Tom Blumer uses a Feb. 15 NewsBusters post to posit that Scott Walker was right to “punt” on a question about evolution he was asked because it should never have been asked in the first place because it was “brazenly off-topic”:
In London, England earlier this week, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker delivered a speech about global trade at the Chatham House think tank. Given that the group’s mission is “to help build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world,” and that it encourages “open debate and confidential discussion on the most significant developments in international affairs,” it seemed a reasonable expectation that those present would ask questions relevant to those matters.
Instead, Scott Walker was asked several brazenly off-topic questions, including if he believed in evolution. He refused to answer them. In the case of evolution, he said, “I’m going to punt on that one … That’s a question that a politician shouldn’t be involved in one way or another,” while reminding the audience that “I’m here to talk about trade and not pontificate on other issues.”
The smug establishment press apparently wants to believe that Walker’s refusal has created a political crisis of epic proportions which they contend (translation: hope) may harm his presidential aspirations.
Blumer gets even more conspiratorial after that, speculating that an Associated Press reporter who covered the Walker incident is biased because he is “likely a member of the far-left, Occupy Movement-supporting News Media Guild” and that the AP itself is “likely inspired by leftist hacks who thought they had an issue they could flog.” Needless to say, Blumer offers no evidence of this.
Blumer ultimately whines about “amateur-hour smear-driven journalism” — as if that isn’t what he contributes at NewsBusters, though without the “journalism” part.