The Badger Awakens, Part 8

Just how terrified is the Wisconsin GOP of the growing recall effort of six Republican state senators there?  This terrified:

Yesterday, the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel uncovered a new dirty trick that some Wisconsin Republican leaders are encouraging among their members. In a letter obtained by the paper, Dan Feyen, the chairman of the 6th Congressional District Republican Party, instructs his “fellow conservatives” to run spoiler candidates in the primaries for Democratic candidates. Referencing the recall election of Sen. Randy Hopper (R), Feyen argues that a primary would allow an extra month until the general election, which would give Republicans time to organize.

In a separate letter, Feyen also advocates for running a spoiler candidate in the Democratic primary that will decide a nominee to run against Sen. Luther Olsen (R). Here’s a screenshot of one of the letters, where Feyen is encouraging conservatives to support John Buckstaff for a “protest candidacy”.

Yep, that's right:  the Wisconsin GOP is now resorting to muddying the waters in the recall elections by throwing all their weight behind running fake Democrats in the recall primaries in order to get their Republicans replaced with...more Republicans.

The Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel notes that Buckstaff has a “has a long history of giving modest amounts to Republican candidates, including Walker and Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. He even gave $575 to Hopper’s campaign in 2008.” In a conversation with the paper, Feyen said that his efforts are actually being coordinated by the “RPW” — the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

The revelations about Feyen’s letters come on top of a leaked recording of GOP officials in La Crosse discussing how to get a “spoiler candidate in the recall election tentatively scheduled for Republican Sen. Dan Kapanke.”

Pretty sad stuff, really.  But it shows you how seriously the Wisconsin GOP is taking this recall effort, the lengths they will go to in order to maintain power there, and most of all the depths of the utter contempt that they hold Wisconsin voters in.

Yes, Wisconsin Republicans think Democrats are stupid enough to vote for a Republican-backed candidate in the Democratic primaries if they just lie and pander enough...