From Wisconsin conservative James Wigderson:
I get asked sometimes about the toughest races I’ve covered as a newspaper columnist or as a blogger. The toughest for me and my family, believe it or not, was a city attorney race where I reported that one of the candidates had been reprimanded for telling a client to alter evidence.
That one became personal. The candidate even came to my house to see the political yard signs in my yard (put there by my wife) and then proceded to publicize my home address and gave false information about my wife’s voting record. In those kinds of races, that’s when you discover who are your real friends.
Compared to that race, the GOP Senate primary is a group hug (so far).
But it’s been interesting to watch as Kevin Nicholson still can’t let go of Thursday night’s debate. To be fair, in every interview since Nicholson has been asked about the last ten minutes when state Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-Brookfield) asked for an apology from Nicholson for implying that Vukmir doesn’t respect his military service.
“My track record? My track record? I would look to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan if you want it. That’s where I’d look first,” Nicholson said at the debate. “I know that doesn’t mean much to certain politicians. I know that darn well.”
Vukmir started shaking her head at this point and said, “That’s wrong. That’s, that’s wrong.”
“For those that have said that leading Marines in combat during the course of two wars does not qualify as conservative credentials need to look inside them and decide what they think conservative credentials are,” Nicholson said at the debate.
After Vukmir’s demand for an apology, Nicholson said at the debate, “If it makes you feel better, I feel respected.”