DIRTY DOINGS IN WISCONSIN: Conservative PR smear firm involved in Wisc. Supreme Crt election race

[brentspeak]

Creative Response Concepts, based in Alexandria, VA, has been employed by as-yet unknown individuals to sway the Wisconsin State Supreme Court election race on behalf of RW candidate Annette Ziegler (her opponent, Linda Clifford, is a progressive). Dave Zweifel, of Wisconsin's Capital Times newspaper, writes that a CRC PR flunky recently contacted him to provide him with interviews with conservative lawyers, who presumably will "educate" Zweifel about the race. Zweifel writes:

Scheiderer acted surprised when I asked him who was paying his firm. He ducked the question, claiming instead that CRC works closely with the "Federalist Society," a group comprised mainly of conservative lawyers, but not known for shelling out money on election campaigns.

I asked if they were filing campaign finance reports and, remarkably, he insisted that his clients aren't promoting a candidate, merely providing "information" about the race. And I've got a bridge to sell.

http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/index.php?ntid=120276&ntpid=0

It doesn't stop with Creative Response Concepts, though. The Club For Growth is also involved on behalf of Ziegler:

http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=88693

[Dinger]

1. I'm On To This Shit

I live in northern wisconsin, and haven't heard much since the primary, but I've read about this, and am spreading ti to EVERYONE I know! Working on a LTTE, but I'm slow. Hope like hell it gets published.

[nashville_brook]

2. is it just me, or does it seem like the heat has been turned up on the courts?

very troubling.

[brentspeak]

3. self-kick

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[Dinger]

4. Kick Again

Bet there's more where this came from.

[brentspeak]

5. more self-kick

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