Thread: Scott Walker Debate: Tom Barrett Accuses Governor Of Running 'Willie Horton' Ad

Scott Walker Debate: Tom Barrett Accuses Governor Of Running 'Willie Horton' Ad

By Amanda Merkel | HuffPost |06/01/2012 12:44 am

MILWAUKEE - “Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) accused Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) during the gubernatorial debate on Thursday of running an inappropriate ad about crime in his city, comparing it to the much-criticized "Willie Horton" ad of the 1988 presidential campaign.

"This 2-year-old spent six days in intensive care after being severely beaten," says the Walker ad's narrator. "But Tom Barrett’s police department didn’t consider it a violent crime." The ad then shows crime statistics and asserts "violent crime is up" in Milwaukee.

"He's running a commercial right now that shows a dead baby," Barrett said during the debate. "It shows a picture of a dead baby. This is Willie Horton stuff. That baby died."

"You're running a commercial attacking my integrity, claiming that I had something to do with this, and you know that's false," added Barrett, his voice rising. "You tell me whether you think I had anything to do with that."

Walker began to respond, saying, "No, I'm asking you -"

Before he could finish, Barrett cut him off. "I'll tell you right now, I had nothing to do with that," Barrett said. "You should be ashamed of that commercial, Scott Walker."

Thursday's clash at Marquette University Law School was the second and final debate before the June 5 recall elections, where the governor, lieutenant governor and six GOP state senators will fight to save their seats.

As in the first debate, Barrett aggressively went after Walker. But at that face-off, the two men stood at lecterns, and Walker largely avoided engaging the mayor. This time, the two sat close together at a table, and Walker repeatedly challenged Barrett, urging him to put out a more detailed budget plan and to say specifically how his policies would be different.

Walker, however, remained on the defensive for most of the debate.
Even his criticisms of Milwaukee were questioned, when the moderator - WISN news anchor Mike Gousha - asked whether the attacks could hurt the city and, ultimately, the state.

"Governor, in your ads, you talk about crime, you talk about poverty, you talk about things like that. But the fact of the matter is, Milwaukee also generates a lot of growth. It's home to a number of Fortune 500 companies, it's the arts and entertainment capital. Isn't there a danger that you're doing collateral damage to this city, its reputation, the tourism industry and all that?" asked Gousha.

Gousha also questioned Walker about a (*)(*)(*)(*)ing news story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that broke just hours before the debate, reading, "Milwaukee County prosecutors opened the secret John Doe criminal investigation more than two years ago after being stonewalled by Gov. Scott Walker's office when he was county executive, according to a newly released record."

The probe, which has already ensnared several of Walker's former aides, is reportedly focusing on whether staffers who worked for Walker did political work on the taxpayers' dime. When
asked whether his office stonewalled the investigation, Walker replied, "No. Absolutely not."

"I am not a target of this. We've been involved in a process to be able to help with it," Walker said, adding, "When the time was told to us in our office that someone had violated our strict policy for using public resources for political purposes ... we took swift action in our office."

Barrett was confident at his post-debate press conference, denying that the last-minute visits by high-profile Democrats to help him campaign were because he was struggling in his race.

"I think it shows they smell a winner," Barrett replied.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1561250.html
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With the last debate going off on time, and the people of Wisconsin getting ready to see what the majority thinks of Governor Walker, the June 5th election day promises to bring out massive numbers of voters in what has been a blatantly expensive and offensive campaign to get rid of a disgusting Governor who fraudulently obtained office by running on a false agenda

Once elected, the new Governor Walker, two weeks later gave no bid contracts to the Koch Brothers who largely financed his whole campaign with cash and attack ads.

The good people of Wisconsin have again demonstrated their consistency to have a balanced and profitable state and were forced to start a recall campaign for Walker and most of the corrupt Wisconsin legislature after the Governor and the Legislature destroyed the unions in Wisconsin against the wishes of the majority, and indulged in many illegal and Gestapo tactics to gain their advantage.

Since the recall campaign began, Walker has been running scared and says he isn’t afraid of being recalled, that he had done so much for the state of Wisconsin and has a clean conscience.

Only two governors have ever been recalled in the history of the United States, Lynn Frazier of North Dakota, and Gray Davis of California with a third, Evan Meacham of Arizona was being recalled but was impeached and convicted before the recall election could be held. Scott Walker would be the third, which shows how hard it is to recall a candidate once he has won an election.

Wisconsin citizens have been liberal in their voting methods and go with the candidate rather than strictly party lines and they fully realize the hardship it would be to get rid of a fraudulent governor with a hidden agenda, and they deserve accolades for their persistence for a recall petition to get rid of an unsavory governor is crucial to their success, as history tends to work against any public display of rancor after an election, and the rules differ in each state.

There have been many recall attempts of public officials that have won elections but worked against the best interests of those that voted them into office. The rules favor the person in office rather than the populace that wants him out, so we will be watching the election process on June 5th ....Florida may be next in line, getting rid of Gov. Rick Scott.

Originally Posted by Agent_286

Scott Walker Debate: Tom Barrett Accuses Governor Of Running 'Willie Horton' Ad

By Amanda Merkel | HuffPost |06/01/2012 12:44 am

MILWAUKEE - “Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) accused Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) during the gubernatorial debate on Thursday of running an inappropriate ad about crime in his city, comparing it to the much-criticized "Willie Horton" ad of the 1988 presidential campaign.

"This 2-year-old spent six days in intensive care after being severely beaten," says the Walker ad's narrator. "But Tom Barrett’s police department didn’t consider it a violent crime." The ad then shows crime statistics and asserts "violent crime is up" in Milwaukee.

"He's running a commercial right now that shows a dead baby," Barrett said during the debate. "It shows a picture of a dead baby. This is Willie Horton stuff. That baby died."

"You're running a commercial attacking my integrity, claiming that I had something to do with this, and you know that's false," added Barrett, his voice rising. "You tell me whether you think I had anything to do with that."

Walker began to respond, saying, "No, I'm asking you -"

Before he could finish, Barrett cut him off. "I'll tell you right now, I had nothing to do with that," Barrett said. "You should be ashamed of that commercial, Scott Walker."

Thursday's clash at Marquette University Law School was the second and final debate before the June 5 recall elections, where the governor, lieutenant governor and six GOP state senators will fight to save their seats.

As in the first debate, Barrett aggressively went after Walker. But at that face-off, the two men stood at lecterns, and Walker largely avoided engaging the mayor. This time, the two sat close together at a table, and Walker repeatedly challenged Barrett, urging him to put out a more detailed budget plan and to say specifically how his policies would be different.

Walker, however, remained on the defensive for most of the debate.
Even his criticisms of Milwaukee were questioned, when the moderator - WISN news anchor Mike Gousha - asked whether the attacks could hurt the city and, ultimately, the state.

"Governor, in your ads, you talk about crime, you talk about poverty, you talk about things like that. But the fact of the matter is, Milwaukee also generates a lot of growth. It's home to a number of Fortune 500 companies, it's the arts and entertainment capital. Isn't there a danger that you're doing collateral damage to this city, its reputation, the tourism industry and all that?" asked Gousha.

Gousha also questioned Walker about a (*)(*)(*)(*)ing news story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that broke just hours before the debate, reading, "Milwaukee County prosecutors opened the secret John Doe criminal investigation more than two years ago after being stonewalled by Gov. Scott Walker's office when he was county executive, according to a newly released record."

The probe, which has already ensnared several of Walker's former aides, is reportedly focusing on whether staffers who worked for Walker did political work on the taxpayers' dime. When
asked whether his office stonewalled the investigation, Walker replied, "No. Absolutely not."

"I am not a target of this. We've been involved in a process to be able to help with it," Walker said, adding, "When the time was told to us in our office that someone had violated our strict policy for using public resources for political purposes ... we took swift action in our office."

Barrett was confident at his post-debate press conference, denying that the last-minute visits by high-profile Democrats to help him campaign were because he was struggling in his race.

"I think it shows they smell a winner," Barrett replied.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1561250.html
.......

With the last debate going off on time, and the people of Wisconsin getting ready to see what the majority thinks of Governor Walker, the June 5th election day promises to bring out massive numbers of voters in what has been a blatantly expensive and offensive campaign to get rid of a disgusting Governor who fraudulently obtained office by running on a false agenda

Once elected, the new Governor Walker, two weeks later gave no bid contracts to the Koch Brothers who largely financed his whole campaign with cash and attack ads.

The good people of Wisconsin have again demonstrated their consistency to have a balanced and profitable state and were forced to start a recall campaign for Walker and most of the corrupt Wisconsin legislature after the Governor and the Legislature destroyed the unions in Wisconsin against the wishes of the majority, and indulged in many illegal and Gestapo tactics to gain their advantage.

Since the recall campaign began, Walker has been running scared and says he isn’t afraid of being recalled, that he had done so much for the state of Wisconsin and has a clean conscience.

Only two governors have ever been recalled in the history of the United States, Lynn Frazier of North Dakota, and Gray Davis of California with a third, Evan Meacham of Arizona was being recalled but was impeached and convicted before the recall election could be held. Scott Walker would be the third, which shows how hard it is to recall a candidate once he has won an election.

Wisconsin citizens have been liberal in their voting methods and go with the candidate rather than strictly party lines and they fully realize the hardship it would be to get rid of a fraudulent governor with a hidden agenda, and they deserve accolades for their persistence for a recall petition to get rid of an unsavory governor is crucial to their success, as history tends to work against any public display of rancor after an election, and the rules differ in each state.

There have been many recall attempts of public officials that have won elections but worked against the best interests of those that voted them into office. The rules favor the person in office rather than the populace that wants him out, so we will be watching the election process on June 5th ....Florida may be next in line, getting rid of Gov. Rick Scott.

Oh please, you spew such bull(*)(*)(*)(*), Walker is ahead in the polls and the intelligent people of Wisconsin will vote to keep a successful governor where he should be, as governor of the state of Wisconsin.

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Tom Barrett has no case against Gov. Scott Walker

Originally, Tom Barrett and other proponents of a recall of Gov. Scott Walker tried to make the case that he deserved to be thrown out of office because of his move to limit the collective bargaining powers of public employees. Barrett said that Walker didn’t campaign on it so the recall was warranted.

Recently, Barrett was asked how he would have balanced the state budget but he refused to answer. Would he raise taxes, cut services or increase borrowing? I guess without the answers to these questions, should he win Tuesday’s election, we can expect another recall in June 2013 due to his unwillingness to share his plan before the vote takes place.

Speaking of collective bargaining, I don’t hear Barrett talking much about it on the campaign trail these days. Is that because, as mayor of Milwaukee, he successfully used the changes under Act 10 to balance the city’s budget? Is it because the tools Walker gave him allowed him to save the city’s taxpayers $25 million in health care costs alone? Maybe we don’t hear much about it now because it has been documented that, statewide, the reforms we put in place have saved taxpayers more than $1 billion.

Then we heard that public education in the state would be destroyed by budget cuts. We were told there would be mass layoffs, dramatic increases in class size, and the children would be the ones to suffer. This argument seems to have fallen out of favor with Barrett’s campaign as well. I guess that might be because we have realized that the sky hasn’t fallen. Schools are still open, teachers are doing a great job educating our children, and none of the doomsday scenarios they foretold became reality.

Has or hasn't violent crime gone up on Barrett's watch? If it has, he has something to answer for, if not, liberals should be jumping on that aspect...

Walker is very strong here in NE Wisconsin. It will be a close race with 65% of the electorate voting. But every indication is that Walker will remain our Governor. Barret will have to content himself with remaining one of Milwaukee's worst mayors.

It is terribly underhanded and devious and unfair to point out deficiencies in your opponent's record. Mayor Barrett can't argue against Gov. Walker's programs. He can't argue in favor of extortionist unions. He can't argue the number of citizens who when they finally had a choice left the unions. So, he runs to the teacher and says, "Walker's being mean to me."

When you can't argue the facts attack the messenger.

You poor dear, you're really getting desperate, aren't you? Sweetheart, Barrett's failed record as Milwaukee mayor is fair game. You people really should have thought it through before running the same clown who already lost to Walker last time around.

Willie Horton? Nah. Liberal desperation. Absolutely.

Amazing when conservative principles are applied to a budget, whether it be federal, state, city/town, county, or even your family household, the assets and liabilities will balance. Remedial math is non existent in liberal minds, it is hard to believe how unbelievably ignorant some people can be.