I don't think Dennis Wiese was going for subtlety on this one
The KELO Land website post tonight was entitled "Dennis Wiese Says Sutton Lied," so I didn't expect him to mince any words regarding the hearings this week. But in reading the article, the father of the boy making the allegations against Senator Sutton, Dennis Wiese, seems conciliatory:
He doesn't call it a regret. But Dennis Wiese says if he could go back, he might take a different approach in dealing with Sutton after learning Sutton might have groped his son.Read it all here.
"I've pursued a strategy of forgiveness early on. And maybe it was the wrong thing to do. It certainly was when I watched (lawyers Patrick) Duffy, (Mike) Butler, and Sutton use that and a number of other things to twist the truth, to benefit their client," Wiese says.
Wiese reported the incident to Attorney General Larry Long two nights after the alleged groping, but still appeared cordial with him in public.
and...
"I asked for his vote, I'll admit to that. I don't think there's a sin in that. But I also think it was always an effort to say, Dan, it's not about Julie, it's not about Dennis, it's not about the other kids, it's about about Austin and you. Can you find a way?" Wiese says.
A way to apologize. Wiese says for several months that's what his family has wanted.
"What we've tried to do is make Dan Sutton say, 'I'm sorry. I want to get help.'" Wiese says.
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I never knew Ridgefield was actually called "Dennis Wiese Land". Think about it. Ridgefield had a full board of directors, CEO, and full staff. Don't throw this all on DW just because you can't be happy.
9:48:
"didn't know what a hookah was..." hello?? AW told all about it. He knew exactly what it was for, but wasn't using it for that purpose.
You people are crossing the line when it comes to things to say. If you you can't say anything truthful, then don't pick people out and jab them with a stick.
Tell me about each of your 'perfect' lives, then we'll have something to jab at.
Look, everyone in Pierre knows that Heideprim and Olson put their arms around Sutton's shoulder during the hearings and said they were going to help him survive the reported "other incidents" of inappropriate sexual contact. They said just follow our lead.
The big dogs need to literally learn to shut the door when they as "judge and jury" put thier arms around the defendant as they serve on ethics committees.
You Sutton folks lobbied members of the Senate and even attended our Democrat Caucus with your relatives and a few friends.
You had your day so now lay down and let the political process work.
What the heck, they aren't even condemning Sutton for what most people beleive he did. They are simply going to tell him not to put himself or others in the legislature in that position again by staying with a page. No mention of the page and any harm done to him.
Be thankful and shut up before it gets worse.
Or as someone once said, when your digging yourself into a hole, stop digging. Your lawyers did by not calling any more witnesses.
9:28 PM is libelous and should be removed.
Dennis Wiese and Dan Sutton worked together on Ridgefield in an effort to minimize losses and make the business work. They did that even though Sutton and Wiese had some issues between them.
You need to remove that one for sure.
It appears that up until Wiese informed Schoenbeck he tried hard to protect the reputation of the Sutton family and the relationships between the families.
It appears to me he was wrong to do that. Not so much as a human being placed here by God but rather as allowing himself to become a potential part of Sutton's conspiracy.
I can only assume he thought it would never get this far. Rumor has it that he contacted Sutton in March and thought he could get him to confess.
He obviously didn't understand the behavior of these kinds of people.
On one hand Wiese was an idiot for trying and on the other hand, I can admire him as an older and wiser person about personal problems.
I for one would welcome mandatory registration.
A lot of our grandpas smoked tobacco in a pipe. How do we KNOW that was always tobacco? Get the point?
You know, even a former president has succeeded after his failures in moral character. But he asked for foregiveness and finally confessed that he did not tell the truth.
While Sutton's actions are repulsive to all, he does have a chance to come clean with the people of the state and his victims. He can always seek the help and foregiveness he needs but until then he will be viewed with didsdain.
Only after some honesty and less venom will he have a chance for building a better life for himself. Not by way of he and his cronies blaming victims.
And if this was indeed the case, wasn't it a glaring conflict of interest for him to be working to get a deal between RF and the city of Flandreau, via FDC, to bring this venture to Flandreau?
On the 5 pm news last night, DW told ther reporter that he confronted Sutton about what happened, and went into detail about DS's response.
As someone who thinks Sutton is guilty, my first thought was: Why in h*** wouldn't he testify to that? Why is he telling this to Lou fricking Raguse after the Senate hearings are over?
It's my understanding that he was there to testify but was never called, like a number of other witnesses.
The controversy can go back and forth, but someone is lying, if not a bit on both sides. Those truths are known by one eternal force.
The only thing the Senate should have investigated is why Sutton didn't report that he was under investigation. And, since there was no rule, he didn't have to. In their new set of rules the rules will be written down.
Surely, we cannot turn an elected official out of office on innuendo and rumor? If so, democracy is in very serious trouble.
I seriously question the chairman suggesting that Sutton be removed. If he were in my district, I care not what party I belong to, I would not vote for him. He is voting against democracy by removing someone on unproven facts and should be removed himself.
dan sutton, which i dont call him senator because NO one should for he should be shown NO respect for, lieing to all the people that were in the court room and watching it like i was from my office... Dan sutton knows he did something wrong, maybe or maybe not doing something with AW but he slept with him, and he needs to be pentalized...
Just wondering. Perhaps it is a word that Austin Wiese made up. Wouldn's suprise me because it appears as though he makes a lot of stuff up.
Ummmmm....WHAT?
Your opinion is appreciated but some punctuation would really help us to understand what you are trying to say.