Article: WMC'S TACTICS TRASH WISCONSIN TRADITION.(EDITORIAL)(PLAIN TALK)(Column)

Byline: Dave Zweifel

I see where the chief spokesman for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce is gloating over the defeat of Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler.

"When given a choice between a liberal judge and a traditionalist judge, people chose a traditionalist judge," pontificated Jim Pugh to the Associated Press, whatever in the world a "traditionalist judge" is.

From what I can tell, he or she is a judge who is bought lock, stock and barrel by the big business community, which can afford millions of dollars to buy smear advertising to negate what could otherwise be an intelligent debate between candidates.

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