Why are people in Wisconsin so mad? UPDATED

Posted by Greg Laden on February 22, 2011
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UPDATE: Was Gordon Hintz recently placed under arrest on sex-crime related charges? (see below) And, did news of this arrest become disseminated only moments ago because of his speech in Madison?

Whoa …

Citizens of Wisconsin: If you are not all as mad as this guy, you don’t really get what’s going on.

The Wikipedia page seems to think so:

Gordon N. Hintz is a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 54th Assembly District since his election in 2006.

Mr. Hintz also placed 2nd in the 2003 National Air Guitar championships under the pseudonym, “Krye Tuff”.[1]

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On February 21, 2011, it was reported that Hintz was arrested on in Appleton on February 10 on under a city sexual misconduct ordinance.

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For real? Setup? Air guitar? Anybody know?

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  1. #1 gwen
    February 22, 2011

    Sounds like a set-up to me. That governor needs to be thrown in prison if any of this is at all true. This is a Democratic Republic, NOT a dictatorship. He seems to have forgotten his history lessons.

  2. #2 D. C. Sessions
    February 22, 2011

    He seems to have forgotten his history lessons.

    Not unusual. That’s why it’s a class so often repeated.

  3. #3 Laurent Weppe
    February 22, 2011

    Appleton police say the citation was issued in conjunction with an ongoing investigation of Heavenly Touch Massage Parlor in Appleton

    Records say Hintz was accused of violating an Appleton city ordinance against touching or offering to touch sexual parts.

    Ok, I know that there is the possibiity that the employees were coerced into giving sexual gratifications to customers so there’s a chance that the accusation are more than simply frivolus. But at the same time…
    “Politician gets arrested for having had his naked body touched in a massage parlor”: How can you get more ridiculous than that?

  4. #4 itzac
    February 22, 2011

    It’s not entirely clear to me how Hintz’s alleged rub-n-tug means Wisconsin Republicans aren’t making a farce of democracy? Ad hom much?

  5. #5 RIck Wayne
    February 22, 2011

    #4: Ad hom much?

    cf. “Union thugs”.

    I’ve been going downtown since Wednesday, and here’s the scariest union thug I’ve encountered: http://rickwayne.zenfolio.com/capitol_protests_monday/h272c8296#h272c8296