for the people of WI both have made the Journal Sentinel's Purple project. Sunny, one of the WPRI flacks, who incredibly keeps getting column space, had another doozy. This time she gave a very weak attempt at trying to say that the Scott Walker campaign is a grassroots campaign.
So I was pleasantly surprised when Mark casually said “I sent some money to that governor of yours.” “Really?” I said. “So you’re one of those evil out-of-state donors who’s trying to influence our election!” “Well, it was only $50,” he said. That puts him in the bottom 76 percent of all Walker donors. “So what are you expecting in return?” I demanded, feigning outrage. “Nothing,” Mark said, shrugging. “I just believe in fiscal responsibility. Walker did the right thing.” “Oh, and my wife hates the teachers’ unions,” he added. “She taught for years, and thinks the unions stand in the way of innovation and reform.” I high-fived him. So that’s what an out-of-state donor looks like, and that’s why they send money to a political race where they don’t have a horse running: They look like an older, wiser version of a kid you went to college with. And they have principals.
The problem of course with Sunny, as always, is that she does no research ever. Of course, the whole business plan of WPRI, is NOT to have a public debate, but to advance an extreme right wing agenda. Were Sunny to actually do research and want a debate she would have actually read the paper that supports her.
The Republican governor has raised more than $30 million since January 2011 and he has about $1.6 million on hand. The majority has been from out of state. That means Walker raised an average of more than $178,000 a day for the latest period. He already has taken in more than 80% of the total amount spent by him and all other candidates and independent groups in the 2010 governor's race, when he beat Barrett. In that race, all groups spent $37.4 million, according to estimates by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. Tuesday's report included six contributions to Walker above the normal $10,000 limit, including one from the richest woman in the world. Christy Walton, a Walmart heiress active in the school voucher movement, gave Walker $50,000, the report shows. Forbes lists Walton as the richest woman in the world, with a net worth of $25.3 billion. The other donations above the usual limit were: $25,000 from Grant E. Nelson of Prescott, Wis., who heads a large foundation; $25,000 from Richard Uihlein, CEO of Illinois packaging company Uline; $25,000 from Fred Fehsenfeld, chairman of the executive committee for the Heritage Group in Indianapolis; $25,000 from Robert McNair, CEO of the Houston Texans football team; and $20,000 from Gary Reynolds, CEO of GMR Marketing of Delafield. In addition to the reports due Tuesday, candidates for governor in the final two weeks of the campaign must file daily reports of donations of more than $500 within 24 hours. In those reports, Walker's campaign said it had raised another $800,465 between May 23 and Sunday. The contributions over those five recent days included three outsize ones - $100,000 from Richard Pieper, an executive at Pieper Electric Inc. in Milwaukee; $50,000 from Richard H. Roberts, president of URL Pharma in Philadelphia; and $25,000 from Max Carney, chief executive officer of Midwest Insurance Co. in Springfield, Ill.
Yes the one guy who she may or may not have seen who sent $50, is exactly equal to Christy Walton sending $50,000. Even though Christy Walkton has spent much time and effort working on privatizing public education, I am sure her $50/k donation comes with no strings attached. Now that I think of it, I am sure Sunny's "friend"'s $50 check had nothing to do with wanting to break the public employee unions, it was sent with purest of intentions. Sunny and her peers blatantly false attempts to change the debate show just how incredibly desperate they are to change the debate. It shows how the right wingers know they are losing the debate and no amount of BS from these people will change that! Vote for Tom Barrett on June 5th and let's take our state back and stop this attack on Wisconsin!!!

8 comments:

  1. Besides all of that . . . Sunny cannot spell. She meant "principles" when she wrote "principals."

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  2. When the Walker campaign says that 76% of contributions to Walker are for $50 or less, I strongly suspect that what they're deceptively saying is 76% by number of contributions not by $ contributed. What percentage of total contributions did these bottom 76% of donors account for? I bet it is far, far less than 76%. I wish a reporter would ask Ms. Hooters that question when she starts robotically reciting her 76% script.

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  3. "Yes the one guy who she may or may NOT have seen who sent $50". (emphasis added.) Funny how Walker and the rest of the RWNJ's keep running into people that fall perfectly into their narrative nee talking points.

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  4. I know your not suggesting that the recall effort is grass roots. So then, what is the benefit of pointing to outside influence for Walker?

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    1. In all seriousness, are you really that obtuse?

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    2. Your right, I can see the hidden agenda. Get our benefits back at any cost.

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    3. OK, so you are that obtuse. You have my sympathies.

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