Wisconsin Policy Research Institute fellow, gives inside info on Prosser "chokegate"

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Christian Schneider is a fellow at the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute and writes for National Review He gives the conservative slant on what happened in Bradley's chamber.

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The week before the legislature was set to re-pass the collective-bargaining provision, three of the four conservative justices were ready to issue a ruling reinstating the union law as originally passed. Prosser, on the other hand, wanted to wait longer, to avoid the appearance that the court was rushing their decision through. Prosser thought he had an agreement with liberal Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson to delay release of the opinion until Tuesday of the following week.

As Monday arrived, there was no word from Abrahamson on whether the decision would be issued the next day. At 5:30 p.m., Prosser and the other conservative justices marched around the chambers, looking for Abrahamson, who was found in Justice Bradley’s office. Prosser stood outside Bradley’s door, talking to the justices in Bradley’s office. The discussion got heated, with Prosser expressing his lack of faith in Abrahamson’s ability to lead the Court.

According to one witness, Bradley charged toward Prosser, shaking her clenched fist in his face. Another source says they were “literally nose to nose.” Prosser then put his hands up to push her away. As one source pointed out, if a man wants to push a woman who is facing him, he wouldn’t push her in the chest (unless he wants to face an entirely different criminal charge). Consequently, Prosser put his hands on Bradley’s shoulders to push her away, and in doing so, made contact with her neck.


http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/270679/more-details-emerge-wisconsin-s-chokegate-christian-schneider


http://www.wpri.org/

...and the spin is on.

[KansDem]

1. Well, I for one, am glad that has been cleared up!

:sarcasm:

Prosser put his hands on Bradley’s shoulders to push her away, and in doing so, made contact with her neck.

I smell bullshit...

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Link to the National Review article?

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3. ..oops, link in op. Thanks.

[Ozymanithrax]

4. There are these things called shoulders...but even that is lame.

My grandfather told me, a man who uses violence on a women for any reason isn't a man and should be rounded up by the dog catcher and disposed of as a public menace.

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14. These are all the talking points. This is what they have and what need be defused

like..."To date, Bradley has not filed any kind of charges against Prosser. Instead, the story was leaked to the George Soros–funded Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, who used three anonymous sources to back up Bradley’s story. I mean WTF! George Soros?

[rurallib]

5. doesn't sound a whole lot better to me

Prosser still out of control and belligerant.

[LiberalAndProud]

6. According to one witness.

That's telling considering how many justices were in the room at the time.

[DFab420]

7. "I swear my hands only slipped into a chokehold, then through no fault of my own..

my fingers latched together and I accidentally choked her...."


Jesus christ. You would think that a Judge would come up with a better fucking story.

I hope this dickbag fries

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, by its own admission is a 'free market think tank'. I should

believe them?

[Viking12]

9. Your skepticism is well warranted. Typical nutbag RW think-tank.

Willing to repeat any lie for the sake of the 'movement'.

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10. Oh hell no! Walker is WPRI's Boondoggle.

They were a major influence getting him in office.

[CleanGreenFuture]

11. For Pete's sake stop it with the *GATES!

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13. I know... I read it in another article. It was just a concise descriptor for the OP.

That's why I put it in quotes.

Sorry.

[CleanGreenFuture]

15. It's just gotten soooo tediously old...

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16. Ah yes... well best to dwell on the content not the Morrisonesque word choices of the moment

[CleanGreenFuture]

17. The content is most definately important. The stupid and unimaginative *gate

bullshit is merely an annoying distraction...like a blinking banner ad.

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21. Hhhahahha. Have at it Chumley.

[davsand]

12. That is every bit as believable as "He ran into my knife" or "Suicide by multiple gunshots."

Residents in maximum security facilities use those kinds of statements pretty often, as does the Bush family cabal...




Laura

[Gin]

18. she must have some slippery shoulders....nothing will happen to him...

his behavior will escalate until it can't be ignored....I pity anyone on the receiving end of it.

[Gormy Cuss]

20. +1

[geardaddy]

24. This is known as the "stop hitting yourself" defence.

[Dappleganger]

19. So if this was the case (which I doubt it was), what was blocking him from retreating

by backing away from Justice Bradley?

[justiceischeap]

22. It says a lot about the guy if he first inclination was to shove instead of step back

If any of this story is true, why didn't he take two or three steps back instead of deciding to shove someone out of his face?

[NoGOPZone]

23. I haven't heard an explanation that tortured since Larry Craig

"I didn't want to touch her breasts, so I aimed for the shoulders, and therefore hit her neck, which instantly caused an involuntary clenching of my hands"