WALKER'S PAEAN TO LINCOLN LACKS GREAT EMANCIPATOR'S TOUCH

Riddled with Misspellings,
Cliches McKinley Would Have Found Trite
Walker's Post calls Lincoln "a Current Hot Commodity."

Special to the Readers of Milwaukeeworld

By Michael Horne

And The Milwaukee World Hound Dog Team

The world will little note nor long remember what Scott Walker says in his "Reclaiming Lincoln" address published in "The Inside Scoop."
Although the Milwaukee County Executive and the 16th president share something in common -- (it turns out to be Republican Party membership) -- Walker's tribute shows some glaring differences between the Wonder from Wauwatosa and the Great Emancipator.

For example, Lincoln could think logically and write coherently. Walker cannot.

Following are excerpts from Walker's Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 posting explaining why "we should all take the opportunity to admire and reflect upon Lincoln...":

"It is because Lincoln was a great Man and Great President that makes him such a current hot commodity, suprisingly among Barrack (sic) Obama and his Democrat (sic) Party."

ALLEGES MEDIA COVER UP OF LINCOLN'S REPUBLICAN PARTY CONNECTION

"Both the Democrats and the mainstream media are attempting to cover up the most important Lincoln ... Lincoln the Republican. It is time for Republicans to reclaim Lincoln from the Democrats."

WALKER ON GETTYSBURG ADDRESS : "NOT JUST LIP SERVICE"

Walker the historian gives us a comment on Lincoln's most famous speech, and misspells a great man's name twice in the process:

"At (sic) his Gettysburg Address, Lincoln famously said, 'Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal' This was not just lip service, as evidenced from the words of contemporaries like Frederick Douglas (sic), former slave and early civil rights leader. Douglas (sic) said Lincoln was 'the first great man that I talked with in the United States freely who in no single instance reminded me of the difference between himself and myself, of the difference of color.'"

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

Walker's screed against the Democrats, disguised as a tribute to Lincoln, goes on to say, "This sediment (sic) that all men are is equal is evidenced in the Republican Party's current platform of equal taxes on all, and opportunity for all regardless of race, gender, or age ... Contrast that with the tenants (sic) of the (sic) Barack Obama and the Democrat (sic) party ... "

In conclusion, Walker goes on to tell us "America's Dairyland is blessed to have young republican leaders who share Lincoln's beliefs, like Congressman Paul Ryan, Attorney General JB Van Hollen, and the Fitzgerald brothers."

It is only out of undue modesty that Walker fails to include himself among these Men for the Ages.