Rank-And-File outsmart Pompous Pooh-Bahs at IL GOP state convention

Ibendahl on Politics ^ | 05/29/24 | DOUG ELSTON IBENDAHL

[Nevernikki]

That Lincoln quote is so accurate that even the worst-of-the-worst in the Illinois GOP seem to recognize its truth. And that’s despite the fact few of them come across as big students of history.

Fear over what good people could accomplish if empowered with a vote derives from some innate sense all petty potentates seem to share.

That innate fear was on full display this past Friday & Saturday at the Illinois Republican State Convention in Collinsville.

This state convention was the most shamefully rigged and disrespectful to the Republican rank-and-file I’ve seen yet in the nearly 30 years I’ve been paying attention to this stuff. And I have always been the first to acknowledge there were certainly problems when I was the state party’s lawyer 25 years ago.

But I learn from experience and when I see things are infinitely worse today, I work for meaningful positive change. I don’t double-down on a failed system which the average 5-year old can see has been a catastrophic disaster for the Illinois GOP.

Unfortunately, that is not yet an attitude universally shared. And we’re now to the point where dishonesty, self-dealing and unprofessionalism are officially off the charts.

[Nevernikki]

Yes, The Illinois GOP is bad. Very bad. Mostly Democrats with "R"s after their name. Honestly

[sauropod]

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