Totally agree and we know Schock was reliable when it came to national defense. When I think of LaThug I picture him as a GOP version of Mike Madigan.
LaHood always seemed like a pompous pig, with him being in lockstep with Zero we know what a monster he is, and the son would be a clone.
From what I've been reading online (see above) it looks like this may evolve rather quickly into a LaThug Jr. vs. Jil Tracy matchup for the Republican nomination. Since it will be a special election, we won't have much time. Tracy is a solid downstate conservative mom with a more experienced track record in the state legislature than Darin "daddy got me this seat" LaThug and should be the obvious choice for grassroots conservatives to support. Dillard tapped her as his running mate in 2014, but that was to shore up his appeal to the GOP base and the pick was widely applauded.
The legions of useful idiot conservatives who praise LaThug redux as a great conservative (sadly you can find them all over cyberspace and at IL Tea Party events) remind me of the birther morons who touted Donald Trump as the Tea Party savior.