Tarantino tales
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel political gossip columnist Dan Bice, taking a break from applying for jobs with supermarket tabloids, decided to indulge his prurient interest and report on comments made by Jeanne Tarantino, a candidate for state assembly in the 98th district, during her divorce.
Really. They’ve sunk to divorce court reporting now. Next thing you know Bice will be staking out apartment balconies hoping to catch suggestive silhouettes on the curtains.
Of course, in his eagerness to find dirt, Bice all-but-ignores the facts that are most salient to the voters in the 98th district, that Tarantino once worked for former Democratic State Senator Barbara Ulichny, former moderate Republican Sen. Joanne Huelsman, and did volunteer work for Democratic Congressman Gwen Moore. One of them editor thingies with any sort of knowledge of Waukesha County might have told Bice to investigate the more relevant story.
Meanwhile, voters in the district are probably less concerned with Tarantino’s job woes than they are with her judgement concerning which political figures are worthy of support. Unless there is a dramatic tale by Tarantino of a recent road trip to Damascus, Waukesha County’s conservative voters may cast their vote elsewhere.
If you do your research you’ll find she worked for a dem in 1993. Are we to hold a job she held over 20 years ago against her? Do I need to remind you that Reagan was a democrat? And he’s just one example. Tarantino has spent the last few years working relentlessly for Republicans and if you take the time to talk with her there is no doubt she is both a fiscal and social conservative. The other candidates have things in their past that don’t look fantastic either. Don’t be so quick to judge.
James Wigderson Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 6:38 pm
Hi Andrea, Ronald Reagan did have to explain, repeatedly, why he left the Democratic Party. He famously said, “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.” We await Tarantino’s explanation on that point. But surely what she did in 1993 is relevant when you consider she also volunteered for Congressman Gwen Moore who has only been serving since 2005. It becomes a pattern with Huelsman, no? As for being quick to judge, we have three weeks to get her explanation. She’s more than free to explain her position right here.
Andrea K. Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 10:18 pm
Gwen Moore was a state senator from 1993-2005.
James Wigderson Reply:
January 30th, 2013 at 5:55 am
Okay, I’m guessing most people in the 98th Assembly district didn’t want to be represented by a Gwen Moore supporter back then, either, and I’m sure those people would like to hear FROM TARANTINO how she got where she is now politically.