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CNN’s Eliot Spitzer Asks ‘Fugitive’ Wisconsin Senator: ‘Have You Committed Treason?’

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On CNN’s In the Arena, Eliot Spitzer morphed back to his days in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, donning reading glasses and telling “fugitive” Wisconsin Senator Fred Risser he “poked around your state’s constitution for a few minutes this afternoon.” The senator, who joined the program by phone from an “undisclosed location,” is part of a group of Wisconsin lawmakers who fled the state in an effort to stop Gov. Scott Walker‘s move to end collective bargaining. Those lawmakers now face the possibility of arrest.

Spitzer, reading from the Wisconsin constitution, suggested arresting Sen. Risser might not be as easy as some believe. “There’s a provision here, Article Four, Section 15, that says members of the legislature shall, in all cases except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest and then it continues on. So have you committed treason? Is that what they’re saying?”

The senator insists they’ve broken no law and should not face arrest.

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  • skyfet

    I think Splitzer’s crime was much worse than that of the fugitive Senator.

  • BFD

    Let them be arrested.

    That will blow up in Walkers face like everything else he is doing.

    ATTICA!! ATTICA!! ATTICA!!

  • Penguin60

    BFD said:
    ATTICA!! ATTICA!! ATTICA!!

    You trying to get money for your boyfriend’s sex change operation? ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYl9nNIoz8o

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    Scott Walker should have them arrested, then pull an Obama – don’t acknowledge any challenges in court, because he views it as unconstitutional.

    Simple, Circumventing The Law – 101!

  • macombman

    I wonder if they will ever get the smell of all those smelly slobs out of the capitol building? A rather funny video about these “protesters”.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tzIypz2BcQ

  • Firstrate

    Hard to handle this clown’s prominence on CNN.

  • notsofast

    The Dims are trying to create an answer to the Tea Party; they have created the “Flee Party.”

  • Moderate

    State officials claimed that damage to the Capitol from the days of demonstrating reached $7.5 million.

  • skyfet

    notsofast said:
    The Dims are trying to create an answer to the Tea Party; they have created the “Flee Party.”

    Only a moron can come up with something like that. I bet your folks/friends call you a genius. Sorry to break it for ya like this, they are just pulling your legs.

  • notsofast

    skyfet said:
    skyfet says:
    March 4, 2011 at 10:35 am skyfet(Quote

    You are by far the biggest moron on Mediaite, son. BY FAR THE BIGGEST RUBE TOO!

    LOL

  • DEFENDER-90

    I dont know if i would call it treason?

    Cowards in the face of the enemy yes.

    “Enemy” Obamas word not mine.

  • tatboy

    Did they commit treason… NO. Are they committing a felony… YES. I like how Spitzer bypassed that part of the WI constitution he had just read. Nice attempt at sophistry (thanks for the new word Tommy… I love it). So CNN and Spitzer are NOT trying to inform the public. Spitzer is trying to FOOL them. Point… set… match.

  • skyfet

    notsofast said:
    You are by far the biggest moron on Mediaite, son. BY FAR THE BIGGEST RUBE TOO!

    LOL

    Cry me a river! did I hurt your feelings?

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    skyfet said:
    Cry me a river! did I hurt your feelings?

    I think you hit a nerve, when he says “son” or “child” he’s near crying.

  • bubbabgone

    NUMBER 9 NUMBER 9 NUMBER 9

  • gene

    DIS IS DUMB! The Republican Gov is making a mistake.
    All this will do is make them ‘Heros’
    If he were smart, IMHO, he’d just let them stay with RahmE.

  • macombman

    What’s really the sad part is that the Democrats are the ones who haven’t been telling the truth or acting like drama queens throughout this ordeal. Here’s a funny video showing exactly what I mean.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3mE_G4GNL4

  • OxyCon

    Client 9 speaks from experience on that whole arrested thing.

  • printbrat

    Spitzer is throwing stones at glass houses (completely audacious of him).
    Must be nice to grow up ubber rich and privileged, how else did he get this gig?

  • Rox Redondo

    Spitzer is the reason I stopped watching CNN.

  • lane

    Cut their pay at pro-rated wage for each day they miss. Unless there’s a valid excuse, then, just like the real world, you don’t get paid. Government work should be JUST like the rest of us.

    Wisconsin should also determine who’s paying for the hotel expenses, etc. These bills are obviously not coming out of the lawmaker’s pockets as it should be…

    The US is a respresntative democracy, no party is allowed to ‘not show up’ to prevent the legislative process. Clearly, some law is being broken here. Using the democratic process as a negotiating tool is not acceptable…

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    One sleazebag reprobate asking questions of another sleazebag reprobate…. It’s like I’m seeing double (now I know how charlie sheen must feel).

  • BruinAlum77

    Moderate said:
    State officials claimed that damage to the Capitol from the days of demonstrating reached $7.5 million.

    http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/117409458.html
    State officials back off Capitol damage claim:

    “Officials said in Dane County court Thursday that the damage could come from tape used for posting fliers and papers and other materials.

    Workers were already beginning to remove those Friday. In one second-floor hallway at least, a Journal Sentinel reporter could see no damage to the marble where the tape had been removed.

    In court Thursday, officials with the Walker administration said that damage from the demonstration to the marble inside and outside the Capitol would cost an estimated $7.5 million: $6 million for damage inside, $1 million for damage outside and $500,000 for additional expenses. State officials made the claim as they were arguing their case for restricting access to the statehouse.”

    Hmmm, the Governor and his staff making wild exaggerations to support their extremist actions. Wonder where we’ve heard that before…

  • BatBoy

    Con’s are always hard on other Con’s!

  • eingriff

    It might seem an outrageous suggestion at first, but think about it, especially in light of the officials’ oath of office, which I don’t know for sure but I suppose has something about upholding the constitutions of the state and America.

    I suspect the criminal code of Wisconsin has something about obstructing justice or interfering with official function.

    Maybe the miscreant Democrat truants have violated the Civil Rights Acts and can be sued by the Wisconsin Attorney General as pater populi, father of the People of Wisconsin. Perhaps laid-off teachers would have standing to sue them personally in state and federal court.

    And isn’t the Wisconsin Senate the judge of its members? Could a majority expel the petulant perpetrators and call for special elections? Pending the new elections, would the number of Senators required for a quorum be reduced, so that pending legislation can be passed?

    Outrageous conduct begets extraordinary questions and potential palliatives.

  • gene

    $7.5 Million clean up:
    1) Union Workers
    2) there is no #2

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