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(4,450 posts) Fri Oct 19, 2018, 11:34 AM Oct 2018

Scott Walker just got re-elected: Evers campaign PLAGIARIZED sections of the Evers budget [View all]

This is the SAME goddamned thing that Mary Burke let happen when she lost to Walker four years ago. I swear Wisconsin Democrats just can't get out of their own way. The state Party continues to be just comically inept.

MADISON - State schools Superintendent Tony Evers submitted a budget request as his bid for governor heated up in September that included sections plagiarized from Wikipedia, a blog by an intern at a think tank and two other sources.

GOP Gov. Scott Walker's campaign ripped Evers for his handling of the budget plan on Friday, just hours before Walker and his Democratic opponent were to debate.

more at https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/10/19/state-schools-superintendent-tony-evers-office-submitted-budget-request-included-plagiarized-section/1693861002/

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Scott Walker just got re-elected: Evers campaign PLAGIARIZED sections of the Evers budget [View all] Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 OP

If that is all it takes for Walker to get re-elected than Wisconsin is hopeless. standingtall Oct 2018 #1

That's no small matter. That's incompetence. How does Evers' campaign let that happen? brush Oct 2018 #2

How do not see how this is a big deal standingtall Oct 2018 #4

Re-read my headline. brush Oct 2018 #6

You can't plagiarize a budget..how do you think any budget happens? They beachbum bob Oct 2018 #26

You also don't leave yourself open to charges of copying and pasting from wikipedia. brush Oct 2018 #28

"Wikileaks" you sure? Agschmid Oct 2018 #37

Sorry, wikipedia. Thanks for catching the typo. brush Oct 2018 #39

Incompetence is right. It seems we're very good at finding inept bunglers to run things. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #12

Maybe deliberate SABOTAGE and not incompetence! KCDebbie Oct 2018 #44

2014 was also a massive red wave year. bearsfootball516 Oct 2018 #3

Let me guess mikeysnot Oct 2018 #5

Probably. Regardless of who did it, it's total fucking incompetence. Again. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #9

that is why you pay your workers mikeysnot Oct 2018 #34

Nope. Evers will win in Wisconsin. Greybnk48 Oct 2018 #7

Yeah, because gross incompetence is the way to get swing voters. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #11

You're focusing on one, and only one misstep. LanternWaste Oct 2018 #41

Then why even vote gabeana Oct 2018 #60

Seems like a non-issue that the jock-strap carriers at TheRealNorth Oct 2018 #8

Yeah there's always some kind of eleventh hour debacle. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #16

Exactly, TheRealNorth. Greybnk48 Oct 2018 #18

No excuses please for plagiarism. There's no place for unforced errors. brush Oct 2018 #19

Budgets can't be plagiarized. They are adopted, and almost always Hortensis Oct 2018 #10

I'm With Hortensis! ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #15

I agree with you in principle but there's history here. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #17

Then The Burke Campaign Got Needlessly Steamrolled ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #21

We don't disagree on that. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #27

I Get Ya! ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #42

Agree on the "goddamned footnotes," but always realizing Hortensis Oct 2018 #43

I did try to patent the phrase "school funding formula" Hortensis Oct 2018 #23

Totally agree. This is exactly as big a deal as Democrats allow it to be. nt Atticus Oct 2018 #36

It isn't the budget figures that are in question. WillowTree Oct 2018 #50

Is this really still an issue in the age of Trump? JaneQPublic Oct 2018 #13

LOL! Melania plagiarizes Michelle Obama Greybnk48 Oct 2018 #20

Yep and even Trump stole "MAGA" from Reagan's 2nd campaign. JaneQPublic Oct 2018 #29

You're forgetting the IOKIYAAR principle: Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #25

Then Wisconsin Dems should expose the hypocrisy... JaneQPublic Oct 2018 #30

Or just let it drop like a wet rag that it is. Greybnk48 Oct 2018 #31

Yes, the reaction should be treestar Oct 2018 #65

Only way Focker will "win" election is by fraud Blue Owl Oct 2018 #14

Plagiarizing a budget? ooky Oct 2018 #22

No, it won't change the minds of those who have chosen to vote against Walker. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #24

I'm not convinced. pwb Oct 2018 #32

It just seems like a stretch to me that many people who are thoughtful enough ooky Oct 2018 #35

It's *exactly* "like plagiarizing a speech or some written article". WillowTree Oct 2018 #51

Okay, but ooky Oct 2018 #62

It is not an academic paper treestar Oct 2018 #66

That doesn't make it any less plagiarism. WillowTree Oct 2018 #67

I know! ananda Oct 2018 #52

I don't think it will have the staying power Liberalhammer Oct 2018 #33

How in the world did Evers allow this to happen... Joe941 Oct 2018 #38

Yeah, once is a mistake, twice is a pattern. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #40

Republican plagiarism TheRealNorth Oct 2018 #45

Don't Repukes copy, word for word, all their rusty fender Oct 2018 #46

The GOP is using the Nixon/Trump Strategy of accusing opponents of Dawson Leery Oct 2018 #47

Unfortunately TheRealNorth Oct 2018 #48

But it's okay for Melania T. to crib a speech by Michelle Obama. VOX Oct 2018 #49

As a Wisconsin voter I have to say that it doesn't change anything for me. Luciferous Oct 2018 #53

AMEN TO THAT!!!! Talitha Oct 2018 #58

With Blimpie coming to campaign for the Oaf, won't he suck up all the media attention? Hassler Oct 2018 #54

Oh, wow! Oh my god! That's it! Everybody go home! Iggo Oct 2018 #55

Game Over Dude! Cha Oct 2018 #59

Say 'Good night', Gracie. marble falls Oct 2018 #56

That doesn't matter a bit to me.... Talitha Oct 2018 #57

Another one of these! Expect a lot more as election day approaches. Right comrade? retread Oct 2018 #61

I was with the 100,000 who marched in Madison in February of 2011 to protest Walker's policies. elocs Oct 2018 #63

No no lancelyons Oct 2018 #64