Westlake: Ron Johnson Evades Questions - "That's Just Plain Dangerous For Wisconsin"

Last week's shot at Fortunate Son-In-Law Ron Johnson by Republican ex-candidate T. Wall was pretty harsh:

...I realize that Johnson says he'd spend every penny of his fortune to win, but what that really means is the voters have a candidate who wants it too bad. That's someone who wants desperately to be Senator rather than doing it for the right reasons. Is this the kind of Senator we want?

Now Dave Westlake, still in the GOP primary, has gotten frustrated with Johnson's evasion of any debate or questioning and kicks it up a notch:

In any hiring situation, an applicant who submits a resume but refuses outright to show up to a job interview is immediately disqualified. Yet that’s the kind of disdain for voters we’re seeing here. My opponent has an established pattern of avoiding venues in which he might have to deviate from set talking point. He’s repeatedly refused to debate, and he’s canceled numerous sessions with groups who want to ask him hard, substantive questions.

...You can’t have it both ways. You can’t credibly tell voters that you’re submitting to an interview process while repeatedly refusing to show up to the interview. From day one of this campaign, I’ve actively engaged in the interview process with Wisconsinites. I’ve listened to concerns and answered tough questions from one end of this state to the other. I’ve been thoroughly vetted in numerous settings, and I’ve offered to debate. My opponent simply cannot make the same claim. He’s demonstrating a regrettable willingness to shortchange voters—and that’s just plain dangerous for Wisconsin.

The latest: after the story about Johnson's company benefiting from a federal grant to build a rail spur to the plant broke last week, the company's website just revised its corporate history to better mesh with the claims and denials from the campaign, but some parts of the history still aren't consistent.

Considering sunspots, Great Lakes oil drilling, "self-made," "entrepreneur who built a company," and "never lobbied for a government payment," consistency with the facts just isn't Johnson's strong suit. Maybe a few thousand more repetitions of his slick TV and radio ads will do the trick.

- Barry Orton

Comments

[Tim M.]

But Johnson has a real cute family.

[antpoppa]

After hearing Ron Johnson’s heartfelt support of Communist Chinese business and practices, has he taken time to do paper work as a foreign corporation operating in Wisconsin?