Thursday, February 23, 2006

Bucher blind to his own facts

The most mind-boggling thing about Republican Attorney General candidate Paul Bucher's new sleazy campaign website about Democratic candidate Kathleen Falk is that he can't see that the website is a testimony to the fact that the current system of locking everyone up just doesn't work. And yet, Bucher can't even see it.

Take Mr. James Socha, one of the few white criminals on the website Bucher listed in the hopes of not being called a racist. This man was convicted of drunk driving 11 times!!! Isn't it clear to everyone but Bucher that throwing this man in jail instead of a treatment program for his alcohol addiction is doing nothing but delaying the next time he is drunk on the road?

Even the case Bucher is trying to 'Willie Horton' Wisconsin with is an example that jail doesn't prevent many criminals from committing more crimes. From Bucher's sleazy website:
In 1998, Ward was sentenced to 2 years in prison for taking and driving a vehicle without owner’s consent. The judge knew something then: Ward needed to be incarcerated.
This guy was in jail and then got out and committed the violent crime Bucher is highlighting. Jail didn't stop him from doing this horrible crime to this woman and the taxpayers are out the cost of keeping him jailed.

I don't know if this man had a substance abuse problem and would have even been a candidate for an alternative to jail at his sentencing. I have a feeling Bucher doesn't either by why let facts get in the way of a good old-fashion political hit-and-run?

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