Tuesday, March 8, 2011

C.R.E.W.: Liberal Front Group

Heidi Harris interviewed Melody Sloan from C.R.E.W. (Citizens For Responsibility And Ethics in Washington), a supposed non-partisan organization that has filed ethics complaints most against conservative politicians.
Today, they started off by talking about John Ensign and his not seeking re-election. C.R.E.W. filed a complaint about Ensign and his activity regarding his affair. Fair enough, though they haven't filed complaints against Charlie Rangle and other Democratic sleezy politicians.
This is the same group that thinks it is just awful for conservative congress critters to sleep in their office in the capitol, even though it has been going for years. They also complain that senators can't live in the same building even though they pay rent at the going rate.
Anyways, the conversation turned to Wisconsin and the activity going on there and Harris did a wonderful job just ripping C.R.E.W. to shreds. Apparently, it is ok for the Democratic Senators from Wisconsin to run away from their jobs but it is not ok for Scott Walker to use Wisconsin State Troopers to bring those senators back.
Oh wait, it's not Walker who is using the troopers to bring back the Democrats, it's the State Senate GOP who ordered the police to bring back the Democratic senators via a vote in the senate. Scott Walker supposedly sent a State trooper to a Senators house to see if he was home. Perfectly legal.
To listen to Harris's interview, click here: http://www.kdwn.com/index.php?page=195
However C.R.E.W. defended the senators for not going to work and said they would not file a complaint about that. What a bunch of liberal hacks.
This is what liberal organization put out: Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a non-partisan government watchdog group, asked the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board to investigate whether Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker violated state law by sending the Wisconsin State Patrol (WSP) to the home of Democratic Senate Leader Mark Miller. CREW also submitted open records requests to the Office of the Governor, Office of the Senate Majority Leader and the WSP seeking records regarding the use of the troopers. Click here to read CREW’s letter to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. Click here to read the open records requests.
“Governor Walker has many tools at his disposal to fight the state’s public employees, but using troopers to track down a political opponent crosses the line,” said CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan. Sloan continued, “The governor’s conduct is especially egregious in light of a Wisconsin law specifically barring troopers from taking part in any dispute between an employer and employee over wages, hours, labor, or working conditions -- the subject of the governor’s bill.

http://www.citizensforethics.org/press/entry/crew-wi-governor-violated-state-law-by-sending-troopers-after-missing-legli
If you read the press release, there is no doubt that this liberal front group is not non-partisan but a hateful group full of spite.
Walker didn't do anything wrong. He followed the rules of the Senate and the troopers did not get involved in a dispute an employer and employee. Since when is a state senator an employee and Walker a member of mangement? The troopers were sent to a politicians home to get him to come to work. It is a very simple concept.
So, to C.R.E.W., stop being engaging in unethical behavior. Come clean and say that you are a liberal front group that is only going after GOP politicians and moderate to conservative Democrats. Come out and say you hate Scott Walker and that you don't want him to be governor. Just tell the truth.

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