Jensen Knows Nothing: Probable Republican Gubernatorial Candidate

OK, on behalf of Wisconsin voters, I'm buying it- The Capital Times reports that Scott Jensen didn't know.

...But he also insisted he did not know of any improprieties when he was serving as speaker, conceding only that he was aware graphic artists in the Assembly Republican Caucus were working on partisan political campaign material but said he had been informed by others there was not a problem...

...But he denied having any knowledge of state workers doing political work on state time, unless they had arranged in advance to take time off. Many, he said, used the compensatory time they accumulated by working long hours in the Legislature. He conceded there was no written policy on use of compensatory time and that legislative and caucus staff did not fill out time slips...

...Under questioning by attorney Stephen Meyer, who represents Jensen, the former speaker said he was shocked* to learn that a woman working out of the Republican Party of Wisconsin headquarters on his campaign was actually being paid by taxpayers through the Assembly Republican Caucus.

"No, no, I did not know" that Leigh Himebauch Searl was on the state payroll, he insisted, adding he assumed she was a staff volunteer. Searl previously testified that she was put on the caucus payroll when she was moved from Jensen's office and assigned space at party headquarters, where she worked on Jensen's campaign...

..A variety of former and current state workers have testified previously that while Jensen was in control of the assembly they did campaign work and he was aware of it. Some said they reduced their state hours so they would be paid a percentage of their state pay to reflect they were working part time on campaigns, but then worked full time on the campaigns.

Jensen said if that happened, he didn't know about it.

He described days when the Legislature was in session as "just a blur."

OK, I buy it, he didn't know.

The guy sounds like he is qualified as a Republican candidate for Governor.

(By the way, emphasis, color, and biting color commentary added. *Next thing he will tell us is that he was 'dismayed.')