Comments on: The Curious Case of Michael Gableman, Part Deux

By: Gary Mangelsen

Gary Mangelsen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:40:17 +0000

It would be dangerous indeed to everyones rights and freedom if Gableman was to get a seat on the Supreme Court! He is a liar, and as crooked as any politican I have ever seen! I also find it very odd how he has no wife (or ex-wife) or children at his age! I know of no other straight man his age who does not! Sound very QUEER to me! I wonder what his conservative, republican friends would think of him being a “peter-puffer”? I would love to see their faces! ha ha!

By: a state attorney

a state attorney — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:34:23 +0000

Ross commented, “You may also make note of the fact that Gableman was a highly-paid District Attorney at the time, and not a judge” — but actually, when he made his donation to McCallum on June 18, 2002, Gableman was no longer a District Attorney. He had quit that job in mid-May, 2002, to take another job hundreds of miles away, in Appleton, as an Administrative Law Judge for the DWD Unemployment Compensation Division, starting in the beginning of June. As One Wisconsin Now reports, Gableman was in THAT job when he had many of his “back-channel” contacts with the Governor’s office about getting the circuit court judgeship - and when he made a big contribution. I can’t help feeling that that little piece of the story — Gableman, supposedly a big crime-fightin’ guy, running out on his DA job and somehow ending up in a job as an unemployment comp ALJ for a couple of months, before moving on to circuit court — has some elements that would be interesting if they could be brought to light.

By: Zachary

Zachary — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:35:40 +0000

Well Ross, Gableman may be “popular,” but that doesn’t mean he’s a good judge. Case in point is his record of being overturned on appeal, which ranks him among the most overturned judges in the state of Wisconsin. Gableman’s decisions from the bench have been overturned 33% of the time, which is hardly a stellar record for someone aspiring to Wisconsin’s highest court.

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:48:23 +0000

You may also make note of the fact that Gableman was a highly-paid District Attorney at the time, and not a judge…a highly paid conservative who would be in both a financial and political situation to make such a donation possible. It would make sense for a D.A. to support a politician with aligning political views; isn’t that why donations can be made by private citizens?
Also, you may make note of the fact that McCallum’s appointment turned out to be overwhelmingly popular with the people of Burnett County, which just MAY suggest that there were other factors like–say–objectivity at work.