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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
One to make TRR proud
Saw this in the New York Times today:
Mr. Wiskus is a 42-year-old Iowa farmer and lifelong Republican from the town of Centerville, about 100 miles south of the capital, who is making his first run for public office for a House seat.
He became so outraged by his own party’s efforts to elect him that he resigned last month in protest.
A mailing sent by the state committee told voters that Mr. Wiskus’s Democratic opponent, a lawyer named Kurt Swaim, had defended a man charged with child molesting.
Mr. Wiskus knew that Mr. Swaim had been assigned the case by the court as a public defender, and decided the attack was unconscionable. He is now an independent, and said he would serve as an independent if elected.
“I was offended,” Mr. Wiskus said in an interview. “I had promised and pledged to run a clean and ethical and honorable race, and I told the Republican Party I did not want any attack ads.”
How refreshing it is to hear about someone running for office who hasn't lost his sense of decency.
