Brew City Brawler

Walker Administration wants to "take apart the DNR"

Or at least Rebecca Kleefisch does, based on this pre-election interview she held with a bunch of wingnuts (starting at :18):

 

Any Fitzwalkerstan action against the DNR, or environmental regulations, must be viewed through this lens.

Of course reforms.wi.gov is propaganda

But is Scott "Desperado" Walker's new shiny web site "electioneering"? On that, the Brawler defers to illusory tenant.

However, Scott Walker knew before he took office that he would be facing hard times and knew he would have to mount a propaganda campaign to fight it. How do we know? Via this video of Rebecca Kleefisch being interviewed by a bunch of wing nuts (starting at 1:38).

 

Now, I am unaware of any of the "Good News Wisconsin" video vignettes that Rebecca Kleefisch is talking about here but the telling of the Kaukauna miracle certainly fits in that mold. And one suspects that Scott Walker will spend the millions he'll raise before the recall to push propaganda not unlike what Rebecca Kleefisch is talking about.

 

Rebecca Kleefisch was for taking tough questions before she was against it

Accepting the RPW nomination for Lt. guv, Rebecca Kleefisch said her awesome experience as a TV reporter, talk show panelist, and tea party speaker prepared her to stand up to scrutiny. Starting around 3:40 she says: "I know how to answer the gotcha questions of journalists. I may have even asked one or two in my life -- but only of the liberals!"

UW-Madison's journalism program must be so proud. This, coupled with her admission that her go-to sources were Scott Walker and Alberta Darling, confirms the lie-bural bias of the media.

Added bonus: Around 3:09 she makes it sound as if she was the one who broke the Milwaukee pension scandal story. Take that, Bruce Murphy!

 

Rebecca Kleefisch: "If we don't stay Christ-centered then who are we to say we should lead?"

Rebecca Kleefisch, whom Charlie Sykes finds attractive, told a teabagger group that being a "Christian man" was the first requirement to get her vote as a governor. That seems contrary to the worldview of her sainted Founding Fathers, but it's a free country. A commenter at Blogging Blue suggests that she didn't really mean that.

But her opening remarks to the same teabag group suggest otherwise. She complimented them for praying to start the meeting (to appreciative coo's) and emphasized the importance of  Christ-centered leadership. Suggests to me a strict constructionist interpretation of her remarks is appropriate. It is of course her right to hold that position, but having a religious test for office strikes the Brawler as a rather extreme position.

Reported Daniel Bice: "But Kleefisch, who is married to state Rep. Joel Kleefisch, said she was not being so crass as to leverage her private faith to win a public office. That would be wrong."

Maybe not so much. The relevant portion starts around :23. 

 

 

Gotta be a Christian to get Rebecca Kleefisch's vote!

"Founding Fathers this," "Founding Fathers that," says Rebecca Kleefisch.

GIven that, you'd think she'd be down with the no religious test clause given it's in the Constitution and all. 

But apparently not. For, as she told this teabagger group, her first criteria for a gubernatorial candidate (this was before the GOP primary) was his religion.

"My qualifications for governor are a Christian man ..." (:26) (Sorry, Russ and Herb ... you could become Repubs and still not get her vote!)

 

 

Rebecca Kleefisch against abortion in cases of rape and incest

Rebecca Kleefisch aka Rebecca Surreal was fond of declaring she's not a squishy conservative -- she's 100% pro-life. In other words, she's a Sharon Angle "take lemons and make lemonade" kinda pro-lifer.

It's an increasingly common position within the GOP. But it's an extreme position nationally and certainly an extreme position in Wisconsin. 

It's stunning that an extremist like Rebecca Kleefisch is a serious contender for a statewide position (yes, even one as relatively powerless as lieutenant governor).

Cory Liebmann has more on Rebecca Kleefisch's "Christian" views.

And a speech that may sound better in the original German:

 

Is Rebecca Kleefisch attractive?

In case you were wondering, that old dog Charlie Sykes thinks so (1:25)!