For those of you following along at home, Rich Zipperer was apparently the only candidate in the five-way Republican primary in the 98th to be endorsed by Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL).
That must mean the other four candidates are competing for Upper Class Twit of the Year.
If you ask the hardcore pro-lifers over at Pro-Life Wisconsin, they'll practically tell you that WRTL is complicit in abortion by not opposing birth control. In other words, WRTL leaves a little wiggle room on the edges. If you are nominally pro-life, getting the WRTL endorsement is not tricky. In fact, I can only think of two ways to not get the WRTL endorsement as a Republican. You're either pro-choice or too stupid to return the questionnaire.
Now, any Republican candidate that fails to turn in the WRTL questionnaire is clearly unfit for public office, as ignoring WRTL shows an amazing lack of political acumen. There are few questionnaires that you actually have to return as a politician, but if you're a Republican, the WRTL and PLW queries are on the short list. Ignore them at your own peril.
Also, when I last checked, Twit candidate Bob Collison was busy running with the Libertarians and making trouble for the Republicans. Did the GOP pick him up in a draft day trade involving Dave Redick? Isn't that like swapping bench players? Was this a salary cap move?
But I digress. The Playground would like to offer an early congratulations to Rep-elect Rich Zipperer on his overwhelming victories in the primary and general. Thanks to you Rich, Bob Ziegelbauer will no longer be at the end of Pat Fuller's roll calls come January (or the beginning, depending on his mood).
That must mean the other four candidates are competing for Upper Class Twit of the Year.
If you ask the hardcore pro-lifers over at Pro-Life Wisconsin, they'll practically tell you that WRTL is complicit in abortion by not opposing birth control. In other words, WRTL leaves a little wiggle room on the edges. If you are nominally pro-life, getting the WRTL endorsement is not tricky. In fact, I can only think of two ways to not get the WRTL endorsement as a Republican. You're either pro-choice or too stupid to return the questionnaire.
Now, any Republican candidate that fails to turn in the WRTL questionnaire is clearly unfit for public office, as ignoring WRTL shows an amazing lack of political acumen. There are few questionnaires that you actually have to return as a politician, but if you're a Republican, the WRTL and PLW queries are on the short list. Ignore them at your own peril.
Also, when I last checked, Twit candidate Bob Collison was busy running with the Libertarians and making trouble for the Republicans. Did the GOP pick him up in a draft day trade involving Dave Redick? Isn't that like swapping bench players? Was this a salary cap move?
But I digress. The Playground would like to offer an early congratulations to Rep-elect Rich Zipperer on his overwhelming victories in the primary and general. Thanks to you Rich, Bob Ziegelbauer will no longer be at the end of Pat Fuller's roll calls come January (or the beginning, depending on his mood).
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