Posted on 02/18/2016 8:06:03 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
MADISON, Wis. - Iowa County District Attorney Larry Nelson is proud of his role in the unconstitutional John Doe investigation of conservatives.
The Democrat used a gushy editorial from Madison's liberal Capital Times praising his involvement in the probe as a centerpiece ad in his campaign for Iowa County Circuit Court judge.
So did Nelson's John Doe boasting backfire and cost him the election?
The Iowa County conservative that the illegal investigation targeted, among dozens of others, believes it did.
"Iowa County voters decided that the Larry Nelson who was involved in a John Doe investigation found to be 'without foundation in reason or law' would not make a good judge," said Eric O'Keefe, referencing the state Supreme Court's decision last year that declared the politically driven investigation unconstitutional and ordered it shut down.
"His irresponsible behavior in the John Doe also means that voters should look for a new district attorney," added O'Keefe, whose limited-government group Wisconsin Club for Growth was among 29 conservative organizations caught in the crosshairs of the widely rejected campaign finance investigation.
O'Keefe signed his email, "Law-abiding political activist."
Nelson came in third Tuesday in a four-person primary. The top two finishers move on to the April general election.
In truth, Nelson and three other Wisconsin district attorneys that signed onto the multi-county John Doe appeared to be rubber stamps, pawns in a political chess match orchestrated by Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, his assistants, the state's political speech cop, and its hand-picked special prosecutor.
But Nelson and fellow Democrat, Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne - unlike the two Republican DAs who also allowed the probe to take place in their counties - have signed on with Chisholm as intervenors in the Supreme Court case. They hope to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Wisconsin Supreme Court's ruling.
They hope to resurrect the dead investigation while saving their hides from what could be multiple civil rights lawsuits alleging an array of abusive conduct.
Nelson made John Doe a surrogate for his campaign. His campaign ad in the local newspaper boldly proclaimed, "Vote Attorney Larry Nelson for Iowa County Circuit Court Judge(:) John Doe II prosecutor 2013 to present."
The ad mentions nothing else about Nelson's resume. It republishes the Dec. 21 editorial from the Capital Times.
"Thanks to district attorneys in three Wisconsin counties, the state Supreme Court's disastrous ruling scuttling the so-called John Doe II will at least be challenged," the editorial declared.
What the Cap Times and Nelson did not note is the array of abuses perpetrated by the prosecutors and investigators involved in the probe. Not a word about the early morning armed raids on the homes and offices of several conservative citizens whose only "crime" was political involvement. Nothing about a Fourth Amendment-shredding spying operation that tapped into the digital communications of untold citizens, political enemies, some of whom had no idea they were being watched. And certainly nothing about the multiple courts that rejected the prosecutors' "theory" of illegal coordination between the conservative groups and the campaign of Gov. Scott Walker during the left-led recall drives of 2011 and 2012.
Iowa County is a fairly blue county, located in traditionally more conservative southwest Wisconsin but in the shadow of ultra-liberal Dane County.
Democrat gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke picked up 55 percent of the vote in Iowa County in the 2014 election, to Walker's 42 percent. And President Barack Obama received 64 percent of the vote to Republican challenger Mitt Romney's 34 percent in the 2012 presidential election.
The circuit court judge position is nonpartisan, but Nelson is a Democratic Party guy.
It's not clear how much, if any, impact the high-profile John Doe probe had on the race, but one thing is clear: Blue Iowa County did not give Democrat Larry Nelson enough votes to survive the primary.
One conservative operative told Wisconsin Watchdog that Nelson's loss "wasn't magic," suggesting that more Republicans who don't see the district attorney as a hero came out to vote in stronger numbers.
It’s called Karma, baby! Iowa county (WI) prosecutor loses job over his full throated support of the illegal John Doe investigations.
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
Having a pretty good week for conservatives here in WI again.
Santorum needs to address this filth in his own state before he considers any further runs for higher office
It sounds like the libtards are in control and proud of it
—good riddance— (that corner of the state is polluted by the presence of the festering sore of left-wingism , my alma mater , WSU-P)
I grew up in Iowa county. When I return there now, I can assure you it isn't the same. Like a mini version of Colorado where fleeing Californians took over and screwed up that state, the fleeing libtards from Madison (Dane county) have screwed up Iowa and Sauk counties. Outside of geography, I don't recognize it anymore. Sad really how it's gone downhill.
Pennsylvania?
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