P.S. This is the death sentence (pardon the pun) for Judy Barr Topinka's run for Governor on the Republican Party ticket. Topinka was a crony of George Ryan, and they've got videos that were already used in the primary that she won, of her polka dancing w/Ryan. That visual will be used over and over by the Dems who will link her continuously with the "convicted felon" Ryan. Kiss her chances of winning goodbye.
And thanks, stupid Pubs in Illinois that voted for Topinka instead of Jim Oberweiss in the primary, knowing that if Ryan were convicted, she would be tarred with his scandal by virtue of her having been one of his buddies. And thanks Mr. Brady from Downstate, who jumped in as a conservative alternative to Oberweiss in this state, serving as a stalking horse against Oberweiss, and thus throwing the election to Topinka by splitting the vote and throwing the margin of victory to her. You reap what you sew, and meanwhile Illinois suffers and another crooked Governor, Democrat Rod Blagojevich, also under investigation for illegal dealings, will thus be re-elected. Sickening.
Damn straight. It doesn't matter what Ryan has done for the left in the past. He's irrelevant now. As Ann Coulter said, the media and the left will go to bed with "moderate Republicans," but they sure won't respect them in the morning. Ryan will find out exactly how expendable he is to the Illinois Dems. Just ask Bob Packwood.
Flag I disagree. What this does is hurt Blagoevich. It makes him look like another Corrupt Illinois Governor that he is. George Ryan has been played out in Illinois, nobody here will care in 1 or 2 months. Blago will be next.
Do you think it is possible, the way the system is set up (especially in places like Illinois), for an honest person to get nominated and/or elected? Seriously, I wonder. It seems that those who play fair have no chance.
I think the system is part of the problem. How do we fix this?
Wow flaglady. Couldn't have said it any better! KUDOS. Illinois republican politics is a VERY bad joke and all of us having to live in this place will have to suffer for it some more.
I'm glad you're around to set the facts straight, which was impossible to do a few short years ago, before the net...They just are finding the hiding of the truth nearly impossible....