Scott Walker left Marquette University before graduating. But he likes to say he received "the essence of a Marquette education."
Sadly, gauging from Walker's latest grandstanding-masquerading-as-governing email to non-Milwaukee County resident Charlie Sykes, writing a coherent sentence was not part of that "essence."
P.S. Lesson to the County Board: Don't dare a real tax cutter to cut a tax unless you are ready cut taxes.
The Brawler suspects Walker meant "unless you are ready TO cut taxes."
Unless he was telling the county board not to dare him unless they were some sort of inert matter that, when exposed to empty rhetoric, turn into something called "ready cut taxes." (A defoliant to be applied on the flora of the MilCo parks?) Though in that case, "ready" and "cut" should be hyphenated.
Either way, Milwaukee County clearly deserves better.
And you would think Pulitzer Prize nominee Charlie Sykes would do Walker a favor and proof his illiterate missives before posting them...
Eh, even the best of us have typos from time to time. I have to cut Scott Walker a break on this one...even if I do think it's funny as hell.
I guess my UW-Whitewater education was a far better value than his "essence" of a Marquette education, because at least I learned how to proofread what I write while I was at the old U Dubbya-Dubbya.
Posted by: Zach W. | August 07, 2007 at 08:46 PM
It is a pattern for him. I had fun last year picking apart the grammar in his press releases:
http://jef4wi.blogspot.com/2006/01/continuing-saga-of-bad-walker-press.html
http://jef4wi.blogspot.com/2005/12/who-writes-walkers-press-releases.html
Posted by: jef | August 07, 2007 at 09:48 PM