Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Mark Green - Wisconsin's Finest?

I think NOT. Josh Marshall has been on this story, one of many involved with the DeLay scandal. Remember when Green was at Freedom Hall (ha, ha hall would be a truer name)? I'll bet SueHank, et.al., didn't bother to ask him if he returned DeLay's money. This is what the ReThugs, both national & local, stand for - money & just not telling the truth.

"Last month we did a few posts about a guy named Mark Graul, one-time Chief of Staff for Rep. Mark Green (R) of Wisconsin and now his campaign manager as Green runs for Governor. We noted that Graul's name shows up again and again getting tickets to various Abramoff skyboxes back in 2000. (These are from a collection of Team Abramoff emails we received a few months back.)

Graul first denied getting any freebies. But as we published more and more of the emails and the local press started taking notice, he eventually sorta kinda 'fessed up. And he came up with a new line which was basically, tough luck, that's how business is done in Washington.

When asked about the Abramoff freebies, Graul told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 'I believe it's illegal in [the Wisconsin state capital of] Madison. It's legal in Washington.'"


Notice the smart-ass answer in the last paragraph. Is this the kind of person we want influencing policy in Wisconsin. Hell, no. Emphasis added.

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