AMERICAN CONSERVATISM IN 2008 AND BEYOND

Scott Walker gives cushy $85.5K/year government job to major donor's young, underqualified son
Cory Doctorow at 10:25 AM Tuesday, Apr 5, 2011

Scott Walker's administration is all about cutting costs, which is why it gave the largely unqualified son of a major campaign donor a $81,500 senior managerial job in the state Commerce Department. A state official confirmed that the young gentleman got his job after his daddy put in a good word for him. As ThinkProgress points out, Walker's anti-union legislation allows him to directly appoint dozens more people for high-paying gubmint jobs.

Today, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reveals that Walker is using state funds to pay more than $81,500 a year to the 26-year-old son of a major campaign donor with no college degree and two drunken-driving convictions.

Despite having almost no management experience, UW Madison college dropout Brian Deschane now oversees state environmental and regulatory issues and manages dozens of Commerce Department employees. After only two months on the job, Deschane has already received a 26 percent pay raise and a promotion.

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@plainoldme,

We need more governors like Scott Walker; I'm sure more states that wants to get rid of unions will be pleased at their administrations hiring practices of unqualified staff in management positions. Makes a whole lots of sense to me; that's called using his power that the citizens of his state gave him.

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@cicerone imposter,

Dident you mean misuse that power.

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@RABEL222,

Misuse of power? Dang! Somebody better inform Gov Walker.

RABEL, Just a snide remark to show how the GOP will abuse power when they're in office. Even the minority GOP law makers in California will not allow the voters of this state to vote on extending tax increases when Gov Ahnold was our gov.

It's beyond ridiculous. It's a good thing I'm at that age where I just don't give a ****. They want to destroy this country? They have my blessings.

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@RABEL222,

His post dripped sarcasm.

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@parados,

I'm always the low man on the totem pole.

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@cicerone imposter,

I know CI. My snide remark was for the Icans and okies whose heads this would go right over.

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@RABEL222,

Here's more; the GOP's budget will destroy Medicare, and give tax breaks to the rich by dropping their rate from 35% to 25%, and making the Bush tax cuts permanent.

Don't they realize that they are hurting their own parents and families - and all Americans?

I don't know about you, but it would seem most Americans would be against the destruction of Medicare, but hey, I've lived too long as it is! It seems the GOP is on a roll to destroy this country for good, and they have the support of conservatives. They'll probably win the white house and congress in 2012.

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@cicerone imposter,

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Don't they realize that they are hurting their own parents and families - and all Americans?

As robbers and rapists, they are criminally insane. I would guess that that is how they are going to get away with these measures in the face of any future rebellions: declaring temporary insanity.

Frankly, when you think about it, insanity is the only word to describe the actions of the right.

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@cicerone imposter,

It does seem as we have a collective dictatorship rather than one dictator!

It seems as though it is this way by the dumbing down "so to speak of the masses by propaganda and persuasion by those who are morally bankrupt!

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The Supreme Court election in Wisconsin appears to have ended in a dead heat with the candidates separated by a mere 100 or so votes. Turnout was about 50% larger then expected. There will have to be a recount (costing localities about $1MN) which will likely be followed by lawsuits that will end up before, gasp, the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
The incumbent (Prosser) will have to recluse himself. I am not sure about the Chief Justice whom Prosser referred to in the course of the campaign as being "a total bitch."

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@realjohnboy,

realjohnboy wrote:

The Supreme Court election in Wisconsin appears to have ended in a dead heat with the candidates separated by a mere 100 or so votes. Turnout was about 50% larger then expected. There will have to be a recount (costing localities about $1MN) which will likely be followed by lawsuits that will end up before, gasp, the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
The incumbent (Prosser) will have to recluse himself. I am not sure about the Chief Justice whom Prosser referred to in the course of the campaign as being "a total bitch."

Damn, that's a complicated situation.

Cycloptichorn

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@Cycloptichorn,

Complicated, Cyclo, but weirdly fascinating for those of us who follow politics on a daily basis. It is all serious, of course, but sometimes it registers as theater of the absurd.
The whole skirmish over the government shutdown on Friday comes to mind. It is small potatoes in the grand scheme of economic things, but egos are on the line, and there will be consequences. Yes?

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@realjohnboy,

realjohnboy wrote:

Complicated, Cyclo, but weirdly fascinating for those of us who follow politics on a daily basis. It is all serious, of course, but sometimes it registers as theater of the absurd.
The whole skirmish over the government shutdown on Friday comes to mind. It is small potatoes in the grand scheme of economic things, but egos are on the line, and there will be consequences. Yes?

I believe there will be. It's a very costly thing to try and stop what is essentially a large machine with many moving parts.

News reports tonight indicate that a meeting at the WH brought little or no progress to a potential deal. I read the situation as Boehner being completely stuck: he cannot make any sort of agreement that will pass the Senate, without pissing off a significant portion of his own caucus, many of whom he doesn't really control - they owe him little to no allegiance. This could seriously threaten his position, and worse, if he backs down now it will make him look weak and that will impact their plans of future hostage threats - the debt limit vote next month, and next year's budget. They plan on doing the exact same thing to both and if he blinks here it will weaken their position in these arguments tremendously.

I think the public will blame the GOP for this shut down, in no small part b/c they did the same thing a decade ago, for very similar reasons.

Cycloptichorn

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Obama is weak and Reid will back down.

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@plainoldme,

plainoldme wrote:

As robbers and rapists, they are criminally insane. I would guess that that is how they are going to get away with these measures in the face of any future rebellions: declaring temporary insanity.

That's the Chicago machine for you.

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@realjohnboy,

realjohnboy wrote:

The Supreme Court election in Wisconsin appears to have ended in a dead heat with the candidates separated by a mere 100 or so votes.

Prosser Gains 7,500 Votes in Waukesha County

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@Irishk,

Irishk wrote:

realjohnboy wrote:
The Supreme Court election in Wisconsin appears to have ended in a dead heat with the candidates separated by a mere 100 or so votes.

Prosser Gains 7,500 Votes in Waukesha County

That's a real odd situation; the clerk in charge there is not only a member of the WI GOP, she kept all results on her private office computer 'for security reasons' and refused to have it linked to the main WI system.

Cycloptichorn

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@Cycloptichorn,

Nate Silver said the new numbers make sense.

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Just checked DailyKos and apparently the numbers have been verified by the Democratic co-chair...

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Ramona Kitzinger, the Democratic member of the county board of canvass, defended the process. She agreed with Nickolaus that the board "went over everything and made sure that all the numbers jived up, and they did."

"I'm the Democratic vice chair of Waukesha County, so I'm not going to stand here and tell you something that's not true," Kitzinger said.

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