Dick Durbin's re-election FAR from certain

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | October 9, 2001 | Steve Neil

[MrFred]

Gary Fencik

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

At hearings of any commitees he's on, he always takes the most extreme Democrat position so I figured he must be in a safe seat.

I wouldn't consider his seat to be safe by any stretch of the imagination. If we can elect Peter Fitzgerald, by FAR amongst the most conservative candidates to run for an elected office voted on all across this state and DUMP Carol Mostly-Fraud (which many of us ILL Freepers worked very hard to do), we can un-elect Tricky Dick Durbin and get a good replacement elected. The key to this, of course, is to find a good candidate to run against him.

It would be terrific to have him gone.

I consider that an understatement. Dick Durbin, as shown by his actions, apparently has studied the Clintonista Playbook and knows how to fence-sit and triangulate with the best of them. But I find it interesting that the hard-core Democrats in this article are onto that, which I find very hopeful.

[BillyBoy]

You know, I think the '96 campaign against Salvi shows why Durbin is having so much trouble attracting support on his own merits. The ONLY people I meet back in '96 who were happy to support Durbin were the hard-core, yellow dog Democrats. The rest of the fools who voted for Durbin ONLY did so because they didn't like Salvi. Durbin had villified Salvi so much that half the state was convinced he would hand out machine guns to five year olds.

With a GOP candidate that won't suffer from lack of money and a defensive stragedy, we can turn the tables on Durbin and make HIM the extremist. His record isn't selling in suburbs or the downstate area he claims to be "from". Geesh, he's so bad he makes Paul Simon look honest and mainstream. ;-)

[FReethesheeples]

"ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US."

[TheRightGuy]

Looks like we're luckier than we thought. Lock and load, Freepers!

I'm passing petitions for Cox, and I have plenty of kits (petitions, literature, buttons, bumper stickers) for any who would help. Send FReepmail.

[March I up]

BUMP!!!

[justshutupandtakeit]

Since Durbin is on the Senate Intelligence Committee we need to tie the failure of U.S. intelligence agencies to him. While he is running around on the GrabGun bandwagon the knowledge that bin Laden was recruiting and training suicide pilots was ignored.

I hate to think the Republicans will put up another inexperienced rich white guy as an alternative. These guys try to buy their way into the World's Most Exclusive Club and it does not say much for the state party when that happens. Edgar would beat him big time. Of the currently predicted candidates I much prefer him since he would win.

[BillyBoy]

Many people doesn't seem aware that Dickie lost two statewide races before. He'll be experencing deja vu if I have my way. ;-)

[MamaLucci]

Dick Butkus

[MrFred]

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[BillyBoy]

>> I'm Catholic, Durbin's Catholic, but he shafts the Church every chance that comes his way. I hope he loses. <<

If it makes ya feel better, Illinois' other Senator is a devote Catholic who refused to water down his beliefs that abortion was unacceptable in all circumstances, including rape and incest. All the talking heads proclaimed that this stance would kill his campaign. Shows what they know. ;-)