re: #45 Buck

Fine, According to the government watchdog group the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Democratic groups — including those funded by unions, the Democratic Governors Association and the Democratic National Committee — poured in about $14 million to the election. That is outside of the $4.1 million that Barrett has claimed to have raised directly.

I don’t remember specifically what your “I am a big poor sport” claim was, but I think it was that Walker out raised Barrett 9 to 1. I think you got it from that guy on CNN who was crying that “democracy died tonight”, and that is what he said.

So at the time you were using how much Barrett spent on his own, and not what the unions, the Democratic Governors Association and the Democratic National Committee spent on their own. You also failed to distinguish between what was spent and what was raised.

Going back to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign figures Walker SPENT only $29 million, and Barrett SPENT very close to $4 million. Add to that $14 million spent on his behalf? That is $18 million.

Not really 9 to 1 is it? And that is not taking into consideration the millions spent leading up to the two recalls.

Nope. Now the difference is really just a testament to his popularity (which is backed up by the voters), and not buying an election.

Actually, most of the 8-to-1 (or 9-to-1, 10-to-1) numbers that most of us were posting that night were not simply Walker and Barrett’s spending alone, but also the reported spending by those supporters who were required to report, as well as estimates of the spending on their behalf by groups that were not required to report.

But of course, in typical dishonest-Buck fashion, you decide to add the numbers spent by Democratic supporters on behalf of Barrett to Barrett’s count, while not adding the substantial amount spent by the RGA and right-wing PACS to Walker’s count.

In other words, your typical bullshit. Again.