August 25, 2005

Dodging the Subject

Scott Walker misses the point in having the state GOP apologize to Schenks for practically accusing their son on vote fraud. He tries to push the onus onto the Journal Sentinel when he writes to Charlie Sykes:

Charlie,

Speaking of an apology, when do you think that the paper will ask the city/mayor to give an apology for being so far off on the number of ballots that they needed last November and for attacking the county when we were actually correct?

- Scott

That's a discussion for another day. The state GOP should apologize simply because it's the right thing to do. They got it wrong; they have to make amends. Walker, like the state Democrats, tries to use this event to gain political advantage. That's cynical and unclassy.

One more thing, Walker didn't need to stick his nose in this. He didn't accuse anyone specifically of vote fraud. I wonder if the state GOP was pressuring him to say something.

"Speaking of Apologies"