Wisconsin's Governor Doyle works out at the Shell most Sunday mornings. This past Sunday, he spent about a half-hour on an elliptical machine, and then ventured over to the recumbent exercise bikes. Because the recumbents are used seldomly, they offer some solitude. However, when you're the governor, solitude is a fleeting thing.
Many people stopped by as they ran or walked around the track, or visited as they rested between basketball games. I was in the middle of running nine miles and able to hear only tidbits of conversations as I made my way around the track. One woman stopped and obviously had a few thoughts on the governor's recent decisions. (Concealed guns & Booster seats) I picked up two sound bites of the conversation. Both are Doyle's responses:
...if you look at the big map with all those red states in the middle, there's only...
...when you get out of your booster seat at age eight, you can go out and get your gun...
That second one sticks with me as being a really, really weird quote. Keep in mind it's taken totally out of context. There's only so much you can hear as you run by.