Something STINKS...original Hintz righteous rant pulled and then charged with sexual misconduct...

[Dappleganger]

What's going on here??? You tell ME...it SMELLS, doesn't it?

Got this off of reddit and if you wish to dig around and verify/add more info please help yourself.


"So, this may belong more in /r/conspiracy than /r/politics, but I find this a bit strange:
Hintz makes a big impact on youtube, particularly among the protesters and liberals in Wisconsin.
The day after it is put up, two things happen: The video is taken down via copyright claim from "WisconsinEye," and Senator Hintz is arrested for a "sexual misconduct" charge from a few weeks back.
Now, WisconsinEye's board of directors is chaired by Margaret Farrow, ex-Senator (R), close contributor to Walker's campaign, and member of the "Palin Truth Squad." Also on the board is Diane Hendricks, wife of Ken Hendricks, who was disciplined for illegal campaign contributions to Scott McCallum, a republican, in 2001.
So the day after Hintz is made into an icon for the protesters, he is arrested on 3 week old charges, and his video is taken down by major contributors to Walker's campaigns.
Anyone find this a little weird, or am I crazy?"

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Someone asked me to make it a separate thread, I think this guy deserves lots of SUNSHINE on his situation.

[elleng]

1. Not weird, standard repug/rover tactics.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Wow. I hadn't realized it was that same rep who made the rant.

Sounds like he went to a massage parlor?

[Ellipsis]

3. over 170,000 hits: It's been reposted and I hope if it gets pulled it will be reposted a 1000 times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0BG973hQtc

Look at the unique language used in this arrest.

The ordinance prohibits paying or receiving "a fee, directly or indirectly, or to offer or ask for anything of value, for touching or offering to touch the sexual parts of another." Hintz posted a $2,667.50 bond and is scheduled to appear on April 27 in front of an Outagamie County court commissioner.


He's single by the way.


Just another happy ending ?



A 170,000 hits in 2 days.

[Ellipsis]

4. He's Wisconsin's bad boy... a poor man's Charlie Sheen... embrace the HINTZ!

[pacalo]

5. +1!

[pacalo]

6. Good find, Dappel!

[Dappleganger]

7. This is gaining legs on reddit now...

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/fpy0b/d_gordon_hintz_ripping_republicans_in_wisconsin/

Finally on the front page so hopefully it will be investigated by more people!

[pacalo]

18. OMG! Corruption at its finest. Are these RepubliCorporate legislators getting money

under the table from the Koch brothers for behaving this way? The roll call couldn't have been called more rapidly & the voting was hurried along before the Democrats came in (at the time they were given by the thugs).

What checks & balances are in place for ensuring ethical behavior?

[cali]

8. the bust happened well before the speech

He was ticketed at the time. As for the vid being taken down, that is suspicious.

[Dappleganger]

9. After you watch Hintz' video, watch this original one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO8RE1UM8Yg that shows exactly what Hintz was referring to. It shows the Republicans voice-voting on their own amendments and passing them before the scheduled time of 5pm,and before the Democrats show up. After the Dems show up, they continue to vote, ignore the Democrats loud opposition, and pass another of their own amendments.

Remember they only suspended the vote because they got caught. Hintz is clearly being targeted by TPTB because he's exposing the TRUTH.

[Dappleganger]

10. Another thread wrt taking down the video...

"Just an FYI regarding the video "Representative Gordon Hintz on the "Budget repair bill". Wiseye.org sent me a take down notice for the video today.The video had gotten rather popular much to my surprise. Today I received threats of legal action from Christopher Long (President & CEO of WisconsinEye). I tried to get permission to keep it up, but they seem to think it's misrepresenting the content.
If you want write [e-mail] and tell him that's bullshit or something. Anyway, I don't really want to get sued, so the video is down now."
Sorry to anyone hoping to post/view it."

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/fpopm/just_an_fyi_regarding_the_video_representative/

[travelingtypist]

11. Echoes of the Scott Ritter smear job.

And the Eliot Spitzer take-down.

[cali]

15. wtf? Ritter trolled for teenage girls. Spitzer likes fucking prostitutes

and evidently Hintz frequents massage parlors. So was Senator Vitter smeared and set up too?

[travelingtypist]

16. Was Ritter ever convicted of anything?

If you could provide a link to a reputable source, that'd be terrif.

I just watched Client 9 -- The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer. Why don't you do the same and then we'll talk. Yeah, sure, Spitzer liked prostitutes. But the standard for enforcement is the Feds never go after the johns. Why did that Republican US Attorney go after Spitzer?

Yeah Vitter liked to pay to be diapered. But Republican Vitter's still in the Senate, isn't he? You can see the distinction, can't you?

[cali]

17. evidently Ritter goes to trial on March 8

Ritter was arrested in April 2001<32> and again in June 2001<33><34> in connection with police stings in which officers posed as under-aged girls to arrange meetings of a sexual nature. The first incident did not lead to any charges.<32> He was charged with a misdemeanor crime of "attempted endangerment of the welfare of a child" after the second, but charges were dropped and the record was sealed on condition that he avoid further trouble for a period of time.<32><35> News of the arrests became public after sealed court records were anonymously provided to the press. Ritter claimed that the timing of the leak was a politically motivated effort to distract attention from his statements about Iraq.<33><34><36>

Ritter was arrested again in November 2009<37> over communications with a police decoy he met on an Internet chat site. Police claim that he showed himself masturbating via a web camera after the officer said she was a 15-year-old girl; Ritter claims he was not made aware of the ostensible age of his correspondent before the act. The next month, Ritter waived his right to a preliminary hearing and was released on a $25,000 unsecured bail. Charges included "unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of a communications facility, corruption of minors, indecent exposure, possessing instruments of crime, criminal attempt and criminal solicitation".<38> Ritter is scheduled to face trial on these charges on March 8, 2011.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ritter#Arrests

And if you don't like Vitter as an example how about Foley?

[Ellipsis]

12. WisEye is continuing to force YouTube users to take the Gordon Hintz and WI Assembly videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4tl5jmavvM


Still seems to keep being reposted though.

[Dappleganger]

13. They're messing with redditors now...

now all that far removed from 4chan at times. I suspect this is a bit like playing whack-a-video. ;)

[Ellipsis]

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