Hey Repukes: The professor's name is spelled "CRONON," not "Cronin."
Republican Party of Wisconsin attacks UW professor's right to speak -- but can't spell his name right
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Remarkably, RPW executive director Mark Jefferson says "the Republican Party of Wisconsin does not have to give a reason" for demanding Cronon's emails and attacking the professor publicly. In other words, the Republicans are simply engaging in character assassination.
Even more remarkably, the party mandarins could not even be bothered to check the spelling of the name of the professor they are attacking. A release sent from the RPW headquarters Friday afternoon began: "In response to Professor William Cronin’s deplorable tactics in seeking to force the Republican Party of Wisconsin to withdraw a routine open records request, Executive Director Mark Jefferson released the following statement ..."
The professor's name is spelled "CRONON," not "Cronin."
Perhaps the next time the Republican Party of Wisconsin decides to try to intimidate a prominent Wisconsinite, it should get someone who knows something about the state and its great university to do the dirty work.
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