People are paid $100 to put "Stand With Scott Walker" signs in their yards (Wisconsin)

[eowyn_of_rohan]

"A woman I spoke with in Oconomowoc told me she knows a couple that lives in a beautiful house on the corner of a well-traveled street. This couple has never been particularly interested in politics, and the woman I spoke with said she didn’t even know if they were regular voters.

Well, one day this woman drove by their house and, to her great surprise, saw an enormous “stand with Walker” sign in their yard. Later in the day she ran into the homeowner and commented on the sign by saying she was surprised to see they were supporting Scott Walker.

The homeowner replied, “we don’t support Scott Walker.” The homeowner said that somebody came to their door and asked to “rent” a spot in their yard for the sign and gave them $100.

After hearing this I’m guessing that many of the big Walker and Fitzgerald signs we see are not really grassroots support, but simply a paid-for billboard."

http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/opinion/article_f13eef7e-a623-11e1-8653-001a4bcf887a.html

[ibegurpard]

1. is that legal?

[eowyn_of_rohan]

2. I don't know but hope not! -nt

[progressoid]

6. According to the Supreme Court, money = free speech!

[jeff47]

25. Why wouldn't it be?

It's not like ads on billboards are put up for free.

[LeftyMom]

38. Ads have to pass zoning and get permits.

Paid ads are only permitted in certain spots, have to be specific materials, have to be installed in a way that doesn't effect the roadway or block the sidewalk, etc.

[WI_DEM]

3. and yet they say dems pay homeless people to go vote! and make a big deal about that.

[Scuba]

4. And for the record, if you want a Tom Barrett sign, you have to buy it!

[lutefisk]

28. I've seen many hand-made Barrett signs

And even a farmer with "Lori Compas" in lights 6' high on a fence facing highway 151, but not a single hand-made Walker sign.

[Scuba]

29. I saw the Lori Compass sign too. There's another near there up on a barn...

No, there're no homemade Walker signs.

[KansDem]

5. Hey, Scott! Fake supporter, just like a fake Koch Brother?

I'm beginning to sense that just about everything about you is fake...

[madashelltoo]

7. PRESS ON, WISCONSIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have never believed the polls or the reports of large signs. I noticed that when Walker was leading in the polls they could not stop saying it enough on every t.v. station. Now, not a peep. Oh, they come on the shows and toss out words to let you know they still THINK he's going to win this handily, but there's no bravado, no Scott Walker grinning from ear to ear behind them on the screen. They are trying to convince the democrats they are losing to discourage them from voting because their cause has already lost. Don't believe the hype.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Fine. I would take the 100.00 in a flash

and then put up another sign next to it, which could say any number of disparaging things.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

9. oh, I do love that idea, dixiegrrrl

Imagine some possibilities now...

[madamesilverspurs]

10. My thought, exactly.

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Okay, not entirely "exactly". I'd take their money, and as soon as they were out of sight I'd alter the sign in a way they wouldn't like. Then I'd take a picture of the sign and snail-mail it to them, with a note thanking them for the money that has already been donated to the Democrats.




Do NOT mess with old ladies.


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[SGMRTDARMY]

11. Hell, I'd take the money

place the sign so that no one would see it and then on election day, vote for Barrett.

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. 'zactly!

[madamesilverspurs]

19. Swap it.

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[lobodons]

24. In the Unemplyment line

I stand with Walker.....in the Unemployment Line.

[Scuba]

30. In my community there's a...

4' X 8' pro-Walker sign modified to say "Allen Stands with Scott Walker" and a smaller home made sign next to it that says "Beth doesn't".

[Lydia Leftcoast]

35. Or put it up facing away from the street

or with a sheet draped over it or with funny moustaches and eyeglasses painted on Walker's face.

[dixiegrrrrl]

36. There ya go!!!

Could have a neighborhood "paint in"....

[beac]

39. maybe just add:

"at Your Peril!" under "Walker?

Is "peril" too elitist?? How about "at Your Own Risk"

or

"Stand with Walker... and You'll Regret It!"

[Bake]

42. LIke, Stand with Walker ... in the unemployment line!

Oh, the possibilities!!!

Bake

[tanyev]

44. "Scott Walker paid me $100 to put this sign in my yard, I donated every cent to Tom Barrett."

[Canuckistanian]

49. That would be the best thing!

Right next to a BIGGER Tom Barrett sign.

[cthulu2016]

12. TV stations are paid a lot more to put Scott Walker ads on their air

[jwirr]

13. Sell the space to him for the $100 and then but an even bigger Barret sign in front of it.

[Greybnk48]

27. Or a sign with RECALL -----> next to it.

I saw a pic on facebook where someone had done just that. LOL!

[undeterred]

14. Every home in my neighborhood has had anti-Walker signs in the Windows

since last year. I don't think we have any lawn signs. We don't really need any. We're kicking his ass out of office on June 5.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

16. Maybe this is a concession

that they won't be able to steal THIS election! Sounds like desperation to me.

Fight on, Badgers - you've surely come through the worst.

[sakabatou]

17. Sounds a lil like bribery to me

[eowyn_of_rohan]

22. Bribery is their M.O!

from the top on down

[cstanleytech]

23. If it was then every radio, tv station and newspaper that runs political ads is guilty. nt

[The Wielding Truth]

18. That really seems illegal!

[AllyCat]

20. There are a few Walker signs in my town, most on well-traveled roads like 138

where there are three or four to a property. Some handwritten ones too. Most support the recall and have been up since last year.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

21. Fall With Walker sign

[treestar]

26. This tells you what they deem their support to be

A candidate who has to pay to put signs up? Doesn't he have enough supporters who will put it on their laws for free?

[lutefisk]

31. These people are selling their support, not just yard space

The signs don't say "Vote for Walker", but rather, "I Stand with Walker" or "We Stand with Walker". That is a disturbing part of the $100 to put up a sign story. The people who are taking the payments, are also selling their support by displaying signs that say "I" or "We". I think that is much different from a television, radio, or print ad.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

32. yes, that is a disturbing part of this. They're using the bandwagon approach.

demoralize the other side and get them to think they are outnumbered, and outpowered too, because they have expensive mega-signs and our signs are smaller...

[Raine]

33. Walker must be "rolling in money" if he afford to pay people to put up his signs. nt

[eowyn_of_rohan]

34. unlimited funds provided by the 1%. And they pay people to ask people to put up signs too!

[RoccoR5955]

37. If he pays $100 to put a sign in your yard...

...how much do you think he's gonna pay for the actual vote?
Will Scott or one of his cronies be out there with $100 bills at polling places, making sure that people get paid for voting for the schmuck?

[SwissTony]

40. Way back when in the Vietnam protest period

we demonstrators were accused in the press of being rent-a-mob people. Somebody was handing out $10 notes so that we would demonstrate. Unfortunately, I never caught up with this person - and neither did anyone else I knew. Some of us could have really done with $10.

[Odin2005]

41. Democracy is dead.

[benld74]

43. Unless homeowner signed contract - take the sign DOWN!

[PeaceNikki]

45. lol, like they need help in Oconomowoc.

[SnakeEyes]

46. If this is true the campaign manager should be fired

Complete waste of money that could be put to MUCH better use. $100 is absurd

[PeaceNikki]

47. Agreed. I think it's hilarious. Especially considering the area this is being reported.

It's a HUGE Republican stronghold that doesn't need help.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

48. Who says that the trickle-down theory doesn't work?

[Release The Hounds]

50. My soul is worth more than $100

[gopiscrap]

51. A friend of mine

just got done working in Oshkosh for a month and said there are signs on the front doors of bars that say "No Recall Talk" because it is such a volitile issue.

[marlakay]

52. Well of course this election is all about money

the republicans have it and are showing us they plan to buy all of them from now on. The sad thing is it will work since they own most of the media also. No wonder they are trying to censor the internet, that is all we have left.