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  1. I give Clarke credit for even doing an interview with Soledad O'Brien in the first place, especially with CNN's recent anti-gun crusade. He knew it was not going to be objective and did it anyways. Kudos to him.

    Regarding what he said, he was on point when he said that having law abiding citizens know how to use a firearm isn't going to put more guns on the street because they already are. There is nothing wrong with encouraging people to know how to defend themselves until the cops get there.
  2. The big boy's chair before the national media on the political issues is way different than picking on the local media. Try selling some of the Milwaukeeisms to the nation like Ryan did. There is a reason why Wisconsin never did produce a POTUS.
  3. Milwaukee logic:

    Milwaukee JS does a big article about the length of 911 wait times and are praised by the Milwaukee media for doing a great job. Liberal paper shows Government inefficiency and all is well with the world!

    Local Sheriff tells people that 911 wait times are long and that they should defend themselves with proper training and a gun. In this case, the Milwaukee media goes nuts and liberals blast the Sheriff for complaining about the exact same thing the JS did in 2011.

    Yep, there is no liberal bias in the local media!!

    PS: Is Clarke's complaining about budget cuts any different than the Milwaukee Fire Department union heads claiming major safety issues every time a fireman job gets cut?
  4. Well, it was CNN.

    He had to use smaller words and explain things so that liberals could understand.
  5. 67% polled by this newspaper agree with Clarke. Clarke's message was not extreme MR. Kane, it was practical. It was a message that any blue collar person could understand; that the police will be there as soon as they can, however consider taking a course to help yourself until they do. TEAMWORK is the message I took away from it.
  6. If being loyal water carrier for All Things Liberal (and a certifiable Obama Lapdog) qualifes as a "notoriously tough interviewer", Soledad O'Brien certainly fits the bill.

    She's actually fine when she's just regurgitating talking points -- which is most of the time -- but when forced to venture out of the relative safety of scripted & semi-scripted dialog, she's a disaster.

    In fact, utterly-predictable far-left reporters/commentators like O'Brien are the main reason CNN continues to get pounded in the ratings. (Another once-proud & once-credible news organization fallen victim to blatant leftwing bias.)
  7. for me it wasn't so much what he said as much as how he said it.....and I usually agree with much of Clarke's stances, even when I don't necessary like his delivery but on this one, he was a bit heavy handed and yes, people should protect themselves but there was a much better way to say it....being an alarmist certainly gets people's attention....fear and "what if" scenarios certainly work.....
  8. Kane, it sure "seems" that you are not backing up your observations with factual point that can be falsified. You "suspected" that Clarke would be more "radical" by making "scary" claims on national television because that's what your perception of Clarke is.

    And since we're making all sorts of suppositions and guesswork in your blog post, I seems to me that you are much more aggressive with black conservatives than non-black conservatives. I mean, since we're supposing and suspecting things in all.
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  9. If I disagree with Sheriff Clarke's opinion (I dont) does that make me a racist?
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  10. Mr. Kane -- any comments on Barbara Miner's Purple Wisconsin post on Sheriff Clarke?
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