August 23, 2005

Party Bickering Over Vote Fraud

The Wisconsin Democratic Party had a chance to look classy and dignified while continuing the GOP's embarassment for going overboard on their recent vote fraud accusations. Joe Wineke could have simply asked, not "demanded," that the GOP apologize to Stuart, Gayle, and Joseph Schenk for indirectly accusing Joseph of double voting last November. Party chairman Rick Graber, Rep. Jeff Stone, and Sen. Joe Leibham held their press conference outside the Schenk's house. We learned investigators found no evidence from the GOP that double voting occured. Wineke then tries to score political points from the GOP's failed attempt to score points of their own:

Put simply, Republicans used the Schenk family as pawns to further their own political agenda. What the Republican Party did was wrong and violates any basic notion of common decency. Graber, Stone, and Leibham should immediately apologize to Joseph Schenk and his family for these outrageous allegations.

The guy doesn't know what it means to take the high road.

The GOP better issue their apology and soon. They publically embarassed a family that was minding its own business.

Then there's the Journal Sentinel editorial board. Original thought isn't wanted when the editorialist just rewords a Democratic press release. The writer did think he was cleaver for using "besmirched" twice. He also exposed the fact that the board is full of knee-jerk Democrats when he wrote,

It was wrong to have besmirched his name for the sake of political gain: namely, adoption of a measure that would tighten voter ID requirements so much that Wisconsin would boast the most rigid rules in the nation. Tighter rules tend to help the GOP by suppressing Democratic votes.

Wow! Quite the accusation. Nothing to back it up. The most recent version of voter ID Gov. Jim "Needles" Doyle vetoed exempted many of the elderly Doyle claimed he was protecting. The editorial board must think voter ID could become law. They're unleashing the scare tactics along with keeping their heads buried in the sand.

"State GOP Should Apologize"