My Senators are Kirk and Durbin. (Please, no condolences, I’m desensitized to it.) I’m leaving this state next year. People that accept those two and many more like them as leaders are mentally deranged and can’t figure out why the cost of living is so high, jobs are so few and regulations are so plentiful.
Ol’ Everett McKinley Dirksen understood how liberal IL voters are; that’s why he cozied up to LBJ whenever he could, delivering critical Senate votes when needed, to keep the home folks happy.