sm, we've had better stories than this.
At the last three Senate/Assembly joint public hearing committees, a woman by the name of Theresa Sweet testified.
She was gang-raped in a building across the street from her town's police station.
Her sister was similarly gang-raped sometime afterwards.
The SOB's are still out there.
Theresa's story is rivetting. You cannot stop listening, and you can't help but cry when you hear it. Even if you've heard it 100 times.
Doesn't matter to Governor Doyle.
Back in 2003, the NRA ran radio ads with Theresa telling her story, in targetted legislative districts around the state.
Did they make a difference? I hope so. But not to Doyle.
In 2003, the editor of the Sunday Crossroads section (the full op-ed section) of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel asked me to write a 1200 word column about why we need concealed carry in WI.
I brought up the gang-rape of an unnamed woman who was just walking home from work at about 11 pm. She was dragged into an alley and raped for 45 minutes by a gang of punks. Neighbors heard her screams, but couldn't tell where they were coming from.
It was only when a patrol officer saw the flames that they had made from her clothing---yeah, they set a bonfire and danced around the flames, those _____----that he was able to pinpoint her location and save her.
Didn't affect Doyle, though, so what does it matter?
In my PM's with Massad, I've questioned whether the best route is to make this an enjoyable evening (great speaker, guns for auction, good food, good company), or try to mingle that with heart-wrenching stories or talks about how Kansas got CCW before we did.
I'm no political pro, but I do know that July is the political "silly season," and that people's minds are on barbecues and vacations, not on gang-rapes and strategies.
That's why I question having Ms. Hupp, or any other aforementioned guests. I just think that people are going to want to have a good time.
Come September, and the beginning of the real duke-out between Doyle and Green? I could see doing another event where we get those heart-wrenching stories out to the folks, and to the media.
But I'm not the "king" of the WCCA, as I keep trying to point out to volunteers.
I'd really like some serious feedback on my positions, so please keep them coming.