Mike Labno's a Tea Party Libertarian running against three big govt Liberals for Illinois Senate. They behave like he doesn't exist. He's on the ballot and they fear debating him. He's one man against the machine.
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Wow, I’m impressed.
They didn’t call him “the teabagger’s alternative”!
This alone already makes it more balanced than 90% of the lamestream media articles out there.
I debated Labno on Facebook back last spring on abortion and gay marriage and found I didn’t agree with him on some fundamental points. I know this is controversial here on FR but I think a Personhood strategy is morally and legally superior over a state’s rights strategy for ending abortion. Labno follows Ron Paul on this: the right to life does begin at conception (good), but federalism trumps the inalienable right to life (bad). I am sure he would vote for some pro-life legislation, unlike Kirk or Giannoulias, but I couldn’t seem to get him to ever say abortion is a moral wrong. As a Libertarian, I expected him to have trouble with that, and he did. So I’m really not sure of his ultimate commitment to pro-life values.
Also, he takes the classic libertarian view of gay marriage, despite the fact that normalizing gay marriage will have disastrous effects on heterosexuals who see homosexuality as sin, particularly in the areas of freedom of religion, freedom of association, and family law.
Can Labno win? I doubt it. He can’t pull in the full-spectrum social conservatives, he won’t pull in the fiscal liberals (way too numerous here in Illinois), and Kirk is “repentant” of his fiscal indiscretions, so Labno can only pull a fraction of the vote from Kirk that a full Reagan conservative could. Giannoulias is more self-destructive than Kirk, so I’m calling Kirk to win this. I won’t vote for him. I won’t vote for anyone who will betray the unborn (Kirk), and I won’t vote for anyone who will betray the family (Labno). Sorry.
Sounds like this clown sat at home for 16 months sucking from the government's teet. Now he pretends he is a conservative. Looks like a Dem plant. Luckily he only has 8 supporters.
The real effect will be to spoil that seat for the GOP. I would not be surprised to see the likes of Soros quietly funding Labno.
The reason ABC7 Chicago is featuring him is they know a vote for him takes away votes from Kirk and helps to elect Alexi.
Labno, a 39-year-old construction manager from Oak Brook ....
Okay. This may be some nit-picking but I don't think he's a "construction manager". Which in every article I've seen about him that Title is used to describe him. Because also in every article there's the picture above of him working on a Electrical Panel, or one like it with him and an Electrician working at a Panel.
Well here's an inside tip,
A "Construction Manager" doesn't work on Electrical Panels, or anything else. As a "Construction Manager" is a Company, Corporation, or LLC. A "Construction Manager" is a thing, not a job, nor a Job Title. If anything he's a "Project Manager" for an Electrical Company that does Subcontract work for a, (ta-da), "Construction Manager" firm, or General Contractor Co. (Though GC's are becoming rarer and rarer)And to further 'nitpick', the function of a Project Manager is NOT to do hands on, field correction, and/or supervision of 'his' men's work. The fact is, a Project Manager doesn't even get his hands dirty. As such, all these pictures of him 'working' makes me think he's not even a Project Manger, but a Field Superintendent or even just a Foreman.
Now this *mistake* occurs too much for me to think it's an honest mistake as there's a HUGH difference between all the above. So to me there appears to be some "resume padding" going on here. Which is not exactly 'honest'.
My Curriculum Vitae:
Commercial Construction Industry in Chi metro area for Forty Years. Starting from Draftsman, to Designer, to 'practical engineer', to Project Manager, to Estimator, and Chief Estimator. Projects include everything from 50+ Story Hi-Rises, 40 Story Condo/Apartment Buildings, Office Buildings, Federal Government Buildings, Hospitals, Schools, Libraries and Village Halls.
Ergo, I know what a "Construction Manager" is, what they 'ain't', what a Project Manager is and does. Ditto for Superintendents and Foremen.
Ergo, something is wrong with this picture of Mike Labno and 'Construction Manager'. (if he's a 'Field Super', fine, say so. That's an honest living.)
