Stufflebeam was kicked off the ballot by Kirk's army of lawyers despite filing over 34,000 signatures and STILL having over the 25,000 requirement minimum after they got done challenging all his signatures. I have no idea what bogus excuse the judge used to recommend he get removed from the ballot, but the state board of elections went along with it.
Labno posted on facebook that he had attended the hearings and both Corey Dabney (Independent) and Stufflebeam were kicked off the ballot for frivilous reasons and his heart goes out to them.
The first three commies all had qualified ballot access to begin with, under state law the Greens are considered a "major party" since their nominee for Governor got over 5% last time around. I'm surprised Team Kirk wasn't able to purge Labno as well. We've already seen half a dozen decent conservatives with potential that were purged by the combine and driven from this Senate race.
So if Labno stays on the ballot, at least we have an alternative to the three abortion-loving, gun-grabbing, illegal alien hugging socialists running for the seat.
I agree that Labno's not exactly my cup of tea but he's pretty good on 80% of the issues and a reasonable decent guy instead of one those "9/11 was an inside job" types. The fact he's a pro-life Libertarian will be especially good considering how many social conservatives will avoid pro-abortion extremist Kirk in droves (BTW, it was leaked this week that Kirk sent a letter to Planned Parenthood, begging for them to endorse him over Alexi, mocking pro-lifers and gloating how much he had screwed over the GOP )
Labno's pro-life, pro-gun, pro-limited government, anti-Obamacare, anti-cap n' trade, anti-national ID card (Kirk is pro-national ID card), and anti-handouts to illegals.
He supports abolishing the federal reserve, something I agree with, but unlikely to ever be embraced by either of the major parties. I'm probably closer to the LP than the GOP on monetary policy.
Overall a candidate I could easily get behind if need be. The Constitution Party will continue to fight to get on the ballot through Sept., but the odds they'll succeed are very slim at this point.
Oh, and don't forget, they're also Julie Fox (LP) on the ballot against the uber-scum Topinka for Illinois Comptroller.
Unless Randy Stufflebeam and the Constitution Party can get back on the ballot in the next couple of weeks, I’m urging all Conservatives to back Michael Labno for U.S. Senate and Julie Fox for Comptroller.
I’m sticking with Brady & Plummer because we can’t have Pat Quinn for another years.
I'd vote for a democrat before I ever would vote for that hag.
Which at least makes him "tea". Kirk is what comes after you drink too much tea. ;d
I agree with your endorsements. I was already backing Fox for Controller. I wouldn't vote for the rat in the race but if there was no right of center option I'd undervote before I'd vote for Judy again, I'm done voting for her.