Losing P-Mac

Well, "losing" isn't quite accurate. He's still around, but several hundred miles distant. He'll be in the belly of the Beast, working in D.C. as a scribe for Sen. RoJo.

That's RoJo's gain.

At the same time, Milwaukee conservatism loses a bright, amiable, and enjoyable light. Pat enjoyed his work, skewering the Luminieres (and Numen-ieres) with abandon. WEAC will undoubtedly save money, as they can dump a couple of folks off the payross who did nothing but invent spin and horsehockey to defend against Pat's reasoned, fact-laden essays.

Choice will lose an outstanding standard-bearer; the 'BOHICA!! We'll Tax and Spend!!'; bunch will rest a bit easier.

Pat was one of the few in Wisconsin who was proximately responsible for the TEA Party revolution here. He presented ideas clearly, assembled the evidence which supported those ideas, and took down the Leftist Establishment which ruled Wisconsin for years (a feat which Tommy Thompson could not accomplish.)

Those who knew Pat knew him as a doting father, a dedicated husband, and a man who is religious in the best sense of the term.

We will miss him.