Congress or the country club? Easy choice for candidate Green

Darn. Mark Green, friend of veterans and major war hawk, would really like to have been in Washington doing his job, and voting for an increase in veteran retirement pay.

But he had one of those darned schedule conflicts. He had to be in Green Bay to raise money for his campaign for governor.

Gee whiz, what's a body to do?

Congress or the country club?

No problem. Green did the obvious and went to the cocktail fundraiser at Green Bay's Oneida Country Club.

Not to worry, his campaign flack (I love to call people that) told the Journal Sentinel:

Green campaign spokesman Rob Vernon said Green "has been leading the fight for Wisconsin veterans" and that he had entered support for the measures into the Congressional Record.

Isn't that just dandy? He didn't bother to go there to vote for it, but he mailed it in, taking government by press release to a new level.

Sort of like telecommuting -- except that his vote didn't count. True, it wasn't needed, since the bill passed by a big margin. But if Green's only going to show up to break a tie, he might as well resign now.

When I said Scott Walker should quit the gov's race, he did it later the same day. I can only assume that Green will resign from the House in a few hours.