proud2deviate has a thread going about voting in which he questions how to choose a candidate to vote for, or if they're all lying scum.
The following is an example of how to make that choice very clear.
In WI, we have Governor Doyle--the governor who vetoed CCW twice--being challenged by Congressman Mark Green.
For nearly 30 years, it has been legal for a federal legislator to transfer funds from his federal campaign account into his state account if he decides to run for a state office. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who was a congressman until 2002, did that very thing when he ran for governor in 2002. And the state Elections Board committee, which oversees such activities, voted unanimously to approve the fund transfer. (The elections board committee is comprised of four Democrats appointed by Doyle, one Libertarian, and three Republicans).
Mark Green legally transferred $1.3 million from his congressional campaign account into his gubernatorial campaign account earlier this year.
Governor Doyle cried foul (the same Doyle who is being investigated by a federal prosecutor for illegal campaign contributions).
Four Democrats and one Libertarian on the board voted that Green had to divest his campaign funds of $468,000 that came from out-of-state political action committees, even though four years ago, Barrett was allowed to keep such funds.
Well, it turns out that Doyle's attorney lobbied three of the Democrats on the board to vote against Green. In fact, he even emailed them! The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel got the emails through a freedom of information act filing.
Doyle's attorney had said in the emails that forcing Green to divest his fund of the $468,000 would be a huge public relations problem for his campaign.
What Green did was legal, and had been legal for nearly 30 years. This would be like you driving 65 mph in a 65 zone, and then getting a ticket in the mail a year later saying that the speed limit has since been reduced to 55, and you were being fined.
Nevertheless, the Doyle camp started running ads saying that Green broke the law, and that he was using illegal money.
If this sounds confusing, let me try to summarize: Doyle's gang got the state elections board committee (controlled by Doyle-appointed Democrats) to change long-standing precedent on the use of campaign funds just so Doyle's campaign could run commercials that say that his opponent broke the law.
The district attorney for the Madison area, Democrat toadie Brian Blanchard, has said he will not look into the matter of Doyle's attorney interfering with the Elections Board. However, Republican District Attorney Paul Bucher of Waukesha county is going to open an investigation, since he has some jurisdiction in the matter.
Doyle's corruption has been so blatant, so in your face, that it makes Bill Clinton look like a choirboy.
And that, proud2deviate, is sometimes how you decide which is the better candidate.
