No Runny Eggs

Charlie Sykes in his live-blogging of Vrakas’ landslide victory in the Waukesha County Executive race, asks a pair of interesting questions:

Quick quiz, who is more out of touch with Waukesha County voters: the JS editorial board or the Waukesha Freeman’s Dennis Shook, who wins the honor of writing the single most clueless piece on the race.

Quick quiz, Question #2: Do you think it bothers the editors at the JS that they consistently back candidates who get 20% of the vote (Mary Panzer), a third of the vote (Jim Dwyer)… and whoever it was who ran against Scott Walker? Do you think they notice a pattern here?

Let’s see if my sleep-deprived addled brain can come up with some semi-coherent answers:

1. This is a damn good question. On one side, you have a bunch of elitists writing for the East Side of Milwaukee, whose only contact with Waukesha County may well be shopping trips so they can avoid the half-percent sales tax here in Milwaukee. On the other, you have a political hack, er, journalist that wishes he was in Madison instead of Waukesha. At least the Journtinel edit board (at least those that don’t reside in Waukesha County) have the excuse of ignorance, but that’s overpowered by their arrogance.

2. It doesn’t bother them one bit (well, except for backing the Dems’/Left’s sacrifical lamb for Milwaukee County exec) because they’re not writing for those people. As long as the 3 other TV stations in Milwaukee don’t cover anything the Journtinel doesn’t, as long as CNI is owned by Journal Communications, and as long as Packer news remains essentially monopolized by Journal Communications and its TV “competitors”, they won’t feel the need to write to a larger audience.

…couldn’t save Jim “LIAR” Dwyer from getting slaughtered by Dan Vrakas 36,419 to 17,509 (67.48% to 32.44%). Just a word of warning on the link; it’s a temporary one from the Waukesha County clerk; if it dies before I catch it, the result will be archived here.

Congrats are in order to GBfan, James Wigderson, and 36,417 of their closest friends.

I knew that, if I waited long enough, something good would come out to start to balance the drumbeat of bad on Miers’ nomination. FoxNews has a transcript of a questionnaire Miers filled out for Texans United for Life Political Action Committee –

1. If Congress passes a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution that would prohibit abortion except when it was necessary to prevent the death of the mother, would you actively support its ratification by the Texas Legislature?

Miers’ answer: Yes

2. If the Supreme Court returns to the States the right to restrict abortion, would you actively support legislation that would reinstate our 1973 abortion law that prohibited all abortions except those necessary to prevent the death of the mother?

Miers’ answer: Yes

3. Will you oppose the use of public monies for abortion except where necessary to prevent the death of the mother?

Miers’ answer: Yes

4. Will you oppose the use of City funds or facilities by any persons, groups, clinics or organizations to promote, encourage or provide referrals for abortions?

Miers’ answer: Yes

5. Will you vote against the appointment of pro-abortion persons to City Boards or Committees that deal with health issues? (To the extent Pro-Life views are relevant.)

Miers’ answer: Yes

6. Would you refuse the endorsement of any organization that supports abortion-on-demand?

Miers’ answer: Yes

This does not come as a surprise to me.