Posted on 03/04/2013 12:54:15 PM PST by Jean S
Democratic Party staffer Graeme Zielinski was removed as the party spokesman following his Twitter outburst in which he compared Republican Gov. Scott Walker to serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer, sources said Monday.
Party leaders also docked Zielinski a week's pay - which works out to a little more than $1,000 - for his tweets after Milwaukee prosecutors announced that they were shutting down a secret criminal investigation of Walker's aides.
Late Friday, Zielinski removed the offensive tweets and apologized both to the families of Dahmer's victims and to the first-term Republican governor.
One source close to the party said Zielinski, a former newspaper reporter, will stay on with the state Democratic Party as a "media adviser." He will, however, no longer be permitted to post on Twitter, where he has been prolific in recent years.
"He agreed," said one source. "He's aware of the mistakes he's made."
The source declined to say why officials decided to keep Zielinski on the party payroll.
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Democrat leader sent to “time out” for nasty tweets!
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
I wish my boss would “fire” me and still keep me on the payroll.
All you have to do is go long with anything, be willing to break the law, cover for your superiors, spew venom and in the Obama world, it is instant tenure.
He's a political operative. He knows too much about dirty tricks, election fraud, bribery and other felonious doings of state party officials. It's easier to just keep paying him than to fire him or kill him.
Amazing, isn’t it?
Same glazed-over, crazed-over eyes. Both have that classic psychotic look.
The rats will keep him on payroll until a future time when this blows over and he will be able to continue what he was doing before on twitter.
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