the Campaign Sleuth

GLENN KAFKA: We worked hard to keep our family business going during the recession. Fortunately, we were able to hold on and not lay anybody off.

TIFFANY KAFKA: And thanks to Governor Walker’s economic reform and tax cuts, we started growing.

GLENN KAFKA: We’ve added forty new jobs since the Wisconsin comeback.

DEAN (Maintenance Manager): Good-paying jobs that support families like mine.

DYLAN (Diesel Mechanic): And support our community too.

SCOTT WALKER: You know, more people are working now than ever before. And unemployment, it’s hit an all-time low. Our reforms are helping Wisconsin’s economy grow.

DR. DON LEE: Wisconsin’s health care system is ranked first in the nation for quality. But, Obamacare premiums have skyrocketed by 36% this year, and many families just can’t afford to pay for health care. Washington politicians keep promising to fix the problem, but it never happens. That’s why Gov. Walker’s plan to keep premiums down is so important.

SCOTT WALKER: Our bipartisan plan invests $200 million to help lower premiums for Wisconsin families – because we can’t wait for Washington to get the job done.

MAGGIE: Jordan has had cognitive disabilities since he was very young.

JORDAN: But now I have a job I love. It’s at the hospital, to help people, to make sure the equipment is clean.

MAGGIE: Governor Walker has expanded Project SEARCH, to help people with disabilities find jobs that work well for them.

JORDAN: And I am really getting good at it.

SCOTT WALKER: Project SEARCH helps students like Jordan get the skills and the experience that they need to succeed.

JORDAN: I have learned to be more confident in what I am doing and to speak out.

TIM: I started a welding and fabrication apprenticeship right after high school.

JEREMY: I started from the bottom and worked my way up with an apprenticeship from a technical college.

TIM: Training gave us the skills we needed for good-paying jobs.

JEREMY: That’s why Governor Walker’s support for technical training and the Fast Forward program is so important.

TIM: Yeah, it gives us a leg up.

SCOTT WALKER: Wisconsin is working. This year our unemployment rate hit an all-time low, and we’ve invested over $200 million to train workers in the jobs we’re helping to create.

MOM: Tyler was only 80 pounds. I had his funeral planned.

TYLER: I was addicted for years. But we stuck together as a family and we fought back.

DAD: We are the lucky ones. We still have our son.

SISTER: And really that’s why we started Your Choice to Live, to help others.

TYLER: We need support, like Governor Walker’s H.O.P.E Agenda.

SCOTT WALKER: We’ve seen too many families devastated by addiction. Together, we’ve passed bipartisan legislation to reduce opioid abuse and increase drug treatment – to save lives.

SHAYLA: I’m the kind of person that runs towards danger, not away from it. I went to technical college to become a first responder, and now I’m a paramedic and a firefighter. I have a chance to save lives every day. Governor Walker is helping people like me get the training we need.

SCOTT WALKER: More people are working in Wisconsin than ever before – and our Fast Forward Program is providing funding so people can get those better jobs that require new skills. And people like Shayla, well she can help save lives.

SCOTT WALKER: If we want Wisconsin to succeed, we need students to succeed. So we froze tuition – 6 years in a row, to make college more affordable for you and your families. We’re moving Wisconsin forward. Join us, and keep our future bright

SCOTT WALKER: We’ve cut taxes to put you in charge. Now, we’re ready to keep moving forward because there’s more to be done. By the end of 2018, our cumulative tax cuts will be some $8 billion. Property and income taxes will be lower in 2018 than they were in 2010. We’ve even eliminated an entire tax. That’s more money in your pocket. Now we’re ready to keep cutting taxes, to ensure a bright future for you and your family.

IMAGE: Michael Screnock was arrested twice for blocking access to women’s healthcare clinics. Michael Screnock: Not Qualified.

NARRATOR: Supreme Court Candidate Rebecca Dallet claims she’ll stand up for our values but there’s a problem … Here’s what she told Wisconsin:

REBECCA DALLET: I’ll keep protecting our rights and defending our values.

NARRATOR: And here’s what she told donors in San Francisco:

REBECCA DALLET: Your values are our Wisconsin values that we’ve lost along the way.

NARRATOR: Lost our values? Wisconsin hasn’t lost anything worth finding in San Francisco – and Dallet doesn’t belong on the Supreme Court. On April 3rd, vote Wisconsin values – vote Michael Screnock

SIDE 1: SAN FRANCISCO values don’t belong in WISCONSIN
“I know that your [San Francisco] values are our Wisconsin values that we’ve lost along the way.” —Liberal Rebecca Dallet

SIDE 2: JUDGE MICHAEL SCRENOCK: WISCONSIN VALUES—NOT SAN FRANCISCO’S!

UPHOLDING WISCONSIN’S RULE OF LAW
Wisconsin families deserve judges who interpret and apply the law by relying on statutes and the Constitution, not their own personal or political beliefs—or San Franscisco’s. Judge Michael Screnock is dedicated to upholding our laws, and enforcing the penalties for those who break them.

DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION
Unlike liberal Rebecca Dallet, Judge Michael Screnock is a judicial conservative who Wisconsinites can trust to respect our Constitution and never legislate from the bench.

PROTECTING WISCONSIN VALUES
Liberal Rebecca Dallet might think we’ve lost our values, but Judge Michael Screnock knows we haven’t. On the Supreme Court, Michael will uphold the Wisconsin values of community, service, and stability to provide the foundation of justice that our communities depend on.

BILLBOARD: Tell Rebecca Dallet: San Francisco values don’t belong in Wisconsin.

[LOCATION: The I-94 and Highway 16 intersection in Waukesha. The Mason Street Bridge in downtown Green Bay. Highway 14 in Madison after the John Nolen Drive on ramp for Friday, ahead of the final debate between candidates.]

Vote April 3rd to stop Obama and Holder from stealing the election for Wisconsin Supreme Court.

We Need Your Vote to Uphold the Rule of Law.

TAMMY BALDWIN: A hedge fund in New York City takes control of a great Wisconsin business shuts down a factory and 450 people lose their jobs the town of Brokaw goes bankrupt. It’s not right we cannot let these predators devastate our communities so I’m working to stop these Wall Street hedge funds from destroying another town. I’m Tammy Baldwin and I approve this message. I don’t work for Wall Street I work for Wisconsin.

NARRATOR: Judge Michael Screnock: passionate about the Constitution, the rule of law and the tuba.

MICHAEL SCRENOCK: Hi, I’m Judge Michael Screnock and I’m proud to have the support of a majority of Wisconsin’s sheriffs because they know we need a justice who respects our laws not one marching to their own tune rewriting them. If you like the sound of a Justice standing for our laws I’d be honored to earn your vote April 3rd.

Wisconsin’s Students are Our Future. Help us keep working. Scott Walker. Moving Wisconsin Forward. [Politicalwire]

SCOTT WALKER: Before we took office, Wisconsin lost over 130,000 jobs.

Thankfully, we’ve more than recovered them and wages are rising. More Wisconsinites are working than ever before and unemployment is near a record low.

We’re investing in worker training so that anyone who wants a job, can find not just a job but a career.

We made tough choices to balance the budget so now we could invest record amounts in education but there is more to be done.

Let’s keep moving Wisconsin forward for our hard-working families.

NARRATOR: Why are Wisconsin’s sheriffs all in for Judge Michael Screnock?

ERIC J. SEVERSON: Bedrock commitment to our Constitution. Wisconsin law enforcement needs Supreme Court justices that follow the law

NARRATOR: Judge Michael Screnock: law enforcement’s choice for the Supreme Court.

NARRATOR: Why are Wisconsin’s sheriff’s all in for judged Michael Screnock?

ERIC J. SEVERSON: In today’s world law enforcement needs predictability law enforcement needs justices to follow the rule of law so we can apply the law fairly and effectively.

NARRATOR: Judge Michael Screnock: law enforcement’s choice for the Supreme Court.

MICHAEL SCRENOCK: I’m Judge Michael Screnock and if you believe our justices should respect our laws instead of rewriting them I’d be honored to earn your vote April 3rd.

Wisconsin has shown how balanced budgets and good government can turn things around.

We eliminated Wisconsin’s multi-billion-dollar budget deficit, and we’re reforming welfare so public assistance is more like a trampoline instead of a hammock.

We’ve covered everyone living in poverty under Medicaid without the Obamacare expansion, and Wisconsin is among the best in the nation for access to health care.

Now there’s more to be done to keep moving Wisconsin forward.

The Big Government Union bosses are back. Remember? We took their power away and gave it to the hard-working taxpayers.

Now, we’ve got a bigger fight than ever.

Stand with us and together we will beat them again.

hi I’m Scott Walker I love Wisconsin every day is a chance to make things better for the people of our state more folks are working than ever before because were open for business our budgets are balanced and we now have surpluses so we lower taxes the same time or invested more in the schools than ever before test scores and graduation rates are among the best in the nation more families can afford to send their kids to college because we froze tuition more people have access to health care here than just about anywhere else in America I love traveling the state and hearing how the things we’re doing are helping but there’s more investing and trading for our workers helping people create jobs making our schools even better at the end of each day after all the miles and conversations I can’t wait for the alarm to ring see what opportunities tomorrow will bring are you with me.

NARRATOR: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett – Jim Doyle’s hand-picked successor – isn’t talking about raising job-killing taxes as governor. That’s not surprising since Barrett’s been on record saying – quote – if you’re going to raise taxes just do it, and he did. Barrett raised taxes every year as mayor, while Milwaukee lost thousands of jobs. Tom Barrett more taxes less jobs. Like Jim Doyle only worse.

DAVE SEAGER: Out here. Every second counts.

MARK BUETOW: Lives depend on it.

DAVE SEAGER: When you need help. We don’t hesitate.

MARK BUETOW: If our radios fail us. No one is safe.

DAVE SEAGER: For six years we’ve been told the system will be fixed.

MARK BUETOW: Mayor Barrett…

DAVE SEAGER: Are you there?

MARK BUETOW: We get seconds.

DAVE SEAGER: You’ve had years

NARRATOR: For six year Tom Barrett failed police and firefighters Radio systems, still not working. Lives at risk. The union members that worked for Barrett now support Scott Walker, over.

REBECCA KLEEFISCH: Hi, I’m Rebecca Kleefisch, Scott Walker’s running mate. Thanks to the highest quality health care system in the world, I won my battle with cancer. I can watch my little girls grow up. Tom Barrett supports a government takeover of our health care. A plan that would increase costs, lower quality and put government in charge of our health care choices. As a mother and a cancer survivor, that’s unacceptable. Scott and I and our families think you should be in charge of your health care decisions.

TOM BARRETT: So when it comes to the negative ads, I trust you to separate fact from fiction.

NARRATOR: Well Tom Barrett, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel just did that. They said your ad against Scott Walker was like a forgery: using fake front pages, and pictures of Scott Walker in stories that weren’t even about him. ‘Pants on Fire’ is the Journal Sentinel’s ruling on Tom Barrett’s deliberate distortions. Leaders are supposed to make a difference, not make stuff up.

NOT MORGAN FREEMAN: When Tom Barrett campaigned for mayor of Milwaukee six years ago he promised to stop the sewage district from dumping raw sewage into Lake Michigan. He never kept that campaign promise. In fact Tom Barrett allowed eight point two billion gallons of sewage to be released into the lake – nearly 40 times more pollution than the BP oil spill. Tom Barrett broke his promise. Well I say it’s time to flush out the truth. If we can’t trust Tom Barrett to keep his word then we can’t trust him to be our governor.

NARRATOR: Like Jim Doyle, only worse.

SCOTT WALKER: Real leadership means bringing people together to solve problems like the challenges we face as a community in helping to serve our most vulnerable. Hi, I’m Scott Walker. Over 20,000 people suffering from mental illness are successfully treated each year in Milwaukee County but if just one person falls through the cracks that’s unacceptable to me I take seriously the need for complete reform Tom Barrett thinks it’s okay to run ads using people with mental illness for political gain I think that’s wrong.

NARRATOR: In the state senate, Tom Barrett voted for the largest permanent tax increase in state history. As Congressman, he voted for the largest tax increase in U.S. history. As Milwaukee mayor, Barrett proposed increasing taxes by 24%. Barrett even supported Jim Doyle’s job-killing tax on Wisconsin employers like Harley Davidson. Scott Walker will call an emergency session on jobs his first day in office, cut taxes for small businesses and individuals, and get government out of the way. Scott Walker – working hard to get Wisconsin working again.

SCOTT WALKER: You know, Tom Barrett can’t sell his record so he’s throwing punches at me. I believe that government employees should have to pay their fair share when it comes to their pensions. Tom Barrett? He’ll raise your taxes so they don’t have to. Like Governor Doyle, Barrett supports radical environmental laws that will cost us thousands of jobs. I want to get government out of the way so employers can create more good-paying jobs right here in Wisconsin. I’m Scott Walker and I took on the political machine in Milwaukee and I’m ready to go the distance as your next governor.

SCOTT WALKER: Hi, I’m Scott Walker. This is my 1998 Saturn it’s got over a hundred thousand miles on it. This is my lunch. I pack a brown bag each day so I can save some money to spend on – you know – the more important things in life, like sending my kids to college. Wouldn’t it be great if the government actually saved money like all the rest of us do. If you’ve had it with big government like I have, join us at BrownBagMovement.com. Let’s change it together.

NARRATOR: When Scott Walker was elected, the county exec made more than the governor.

SCOTT WALKER: I was like, “Wow, that’s a lot of money.”

NARRATOR: So over the next eight years, Scott Walker gave three hundred and seventy thousand dollars of his salary back to the taxpayers.

SCOTT WALKER: My wife was like, “We’re doing what?” But we believe that government spends too much and that included my salary. If you’ve had enough of government waste let’s change it together join us at BrownBagMovement.com.

Paid for by Republican Governors Public Policy Committee.

SCOTT WALKER: When I became the county executive I didn’t go to work for the government I went to work for the taxpayers we had a pension scandal politicians were helping themselves to millions instead of helping us I ran to make it right we took back our government turn deficits into a surplus held the line and tax it and make government smaller things governor Doyle didn’t do and Tom Barrett will not do I believe in Wisconsin together we can put the government back on our side.

Scott Walker: Hi I’m Scott Walker. Special interest groups from Madison are already spending tons of money to try and beat us. Soon more attacks are on the way. They don’t like the fact that I kept my promise to hold the line on taxes. They don’t want someone who’s independent. They want someone who will listen to them. Someone who’s open to raising taxes and that’s not me. We have come too far to let special interest group stop our progress. Check out the facts that ScottWalker.org and don’t be fooled on April 1st.

SCOTT WALKER: Hi I’m Scott Walker I think high taxes are a problem my opponent who’s pushing the largest tax increase in Wisconsin history thinks taxes are the solution I think crimes a problem and we need to send more criminals to prison my opponent thinks there are too many people in prison and keeping 17 year old criminals out of prison is a solution I’ve got real solutions for the problems like taxes and crime facing Milwaukee County check out the facts at ScottWalker.org and don’t be fooled on April 1st.

NARRATOR: We’ve heard it before, judge cites loophole, sides with criminal that threatens our safety. Take Justice Louis Butler, his colleagues called him “Loophole Louie”. A woman beaten to death with a bat… Butler uses a loophole suppressing critical evidence. A husband poisoned his wife… Butler sights a loophole, almost jeopardizing the prosecution. Butler doesn’t mind being called, “Loophole Louie,” he says it’s “affectionate”. Call Justice Louis Butler, ask him to deliver justice, not loopholes.

NARRATOR: We count on judges to use practical common sense to keep violent criminals behind bars.

But faced with an unspeakable crime, Justice Louis Butler almost jeopardized the prosecution of a murderer because he saw a technicality.

When prosecutors needed to show critical evidence, Butler dissented. Going against six other justices. Thankfully, he didn’t get his way.

Jurors said it was the most important piece of evidence they saw.

Call Louis Butler. Tell him to stand up for victims – not technicalities.

NARRATOR: Unbelievable. Shadowy special interests supporting Louis Butler are attacking Judge Michael Gableman. It’s not true.

Judge, District Attorney Michael Gableman has committed his life to locking up criminals to keep families safe. Putting child molesters behind bars for over a hundred years.

Louis Butler worked to put criminals on the street. Like Reuben Lee Mitchell, who raped an 11-year-old girl with learning disabilities. Butler found a loophole. Mitchell went on to molest another child.

Can Wisconsin families feel safe with Louis Butler on the Supreme Court?