Wednesday, March 26, 2008

WEAC Launches Attack Ad Against Gableman

WEAC is getting in on the supreme court race.

A new player in the race is the Wisconsin Education Association Council, the state’s largest teacher’s union, which is aiming to neutralize the issue of law enforcement, something Gableman has been playing up as a strengths over Butler. Gableman was a district attorney in Ashland County, while Butler was a public defender before becoming a municipal and circuit court judge in Milwaukee.

“Imagine, a sexual predator attacks a young girl, then forces her to watch the attack on video,” the ad says, over pictures of actors re-enacting the scenario. “Judge Michael Gableman said this criminal only had to spend one year in jail.”

The ad goes on to say Gableman went easy on another child sexual predator, giving him “a fraction of the jail time” to which he was eligible. Online court records show he was given a sentence of five years and six months in prison, as well as seven years of extended supervision.

“Judge Michael Gableman, protecting criminals, not Wisconsin families,” the ad concludes.

I wonder if all of those anti-special interest people will be out there denouncing WEAC now.

(8) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1722 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. One of the things I have been working on my union about for years is changing their stance on campaign finance reform.  I hate it when they do these kinds of ads.

    Posted by folkbum on March 26, 2008 at 1910 hrs


  2. I was just thinking about this ad. It’s really disgusting - not at all family viewing - and from your local educators. Oh, yuck. I’m supposed to feel good about sending my child into a school system that employs individuals who support this kind of rhetoric.

    Hey for all you Lena Taylor fans, do you think that little girl they show is the actual victim, or just maybe did WEAC pay an actress?

    Posted by Cindy on March 26, 2008 at 2004 hrs


  3. I wonder if all of those anti-special interest people will be out there denouncing WEAC now.

    And I am wondering why you are not celebrating their exercise of their 1st Amendment rights?

    And without the anonymity of the WMC & GWC.


    Maybe you are ready to start agreeing with me on the need for campaign finance reform?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 26, 2008 at 2007 hrs


  4. No.  I support WEAC’s action.  I also support WMC’s action.  My point is that those who oppose WMC’s ads should also oppose WEAC’s.  Will they?  I doubt it. 

    As for CFR, I think that’s the refuge of people who fear free speech.  As long as they are paying for it, I think that people should be free - and encouraged - to say what they want.

    Posted by Owen on March 26, 2008 at 2013 hrs


  5. As long as they are paying for it, I think that people should be free - and encouraged - to say what they want.

    I completely agree on this for individuals.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 27, 2008 at 0032 hrs


  6. The WEAC ad is sleazy and uncalled-for.  On the other hand, it ain’t a bald-faced lie.  Let’s call that a single step up from the Gableman campaign’s gutter.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 27, 2008 at 0512 hrs


  7. Grumps,

    It is a bald-faced lie. 

    http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2008/03/28/wi/05wi.txt

    What the hell happened to you?  You used to actually have a better B-S detector.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 28, 2008 at 0902 hrs


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