You have a lawyer, so must be guilty
Remind me again why the public needs to know whether Jim Doyle has hired a lawyer. Is it because hiring a lawyer means you're guilty? You'd think so, from some of the right wing commentary. Has the governor hired an accountant to do his taxes? Does that mean he's been cheating the IRS?
While you're pondering those questions, take a moment to diagram this sentence from the ubiquitous Jessica McBride:
If Dick Cheney is obliged to tell the press sooner than 18 hours that he sprayed birdshot into a hunting friend on a personal hunting trip, isn't Gov. Jim Doyle obligated to tell the press whether he's hired an attorney to represent him in a federal investigation of his campaign contributions that's already resulted in a federal indictment against an administration official over a contract involving his campaign contributor? Where's David Gregory when you need him.Where's an editor when you need one?
posted by xoff @ 8:55 AM
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Jessie, Jessie, Jessie. Talk about childish. Okay so Scooter Jensen says that he's innocent because other people did it too. So Ms. McBride and the rest of the halleluah chorus joins in this strategy familiar to every parent of preschoolers and claims that Democratic former staffers are the true villians.
Jessie, Jessie, Jessie. You call yourself an academic? This embarassing attempt at public discourse defies logic and overlooks the obvious.
You're guilty Mr. Jensen. Take your punishment and get the hell out of my state capitol and off the state payroll.
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I've got to admit though, the fact that she goes that long in one sentence does communicate her exaspiration, which I'm pretty sure is what she was trying to get across.
And considering she teaches journalism at UW-Milwaukee and spent 10 years as a MJS journalist, I'm pretty sure she has a handle on what's acceptable and what's not acceptable.
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