Ron Johnson Testifies Against child Abuse Victims, Opposed Child Victims Act in wisconsin

[bizeebee]

Wisconsinites voted Russ Feingold out for this hypocrite? I'm sure he'll be right up there with his fellow Tea Baggers voting down programs to help stop child marriage....too expensive and denying first responders to 9/11 health coverage.

It's disgusting! Shame on you Wisconsin! ahhhhhh now back to the Packer game!

[razieldumas]

Every Wisconsin citizen needs to do their duty and make sure that every single person that they know is shown this video. It is VITAL that scum like this is kept from DC.

[SMPTURLISH]

Ron Johnson is a disgrace to all Catholics and to all citizens in opposing the Child Victims Act in Wisconsin. He appears to be nothing more than a shill for the Green Bay Diocese.

Legal liability should never overshadow concern for victims, period.

The leadership of the Roman Catholic Church from Pope Benedict down always knew the problems that existed within its clerical system with sexual abuse.

Leadership has been complict in this from the very beginning and the facts support it.

[Gwyka]

I think it's disingenuous of him to identify himself as "a business man from Green Bay", instead of a member of the finance board of the Green Bay Diocese. Would he have been there testifying if he hadn't been in that position? I doubt it.

[akesling]

Family values?? Uh yeah, Ron Johnson protects pedophiles, one has to wonder why.

[believer713]

A good reason NOT to vote for him!

[margocotham]

Political double side of mouth speaking. If he talks fast enough you might miss is message.

[LiberalPaul]

Somebody needed to stand up for the rights of child molesters. Ron Johnson is an evil, evil, disgusting man.

[LiberalPaul]

@agdog02 You obviously have no understanding of the law. This POS was opposing a measure that would have simply extended the statute of limitations. The statute of limitations is a purely procedural defense that precludes the assertion of meritorious claims simply on the basis of the passage of an arbitrary time limit. As between the innocent victim of sex abuse and the entity which negligently hired the abuser, I'd throw my lot in with the victim. You are free to be as heartless as you want.

[Madner70]

@LiberalPaul With respect, the purposes of statute of limitations is to prevent fraudulent and stale claims, as well as problems of proof. LIke it or not, the fact of the matter is that allegations of sexual abuse decades after the fact, in some cases after the alleged perpetrator may have died, implicates real substantive concerns of fairness and evidentiary problems, particularly when you are dealing with the evergrowing concept of vicarious liability and direct liability by employers.

[Feewaybill57]

@Madner70 I disagree with you, but damn if yours wasn't the most cerebral and civil reply to anything I have ever posted. I suppose it's my pro-plaintiff bias, but I think the harm suffered by those with legitimate but time-barred claims outweighs the risks to otherwise vicariously liable institutions.

[Madner70]

@Feewaybill57 Fair enough. I think it's certainly an issue that has merits on both sides, no doubt.

[dizzymasekela]

Ron Johnson fought tooth and nail to protect pedophile priests in Wisconsin from getting punished for raping Wisconsin kids.

And Ron Johnson is a hypocritcal Republican welfare queen. Johnson took one million dollars from the government to build his plastics factory Pacur.

[Madner70]

@dizzymasekela Ron Johnson advocated for time limits with which to bring a civil suit for "negligence" of the employer/organization in failing to adequately monitor, hire, etc, the pedophile. I know it's unpopular because we're dealing with perverts who commit the acts, but those aren't the ones the trial lawyers are after. The pedophile does not pay, but rather the organization/congregation/insu­rance pays. It's a multi million dollar racket, just look at the campaign contributions.

[madisonhack]

@Madner70

If you knowingly hire such a person, you're part of the problem. Johnson knew about Father Feeney because he wrote the checks from his desk on the Financial Board of the Green Bay Archdiocese. He protected pedophiles and helped place them in other parishes so they could rape other kids.

[Madner70]

@madisonhack I was not commenting upon Johnson, but rather the substance of his position. I am not saying that negligent hiring should not be actionable, but I do believe that every defendant should have their day in court, to present evidence and witnesses, and that claimants who have a legitimate gripe timely file lawsuits within a reasonable time to ensure that the rights of the accused is not jeopardized by unreaonsable delay, the fading memory and in some cases, death of witnesses. I

[MrNeaguy]

Have you seen this clown's ads in Wisconsin?

Pathetic. He's says exactly nothing.

And he's ahead in the polls.

And the incumbent? Russ Feingold has been the very model

of what citizens say they want in a senator: honest, independent,

not on the take to corporations.

Yet who's ahead: the clown who says nothing.

And that says alot about Wisconsin voters.

The jury is out on whether public schools work. The test

will be on Nov. 2.

[bowtie3]

Ron Johnson is one sick guy. This guy is trying to get into the U.S Senate? I wouldn't let him near my kids.

[leftofcollegestation]

Fail. 

[cmfluteguy]

Republicans are enemies of the people.

[loupgarou5z3w]

Are these the family values Republicans are so proud of?

[SoINeedAName48]

Johnson only needs some candy and a park bench to sit on near some swings - and he'd be right at home.

But then again ... he's a Teapublican.  Or is "Pedophile Pervert Protector" and Teapublican redundant?

[rastapastafari]

Ron Johnson thinks that protecting pedophiles rather than their victims is a good idea. Can't wait to see his other good ideas if he becomes Senator!

[JonMGal]

2:24 "Who are the other victims that could be the result of this legistlation ... individuals who devote their lives to servicing their fellow man"

Unfortunate turn of phrase when testifying against child-abuse legislation.

[fantagor]

Republican ethics at their finest. Ban lawsuits for molestation because it will financially impair churches, the YMCA, schools...here's a better idea:

DON'T HIRE SEXUAL PREDATORS, or in the case of the Catholic Church, don't foster an atmosphere of harboring and protecting child predators that goes back far as the eye can see.

Unreal that organizations which care for children should have NO RESPONSIBILITY to root out people who'd sexually abuse children, as if it's some kind of exotic risk.

[madisonhack]

@jtkammerud

The Catholic Church transferred Father Feeney 14 times in 14 years. Johnson knew about this, and he wrote the checks that paid for the pedophiles to relocate. That's who we have for a U.S. Senator now. Thanks, WI.....you bunch of dumbasses.