The silly season begins

The Republican Party of Wisconsin has officially started the silly season with their press release trying to attack the Kathleen Vinehout, the Democrat running against Senator Ron Brown in the 31st Senate District. In it they accuse Vinehout of being a lobbyist. And she was indeed a lobbyist.

FOR FARMERS.

Yes, Vinehout has spent the last few years lobbying a legislature that won't listen on issue important to family farmers. Call it whatever you want - lobbying, advocating, sounding the alarm, trying to get the attention of the legislature - but criticizing Vinehout for trying to get health insurance for family farmers is an issue I can only hope they bring up over and over again.

It must have been very important to expose this "scandal" quickly since the person making these accusations is only referred to as 'Wiley' in the press release. Wiley's claims that Vinehout's lobbying activities are extensive is just laughable. $41,000 spent on two people over eighteen months hardly makes the Wisconsin Farmers Union or Kathleen Vinehout a powerhouse in the lobbying world.

And if Senator Ron Brown and the legislature did a better job on the issues that family farmers care about, Vinehout wouldn't need to lobby them in the first place.

If this is the issue Republicans are going to use against Vinehout, I like our chances to pick up the 31st Senate District this fall.