With all due respect -- WRONG.
In the republican primary I voted for Pat O'Malley, a conservative and supporter of the 2nd Amendment. Then after he lost I voted for Glen Poshard - a DEMOCRAT in the general election. Yes a dem, because Poshard was more of a republican in thought and actions that Ryan ever would or could be (fiscal conservative & supporter of the 2nd Amendment). And the kicker was that the Daley Machine was 'not-so-covertly' backing Ryan OVER Poshard the democrat. That alone should have been the red flag for the sheeple.
Now I realize you're in Texas so you don't know Ryan's 'history', but he's ALWAYS been a scum-bag power hungry crook. He hails from down state, Kankakee, and if the dems were the party in power he would have been a dem when he got into politics.
I'm PROUD that I've never, ever, voted for Ryan for state wide office, starting with his run for Lt. Gov. (a do-nothing job in IL). His abuse of that office and public money should have put him in jail then. Unfortunately corruption in IL is a bi-partisan affair so nothing was done.
It will take years to repair the destruction he and his cronies have done to the republican party here. A total and complete house cleaning is in order.
Kindly excuse that rant, but the mere mention of George Ryan gets me boiling. And for the record -- I HATE HIS GUTS!!
the mere mention of George Ryan gets me boiling.
Did any of your IL Republican friends try to talk you into voting for Ryan at any time "for the sake of the party" on grounds that he was the "lesser of two evils"? Apparently, your last statewide conservative in a major office was the hugely popular Sen. Everett Dirksen, and very often he strayed from the GOP field to support LBJ initiatives.