Sykes' Reality Check

Charlie Sykes gets put through a reality check and comes up negative for reality, but positive for crap.

My favorite part:

Afterthought: One fresh face who did win was a Democrat, Chris Larson, elected to the State Senate despite the best efforts of Sykes and Co. to defeat him. Another was Rebecca Kleefisch, LG-elect and a Sykes favorite, but he didn't mention her. Maybe she already has become an embarrassment.

Sykes Blames High Ranking Dem For Lack Of Clarivoyance

In this morning's show, as he does every Friday, Charlie Sykes was doing his scatologically-orientated feature of his "Deep Tunnel Awards."

The first runner up was Graeme Zielinski, the top communication guru for the Wisconsin Democratic Party. Zielinski's sin, according to Sykes, was calling Rebecca Kleefisch a lunatic when she just announced that she just had life saving cancer surgery.

What Sykes really did was a fine act of faux and selective outrage.

Zielinski did describe Kleefisch as being a lunatic in this tweet:

We're going to have to get treatment for the poor staffer who has had to listen to and watch the lunatic Rebecca Kleefisch speeches.

Said offensive tweet occurred on Tuesday, September 28th at 10:49 in the morning.

However, the Kleefisch story didn't come out until the next day, on the 29th. Heck, Sykes didn't even put up anything about it until the day after that, on the 30th.

But since Sykes has such a crush on Kleefisch, maybe he could explain to his listeners why Scott Walker's campaign has clamped down on her and won't even allow her to do a debate with Tom Nelson.

Kleefisch Campaign Goes Into Silly Mode

Rebecca Kleefisch is still trying to make that run for Lt. Governor. She came out with her first ad, but for her sake, I hope she didn't buy any air time for it.

Besides not really saying anything but the usual, expected empty rhetorical platitudes, she has this visual which I captured from her ad:


There are some really amateurish mistakes in this one screen shot.

One, no one outside of Southeastern Wisconsin knows who Charlie Sykes or Mark Belling are and are unlikely to care what they think of Kleefisch. Secondly, the majority of the people in Southeast Wisconsin do know who these two are, and still don't care, or even find it as a reason to go the other way. If she is hoping that these two reprobates will get her elected, she is in for a harsh disappointment.

Also, I don't know where they filmed this, but it is kind of a put off having such a bright background. It takes the attention off of her. On second thought, maybe that is what she is trying to achieve.

But this ad isn't the only faux pas that Team Kleefisch has made.

It's not usually a good idea to infer that your opponents are pagan heathens. And it's a turn off to both the right and left wings to say that you're going to use the Bible instead of the Constitution in making official decisions.

Michael Horne also raises a very interesting question: Where the heck is her husband, state Representative Joel Kleefisch? Does he not support her campaign or is she trying to hide the fact that she is part of the Republican establishment?

Kleefisch Gets Caught In An iLie

Rebecca Kleefisch, Sykes' conservative correspondent, and Lt. Governor candidate, got herself caught up in a little bit of a lie, when she was trying to play the role of Jane Common Woman:

Rebecca Kleefisch Lies from Sara N. Dipity on Vimeo.

H/T sarandipity on Twitter

By Golly, She Really Is A Conservative Reporter

Rebecca Kleefisch has herself listed as a "Conservative Correspondent" on her Linked In profile.

Today, she proved it.

She reported that she was first in the state to file her nomination papers.

But, the truth is, she wasn't. Unless she changed her name and gender.

Linked In Questions For Kleefisch

Rebecca Kleefisch, the would be video-journalist turned would-be Lieutenant Governor candidate, has a very strange Linked-In profile:


There are two things that stand out to me immediately.

One is that she lists her Lt. Gov. has a past job. But she is still actively campaigning. Kind of sloppy, to say the least.

The other is that she lists herself as "Conservative Correspondent at Journal Broadcast Group."

I always thought that the whole thing about self-promotion was to make yourself stand out in a crowd, not boast of being one of the sheep.

The Kleefisch Law of Politics

It's hard to soar with the eagles when you take campaign advice from turkeys.

Things Aren't Looking Good For Sykes' Pals

It is no secret that Charlie Sykes holds a special place in his hear, or more likely his wallet, for Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch in the upcoming autumnal elections.

But unfortunately for him, and fortunately for the state, they don't appear to be doing too well.

Walker is losing face this week and is continuing his inevitable slide down the polls.

But Kleefisch is actually having a worst time of it. And I don't mean from liberals. Look at what the very conservative Little Miss Sunshine had to say about her and a Facebook/Twitter survey Kleefisch held for herself:

Translation:
"I can't get no love in the district I live in. People are voting for someone else. Wah wah wah. Oh, I know, I'll make up a poll!"

Mrs. Kleefisch, I implore you. Wisconsin voters are looking for genuine. They are looking for a candidate who doesn't have to fabricate news or support from made-up polls. They are looking for a lieutenant governor candidate who isn't desperate to attach him or herself to the current candidate for governor. What's next, a hello-kitty lunch box from days past that you take to work to save on littering with your brown bag?

Charts of Facebook fans don't equal votes. These other candidates also have "Friends" over fan pages. Brett Davis, for example, has 1,150 "Fans" and 925 personal friends. That's 2075. Sure there's duplicates... but come on, at least do the math. And , were these people even contacted about your poll?

It just seems a little shady to me.

Ouch!

If things keep going so sour for Sykes' people, pretty soon he will have to change his nickname of "the Blogfather" to "the Blog Fodder."

Elect Her And She'll Cause Mass Destruction

I really don't understand what makes some people tick:


One would think you would want to present yourself in a positive light...

Former Reporter Admits Political Bias In Reporting

If you can stomach it, watch this campaign video from Rebecca Kleefisch, former news reporter and present candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Pay close attention starting about the 0:35 mark:



Kleefisch admits to calling Scott Walker's office because of his conservative ideas that promote the way she feels about politics or some such nonsense.

So much for the "liberal media" meme.

And thank goodness that she is no longer distorting the news to promote her owned distorted values. And after September, we will only have to put up with her Charlie Sykes plugs, if he hasn't dropped her like a hot potato by then.

Emily Mills Vs. The Jive Turkey

A couple of days ago, I posted a video clip done by Rebecca "Jessica McBride v.2.0" Kleefisch, and wondered how in the world she thought this would help her run for Lt. Governor.

The ever-charming and amazing Emily Mills also noticed something wrong with the video. Ms. Mills then took it upon herself to correct the monologue:



Yup, that's better.

And She Wants To Be Lt. Governor?

Not exactly what I would call a high caliber candidate.

Sykes finds a new Eliza

Charlie Higgins Sykes, having suffered a minor setback with the launch of his last protege, Jessica Doolittle McBride, has found another younger woman on whom to bestow his favors.

Enter Rebecca Doolitttle Kleefisch, the latest right wing blogger to win regular links and favorable comment from Sykes. Now this, from WisPolitics:

Former TV reporter Rebecca Kleefisch has filed papers to run for lt. gov as a Republican, and GOP sources say her official announcement is scheduled for Tuesday.

Kleefisch, who's married to state Rep. Joel Kleefisch, has been a regular feature on conservative talk show host Charlie Sykes' blog with her "Kleefisch Reports." She's a former anchor at WISN-TV in Milwaukee.

Perhaps McBride, having gained a lot of experience as an advisor to a statewide campaign for attorney general, can offer some guidance -- at least about what not to do.

Squawkers Soon To Pull Support For Walker

Sykes put up another one of the video reports by frustrated former TV reporter Rebecca Kleefisch*. This one has to do with their bellyaching about the state budget being out of whack, and why it is important to have someone in the governor's chair that can balance a budget.

I am eagerly looking forward to the post in which they denounce Scott Walker as a gubernatorial candidate, since he has been unable to produce a budget that hasn't imploded by midyear at the latest. In fact, the 2010 budget was crafted with a hole that is worth tens of millions of dollars, and was out of balance at midnight New Year's morning.

*Does anyone else think that Sykes is grooming Kleefisch to be the next Jessica McBride?