Walker: Green should return money, but not me

There are two sides to every issue, they say, and Scott Walker manages to be on both sides of this one.

Mark Green, Walker's opponent in the GOP primary for governor, is under fire from Democrats for refusing to return nearly $30,000 he's received from indicted former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's PAC, Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC).

"Walker would probably have given the money back," Bruce Pfaff, Walker's campaign manager, told WisPolitics, according to its weekly report to subscribers.

Walker himself has accepted some questionable money in the past, linked to Bear, Stearns rep Nick Hurtgen, who has been indicted for influence peddling in an Illinois kickback scheme.

So will Walker return that money? WisPolitics reports:

As for the Hurtgen-related funds, Pfaff says the contributions were made for the county exec's race and have already been spent. "If information becomes available later about campaign contributions (from indicted individuals), we'll return it," pledges Pfaff.

In other words, no.

Green claims he has spent all but $2,000 of the DeLay money and won't give that back unless DeLay is convicted. Walker says he's spent all of the Hurtgen money. Rep. Paul Ryan, who's also taken a boatload of DeLay money,says (a) it would illegal to return the money (not true) or (b) he's already spent it, whichever people are gullible enough to believe.