Yeah, two in a row. I'll try not to make it a habit.

However, this one was too juicy to pass up. Congresswoman Gwen Moore's son was amongst four Democrat operatives convicted in Milwaukee County today of deliberately slashing the tires of cars at GOP headquarters in Milwaukee, to try to hurt their get-out-the-vote campaign. (More comprehensive, if as usual highly democrat-biased, info from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinen)

Gwen Moore's response?

'"I love my son very much. I'm very proud of him," Moore said. ""He's accepted responsibility."'

I find it ironic. She's not disgusted by the behavior at all. Quite the reverse; her operatives (read: Democratic Party members) in the prosecutor's bench were trying to get her son let off with probation and a couple hours of community service.

Well then again, why should she be disgusted? The vandalism affected the outcome of the election in her own district.

Not that her opponent would have won otherwise. Moore's one of the "safe district" representatives, where she could probably get away with trying to get in a fistfight with congressional security and still be re-elected the usual platform (racism and kickbacks) for her district.

Still, it's something I wind up mulling over. I grew up in one of the most left-leaning areas of the nation, the City of Milwaukee. Where we had Frank Zeidler, the Commie Mayor from 1948 to 1960 and who remained a force in politics far later. Where kickbacks and corruption are the norm, and John Norquist survived scandal after scandal, only to finally end to a sex scandal.

Where, after numerous gang shootings and problems coming mostly from residents of Congresswoman Moore's district area, and years of problems with shootings and stabbings at JUST the one festival, the addition of metal detectors to African World Festival (as opposed to Irishfest, which never had more than a fistfight even when the beer flowed freely) was a cry of "racism" rather than dealing with our major gang problems and the fact that they were attracted, not by polkas or vietnamese cuisine or irish lager, but by rap music and 40-ouncers.

Am I surprised she's not embarassed that her son pulled this? No. Not at all. I am, however, embarassed to have grown up in Milwaukee, and I'm embarassed she is still allowed to "represent" us.

And I'm amazed that she gets away with it, too. You can bet that if it were Republican kids out slashing Democrat tires, the prosecutors and commentators would have been calling for heads to roll.