Republican state Sen. Alberta Not-so-Darling is considered one of the toughest of the six to beat in Tuesday's recall election. That's why we were so pleased to learn from Cognitive Dissidence that she's having a very bad week.
First, she was sued by One Wisconsin Now because
...she has, for two months, refused to even respond to an open records request for any communications between her office and a number of conservative groups and their members, which are pushing for the privatization of our schools. The only rational explanation for not even putting up a stall tactic with OWN is because there's been scads of contact between them, which would raise some serious ethical and legal questions for her.She also made the mistake of saying people who make $250,000 a year "aren't wealthy."
Then at a Milwaukee Newsmakers luncheon she was asked to name a job that her extremist union-busting, budget-cutting agenda had created. Cognitive Dissidence writes,
...she could only come up with that deer-in-the-headlights look.Express Milwaukee gave Not-so-D a face rake in an editorial endorsing her opponent, Teamster-endorsed Sandy Pasch. The editorial read, in part,
Hours after this gaffe, her campaign called to list three companies that had added jobs, but with no mention of when or if how they were related to Darling's policies. For all we know, they were added well before any of the GOP's malarkey got under way.
At the same luncheon, she was asked if she was going to win her election.
Her answer was, "I'm not sure."
...Darling was a leader in crafting a state budget that includes historic, damaging cuts to public education, from pre-kindergarten to graduate school. She's granting the unelected Department of Health Services secretary unprecedented, unchecked power to make $467 million in cuts to BadgerCare and Family Care. Darling has gutted public transportation around the state at the same time she's filling the coffers of the road builders, who are major contributors to Republicans...And lastly, there's the video (above) that catches here clearly lying.
Though things are looking good for the Teamster-endorsed candidates, the opposition is pouring a ton of money into Wisconsin and will continue their dirty tricks until the last vote is counted. So go to We Are Wisconsin to find out how you can help the cause -- even if you don't live in Wisconsin.
