Putting Green on the spot

You gotta love it.

Rep. Mark Green has been slipping and sliding all around the Social Security privatization issue for months, refusing to take a position. He's running for governor, you see, and knows the voters disagree with him about Republican plans to deform the system.

But Congress is home for the 4th of July recess, and Green is appearing in as many parades as he can.

So the state Democratic Party, with a straight face, has put out press releases to the news media around the state, alerting them that Green will be in their area "to discuss his position on the privatization of Social Security."

Sample release: "Congressman Mark Green, who has been sent home to Wisconsin for the Fourth of July recess with instructions to sell the GOP Social Security reform plan, will be available to reporters and citizens at Independence Day Parades in Manawa, Oshkosh, Wautoma, and Princeton tomorrow, Saturday, July 2, 2005 to discuss his position on the privatization of Social Security."

A list of his schedule for the particular area is included in each release. In case you'd like to ask him his position, here you go:

SATURDAY, JULY 2

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 Manawa Rodeo Parade

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Sawdust Days, Menominee Park, Oshkosh

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Wautoma 4th of July Celebration Parade

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Princeton Independence Day Parade

SUNDAY, JULY 3

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Marinette Independence Day Parade

7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Menomonee Falls Parade

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2005

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Oak Creek Independence Day Parade

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Franklin Independence Day Parade

12:30 – 1:00 p.m. New Berlin Independence Day Parade

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Hartford Independence Day Parade