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June 5, 2012

Glenn Grothman rests the WISGOP voter fraud case

Asked for evidence of "voter fraud" — which both Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus claim accounts for several tens of thousands of ballots in every election in the State, up to 2% of millions — Wisconsin GOP senator Glenn Grothman stated there's a "feeling" out there that there is. Seriously.

He said it on the teevee just last night.

Earlier: Rep. Jim Ott's critical thinking skills quote of the day

May 31, 2012

GOP chairman's baldfaced lie is "disputed"

Whoever writes the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's headlines is quite the comedian. Reince Priebus, the ridiculous chairman of the Republican National Committee, tells an outright lie — that there are tens of thousands of fraudulent votes cast in the State of Wisconsin — and the Journal-Sentinel calls it an "allegation" that is merely "disputed."

"We need to do a [percentage] point or two better than where we think we need to be, to overcome it," sez R. Priebus, so you know what's coming if Tom Barrett edges Scott Walker* in the election next Tuesday.

More baseless lies dressed up as "allegations" by the local paper, which has made something of a habit of legitimating right-wing propaganda.

* Walker is quoted as saying he has no "'reason to agree or disagree' with Priebus' comments," but just the other day he was saying exactly the same thing as Priebus. At least they could keep their lies consistent.

Obviously he has a "reason to agree" if the pair are on the same page.

These clowns depend on popular stupidity — in turn fortified by disingenuous newspaper editors — in order to flourish. Wake up ffs.

January 14, 2012

How come the Wisconsin redistricting SNAFU?

Because Acts 43 and 44 were passed creating the new State Senate, Assembly, and Congressional districts before municipalities had finished creating their local wards.
And who made that brilliant decision? Your famous WISGOP is who.

So they could have them ready for national GOP approval, no doubt.

You know who Reince Priebus works for, right? And you know who gave unethical judge Mike Gableman free legal services to ensure he stayed on the court where redistricting challenges were most likely headed: Michael Best & Friedrich and national Republican Party activist Jim Bopp.

What a racket,* and an incompetent one at that.

"Connect the dots, connect the dots." — Pee-Wee Herman

* "Syndicate" might be a better word.

December 18, 2011

August 16, 2011

Quote of the day, self-deluding edition

"Republicans were victorious." — Chairman Reince

Priebus on teh web.

According to @BrewCityBrawler, who monitors these things, Charlie Sykes threw Kim Simac under the bus but moments after polls closed.

March 23, 2011

Something's in the Hopper with Randy

WKOW27's Tony Galli is relentless:
Candidates for various jobs in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s administration were passed over despite recommendations from high-level officials, while a woman with ties to Sen. Randy Hopper (R-Fond du Lac) was hired to a position with an immediate thirty five percent salary increase, without formally being recorded as a job applicant.
And now that lovable zany Reince Priebus is in the Hopper also.

Valerie Cass, 26, was with the Madison Republican PR and quasi-lobbyist outfit Persuasion Partners* for a time, until she got disappeared when the randy saga first got hopping. PP's Darrin Schmitz helped Republican State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman traffic in the basest of base political sleaze. Gableman was elected to the court on April Fools' Day 2008 and promptly and formally charged with violating the Wisconsin code of judicial ethics.

* It even sounds like a dating service.

On teh web: Thoughts of Chairman Priebus

January 19, 2011

Doth not Priebus bootless kneel?

Steele says he now believes Reince Priebus, also the chairman of the Wisconsin GOP, was secretly plotting against him for months despite what appeared to be unfettered loyalty.
Should have got a dog.

January 4, 2011

Wisconsin's Priebus doomed: Ex-RNC chair

Is what it says here.

Reince Priebus, the Chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party whose unlimited view of Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce is indistinguishable from Nancy Pelosi's — according to the conservative Republican Base — will last only a ballot or two when the Republican National Committee elects its new Il Duce* on January 14.

Sitting chair Michael Steele, who in happier times was Priebus's bestest pal in the whole world, was expected to bow out first.

Five candidates for the position were interviewed yesterday by wing-nut pundits Grover Norquist and Tucker Carlson, who subjected the hopefuls to such penetrating queries as, 'How profound is your ardor for Saint Ronald Reagan' and 'How many guns do you own.'

"One of our biggest youth movements was Ronald Reagan," replied Priebus of the former president, the oldest in American history, who left the office precisely one month short of his 78th birthday.

Reince Priebus claimed to own five guns, a tiny arsenal by comparison with that of Missouri's Ann Wagner, who owns 16 including an assault rifle, the mention of which inspired an excited burst of applause from the gathered faithful (I'm not kidding).

The candidates also fielded a written question from the National Organization for Marriage's Maggie Gallagher, inviting each aspiring GOP leader to define the scope of their various homophobias.

Priebus's impending doom comes in spite of his promises to "work absolutely like a dog," as much as "five or six hours a day."

* One candidate repeatedly vowed to "make the trains run on time."

January 3, 2011

WISGOP's Reince Priebus in unbelievable outrage

By all accounts, Reince Priebus ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer.
— "Liberty Pundit"

Reince Priebus, the WISGOP chairperson who is seeking to dethrone his former best buddy and current top RNC gaffe machine Michael Steele in an election this month, has got the Base in an uproar again.

Here is Gateway Pundit proprietor Jim Hoft hooting it up via Andrew Breitblart's BigGovernment.com:
The leading candidate in the race — Reince Priebus's law firm supports Obamacare and says its constitutional!
I don't believe Reince Priebus's law firm is the leading candidate in the race, but that's close enough for the Base, apparently.
Yes, you read that correctly.
(Shame about its not being written correctly.)
Reince Priebus's law firm supports Obamacare and says its constitutional.
Boldface (and typo) in original.

This space had found a similar entertainment earlier:

Reince, Priebus & Pelosi LLP.

Arguably fallacious as it is to assign to Reince Priebus his law firm's statement, it's amusing on several levels to see the nut-right deliberately mishandle this information against one of their own.

On the other hand, when the Base discovered Priebus was the "co-author" of a document advising clients on how to obtain the hated federal stimulus funds, another conservative accused Priebus of "scrambl[ing] to scrub" the attribution from the firm's website.

And on a third hand, the firm's advice that the suits challenging Obamacare "have no merit" is mildly comical on its own and I can certainly understand that advice riling the Base especially now that two of the suits challenging the constitutionality of one of its operative provisions are nearing the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.

Several RNC hopefuls debate today. Fox News says it will be ugly.*

h/t Breitblart: Outrageous ... unbelievable.

* But spells Priebus's name every way except for correctly.

December 30, 2010

In strenuous defense of Reince Priebus

Reince Priebus didn't really say Obama should be executed.*

He said Ron Johnson believed Obama should be executed.

However, the WISGOP Chairman was unclear as to whether Obama or Ron Johnson was the one who should be treated like a war criminal.

* That's a conservative website.

eta: More Priebus —
Lawsuits filed to block the case are unlikely to succeed because the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress authority to act on this [PPACA] legislation.
Holy cats, I can't hardly tell apart Reince Priebus' law firm's interpretation of the Commerce Clause from Nancy Pelosi's.

Guess the GOP will have to pass the Reince to find out what's in it.

December 6, 2010

Priebus promises more comedy

Less drama.

Politico.com:
The video includes a series of testimonials from Sen-elect Ron Johnson, Gov-elect Scott Walker and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).
Journal-Sentinel:
The accompanying video message includes testimonials from Gov-elect Scott Walker and Janesville congressman Paul Ryan.
Johnson-snub.

The continuing adventures of Reince Priebus

October 16, 2010

The continuing adventures of Reince Priebus

Couldn't [WISGOP Chairman] Priebus and Co. find an article to cite that doesn't contradict the narrative they are pushing?
Via Pretty Important.

Well it is this Reince Priebus:
It's disgusting ... It's offensive to the people of Wisconsin. I hope Russ Feingold has an explanation as to why he thinks Obama ought not to be executed ... My guess is Ron Johnson would believe Obama should be executed and he oughta be treated as a war criminal.
Poor sod's a little confused.

The only other people who are that confused are the old folks on social security the cynical Priebus & Co. are using as political pawns.

October 8, 2010

Thoughts of Chairman Priebus

If you can call them that:
Feingold had mentioned that he thought that it would be good if we captured Obama in the battlefield ... It's disgusting ... It's offensive to the people of Wisconsin. I hope [Feingold] has an explanation as to why he thinks Obama ought not to be executed ... My guess is [Ron Johnson] would believe Obama should be executed and he oughta be treated as a war criminal.
— WISGOP Chairman Reince Priebus
It's hard for a Republican to keep those two apart, I understand.

Kenya, Yemen ... what's the difference.

September 21, 2010

Reince Priebus and all his Minions

Item: WISGOP complains "lobbyist" not actually lobbyist
[Plaintiff] alleges that Satan has on numerous occasions caused plaintiff misery and unwarranted threats, against the will of plaintiff, that Satan has placed deliberate obstacles in his path and has caused plaintiff's downfall. . . .

We note that the plaintiff has failed to include with his complaint the required form of instructions for the United States Marshal for directions as to service of process.
Mayo v. Satan And His Staff

Earlier: Rich is the name, retail sales is the game*

* I hear Rich's joke was so stupid, not even Keith Olbermann got it.

eta: More Michael "Rich" Brickman, "retail" salesman:
[Tom Barrett said] he would fire a campaign staffer who secretly recorded anyone and lied about his identity.
I guess so. Most people would have fired him weeks ago.

Good for Walker, however. Keep that reckless liability on board.

September 20, 2010

So much for John-david Morgan

Looks like his 15 minutes of infamy are about to be displaced:
[Tea Party movement leader Tim] Dake lays out the plans, detailing contact between himself and Reince Priebus, the Republican Party of Wisconsin Chair, and Mark Block, State director of Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin.
Charming.

Summon the election law experts.

September 6, 2010

Roads, bridges all fine, says Wisconsin Republican

Item: Infrastructure plan announced
Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican Party in Wisconsin, said in advance of the president's visit that "at a time when the country is falling of a fiscal cliff," spending $50 billion is the wrong answer.
Chairman Reince Priebus's GOP-leased Cadillac Escalade then bounced off a giant pothole and disappeared over a "Bridge Out" sign.