Reckless Statement By GOP Assemblyman Ed Brooks Makes It Sound Like Voter Fraud Is Rampant Among College Students
Following this posting I made contact with the newspaper which reported the story. I spoke with the editor, and also sent a letter to the reporter–details here.
I have a serious problem with people who make broad general comments, and know damn well there is no justification whatsoever to the charges they make.
Such is the case with Wisconsin State Representative Ed Brooks, a Republican from Reedsburg. There is no way anyone can take his following words about voting fraud as being credible.
Brooks said election fraud in Wisconsin is likely more common than many people think. He said transient college students scam the system and vote multiple times from separate addresses.
There is no proof offered to this crazy rhetoric, any more than there was foundation to the tortured ramblings of Joe McCarthy at the height of the Cold War. If pressed to the wall this 70-year-old Republican would be forced to admit that he was talking out his backside. Problem is the timid media in Brook’s district fail to hold him accountable.
Over and over Wisconsin Republicans trot out pure bunk to somehow justify their sloppy actions when forcing the voter ID law down our throats. Just like what Brooks has done, the GOP spouts lies to attempt to rationalize their law that the courts have put on hold, and placed under judicial review.
The problem for Brooks is that no evidence exists to support his lunacy.
No election officials, or poll workers are standing alongside Brooks and seconding his statement. There are no cases in Wisconsin to support his slandering of college students. He knows better, and yet makes such statements.
As a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church one might think Brooks would have a better relationship to the truth. One might think that—but one would clearly be wrong.
Representative Brooks may pull something like this out of his backside in the GOP caucus while at the Capitol, and somehow score points. After all, there is not a lot required to make that crowd stand on their hind legs and howl. But in the world of sunshine and accountability (where the rest of us reside) there has to be more than cheap rhetoric.
So here is the deal for Representative Ed Brooks.
Put up–or shut up.
Show everyone the stacks of names of those college students who are scamming the election system. Show us the legal challenge to them. Let us know where they voted, in which elections, and the court evidence to support your statement.
Or head back to the farm and continue to play in the manure pit where you seem right at home.
Don,
Your whole commment was “Isn’t it amazing how the left can slam Mormonism yet if someone on the right points out that Islam believes in killing infidels they are shunned?”
Bt using the words “points out” makes that a statment of your intention to smear Islam. I repeat that is an uneducated comment on your part about Islam.
If you are not a Republican then you are even further out on the fringe—as there is nothing in your comments that makes you in any way a moderate or enlightened progessive. Should my readers just assume you are a teabagger?
I must state again that you are just too funny as the only thing you can debate are those who commented, and can not in any way bring yourself to address the topic of this post. That speaks volumes.
I assume that my readers to CP have a certain level of reading comprehension. I would have thought you might be able to then link the line “I have a serious problem with people who make broad general comments, and know damn well there is no justification whatsoever to the charges they make” with the topic of the post. The would be Ed Brooks and his claim against college students.
I know you are being poltical about this, and that is fine. But come to the blog with at least a 6th graders ability at readering comprehension.
Jimri,
You: And then, how many of THOSE, in compliance with Wisconsin law (Chapter 343), turned around and surrendered their out-of-state license at the DMV and purchased a Wisconsin license, as all who are assuming WI residency are required to (except non-drivers)?
Me: You’re a misleading ignorant idget. From the WisDOT website: Visitors, students and members of the Armed Forces not wishing to establish Wisconsin residency
Visitors to Wisconsin (at least 16 years old) who do not plan to establish permanent residency, and members of the Armed Forces and their families living in Wisconsin but with permanent residence elsewhere, are not required to obtain a Wisconsin driver license. However, they must have a valid license from their home jurisdiction to operate a motor vehicle in Wisconsin.
You: Ruh-roh?
Me: Students and military residing in the state have the right to vote here. That was decided in the 60s or 70s when small college towns tried to prohibit it because they were afraid of being taken over (just hand over your money kids, and support our businesses, but don’t expect any say). If they’re here 28 days, and can prove residence, they can vote. Even under the small government conservative wasteful vote i.d. law, they can use a school i.d. and proof of residence, they don’t need to change their driver license, or start paying taxes here, or file taxes in two states.
You: Never mind (a la Emily Litella)
Me: Duh
Now, if they did try to vote absentee at home, and then vote where they live here too, it would be fraud, and should be prosecuted. In fact, when I moved to Madison and registered here, they sent a notice to the Green Bay clerk to take me off the rolls there.