Steve Kagen is AWOL!

Where is Steve Kagen? The record shows he's been quietly at work in Washington [for a change] voting for legislation that grants special rights to homosexuals in the workplace and a $78.3 billion NEW tax bill that he claims lowers taxes and increases quality of life for folks in Northeast Wisconsin. He has also distinguished himself not once, but twice as the "Pander of the Week" as awarded by Politico.com and betting cases of beer over Packers games with his roommate -- frat house stuff, not House of Representatives stuff...

On October 20, news of dubious campaign donations broke in an article by Daniel Bice of the Journal Sentinel entitled "These kids help Dad around the House" which raised questions about the timing and amounts of donations made by Steve Kagen's children. A few days later, the Republican Party of Wisconsin chimed in with "Questions for Kagen", a pointed list of questions that Kagen should be anxious to answer to avoid the appearance of evil. Since then, all that we have heard is the sound of crickets chirping. In other words, Kagen has been AWOL on the issue of campaign donations....

Let's set aside partisan politics for a moment and ask a few simple questions. Northeast Wisconsin, does Steve Kagen represent you? Do you favor granting special privileges to gays in the workplace? Do you want higher taxes? Do you like a representative who bends and breaks campaign donation laws? Congressman Kagen’s website claims he’s "nobody’s congressman but yours." -- well, this is not what I expect from MY congressman...