Comments on: Milwaukee County Sheriff Clarke Shows Up at the Last Place You’d Expect: A Democratic Party Meeting

By: Daniel Cody

Daniel Cody — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:44:48 +0000

You’re a true parliamentarian Arlen, thanks for the correction :)

By: Arlen

Arlen — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:40:51 +0000

BTW, 90% of the people who move to table a motion have no clue what that means or implies. They use it as an easy way to kill a motion (it requires a simple majority, rather than the 2/3 that calling the question requires) when it’s supposed to be used simply for temporarily interrupting current business and then returning to discussing the motion at a later time. There’s a time limit for motions on the table, which is why it’s wrongly used to kill a motion so often. It’s anti-democratic to do that, because it allows a simple majority to stifle discussion, instead of a 2/3 majority, but that doesn’t stop ordinarily decent people from doing it.

Oh, and motion to table takes precedence over calling the question.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:48:10 +0000

Of course, he’s running for office again — for mayor.

If the Democrats fall for this, they’re fools, and it will damage the local party for a long time to come. I could see a third (well, second here) party because of it.

Fall for his charm, and see what happens with those of us who are reality-based about all his lies all these years on the ballot. And, worse, all his honest statements about his actual beliefs.

By: xoff

xoff — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:59:21 +0000

Clarke is cynically trying to neutralize some active Dems. Next time someone says he’s not a real Democrat, he’ll say, “I even go to party meetings.”

Bet he hasn’t joined yet.

He’s a phony through and through. I helped him with his first campaign because I was dumb enough to believe his lie about being a Dem, and that he was running as a Dem even though Scott McCallum, who appointed him, wanted him to run on the GOP ticket. He later admitted that the truth was just the opposite, and McCallum’s people had told him to run as a Dem.

By: Sheriff David "GOP" Clarke

Sheriff David "GOP" Clarke — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:01:59 +0000

Did you say a wolf in sheeps clothing? For how long has Sheriff Clarke mocked and insulted the Democratic Party? For how long has he endorsed republicans and worked to secure their election to office. Please don’t be fooled by his charm and good looks. This sheriff is doing his best to revive a failing political career. Don’t let him do it on the backs of the democratic party.