Wife tells Wisconsin protestors that senator has run off with mistress
After the Republican victory over unions in the Wisconsin state house last week, Democrats need every victory they can get – even the weird ones. From the Raw Story:
Protesters who marched at the home of Wisconsin state senator Randy Hopper (R-Fond du Lac) were met with something of a surprise on Saturday. Mrs. Hopper appeared at the door and informed them that Sen. Hopper was no longer in residence at this address, but now lives in Madison, WI with his 25-year-old mistress….
Sen. Hopper has worked closely with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to implement the state’s new anti-labor laws and enact policies favorable to the interests of big business. Like Walker, Hopper is one of the Republican politicians named in a massive recall effort spearheaded by Wisconsin Democrats.
Hopper’s wife indicated she is willing to sign the recall petition. The family maid apparently has already done so.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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KDAWG
March 14th, 2011
4:10 pm
First.
KDAWG
March 14th, 2011
4:11 pm
But really, this is nothing compared to those COWARDS that left the state. Please, this is a non-story compared to that blatant act of immaturity.
Citizen
March 14th, 2011
4:16 pm
I would think the AJC or the “political insider” would quote more credible sources. Rawstory is a known progressive source who guesses/accuses wrongly with great consistency.
Freedom lover
March 14th, 2011
4:16 pm
And what’s the point? Politicians screw us every day. Why should we be surprised that they are screwing someone else for a change? As Reagan once said (not an endorcement of his horrible politics by the way), “politics is the second oldest profession and bears a striking resemblance to the first.”
jd
March 14th, 2011
4:16 pm
Aw, KDawg – Adultery is forbidden by the Ten Commandments — fleeing to another state to slow down a legislative process is not even considered by the book of Leviticus as a regulation!
Brent MacWilliams
March 14th, 2011
4:23 pm
This says it all about charactor and committment…None
joanne
March 14th, 2011
4:24 pm
@kdawg – why is it when conservatives get caught with their hands in the cookie jar or their pants down, their constituents first reaction is always “but what YOU did was so much worse!” and point a spotlight at something someone on the left has done? I mean, adultery = sin, right? So if all the conservatives are so concerned with GOD and Christianity, why are you defending this piece of crap? Hypocrisy is alive and well on the right….
OedipusTax
March 14th, 2011
4:25 pm
If Sen. Hopper was revealed as being gay, and if he was a Democrat in Massachusetts, such a discovery might lead to a Congressional seat. Better yet, if the sex was with an underage male, he might get that Congressional seat for as many decades as he wanted.
Easy E
March 14th, 2011
4:29 pm
@ KDawg..I dont blame the Democrats for fleeing the state..seeing how Gov. Walker wanted to pass this bill so quickly..
The entire bill’s motive is a sham..I am all for reducing deficits and balancing budgets all via painful method(s)..however the real motive of this bill was to cripple the Union movement (who we ALL know support’s the Democratic party much more than the Republican party)..by removing the collective bargaining rights, the unions are rendered practically useless which effectively reduces the support that goes to the Democratic party..
Anyone who wants to decieve him/herself that is not the case is just being downright untruthful..my dad always said..the worst sin to commit is to lie to yourself, because soon those lies will become your own version of reality..
RetiredSoldier
March 14th, 2011
4:33 pm
joanne-
The source is somewhat suspect. Even if true and I agree the guy is as wrong as two left feet, one wonders if it would be a story here on the “Political Insider” or better title is “Watch Jim Bash Reoublicans”. Would this be pushed by Galloway if it was a democrat involved? I think not.
I offer you Bob Livingston as an example of how conservatives deal with our problem people. I presume your example would be Barney Frank?
Centrist
March 14th, 2011
4:34 pm
This is not an appropriate subject for a Georgia political Blog. Suggest Mr. Galloway start blogging for “The Buzz – Entertainment, sports personalities and offbeat news”, or become a DNC spinmeister.
RetiredSoldier
March 14th, 2011
4:36 pm
Excellent Centrist!
OedipusTax
March 14th, 2011
4:37 pm
And just to further outline the hypocrisy of Jim Galloway and liberals in general, realize that protestors were going to the lawmakers house. All things justified in self-righteous arrogance. But if the lawmaker had been gay, and had the protestors been teaparty members, this protest would be gay bashing. Galloway would call the protestors homophobic. Or one other alternative, for Galloway to act like liberals do, the story might not be reported at all The sexual preference of the gay liberal lawmaker might not be mentioned, because, after all, he would be the victim.
jd
March 14th, 2011
4:39 pm
The Atlantic is now reporting same. and New Republic and New York Magazine…
@Centrist – you may be right hypocrisy in politics is not news, even among bible thumpers.
Tony
March 14th, 2011
4:47 pm
Anything to take the focus of the abandonment of our legislators. What we are teaching our children is that when things don’t go our way, or if it gets tough, RUN! Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “He who faces the music can lead the band!” It’s time to face the music!
janet
March 14th, 2011
4:52 pm
He was just so patriotic and so passionate about government that he committed adultery and has found a whole new life he never knew existed with this mistress. I am sure that will be his reasoning like Newt Gingrich.
Liberal Pariah
March 14th, 2011
4:53 pm
Leave us Bible thumpers out of this. The Bible I thump says that the adultery of this Republican lawmaker is every bit as wrong as homosexuality
right to work resident
March 14th, 2011
4:53 pm
easy E @4;29…I am certainly not decieved, crippling the “union movent” is a worthy cause, 22 states are right to work states and they are doing just fine. take away mandatory ,payroll deducted dues payment in closed shop states like Wis. and make dues VOLUNTARY and watch how fast the unions collaspe.
Mid Ga Retiree
March 14th, 2011
4:55 pm
And why is this “news”?????????
Del
March 14th, 2011
4:55 pm
This must be the Galloway Tabloid. Not worthy of anymore time.
RetiredSoldier
March 14th, 2011
4:56 pm
No janet, maybe like Bill Clinton, they both like them young.
Rick
March 14th, 2011
4:57 pm
Galloway, is this all you can come up with today? Pitiful. Why don’t you talk about the 14 cowards that left WI? Why don’t you talk about how fed up us private sector taxpayers are providing for the whining public sector protesters? I love the way the liberal media reports on the mobilization of society’s moocher class on getting out the vote. I see it the other way – the 87% of us taxpayers not in unions are mad as hell!
RetiredSoldier
March 14th, 2011
4:58 pm
Well said Rick.
Brian Dzyak
March 14th, 2011
5:03 pm
The Democrats who left the state are HEROS and Patriots standing up to CONservative Fascism. They deserve awards while the CONservatives deserve to be tried and convicted for High Treason against the Constitution and the People of the United States.
CONservatives have had thirty years to play their games and undermine all that can be good about this country. It’s time to shut them down.
The Goobernator
March 14th, 2011
5:03 pm
Jim Galloway. SPELLCHECK! you really need to get rid of your Dan Quayle version of spell check. I know the news biz has cut staff, but proofreaders are essential. Can’t you get someone to proofread the headline, at least???
greg
March 14th, 2011
5:03 pm
More Republican family values at work! Just do what they say, not what they do themselves.
Einsteindawg
March 14th, 2011
5:04 pm
Another reason to outsource state and local gov’t. You wouldn’t need a recall as this gentleman would be fired. (I bet he was an attorney)
Norman Thomson
March 14th, 2011
5:04 pm
It is news if this man’s residence is no longer Fond du Lac -it means he should not be representing this constituency. Walker and his cronies (e.g. the Fitzgerald brothers) are a group of autocratic fascists in the pockets of the Koch brothers. This group reminds me of Khadaffi’s cliques and I am all for the recall.
Shadoz
March 14th, 2011
5:05 pm
If he lives in Madison, he no longer lives in the district he represents….oh yeah, and screwing around with the young tart is kinda bad too.
GaBlue
March 14th, 2011
5:07 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHA!! Thanks for sharing that one, Mr. Galloway! I needed a good laugh after the afternoon I’ve had.
Red
March 14th, 2011
5:07 pm
I think it’s funny how when no one knows anything about this guy, they’ve come on here accusing him of being some “hypocritical Christian”. Amazing how none of this was in the original post but the so called enlightened left makes such a baseless generalization with no fact.
Back to the actual facts at hand – you know what CAN actually be proved – you have people elected to represent them and vote on legislation running off to another state hiding out in hotels – all on the taxpayer dime. If we want to discuss character here, let’s do it based on facts and what actually matters to the constituents. I mean if what people do in the privacy of their own home or elsewhere doesn’t matter, why bother? If I were liberals, I’d be more concerned about the coward politicians who run away from a fight and let others fight their battles for them. Oh, wait. No different than the guy in the White House.
cmATL
March 14th, 2011
5:08 pm
@Rick I truly feel sorry for people as pathetic and ignorant as you are.
right to work resident
March 14th, 2011
5:08 pm
Brian @5:03..The democrats left the state because they knew they were going to LOSE ,because the balance of power that was determined by the voters of Wis. did not give them the majority they needed,same way its always worked,now what was that about the constitution?
RetiredSoldier
March 14th, 2011
5:11 pm
My my so much for the end of hate speech that Obama called for. Brian- It’s called democracy in action. What would you be saying if the Rep were in the miniority and they left town to close down the govt? Sorry I forgot, they were in the miniority until the last election.
Election have CONsequences. Heard that one before Brian?
Trash
March 14th, 2011
5:12 pm
Google search this guy’s name and “mistress” and on the first 5 pages of Google, this AJC blog is the only “mainstream” hit. All other reference are blog/gossip/progressive sites that create a circular reference thread. Guess we know where the AJC editorial standards are.
David
March 14th, 2011
5:14 pm
Now what will the left do? Some guy cheats on his wife doesn’t that make them more likeable?
Elliot Garcia
March 14th, 2011
5:16 pm
So what you are saying Easy E is that Republicans in Congress should have left DC instead of voting on healthcare legislation that was shoved down everybody’s throat without even having a chance to read it…..rightttttttttttt…..
Norman Thomson
March 14th, 2011
5:19 pm
This is the way the WI republicans spell aMErica – it is all about ME.
RetiredSoldier
March 14th, 2011
5:20 pm
Well said Elliot
right to work resident
March 14th, 2011
5:20 pm
BRIAN!! BRIAN!! WAKE UP!! treasonous CONservatives are attacking your BRILLIANT post, set them straight before they influence someone.
Georgia on my mind
March 14th, 2011
5:21 pm
Seems to me hes not living at his home so who cares what he does. Hes not cheating on his wife as she said he does not live with her so its really nobodys business where he lives or with whom. I know of a lot of people who move on and not get divorced. Quit throwing stones when you live in glass houses. If hes not living with his wife and having an affair behind her back then hes not cheating is he?
dw
March 14th, 2011
5:21 pm
And this is some surprise? So much for Republican “family values” and thier adherence to thier “holier than thou” attitude. Slime is slime in the home and in the political arena.
Country Bumpkin
March 14th, 2011
5:23 pm
Sounds like a bitter woman to me. Why don’t we wait until the truth comes out before we lynch the guy? There is always 2 sides to the story.
Stupid, just plain stupid
March 14th, 2011
5:28 pm
@ cmATL** I agree with Rick. I am tired of working 12-13 hours per day with a 2 hour each way commute just to pay for someone else to lazy to work. Do you know that if Obama care kicks in, I will be paying a extra 180 per month toward that PLUS the cost of what my insurance costs, (yes we will still have to pay that portion out of our pay) plus at the end of 2014, the employers part that they pay will be added to the W-2 so we can pay taxes on that. Oh you people that dont get it.
Unions are killing us and they all need to be de-certified but under no circumstances should any government employee be under union control. That is a tax and pay for the democratic party and raises prices, cost of goods, cost of services and takes away pay right out of mine and every other taxpayers pocket. Why should we pay our healthcare, your healthcare, obama’s healthcare and then the unions healthcare because they are excempt from Obama care. Did you know that. How much is to much? I think when they take 60% of my yearly bonus then they have gone to far already. I want my money back.
Sandra
March 14th, 2011
5:29 pm
I was in Florida last week and happened to be sitting at a table next to this couple from Wisconsin. They overheard my son telling me something about the debacle going on there. She chimed in that they were from Wisconsin and were not supporters of what the Wisconsin Governor was doing even though they were not ‘Union’ people. She said most of the people they knew thought he and the Republicans were really trying to run over the rights of the people. It was an interesting view from someone who lives there. What you are eventually going to see is that big money (i.e. Koch brothers and other secretative donors) will go too far towards killing the middle class and then it’s going to hit the fan. I am not pro-union myself but the pendulum can also swing too far toward the right and it’s going to come back and really bite the Republican party at some point. They make no bones about not really caring anything but about big business and staying in power.
My mama always told me that what goes around comes around and she had generally been proven to be right on target. It will come back around at some point when some of you folks finally figure out that the Republicans today have no interest in the normal folks unless it’s about what you do in the bedroom and if it’s women with your personal decisions.
Deputy Clerk
March 14th, 2011
5:31 pm
Why are we letting Scott Walker make the public and private middle-class argue about this. There is no tax reduction for anyone but the rich companies. Many of big business paid no taxes last year as it was with all the loop-holes. He gave them a huge tax cut and took it from the middle-class. That is how he will bring jobs, no unions, no benefits. What big company would not want to come to Wisconsin and have all this cheap labor. We can call Wisconsin Mexico! By the way Abraham Lincoln jumped out of a window in IL to stop an unfair bill. He is still thought of pretty well! I sure there is a better place for Scott Walker than here. I hear there will be an opening in Lybia soon. He could take his bat and have his moment!
Wil
March 14th, 2011
5:34 pm
I think my main question is why everyone in Georgia is so opinionated about Wisconsin. You already have our state running rampant with these uneducated buffoons called the Tea Party. Must you really call for them to go to other states? Georgia, where we live, is blood red now. Just leave it at that and stop spreading the stupidity to actual civilization.
And the real story is
March 14th, 2011
5:36 pm
He filed for divorse in August of 2010. But that doesnt seem to matter because he is a Republican and hes against unions so lets all jump all over him and call him evil.
Until you know what his ex is like dont throw them stones. Hes gone and he filed last year. If the filed last year, then no I dont supose he should be living there right? Right!
And the real story is
March 14th, 2011
5:37 pm
Deputy clerk, you have no idea what the heck your talking about. Man, get educated before you rant on will ya.
Neuron Flash
March 14th, 2011
5:39 pm
Randy Hopper has done nothing wrong. How do I know? Scott Walker told me so and I always believe whatever Governor Walker says because he is a Governor and I respect authority.
He also told me that he’s in the middle of re-writing the Wisconsin constitution to get rid of those pesky recall rules so everyone should just ignore all those Republican recall petitions (except for the Democrat recall ones – he wants to collect those for the Smithsonian).
Also, David Koch, if you happen to read this, can you call him on the new secret direct line number?
He’s tried calling you a few times and you don’t seem to answer. He wants to know if you have any special requests to put into the new constitution. He’s forgotten what large tract of public land that you mentioned you’d like to buy 5 cents per acre. Was it all of Northwest Wisconsin?
Last Man Standing
March 14th, 2011
5:39 pm
Country Bumpkin:
“There is always 2 sides to the story.”
. . . and sometimes three sides!
right to work resident
March 14th, 2011
5:40 pm
sandra ..you are so in the dark about this issue,do youself a favor and go watch entertainment tonight.
Happy n Montana
March 14th, 2011
5:45 pm
Great report—read the ajc from time to time —-left the south years ago & live in the beautiful West—amazing when I see how southern attitudes & making excuses for all the wrong people still exist—some things never change—love to be able to carry on open minded conversations and discuss opposing opinions without coming under attack—it is so refreshing—keep up the good articles.
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Truth
March 14th, 2011
6:03 pm
How does this affect the issue?
No one seemed to care when Bill Clinton had an affair while in office as the President.
Minus Clous
March 14th, 2011
6:07 pm
Typical Democrat BS and hogwash. How about the fools that left the state and how about unions that abuse the tax payers with their unsustainable demands. Pay my full pension, my full healthcare, my full cost, my, my, my, I, I, I, me, me, me, Da*n the kid or taxpayers. I want my lolly pop……………….
OedipusTax
March 14th, 2011
6:10 pm
@Truth – thank you for the clarity. Yes, it was only about sex. I already noted that if the sex was between men, that Galloway would only be called homophobic for reporting on this story without any validation – only a single witness. Even if this was NAMBLA sex, liberals tend to sweep such stories under the rug.
@Brian – here’s a question. What did Scott Walker do that was unconstitutional? What article? Now, I realize, this is an intelligent question, which will put you over your head. But you’re the one that ranted that his actions were unconstitutional. So, support your assertion, please.
makin'more
March 14th, 2011
6:14 pm
i was in a union once…got fed up with the fact that lazy larry made just as much as i did, did half the work, and ostracized, slandered and mocked me because my work ethic was stornger than his. people would try to ’stick it to the man” cause it was the “union way brother”…..well if the man gets stuck enough and closes up, where you gonna work? i detest the “i’ll take my toys and go home if i don’t get my way” attitude……..the best thing i ever did was walk…..wonder why everything is moving to mexico anyway……????
Martin Williams
March 14th, 2011
6:15 pm
It is an international thing about being a politician, the right to have more than one woman. ALL political leaders have more than one woman and call them chiefs in Africa.
bart
March 14th, 2011
6:17 pm
He’s gone.
Z
March 14th, 2011
6:33 pm
The 14 Democrats who left Wisconsin are hero’s.. By their actions, they brought attention to the Dictatorship of Walker, he is bought and paid for by the Koch Corporation. Corporations care nothing for the people, their goal is the bottom line, their profits! The Supreme Court did such an injustice to this country by letting Corporations into our political system. We the people will pay for this down the road, in lower salaries, poor education, rich and poor no middle class..it has started, keep this in mind when voting. The conservatives have shown the people how they care nothing about the people only their corporate brethren..
@Z
March 14th, 2011
6:39 pm
if the founding fathers had run away from instead of run INTO the fight, wonder what would have happened? Hero’s? by running away? oh yeah right…..
OedipusTax
March 14th, 2011
6:42 pm
Z is just one of those ranting stercoraceous liberals, maybe a college student, who believes corporations are evil and only government is good. Duh! Corporations built the country in which this fool lives, so that he can shoot off his mouth, and show just how ignorant he is. Corporations are just voluntary associations of people working together to make a living and a way to decentralize power. It is called freedom. Without corporations, we’re left with socialism or communism, which by their very track record, have proven to be tyrannies. That’s what this fool wants, whether he knows it or not. Duh! Just another public school, NEA brainwashed idiot. How sad. Our country deserves better.
dave
March 14th, 2011
6:43 pm
The senator did it for love of country. Adultry – the Republicans new expression of patriotism.
gm
March 14th, 2011
6:45 pm
Thanks Obama, no scandals love his wife and kids, what a example of morale values.
Newt goes around telling conservatives christians Obama is not one of them, thank God he is not, oh I forgot, you can not be black with family values.
GaBlue
March 14th, 2011
6:49 pm
What the WI legislature did last week violated their own law. This wasn’t about balancing the budget. If it were, then Walker would have accepted the Unions’ offer of EVERY financial concession he asked for. He and his cronies refused because they cared more about busting unions than balancing the budget. Why? Koch Industries knows why. They have plans for the state, and they want the rabble knocked down and pushed in line before they invest.
Unions are far from perfect, as are state governments. Overreach, and there will be consequences. This is true for unions, and it’s true for billionaire butt boys like Walker and legislatures who vote illegally to strip Americans of their rights.
Keep pushing, rightie oppressors. Keep it up and see what real backlash looks like.
Atlanta1
March 14th, 2011
6:51 pm
Who cares… If your going to measure a President by ’sleeping around’ – then JFK’S name should be taken off of every building and highway around the nation. Johnson was rumored to be an outright ‘freak’. We all know about Bill Clinton and don’t forget about FDR – and most remember that Eisenhower had a ‘blonde’ friend who escorted him everywhere he went during WWII.
These are much more powerful people than this clown in Wisconsin. The Governor up there is doing the right thing for the majority of the people of Wisconsin. The unions are taking a shot in the mouth – they have it coming. These are the same clowns who’s leadership pushed hard for national health care and then got their buddy the President to allow them to ‘opt out’ of the 40% tax for “Cadillac” (I love the irony in the name) health benefits.
Who cares about a 25 year old bimbo…
flagger
March 14th, 2011
6:53 pm
Dear Wil ….. you are one of those stupid moronic Georgians… you are even more stupid because you moved here from somewhere else. You probably hate America and your home state too.. kinda
makes u feel superior to berate ure fellow citizens doesn’t it????
dagnabit
March 14th, 2011
6:57 pm
87 per cent of us taxpayers not in unions are poor as hell.
captguitarman
March 14th, 2011
6:59 pm
Z. Wow! What a fresh and brilliant and new point of view. Gosh, it brings back such memories — from college days — in the late 60’s and early 70’s. That was back when spoiled liberal college kids (not public labor unions like today), who were totally financed by their rich liberal parents, used to march around campus and have loud and disruptive and illegal protests and rallies, etc. and spout the same type of nonsense — except that unlike you, they never forgot to sign off with “power to the people.” All that BS wasn’t true then, and it isn’t true now. You might have noticed that there was a big election in November – which is what democracy actually looks like – not a mob of spoiled brats screaming and stomping and leaving their jobs for fake excuses, and shouting and disrupting everyone and everything in sight — while their “heroes” abandon ship and head for cheap hotels in Ilinois because the voting in the newly elected legislature is not going their way any more. In the election in Wisconsin, and in elections all over the country, Republicans, conservatives, and tea partyers were voted in by a huge majority because the American people are up to here with unbridled government growth and expense, and the never satisfied moocher class demanding more and more from the government and out of other people’s pockets. As Maggie Thatcher once said — “the trouble with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.” Well, that has finally happened. Funny how you Dems/libs/socialists call those Democrat Senate cowards “heroes.” Well they are not, and they will never live it down. Can you imagine the Republican House running to cheap hotels in Canada just before the health care vote – one of the worst pieces of legislation in our history, if not the worst – disfavored by 65% to 70% of Americans? Would Republicans call them “heroes” for running away. NO. Republicans/conservatives wouldn’t re-elect them dog catcher after a cowardly stunt like that. They lost, but they respected the democratic process and stood and fought, and lost. But, that battle isn’t over yet, not by a long shot.
Last Man Standing
March 14th, 2011
7:18 pm
I believe that this sums it up nicely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su4PwZCWUdg
Fast Times
March 14th, 2011
7:24 pm
Nothing like a hot 25 year old to “re-energize” an old senator. It works every time.
Last Man Standing
March 14th, 2011
7:24 pm
gm:
“Newt goes around telling conservatives christians Obama is not one of them”
Newt is only telling the truth: Obama isn’t a Christian. He’s a muslim.
Say Cheese!
March 14th, 2011
7:26 pm
“Mrs. Hopper appeared at the door and informed them that Sen. Hopper was no longer in residence at this address, but now lives in Madison, WI with his 25-year-old mistress….”
Well at least he ran off with a female. Had he been a Democrat he probably woulda eloped with his boyfriend.
Last Man Standing
March 14th, 2011
7:31 pm
Z:
“The 14 Democrats who left Wisconsin are hero’s”
You have quite a low expectation for your heros! To my way of thinking, they were cowards. They dared not stay because they knew that by open;y supporting the union goons, they would lose a great many votes and possibly face defeat in their next election. If you believe the sentiments of the people of Wisconsin are with the unions, you are sadly mistaken.
tea for two
March 14th, 2011
7:47 pm
OedipusTax
March 14th, 2011
4:37 pm
“But if the lawmaker had been gay, and had the protestors been teaparty members….”
Wow you really have a fascination with the gays.
Alabama Communist
March 14th, 2011
7:53 pm
No doubt the Senator was a Newt HOlock in training!
5th GenerationAtlantan
March 14th, 2011
7:55 pm
Hey Norman and Shadoz,
Why not ask Rahm Emanuel’s about residency. HaHa …. how would he be able to win that argument….
aj102
March 14th, 2011
8:01 pm
The Wisconsin papers don’t seem to have this story and who cares anyway.
And if you think that “public employees” are responsible for everything, think again. It was the private sector banks and mortgage industry that sank this ship after some politician in Washington decided that anyone who could breathe should be allowed to own a home.
SugarHillDawg
March 14th, 2011
8:05 pm
See, something like this would NEVER derail a democrats career because it is understood by EVERYONE that they are LOW LIFES and things like running around on your wife is just another day in the life for them. Just like Liberals though, can’t beat the Reps on ideas so you dig up something on them. BTW, what’s this got to do with Scott Walker? Oh I know, guilt by association.What was I thinking??
aj102
March 14th, 2011
8:09 pm
Last man standing. Are you serious with that youtube video? Apparently the resonableness and bias of things doesn’t mean much to you. And thanks for polling each and everyone in the State of Wisconsin to get their views on unions.
Last Man Standing
March 14th, 2011
8:21 pm
aj102:
Exactly what part of the video do you take issue with and why?
Civics
March 14th, 2011
8:23 pm
I’m not sure what the penalty for high treason is against the Wisconsin state constitution is; but I’m sure Brian knows since he is ready to convict a group of properly elected officials of doing it. Or maybe he thinks this is a U.S. Constitution issue. I’m also not sure how anyone in Wisonsin did anything against me or any other U.S. citizen who is not also a citizen of Wisconsin. Come on Brian, lets don’t stop at U.S., let’s make it sound really cool and say the World Constitution or the Universe Constitution. I’m sure the citizens of some undiscovered world are glad that you and the vacationing democrats are standing up for their rights.
It would also seem that high treason would be more appropriate for someone who left their post and did not fill the job they were elected too. That is, if it was in play here.
Who is funding these vacations? I think our state democrats should come up with some issue like this so they can go on trips that only makes the slightly whacko supporters support them more.
Last Man Standing
March 14th, 2011
8:24 pm
aj102:
” It was the private sector banks and mortgage industry that sank this ship after some politician in Washington decided that anyone who could breathe should be allowed to own a home.”
Be sure to thank a democrat for that as it was their doing.
Civics
March 14th, 2011
8:37 pm
Ah, another expert in Wisconsin law. Way to go GaBlue. Not only is he/she an expert in Wisconsin law, he/she also prosecutes, is a jury and a judge. Makes me afraid that he/she will also want to carry out the sentence. Or maybe, just maybe, he/she read that from a liberal website. Wow, surfing the net sure beats educating yourself any day.
rod
March 14th, 2011
8:44 pm
jim arent you applauding since he is acting like bubba clinton
Brainiac
March 14th, 2011
8:45 pm
I’m reserving judgement until I get a close up look at the 25 yr. old mistress.
Plain Stupid
March 14th, 2011
8:45 pm
If you’re tired of working long hours just to get by maybe you should join a union. And maybe you shouldn’t have bought that house out in Sprawlville. The fact that you have to break your back to earn your day of leisure is a byproduct of the conservative power structure shifting the tax burden from themselves to you. How ironic that you blame the very people who fight those who put you in the situation that you’re complaining about.
Last Man Standing
March 14th, 2011
8:45 pm
One fact is certain: everyone who is upset here about the treatment of the poor public sector unions can and should travel to Wisconsin. You will like it for you will have PLENTY of cheese to go with your whine!
cpw
March 14th, 2011
8:48 pm
What you would call “Coward” is called “filibuster”. They did exactly what they needed to.
But your fighting the wrong fight. There was no deficit in our state until the idiot governor de-funded the state by tax breaks for his business cronies and now blames it on what’s left of the diminishing middle class.
Bargaining rights = Democratic rights
Wake up!
Brainiac
March 14th, 2011
8:50 pm
Say Cheez: Now you leave BARNEY out of this.
Jefferson
March 14th, 2011
9:02 pm
This is just a typical republican. Look at Gingrich and the others.
Fat Lip
March 14th, 2011
9:03 pm
And this is supposed to be “news”. Pathetic.
Wife tells Wisconsin protestors that senator has run off with mistress
March 14th, 2011
9:04 pm
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BRW
March 14th, 2011
9:12 pm
@LAST MAN $HITTING, You are a total moron. No one is reading your crap. You rate right down there with RB “USED TO BE” FROM GWINNETT.
Brainiac
March 14th, 2011
9:17 pm
@ Z: All that BS to show the world that your age is higher than your IQ? Who the hell do you suppose elected Walker? It was the taxpayers of Wisconsin who are tired of you and your ilk freeloading off their tax dollars while making much higher salaries than the private sector for comparable jobs. Write this down. At least 10 of the 13 “Runaway” dumbocrats will not be re-elected and some will be recalled so enjoy what little of our tax money you already have because the rest of your lazy a$$ career you will have to earn it. You and your ilk are nothing but leeches/hogs at the public trough.
Brainiac
March 14th, 2011
9:19 pm
@Cheese: That is Barney Frank in case you need to know. Damn good post.
Hollis
March 14th, 2011
9:20 pm
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gatorman770
March 14th, 2011
9:30 pm
It was fine with the unions and other liberals when Slick Willy Clinton was getting BJs and cigar humdification from Monica in the oval office of ill repute, and he wasn’t even separated from Hillary during his sexual escapades and we won’t even go into the Kennedy’s escapades, especially the abortion Mary Jo was given!
CA
March 14th, 2011
9:33 pm
-It absolutely intrigues me. So many republicans think that it is okay to cheat on a spouse, as long as it means knocking a Democrat. Oh mighty ones, oh righteousness, when is ever okay to cheat on a spouse. Georgia on My Mind: Did you ever think that he may not live at home because his wife won’t put up with cheating? KDAWG: You’re kidding right? Do you really believe that cheating is okay, but maintaining integrity with your constituents is not? You may actually have a place in politics.
td
March 14th, 2011
9:35 pm
I can not believe you union supporting libs really believe that the Republicans are the rich ones and are trying to make the poor dems pay all of the taxes. Do you not know that there are way more rich Democrats then Republicans? Have you ever heard of Bill Gates (no union shops), Sam Walton (no union shops), Warren Buffet (Presidents counsel for economic policy) and George Soros? Are they all Republicans?
Wake u you libs this class warfare game the unions and elite liberals are telling you about is a plain fallacy.
OedipusTax
March 14th, 2011
9:43 pm
@tea for two – if you have a point besides the one on the top of your head, try to make it.
td
March 14th, 2011
9:45 pm
BRW
March 14th, 2011
9:12 pm
@LAST MAN $HITTING, You are a total moron. No one is reading your crap. You rate right down there with RB “USED TO BE” FROM GWINNETT.
Ding, Ding, Ding, Here we have another winner. A man/woman who is so uneducated that they can not write a cognitive thought. A man/woman so badly raised by a parent(s) that they have to resort to name calling instead of intellectually arguing ones position.
Please stop posting on these boards and go back to work. My septic tank is waiting for you to clean out.
Wikidum
March 14th, 2011
9:55 pm
I’m just askin…wasn’t the abandonment of the legislature tactic used in Texas/Oklahoma a few years ago?
CaseyMarion
March 14th, 2011
10:11 pm
Hopper’s mistress is a lobbyist, or at least was until “Persuasion Partners” lobbying company let her go today. Wisconsin’s tough lobbying laws prevent elected officials from accepting so much as a cup of coffee, or anything else of any value, from them. Ergo, Hopper is in ethics law violation territory as a result of his liaison.
BRW
March 14th, 2011
10:19 pm
@td, you live in your septic tank. Therefore I would not touch it. L.M.S., RBiG and you too, say the same worthless crap over and over. “Obama’s a muslim”, “Dems are the reason things stink”, “Newt’s an American hero”, etc. So you stop posting crap and I’ll stop throwing crap back at you. By the way, your insults hurt so badly, please don’t hurt me again
Please continue wasting your time by answering for LMS and your other lovers.
Bewal
March 14th, 2011
10:34 pm
To the idiot who agrees with the big corporations and the states with the right to work law, enjoy your 40 hour work week and the overtime unions fought for, so you could make a decent living. That’s only a few laws put into effect because of unions. These right to work states have higher unemployment and more people on welfare than none right to work states….. Check it out. So enjoy the perks unions bring you and open your eyes.
td
March 14th, 2011
10:51 pm
Bewal
March 14th, 2011
10:34 pm
Unions have a place in our country. They have been good for the nation as a whole but they have serious problems right now.
First: Unions do not belong in the public sector. The public sector employees should have civil service protections so that politics do not get into running the bureaucracy but a person should not come to work for the government to become rich (that is what the private sector is for). They should come and work because it is a calling to be a public servant.
2: Unions need to become politically neutral. Only supporting one political party is not good for the membership and it does nothing but create antagonism from the other party.
Lessons from Bill
March 14th, 2011
10:54 pm
Did the senator do it all with the 25 year old or just what clinton did with his intern?
td
March 14th, 2011
10:58 pm
BRW
March 14th, 2011
10:19 pm
So you can write a cognitive sentence and have a complete thought. That must mean that the name calling is due to the fact that you are do not like your belief system questioned. Are you not strong enough in your beliefs to defend them without having to sort to name calling?
JEC IV
March 14th, 2011
11:35 pm
td, the name-calling has been begun by your fellow conservatives. I long for the day that we can have an intelligent debate without the name-calling. However, I won’t be holding my breath.
I disagree with your notion that govt employees work for the government to get rich. Your assertion that working in the public sector is a calling. It would sound like to me that you’re suggesting that we, the taxpayers, low-ball our public servants.
That’s part of the reason why our education system stinks now. We live in a capitalist society. People don’t take jobs that don’t pay well. In order to gain or retain quality employees, the govt needs to compete with the rates of the private sector.
Mike Licht
March 14th, 2011
11:40 pm
So I guess Senator Hopper is what they call a “Newt Gingrich Republican.”
JEC IV
March 14th, 2011
11:46 pm
BTW, to those of you touting how the Senator divorced his wife, that doesn’t make it better. He still cheated and then left his wife for a 25 yr old. Either way, he’s not coming out looking like a winner.
td
March 15th, 2011
12:02 am
JEC IV
March 14th, 2011
11:35 pm
td, the name-calling has been begun by your fellow conservatives.
There is a difference between bashing your political adversary (politician) and another blogger. In both cases I beg to differ with your point that the conservatives started it. I rarely see one of the conservative bloggers just go out and call a liberal blogger names without them name calling ti begin with (I for one try not to name call at all no matter what the circumstance). I have seen conservatives calling the politicians names but I have seen a great deal more name calling from the liberals on these blogs. Again I have no problem with it on a political level from either side.
“I disagree with your notion that govt employees work for the government to get rich. Your assertion that working in the public sector is a calling. It would sound like to me that you’re suggesting that we, the taxpayers, low-ball our public servants”
I do not believe public servants should make more money on average than the taxpayers. I do not believe public workers should make more money then the Governor of the state. We have more than 200 people in the state of Georgia (non union state) making more than the Governor ($150,000 per year) and have a couple that make more than the President of the United States (see Michel Adams at UGA). This dose not mean I think they should not be compensated in other ways. I do not see anything wrong, for the sacrifice of salary, for the public sector employee to get more of a generous leave package then there privet sector peers and a reasonable retirement package (not making more in retirement than they made while working) and some job security (civil service rights).
Cheryl
March 15th, 2011
12:13 am
Let’s stop with the name calling. It does not further the conversation. We are all Americans and have the same wants and needs. Granted we may have a different way of getting to the same goal which is to do better and be better than our grand/parents AND to have a better world for our grand/children.
The fact that Randy Hopper ran on a “family values” platform and now has a mistress goes to his character. Many politicians have mistresses but not all of them campaigned on cherishing wife and family only to be proven a liar later.
This concept that government employees get rich working for state and local government is a lie. Public employees nationally make 3% less that their private sector counterparts. And yes that includes benefits packages. In Wisconsin public workers’ compensation is 25% less than their private sector counterparts. These are that facts.
Now if anyone wants to argue that public workers do not have the right to organize or to collectively bargain, the law makes that clear. Some public workers are barred from collectively bargaining BUT not all. What the REPUBLICAN house and senate passed in Wisconsin was anti-American, more than likely criminal and did nothing for the people of Wisconsin except create division where there were none.
Wisconsinites can look forward to law suits and special elections. Does Scott Walker have a line item in his budget to pay for these law suits? How about monies for the various special elections to be held later in the year? By not having a discussion on the front end it will cost everyone a fortune on the backend.
What in mindnumbing is that this has happened before. Scott Walker illegally ended collective bargaining in Milwaukee County for the public security officers. He immediately hired a private contractor and today that county is paying for twice as many security officers. Why because the courts found that Walker overreached. The officers were rehired with back pay and the private security firm which ran $400K over budget has a contract that can not be broken. Walker cost the county millions. And now he is repeating his folly on a state level. When this is over he and his buddies will be in DC making 7 figures lobbying for something and the people of Wisconsin will be cleaning up the mess, paying for mistakes later corrected by the courts and permanently divided because too many of you chose to be cheerleaders instead of citizens.
Teri
March 15th, 2011
1:06 am
Enter your comments here
young thing
March 15th, 2011
2:00 am
these 25 year olds looking for a sugar daddy—they can make you “feel young” again. The senator needs a lot of energy for his job making laws, so she should do the trick.
BRW
March 15th, 2011
8:11 am
It would not matter to you what my beliefs are td. You live out your dream here on the blogs as if you were “A Great American” just like Hannity and you listen to alternative view points even less then he. I would never engage your weak little mind in an actual debate because it’s too narrow to see the light. I see the same crap over and over and over again from about 4 or 5 of you guys on the AJC (even though you hate it I dare say you could not live without it) and it never waivers even when you are obviously wrong or totally out of touch with common sense. So you keep writing mostly repeated-from-Fox drivel and ocasionally I’ll write something worthless and ugly about you to make your day.
25 is Nice
March 15th, 2011
8:28 am
What’s the big deal? He dumps his old wife, pays her some nice alimony, and he gets a young chick to have some fun with. The ex-wife can take all that cash, get a boy toy and live the good life. This is a win-win deal for both sides.
Last Man Standing
March 15th, 2011
8:33 am
BRW:
“No one is reading your crap”
Apparently you are . . .
nancy swanson
March 15th, 2011
10:52 am
If this republican’s wife signed the recall efforts, then apparently he did what he did. Having had a similar thing happen to someone close, it is not a small thing. It is a type of abandonment and betrayal that can cause deep trauma. I find it interesting that people who are supportive of him rationalize this behavior. If this republican is supporting conservative and focus on the family based values, then those values should be lived.
MC
March 15th, 2011
11:27 am
Citizen
March 14th, 2011
4:16 pm
I would think the AJC or the “political insider” would quote more credible sources. Rawstory is a known progressive source who guesses/accuses wrongly with great consistency.
Yeah. They’re almost as bad and unreliable as FOX News. Both of their sources for info can’t be trusted.
MC
March 15th, 2011
11:28 am
BRW if you are a Hannity fan than it is you with the weak and narrow little mind.
MC
March 15th, 2011
11:31 am
Oooops. Sorry BRW. I jumped the gun. You are absolutely right about these shallow minded FOX fans. If it’s not a FOX talking point they have no thoughts at all.
MC
March 15th, 2011
11:36 am
Does Georgia have a recall law too? What fun it would be to force this state to hold election after election. After the expense of that maybe some of these ultra radical, ultra racist republicans can have some of the wind knocked out of their sails. There are enough petition signers in this state to really stick it to these bubbas. Let the petitions begin.
ANGRY AS HELL
March 15th, 2011
12:15 pm
It’s good to know that the “family Values” itinerary is held in such high regard by this other conservative, Republican state senator/ I’m sure the Wisconsin GOP is soooo proud!
Peter H. Coffin
March 15th, 2011
12:18 pm
Note that a similar case is happening in Indiana where the Secretary of State Charlie White is facing theft charges for accepting a salary for holding office for a district in which he did not live, as well as voter fraud and perjury charges. Moving in with your girlfriend in another district is serious business if you’re an elected official.
Martha Coyote
March 15th, 2011
1:11 pm
When the unions are busted, the only large money for the democrats is private contributions. They cannot match corporate money, which is now, since the Supreme Court decision, essentially unregulated. With a Republican majority in both house, and the Supreme court, the Republicans will run the country. Whenever they have come near that, in history, they gut social programs, outsource jobs, [as recommended by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,] and run up greater and greater deficits.
We will get jobs back when the working class works for the hours, in the conditions the employers care to set. Union pay and conditions set the standard. When they go down, so do private pay/standards. We have an 8 hour day, a 5 day week, vacations, overtime and employee compensations because of the unions. Oh, yes, and child labor laws. [My 4 great-uncles each went into the same coal mine that killed their father at age 11.] Think those laws will last without Democratic support? No, because we have a crisis! Gotta take money from social programs, [old, sick, poor, unemployed] and give it to the rich! The Republicans added two trillion to the deficit to give it to the rich, and they talk about shared sacrifice, and THE CRISIS.
yuzeyurbrane
March 15th, 2011
2:09 pm
It used to be that Republican scandals involved money and Democrats involved sex. Glad to hear they have libidos.
double
March 15th, 2011
10:01 pm
Sounds as if lost man standing knows about three-somes.With a name Hopper what you expect?
double
March 15th, 2011
10:03 pm
Name calling.From the post I have read Lost man and TD are at the top of list.
Bonnie
March 15th, 2011
10:31 pm
Why don’t everyone grow up.Did everyone like the 1950’s?well the union’s were strong job’s were good.Stop acting like you are cheering on a ball team between the right and left. Right is right and wrong is wrong.Some of you say what are we teaching are kid’s when the senators left the state,and we cheer them on.Do you think it ’s ok to belittle our president?All republicans are not christain,and all democrat,s are not non believers.We have always enjoyed a democracy,this is NOT a democracy Scott Walker has raped the people of their voices ,i for one want mine back.he seems to be the most non patriotic , non ameirican, non christain i have seen in a long time.I only say these things because this is what he said he was,how sad that our voices have been shut down
CurtJa
March 15th, 2011
10:48 pm
This Republican sex scandal won’t be complete until the woman involved hangs herself (as did the madame in the David Vitter case) and the guy is reelected. Because, let’s face it, conservative women like abusive relationships where the husband cheats on her because it proves he’s a “real man.”
tini tiny
March 16th, 2011
11:16 am
why spend a dollar on ajc to pay this guy salary
TLamar
March 16th, 2011
12:57 pm
It would be right if the Governor of Wisconsin hadn’t made a pack with the Koch brothers and was honest about trying to get the state’s budget defict down. However, I agree to move with such speed to get this bill passed to remove all collective bargining rights, something in the milk isn’t clean. However, you can rested assured the governor will not serve two terms.
Mike
March 16th, 2011
1:52 pm
Just a couple of comments here. One, unions aren’t perfect by a long shot, some would even say they almost caused the complete demise of the U.S. auto industry. But just think about it: were it not for unions we’d all be working 60-70 hours a week for minimum wage (or less), with no overtime pay,no benefits and no paid time off. Second, rich people DO NOT create jobs; they take a financial risk and invest in a product or service. We the consumers create job opportunites: if we show no interest in a company’s product or service then that business goes under; between 80 and 90 percent of all small businesses go under.
buddy_h
March 16th, 2011
2:11 pm
Does he have proof of paying utilities and renter insurance, change of license, lease agreement, did he re-file all his disclosure info — and did he tell voters he had changed address? How many days does he live there and how much time does he spend in that area at grocery stores — does he interact with the community or just have this fake life where he claims he lives in this shell … scam??? What a fraud… I hope he gets fined, along with being tossed out for fraud!
Bubba_dud
March 16th, 2011
5:05 pm
The thing that upsets me is that people like hopper shop at Tea-baager-Mart and then pretend to be Christian republicans who are above God’s law! If Hopper could get away with it, he’d be seducing younger children at high schools!
amazedlowlong
March 18th, 2011
9:56 pm
hoppers wife caught him a year ago, cheating with an intern. she wanted him and he on only wanted the intern. he took her out in public. he thought he could get divorced before the truth was found out. wife was afraid so she told the truth he didnt live so leaver her and her kids alone. she has proof.