So, Sheriff Clarke, just what are you today?

What a remarkable treatise by Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, entitled, "How One Becomes A Republican."

Clarke, who pretended to be a Democrat to get elected sheriff, has never come out as a Republican. As I read this, he still isn't willing to say it. (It's not "How I Became a Republican," you'll note.)

He tells us how Condoleeza Rice switched parties (She didn't like Carter's war in Afghanistan. Does she still think Bush gives better war?)

Rice's father became a Republican, he claims, because Democrats were trying to prevent him from voting. (If he's still alive, it it time to switch, since the GOP is trying to suppress black votes today.)

And then we get this drivel:

"I see some parallels with my own introduction into politics. President George W. Bush inspired me. Although I never had connections to any political party, I have been shaped by the conservative values that my mother and father instilled in me. Virtues like character, integrity, loyalty, faith, courage, patriotism, responsibility and commitment. Virtues are defined as a “beneficial quality.” My parents reminded me that virtues are fixed and unchanging.

I naively believed that the Democratic Party welcomed minorities. I was terribly mistaken. I didn’t fit their stereotype. I don’t blame black underachievement on racism; I favor self-reliance over government social service programs. They want all blacks to think alike. They want blind allegiance, even for things I don’t believe in. Sorry. I was raised to think for myself. I show blind obedience only to God.

What I’ve learned from Republicans is that joining the Party is only symbolic. Being conservative really means having a core set of beliefs and sticking by them, even in a sea of critics. Sort of like what President Reagan and Rev. Rice stood for. Come to think of it, that’s what my parents meant when they told me that virtues are fixed and unchanging.

And he concludes, believe it or not, with Lincoln freed the slaves. Read it yourself

So, this raises some interesting questions, some of which I raised in my earlier post, "David Clarke is no Zell Miller, and it's not because he's black."

Such as, if Clarke was inspired by George W. Bush, why didn't he have the courage to say that when he was on the ballot, masquerading as a Democrat? For a guy who preaches about personal responsibility and moral courage, he sure seems a little weak in the intestinal fortitude department -- not to mention honesty.

And how would he have any idea how welcoming the Democratic Party might have been, since he never took the first step in that direction to find out, despite the urging of many in his campaign?

David Clarke is a fraud who got elected under false colors and still isn't able to say directly, when writing in praise of Republicans, that he is a Republican himself.