Three for the Money -- Carly, Walker, and Cruz

From Clarice Feldman of The American Thinker Blog:

Carly Fiorina, however, with her penchant for the main shot, did not ignore the issue. In interviews with CNN’s Jake Tapper and Fox and Friends, she refused to bite the usual media bait and instead turned tables on the interviewers, reminding viewers that it is the leading Democrat’s positions which are extreme and out of the mainstream.

“Let’s also talk about Hillary Clinton’s position,” Fiorina said. “Let’s talk about what ‘extreme’ is. It’s not a life until it leaves the hospital? That’s Hillary Clinton’s position. It’s Hillary Clinton’s position that a 13-year-old girl needs her mother’s permission to go to a tanning salon or get a tattoo, but not to get an abortion. It’s Hillary Clinton’s position that women should not be permitted to look at an ultrasound before an abortion, and yet people who are trying to harvest its body parts can use an ultrasound to make sure that those body parts are preserved, so they can be sold. That, Jake, is extreme.”

Kudos for Carli.

Scott Walker also carried on the fight against the left’s gotcha tricks and stupid ideas. While perhaps not as articulate on his feet as Carly, Scott Walker, too, held his ground and adroitly managed a setup by pro-illegal immigration backers who’d transported an illegal alien and his family to one of his appearances and had the kid beg that the family not be separated:

Flores asked the Wisconsin governor why he opposed President Obama’s immigration executive actions that would keep his family intact.

“We are a nation of laws,” Walker told him several times, emphasizing that the president had ample opportunity to pass immigration legislation during his first two years in office when Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress -- yet he didn’t.

He also pointed out that the president’s executive actions on immigration -- which Obama himself claimed he didn’t have the authority to do -- have been halted in the federal court system.

“My point is that you have to follow the law, follow the process,” he told Flores. “No man or woman is above the law in this country -- that’s the beauty of America.”

Walker is showing himself as well disciplined and constantly on message.

Cruz is also a great debater and this week in a move that took a lot of people’s breath away, he challenged Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whom most conservatives consider a  failure, a tool of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, too willing to cozy up to Democrats for the benefit of big business, and too willing to ignore the election promises made to Republican voters.(The procedural Dance of the Seven Veils by McConnell is described by Ace of Spades)  Cruz’ speech lasts 20 minutes, though regretfully I have not been able to find a transcript of it.

Cruz direct attack on McConnell forced the Majority Leader to fast track a Planned Parenthood defunding bill.

Yeah, result.

McConnell seems to forget his party has the majority on the Senate. It's about time to make the Dear Leader pay, politically and popularity wise for his willingness to negotiate with Iran, but not the Republican Leadership.

Media Aids And Abets Left-Wing Smear Of Governor Scott Walker

From William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection writing in The Daily Caller:

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has had a massive left-wing target on his back ever since he ran for Governor in 2010, but particularly after 2011 when Walker signed into law a bill scaling back some public sector union collective bargaining rights.

There are few, if any, Republican politicians as hated on the left as Walker.

Walker’s not the most ideological Republican, but he is singled out because he so soundly and repeatedly defeated national efforts to stop collective bargaining reform.

The demonization of Walker is pervasive, and so-called “John Doe” investigations always have been an integral part of that effort. The mere pendency of such investigations is a critical part of anti-Walker messaging.

“John Doe” investigations in Wisconsin have been around for over a century, but only recently have they been used as political tools. Everything surrounding these types of investigations is secretive. They are commenced with a secret request to a judge, and a judge has to approve subpoenas.

Neither the persons who are the focus of the investigation nor persons subpoenaed are permitted to disclose to others any information about the existence or conduct of the investigation.
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Yet last week, pursuant to an appeals court order, some records were unsealed, in which the discredited allegation of a “criminal scheme” was released to the public.
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In federal court on Thursday, June 19, 2014, in refusing to release more records the judge summed up what is happening: Prosecutors were seeking “refuge in the Court of Public Opinion, having lost in this Court of law.”

The John Doe proceedings always have been politically motivated, and used in the war against Scott Walker.

You want to know who the Dims fear, look at who they and their buddies in the Drive-By-Media are smearing at the time.

Gabriel Malor Explains the John Doe Witchhunt

From Gabriel Malor at the Ace of Spades HQ:

I’m going to tell you a true story, and then tell you how the news media is covering it. This is a true story: in 2012, Democratic district attorneys in Wisconsin launched a secret probe known as a John Doe investigation with the goal of proving that conservative groups illegally coordinated activities during Gov. Scott Walker’s recall election. They issued more than 100 subpoenas, demanded the private information of conservatives and conservative groups, and actually conducted secret raids. And under state law, individuals who were targeted or witness to the investigation were forbidden from making knowledge of it public.

Fortunately, judges saw right through this partisan abuse of power. Early this year, a state judge, ruling in a secret proceeding, quashed the subpoenas and all but ended the investigation. According to the judge, “the subpoenas do not show probable cause that the moving parties committed any violations of the campaign finance laws.” This started the unraveling of the John Doe investigation that had many conservatives fearing they would be targeted for subpoenas and raids next.

In February, a conservative activist and group filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the partisan district attorneys who had pursued the John Doe probe. In short order, a federal district court judge held that the plaintiffs “are likely to succeed on their claim that the defendants‘ investigation violates their rights under the First Amendment, such that the investigation was commenced and conducted ―without a reasonable expectation of obtaining a valid conviction.” In other words, at this early stage of the civil rights litigation, it looks to the judge as if the Democratic district attorneys abused their power and chilled conservatives’ free speech rights. Accordingly, the federal judge ordered that the John Doe probe must cease, all the seized property be returned, and all copies of materials be destroyed.
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And that is where the litigation stands as of today. Having launched a secret probe that has now been shut down by both the state and federal courts, the Democratic district attorneys find themselves the subject of an ongoing civil rights lawsuit for infringing the First Amendment rights of conservatives. But that is not how the media have reported the case.

Spoiler Alert: They're not terribly keen on informing readers that two judges have found this prosecution not only meritless but illegal and likely to result in a cash-money judgement against the prosecutors, for abuse of civil rights.

TWO judges believed the investigation were bogus. TIme for RICO charges as well.

Liberals Are Afraid of Scott Walker

From Jonathan S. Toobin at Commentary:

In other words, there may be as little to this “scandal” as there was to previous efforts to nail Walker via Wisconsin’s draconian campaign finance laws or hit pieces like that published in TNR. All of which must cause political observers to wonder why it is that liberals are expending so much effort to knock off Walker. Could it be that they sense he is exactly the sort of candidate that could give Democrats a run for their money in 2016?

The easiest way to spot the Republican the Liberals and the Drive-By-Media is afraid of, that person is the one they are trying to destroy with their horribly biased reporting. Sarah Palin, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, etc.

More Info -- Federal Judge Shuts Down Secret "John Doe" Investigations of Scott Walker and Right-Leaning Groups

From Ace of Spades HQ:

As I understand it, the main complaint was that prosecutorial resources were being warped for partisan purposes.

As Wisconsin Reporter first revealed, the investigation, launched in early 2012 by the Democrat-led Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office, aims to prove conservatives illegally coordinated activities in the historic recalls of Gov. Scott Walker and Republican state senators, multiple sources say. One source with knowledge of the investigation has told Wisconsin Reporter the ultimate goal is to bring down Walker, the bane of Wisconsin liberals.
Conservative targets and others close to Wisconsin’s latest politically charged John Doe contend the probe is nothing more than a “taxpayer-funded, opposition-research campaign.”
“This is not a question of what conservatives did wrong. It’s a question of one party in this state using prosecutorial powers to conduct a one-sided investigation into conservatives,” said one source who spoke on condition of anonymity due to his proximity to the probe.
What is striking is that no liberal organizations appear to be targeted in the John Doe, particularly interesting in light of the tens of millions of dollars pumped into Wisconsin’s unprecedented spate of recalls in 2011 and 2012 by union and left-leaning groups.

And it should be noted that these prosecutors were searching for evidence in their probe. One can then wonder why they didn't also think of searching for evidence of illegal coordination among Walker's opponents

This entire investigation was being driven to scare off conservative groups. Make their legal bills so expensive that they quit. Similar to what the Prop 8 opponents have done in California. If you supported Prop. 8, you will be exposed, vilified, or forced to resign.

Federal Judge Smacks Down WIsconsins' John Doe Investigations

From Instapundit:

This was the secret investigation into conservative groups whose political speech in issue ads helped Governor Scott Walker in his recall campaign. The judge cited some crazy thing called “free speech.” Imagine! Just when the investigation was squelching the Club for Growth’s fundraising in an election year, intimidating the local conservatives, some busy-body federal judge waltzes in and says it’s “unconstitutional.” Have you ever heard of such a thing?

Free Speech is only free if it is approved by Liberals and Statists.

Ask Yourself a Question

From Ace of Spades HQ:

But say we're there, in the middle of the Presidential primary.

A lot of candidates will talk big. They certainly will propose big things.

Some may even throw red meat to conservatives by promising to "strike back" against the liberals.

So ask yourselves this question:

Is there a single candidate who has actually decimated his enemies? We're not talking about simply out-raising them, or yelling at them publicly, or beating them in election. I mean destroying them by ripping a cancerous umbilical cord of revenue right off their gaping navel?

And had his actions upheld in court, cementing their effect?

And fought back a recall mounted by his enemies, beating them back by a wider margin than he had initially galloped into office with?

And, like a true modern day Robin Hood, is giving back the savings to the people who had unwillfully provided such a lifeline?

And does all this from behind the Blue Wall?

I named this person almost immediately.

Can you?