Reynolds: Wingnut or nutjob?

State Sen. Tom Reynolds, described in a Sunday column and subsequent post as teetering on the lunatic fringe, was given a chance to redeem himself by Republican radio talk show host Charlie Sykes today.

Reynolds blamed Sykes for his image, or at least for being the one to start using "nutjob" to describe him, back when Reynolds was running for Congress in a GOP primary against Mac Davis. (Reynolds won the primary, but was slaughtered in the general because Rep. Jerry Kleczka portrayed him as a wingnut.

As if the things he's said and done in the years since then wouldn't have earned him the recognition anyway, with or without Sykes.

We prefer wingnut to nutjob. But either is accurate, and Reynolds' time on Sykes did nothing to dispel that image.

Meanwhile, Watchdog Milwaukee reveals that Reynolds' print shop is cranking out material for a group that believes Pope John Paul II was "a minister of Satan."