The Ends Justify the Means

It's no surprise Doyle's gaggle of partisan lawyers claim the ends justify the means when it comes to setting Mark Green up to take a half million dollar fall. After all, there's a lot riding on this election.

And while I'm certain they will each experience a few moments of uneasiness as they become key figures in the 2006 Gubernatorial election, I'm also certain that lying comes as naturally to most of them as taking a breath.

So just sit back and watch the rats jump ship as Waukesha County District Attorney Paul Bucher and the State Department of Justice begin investigating possible ethical and legal violations surrounding the State Elections Board action.

Board member and Milwaukee Attorney Carl Holborn says some of the emails from Maistelman were "inappropriate" though he didn't ask him to stop.

"Most of them I didn't even read. The one I did read, I responded to."

Gee Carl, if you didn't read most of the emails how did you determine that they were inappropriate? And according to the Maistelman emails, it was Holborn's idea to give Green time to have the out of state PACs register in Wisconsin in order to make the board look reasonable.

On the day of the board's vote, personal injury lawyer Bob Kasieta told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, that he had not been told how to vote by Doyle or his aides. The operative word being "told," when Kasieta starts talking will he claim not to have read the emails either?
If you consider the email exchange between Maistelman and Kasieta you know that pig isn't going to fly.

Kasieta thanks Maistelman for helping him "work through" the motions – proving that he was coached, steered, and absorbed the direction they wanted him to take.

Before August 28th, Kasieta receives Maistelman's messages, but does not appear to be focused. Then on Monday August 28th, Maistelman comes to Madison and meets with Kasieta. Later that day he tells Holborn and Dwyer:

"I am in Madison all day today to make sure we are set for our vote to ban Green money on Wednesday. I had a good meeting with Bob Kasieta and he is on board with the arguments we discussed including the one below."

In a message to Kasieta on August 28th,Maistelman fleshes out the argument to ignore the Legislature's suspension of the emergency rule and Kasieta replies the following day to say:

"This is very helpful. I would like to go through the language of the motion before the meeting. Thanks, Mike, for taking time to work through the issue with me yesterday." Bjk.

Finally the lawyer's lawyer, Michael Maistelman, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he was not working for the Doyle campaign on August 29th --- the day of the hearing. Was Maistelman lying then, or was he lying last week when he said he was representing the Doyle campaign when he sent the emails? Is he trying to protect "the powers that be" under attorney/client privilege?

With only 43 days until the election there are just so many lies and so little time.