David Clarke

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, a fake Democrat who is actually a Republican in every respect except by self-chosen, official designation, had this to say about crime today:

"It's foolhardy to think someone commits burglary because they couldn't find a job."

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Clarke went on to call Milwaukee County Supervisor Eyon Biddle Sr. "a soft-on-crime gas bag."

Is David Clarke running for something?

Or is he just in heat for publicity?

He has delusions of grandeur, once ran an embarrassingly bad campaign for mayor of Milwaukee.

He considered running for county executive when Scott Walker was elected governor, but the Republican bosses told him it was Jeff Stone's turn, so he backed off.

Chris Abele's up in April, and doesn't have an opponent.  It's a free ride for Clarke, but a loss could really hurt his standing. 

Meanwhile, Clarke's always been a publicity hound, so he's loving the attention and happy to pick a fight every day, whether it's about the budget, guns, or illegal immigrants.  And the media just eat it up. 

It may energize the right wing base, but he sounds a lot like someone who's off his meds.  And that could be a problem.

Apparently the Judicial Commission didn't get the memo.  Clarke's position is that because he is a "constitutional officer" he is a law unto himself.

The amazingly arrogant Sheriff David Clarke, having once again lost a legal case against the Milwaukee County deputies who work in his department, is threatening to lay off deputies in order to pay for new, different colored uniforms he wants them to wear.

I am not making this up.

Clarke is willing to put different color uniforms above public safety.

Incredible -- unless you know David Clarke, his incredible ego, and his history of disrespect for both the law and the deputies who are on the front lines every day.

Here's the story.   The comments suggest that people may be beginning to see through him.  Unfortunately, he just started a four-year term.

This from a guy whose own "uniform" is different every time you see him, sometimes even including a cowbo

It's come to this: Things have gotten so bad that a Yellow Dog Democrat like me is going to vote for a Republican this year.

No, the Tea Party hasn't won me over. Neither has clueless Ron Johnson, although I am for "freedom," whatever that means.

It's the Milwaukee County sheriff's race, where the conservative, Tea Party-talking, Republican in all but name, David Clarke, somehow is running as a Democrat.

I wasn't even sure he had a general election opponent, after squeaking through the "Democratic" primary, but it turns out he is being challenged by a 17-year veteran of the Milwaukee Police Dept., Steven Duckhorn.

The Journal Sentinel reported in a Saturday story that readers will little note nor long remember that:

Duckhorn's platform is close to that of Chris Moews, the Democratic candidate Clarke beat in the September primary.

Duckhorn faults Clarke for a top-down management style that he says is disrespectful of his deputies.