Not all the answers? A real understatement

Mark Green, in a press release upon being endorsed by the Milwaukee police union (a big surprise, since they have endorsed the Republican candidate for governor for the last 20 years):

Green also addressed the shootings of this past weekend in Milwaukee, saying they do not accurately reflect the character of the people of Wisconsin's flagship city. He believes that everyone who seeks to represent Milwaukee needs to come together and work with community leaders to address the crime problems threatening the city's vitality.

"I'm not going to stand here and tell you I have all the answers, because I don't," concluded Green. "But I can assure you that as governor, I would not have stood silent after a weekend like we just saw."

Well, he got that right. He not only doesn't have all the answers, he doesn't have any. "Coming together" to address the problems is not an idea. That leaves the death penalty, which he also endorsed on Thursday, and which doesn't qualify as an idea either.

Green as governor would have grandstanded, in other words. Just what we need. Nice to find out that he doesn't think everyone who lives in Milwaukee is a murderer, though. That certainly makes me feel safer, and does wonders for my morale.