Posted on 09/30/2010 9:54:51 AM PDT by Maelstorm
1. NO LEADERSHIP
2. NO PRINCIPLES
Au Contraire! Alexi Giannioulias (or however the hell it's spelled) was one of the leading crooks in Broadway bank siphoning off $142 million causing the bank to go under, AND he was also the leading reasons that many families in Illinois lost their kids college funds through Alexi's gambling with the state's 529 fund losing more than 60% of the money!
Don't get me started on that gay as a fruit cake Mark Kirk. What I have to say about him just isn't fit for public consumption on a reasonably civil political forum.
Since you and I both live in Illinois, I can say this and you'll know exactly what I mean by it:
Never underestimate the stupidity of the average Illinois voter.
One would think that with such truly bad candidates as Quinn and Giannoulias that the Republican Party in this state could finally front two superior candidates and win back at least two statewide seats.
The reality is however that Giannoulias and Kirk are 'neck and neck' for the Senate Seat once held by Obama, and Bill Brady is only ahead by the margin of error against Pat Quinn in the Governor's race.
Brady is the ONE candidate I'm actually happy to vote for in the upcoming elections, and even still I can't believe that he's only 3 percentage points ahead of Quinn. Last month he was double-digits ahead, now it's down to the margin of error.
Considering three of our past five Governors were in jail (Dan Walker) are in jail (George Ryan) or are on their way to jail (Blagojevich, if he ever actually gets convicted!) is it any wonder this state's in the mess it's in?
As I said, never underestimate the stupidity of the average Illinois voter. Add to that: Don't underestimate the ability of the Illinois Republican Party's ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
You and I both know it's them URBAN city dwellers that outnumber the rest of us in this state and as a result THEY decide who wins over the rest of us.
This is why I'm looking for help and funding for my master plan:
First, we cut Chicago off from the rest of the state. Get a big sawzall and cut it out like the cancer it is.
Second, we give it a good hard kick out to the middle of lake Michigan and let it sink.
Third, we shoot anyone who makes it back to shore.
I think that's the fastest way to clean up elections in this state, just my opinion though, YMMV.
“It is like sprinkling chocolate chips on a cow pie & calling it a cookie.”
Wouldn’t it be more accurate to call it a pie?
It’s small cowpie. :-)
Thanks BillyBoy. I have good feelings about this race. 4 weeks is a short period of time but it can be done. Mike is already polling above past libertarian numbers his problem is name Rec. People who find out about him want to vote for him.
Why isn’t the Tea Party groups endorsing Labno. I went to his website and the guy is impressive. We need to get the word out about him to people in IL. Set up a money bomb for him or something.
I’m not overly concerned about that poll (which shows Scott Lee Cohen with a shocking 14%) or the one showing Quinn up 1.
If Rassmussen shows a close race then I’d start to worry.
The polls I’ve seen show Quinn/Brady neck and neck, and Giannoulias/Kirk neck and neck. Do you have something different that says otherwise?
The latest PPP poll (Sep 30) shows Brady up 42-35. Same time frame as the Trib poll showing Quinn up 1 and the CNN poll showing Brady up 2.
The last Rasmussen poll (Sep 14) shows Brady up 50-37.
I’d be pretty shocked if Quinn won at this point.
You and me both, but as I said above, "never underestimate the stupidity of the average Illinois voter."
Good news for Conservatives, This may take Mark Kirk Down...
And that makes them different from a bunch of other states how?
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