dragonlady (2,735 posts)
4. Nothing
The local Democratic Party endorsed Moews as an exception to the general rule of not endorsing in a primary. Many in the party worked very hard for Moews. Clarke just plain lies when he purports to be a Democrat.
The problem here was cross-over voting that Republicans did at the urging of the conservative radio talkers. I think close analysis of the votes in this election will indicate that. In a low turnout election the effect of cross-over voting is magnified. There are also a significant number of African Americans in Milwaukee who like Clarke because he's "tough on crime" (so they have heard) or because they feel good about voting for someone of their race (this latter point was the opinion of an African American who supported Moews).
The open primary (as opposed to asking for one ballot or the other) was considered a reform measure during the progressive era. Voters who cross over negate that principle.
Now this is damned effective moling!
The dummie starts out by saying the dem party endorsed the anti-gun liberal when normally they stay silent in the primary and the guy "flat out lies". Establishes cred right off the bat. He goes further and blames it on the cross over vote by the eeevil rethuglicans due to talk radio. Man that was good! Now that he has the dummies hooked, he slaps the dummies upside the head with a very large clue bat by hitting them with two points. The first is that ordinary good black folks want law and order, and by extension, trusts law enforcement, important hidden point due to the situation in Missouri and then he goes further and said they voted their race!
Damn that was good.
Then the dummie covers his ass by saying someone else that voted for the liberal said it!! Genius! Then he beats the dummies over the head with the clue bat again and stated that the open primary was a liberal (he said progressive) idea.
I am impressed!!! Only thing that would have made it flawless would have been if the dummie would have ended it with a liberal talking point. Still... it was daggone effective. This person is good.
As always I can neither confirm nor deny... ya all know the rest.
