Why is “Birther” a subject when months ago we were told that
Ted Cruz is a natural born citizen because he was born from an American uterus
in Canada?
Once again the media has manufactured a controversy out of
thin air, a controversy that is meaningless because just months ago Americans
were told an American woman’s uterus is
an American territory. We were told Ted
Cruz, born in Canada to a Cuban father and American mother was a natural born
citizen because he came out of an American’s uterus. So what’s going on?
Follow the shiny object
Why are American’s attention being diverted by the media
with the birther issue? The Guardian has obtained documentation of massive
corruption in Wisconsin from the governor, to the legislature to the state
supreme court. Corruption so pervasive
it has the potential to blow apart Citizens United, so voila Birtherism is
reborn.
The corruption of Scott Walker and Club for Growth
The Guardian has uncovered a mountain of corruption, election fraud, cronyism and conflict of
interest that took place in Wisconsin during Walker and the GOP’s 2011 recall
election. The documents are the result
of a John Doe probe into Walker and Wisconsin Club for Growth, a probe that was
shut down by Walker’s state supreme court in 2015. What does that have to do with birther
rebirth? Donald Trump’s financial
advisor is Stephen Moore, the founder of Club for Growth. What better way to divert attention than to
bring back the birther issue, and smear both Trump and Clinton at the same
time.
Corruption in the Dismal Dairyland
In 2011 when Walker was facing a recall he needed cash so
his main fundraiser, Kate Doner devised a plan to go after “corporate”
money. She advised Walker to “Take Koch’s money. Get on a plane to
Vegas and sit down with Sheldon Adelson. Ask for $1m now.” And the money poured in, not to Walker’s
campaign but into the dark money group Wisconsin Club for Growth. By funneling the cash through the CFG, Walker
didn’t have to disclose who was financing his campaign.
A John Doe probe was launched into the possible campaign
finance violations between the Walker campaign and the CFG. Then in July 2015 the state’s Supreme Court
ordered the termination of the investigation before any charges could be
brought. The Walker majority on the
court, all of whom received significant campaign contributions from Club for Growth declared Walker and CFG
“wholly innocent of any wrongdoing”.
They went even further ordering the prosecutors to “permanently destroy
all copies of information and other materials obtained through the
investigation.”
A real basket of deplorables
WI prosecutors have appealed the decision to the US Supreme
Court and it is currently pending. The
documents leaked to the Guardian contain the substance of the case for the
appeal. It consists of email exchanges
between Walker, his advisers, Republican leaders and major donors, one of which
was coincidentally was Donald Trump. The
crux of the case before the US high court is, the GOP members of the WI high
court were required to recuse themselves.
What’s the precedence? In 2009 in
the case Caperton vs Massey Coal, the US high court found “if there is a
serious risk of bias, such in that case where a party to the litigation who
makes a substantial contribution to a
judge, under 14th Amendment due process a judge is required to recuse themselves.” In
Wisconsin all of the GOP judges were bankrolled by Wisconsin Club for
Growth. The justices should have recused
themselves. Thus the Birther issue has
once again reared its ugly head.
By Patricia Baeten
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