Comments on: Annette Ziegler: Liar http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/jim/2007/annette-ziegler-liar/ Which side of the leash do you want to be on? Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:56:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bill Stocks http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/jim/2007/annette-ziegler-liar/#comment-7949 Bill Stocks Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:34:44 +0000 http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/jim/2007/annette-ziegler-liar/#comment-7949 I have always voted for Republicans or conservatives in the past, but this whole sexual predator thing has made me shy away from Ziegler. I guess I need to make a list of pros and cons for each to formulate an opinion on who I should vote for. That kind of leaves me with "no comment". I can't speak for anyone else. I have always voted for Republicans or conservatives in the past, but this whole sexual predator thing has made me shy away from Ziegler. I guess I need to make a list of pros and cons for each to formulate an opinion on who I should vote for. That kind of leaves me with “no comment”. I can’t speak for anyone else.

]]> By: John-david Morgan http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/jim/2007/annette-ziegler-liar/#comment-7948 John-david Morgan Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:09:35 +0000 http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/jim/2007/annette-ziegler-liar/#comment-7948 No comments on this yet? One might think there would be more interest in this race, given that it is the first race for an open Supreme Court seat since 1997, when Jon Wilcox beat Milwaukee civil rights lawyer Walt Kelly for this very seat Ziegler and Clifford are asking voters to plant their derriers in. In 1997 the issue was school choice, with the landmark case for the religious school voucher program pending before the court. As now, it was difficult to spark much interest, journalistically. We might open discussion here on why the public has so little interest in state Supreme Court races. Any thoughts out there? More questions: Is being tough on sexual predators really an appropriate litmus test for a state Supreme Court judge? Does not taking an election stand on a type of case suggest that a high court judge might prejudge or tip on an appellate case that might end up before the court? In a sexual predator case -- any criminal case, for that matter -- the higher courts generally take a pass and allow the county judge's oversight to stand, unless there were some real foul ups in the lower courts. Do the words "sexual predator" make for such great gut level reaction to TV ads that all statewide candidates believe they need to mention them? Gov. Doyle certainly has turned being "tough on sexual predators" into a political art form. Sexual predators also starred in the Attorney General's race ads last fall. Can being tough on sexual predators really be an important litmus test for governors, attorney generals and supreme court justices all? One more thing or two: Is there a better way than open elections to handle state Supreme court seats? Or is it that we, as voters, simply need wiser and more interesting campaign consultants playing the political fields of Wisconsin? No comments on this yet? One might think there would be more interest in this race, given that it is the first race for an open Supreme Court seat since 1997, when Jon Wilcox beat Milwaukee civil rights lawyer Walt Kelly for this very seat Ziegler and Clifford are asking voters to plant their derriers in. In 1997 the issue was school choice, with the landmark case for the religious school voucher program pending before the court. As now, it was difficult to spark much interest, journalistically.

We might open discussion here on why the public has so little interest in state Supreme Court races. Any thoughts out there?

More questions: Is being tough on sexual predators really an appropriate litmus test for a state Supreme Court judge? Does not taking an election stand on a type of case suggest that a high court judge might prejudge or tip on an appellate case that might end up before the court? In a sexual predator case — any criminal case, for that matter — the higher courts generally take a pass and allow the county judge’s oversight to stand, unless there were some real foul ups in the lower courts.

Do the words “sexual predator” make for such great gut level reaction to TV ads that all statewide candidates believe they need to mention them? Gov. Doyle certainly has turned being “tough on sexual predators” into a political art form. Sexual predators also starred in the Attorney General’s race ads last fall. Can being tough on sexual predators really be an important litmus test for governors, attorney generals and supreme court justices all?

One more thing or two: Is there a better way than open elections to handle state Supreme court seats?

Or is it that we, as voters, simply need wiser and more interesting campaign consultants playing the political fields of Wisconsin?

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