Craig Gilbert of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has more on Wisconsin Democrat Rep. Steven Kagen, aka Dr. Multimllionaire, including this quote from the publisher of the paper that originally reported Kagen's kick-ass comments:

"I feel bad for Kagen, I do," said Jim Moran, publisher of The Scene, which reports on arts and culture and covers political issues from a liberal point of view. Moran also owns a hunting and fishing publication and the Chilton Times-Journal.

Moran said the reporter who wrote the story, Jim Lundstrom, taped Kagen's comments. The tape is "not flattering" to the congressman, said Moran, who said Kagen "sounds kind of cocky," apparently unaware a reporter was present.

"He's trying to get a reaction from the audience. You couldn't tell if (the encounters) really happened or didn't, but you're thinking, 'If it did, boy this guy's got balls, because who could do that?' " Moran said.

"Everybody wants the tape," Moran said, but Lundstrom doesn't plan to release it because "our goal isn't to bring Kagen down any further than we've already done."

Wrong. Kagen brought himself down by making those comments, and he's lucky the only reporter in the room at the time was from a left-wing alternative paper who is now willing to protect him by not making the tape public.

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