(h/t: Charlie Sykes for bringing this up on his radio show)
This coming weekend is the US Bank Golf Championship at Brown Deer Golf Course –link-. As a promotional feature, the Championship held a long drive challenge for area celebrities on Tuesday. Two of the celebrities involved in the event were State Senator Alberta Darling and her opponent in the upcoming race, Democrat Sheldon Wasserman.
Here is an overview of Charlie’s and his listener’s comments:
Alberta, who is over 60 years old, out-drove Sheldon 153 yards to 135 yards. She kicked his butt. Normally this won’t be a big deal except for one thing…
A while back, The State Senate Democratic Committee in Wisconsin spread rumors that Alberta was too sick, too feeble, and not fit enough to run against Sheldon and shouldn’t continue in political office. They lied that she was so weak that she wouldn’t be able to knock on any doors during this campaign season. When confronted, Wasserman claimed that, as a doctor, he would never say anything so vile about a cancer survivor. But the fact is that Democrats did spread false rumors about the health of a breast cancer survivor, and it was a sleazy, nasty thing that their finger prints were all over. And then, of course, they lied about spreading the lie. “Citing health reasons,” Democrats lied, “Darling recently admitted that she wouldn’t be able to knock on any doors this cycle.”
When you spread rumors that your opponent is too frail and feeble to campaign, make sure she doesn’t have the strength to out-drive you.
From everything I understand, Alberta was upset that she didn’t get her best shot either. She didn’t think a 150 yard drive was that good for her.
Also to be noted, I logged on to the DSCC WI web page to see if they were still stupid enough to leave the release they wrote about her health. Instead I found a rather lame poll bashing Alberta…
–UPDATE–
Mark Belling brought up this issue on his Late Afternoon Show. Dowload part five of the podcast, it’s in the very begining. Belling explained slimy acts the Democrats did to spread lies about Alberta’s health, enouraging lobbiests to stay away from her. Belling called Darling one of the most phyiscally fit people he knew and that she did pilates more often that Wasserman scratches his back. Listen to the first 5 minutes of the podcast to hear everything Belling had to say on the circulating story.
I just wish he would have mentioned gop3 outright 
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Yes, and as an OB-GYN, he would never do anything so vile as promote abortion.
Oh wait…
If you want to start comparing these two candidates on your nutty pro life issues, you won’t like either one of them, Katie. Open your eyes. Your bllind partisanship is showing.
This is an absolutely stupid issue for us to base our vote on. I want to see a comparison of their votes on the issues, and I’ll make my decision perhaps the last month of the campaign. But they both have an atrocious position on health care and campaign reform. WDC has them both in the same (3rd out of 4) column for their votes for ethics and reform.
I can’t comment on if Dr. Wasserman really said negative things about Alberta Darling, because I didn’t personally hear them (and I’m guessing neither did any of us). However, I do know that although I’ve seen a flyer from Darlings campaign by my mailbox, I’ve never met her. Sheldon Wasserman personally came to my door a few weeks ago and talked to me and my neighbors! Maybe that’s why his golf game isn’t up to par….
Charile’s comments demonstrate that he does not understand golf. A solid drive has little to do with whether someone is feeble or strong. Contact is much more important. You could have a swing speed of 120 mph, but if you top the ball it ain’t going too far. Point being, the arguemnt is based on a complete non-sequitar and proves or disproves nothing.
Cheers.
It might be true that Sheldon Wasserman has been to a lot of doors in his campaign, but it is important that his campaign activities be taken into perspective. From my communications with a friend who works on the Darling campaign, I gather that Alberta has been continuing her work in the State Senate by attending community events and talking to constituents who are concerned about ISSUES in their area. I can imagine that there might be some concern that Sheldon has been too busy campaigning to really do an effective job as a State Representative for his district.
I cannot personally attest to these claims other than in a brief anecdote. I was recently at a community event, where Alberta was present and stated her opinion and plan of action for the matter at hand. I thought it was incredibly courageous, especially during an election year, to be frank with voters and tell them the truth about her position. Meanwhile, Sheldon came to my door while I was not home and left my family a note saying “Nice landscaping! Please consider me in November!” I think Alberta’s issues-based appearances at events are much more meaningful constituent contact than Sheldon taking time away from his job to tell me he likes my landscaping. Just my two cents.