Wineke Reveals 2006 Strategy

Either Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Joe Wineke has extremely bad timing or really bad judgment.

Ok, it’s both.

But what I really want to know is this: Did Wineke pen this pathetic column suggesting Republicans are categorically corrupt because of a scum bag Washington lobbyist named Jack Abramoff and pending charges against two GOP state legislators --- before or after Georgia Thompson was indicted by the U.S. Attorney for rigging a state bidding process to favor major donors to Doyle’s campaign?

Knowing Wineke he’ll probably come back with a snappy reply like, “Georgia Thompson is innocent until proven guilty.” To which I’d say, “Good Joe, now that we’ve got that straight, why don’t’ we tally the political corruption convictions in Wisconsin by party?”

Yeah, I think Joe’s really onto something with the corruption theme, especially considering the ongoing federal grand jury investigation into Jim Doyle’s campaign fundraising. The trick will be to increase Jack Abramoff’s name recognition to surpass Jim Doyle’s, and then convince voters that a Congressional Aide legally accepting a pair of tickets to a Milwaukee Bucks game from an Abramoff associate is worse than Governor Doyle taking tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions in exchange for taxpayer funded contracts.

I don’t know how Wisconsin Democrats feel, but I for one am really glad their party is in Joe Wineke’s capable hands.