Milwaukee Tire Slashers Get Jail Time
Four Democrat party activists, including the son of a sitting member of Congress and a son of the former mayor of Milwaukee have been sentenced to jail in connection with their efforts to keep Republican voters from the polls in the November 2004 election.Good.
WisPolitics.com is reporting that the judge rejected the prosecution's reccomended penalty of mere probation and sentenced the convicted tire slashers to serve time in jail.
Judge Michael Brennan ordered jail time for four defendants in the Election Day 2004 tire-slashing case. Prosecutors had recommended probation for the defendants, as long as they paid restitution.
The four defendants -- Sowande Omokunde, son of Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore; Michael Pratt, son of former Milwaukee Mayor Marvin Pratt; Lewis Caldwell and Lavelle Mohammad, all of Milwaukee -- each received a $1,000 fine and jail terms ranging between four and six months. They will have work-release privileges.See more later in the right-hand column at http://www.wispolitics.com/
I'll have my reaction and a round-up of others' takes here all day.
Interesting background take on the case.
9 Comments:
I have often wondered when the moment came that the "Democratic Party" became the Democrat Party.
Truly, I was amazed at how suddenly one day every Republican on the planet from Bush to the local dog catcher had adopted the new phrase which I assume is meant to be disparaging somehow.
Just wondering if a Reoublican can fill me in on this. Thanks.
Anon We live in a "Democratic" society...The proper way to say the party is "democrat" (lower case)...it is not a slur
I'm not a Republican nor a Reoublican.
However, there is an internal logic to calling the party "Democrat", rather than "Democratic".
One stream of logic is that individual party members are called, Democrat, as in "Mr. Smith is a Democrat." This would be parallel to the way individual party members are called Republican as in "Mrs. Smith is a Republican".
Another stream of logic is that the party itself is not purely Democratic in the way it operates. Typically, the chiefs of the State party are not selected by a vote of all registered party members (in fact I don't think this occurs in any State).
Actually, the real name of their party is the Democratic Party. Just wondering when it was decided to change that for them?
And actually we don't live in a democracy, we live in a republic.
We live in a DEMOCRATIC republic, you dumb-fuck! And how is going from Democratic to Democrat so disparaging anyhow?
Get a life....
the "disparaging," YOU dumb fuck, is when someone decides to change YOUR name because it messes with THEIR message.
As in when I disparage the so-called "Christians" who wouldn't be caught dead with the real Jesus if He showed up (that weak-willed hippy) by calling them the Xian Taliban.
See, you've completely shown your true colors. I called you a dumbfuck because you are factually incorrect in correcting the person who stated we live in a democracy. We do. I will give you partial credit for getting the republic part right, but we still live in a democracy. But, you immediately lash out at 'Christians', in some convoluted dumbass defense of whatever it is you're trying to talk about when you say it's disparaging to switch from Democratic to Democrat. ??? Huh? How in hell are those to things even remotely connected? Oh, i know...your a moon-bat dumbfuck lefty, so they don't have to be connected for you to see some deep-rooted right-wing conspiracy to 'change' the party name from Democratic to (OMG!) Democrat. I stand by my original assessment: You're a dumbfuck.
A yes, reasonable discourse on display. think prudent progressive populism and shed thyself of democrat, republican, liberal or conservative. These 4 labels are driving the civil political discourse into the gutter. I have a dream that Malkin and Dowd could actually find some common ground and help their minions reach out to the inclusive problem solving patriotism this country needs badly.Clean house in Congress completely and get some real campaign finance reform for this country to live up to the promise of America!
yes, with the intelligence on display, why don't you Illinoisans stick to commenting on Chicago corruption
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