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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHoly Shit.. O’keefe lays one on a Republican in Wisc.
Wisc. State President stung by shit bag Okeefe is retiring...dropping out..
You know what I think about this.. They are fucking eating their own and then throwing up..
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mike-ellis-james-okeefe
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Holy Shit.. O’keefe lays one on a Republican in Wisc. (Original Post)
busterbrown
Apr 2014
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I think he did it because the head of the Senate agreed with the Dems on a couple of issues..
busterbrown
Apr 2014
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elzenmahn
(904 posts)1. So by doing this...
...the Keefey O'Freak is trying to appear bipartisan with his target choices?
Nice try, O'Freak.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)3. I think he did it because the head of the Senate agreed with the Dems on a couple of issues..
So he must pay the price..
SeattleVet
(5,858 posts)2. He went after someone that the Teabaggers would like to see go away.
Ellis had been critical of Walker, also, and now they can try to get someone much worse into office.
More background in the longer article:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/ellis-drops-out-of-senate-race-b99245893z1-254907211.html
hue
(4,949 posts)4. Yup! A sting operation. O'Keefe was hired by the Teapukes to get rid of "moderate" Ellis!