By the way, if you don't live in Illinois, you probably wouldn't understand what the current Republican Administration has done to our great State, the Land of Lincoln. Jim Ryan has had his entire term in office as Attorney General, to investigate and prosecute the License for Bribes Scandal. The key to this question is that he didn't, and a federal prosecutor had to come in and do Ryan's job.
This was a major embarrassment for our State, and it became obvious we weren't getting our tax dollar's worth out of him. Hundreds of thousands of dollars was placed into George Ryan's campaign chest from the License for Bribes Scandal and a Pastor and his wife had to watch their 5 children die in a fiery van because a truck driver with an illegal license wasn't being careful. We don't deserve these clowns in office; we need someone like Pat O'Malley. If you don't live in Illinois, you probably wouldn't understand. The Illinois GOP is suffering because they placed George Ryan, a RINO Republican into office, and Jim Ryan won't be any different. Besides the License for Bribes Scandal, what has Jim Ryan done about the money laundering going on in Jesse Jackson's Chicago-based Rainbow/Push Coalition? The answer is nothing because he is too much of a coward to do anything. If Jim Ryan can't do his job as Attorney General of Illinois, I don't want him in the Governor's office either.
Some people would rather jump off the slippery slope with the rest of the Lemmings instead of trying to put a true conservative in office.
Don't complain if Blagdovich(sp?) the dem is elected, you'll just become the dictionary definition of the saying, "Cutting off your nose to spite your face".
You lost the primary. What part of that do you not understand???
I assume you live in Illinois, and I will laugh my ass off at the thought that New Hampshire will elect a Republican this fall to govern us and you'll have a communist who supports partial-birth abortion. Voters like you are chumps.
Please explain to me how Blagojevich is going to make things better for the pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, lower-taxes causes, because I see one of these so-called "progressives" who will REALLY screw everything up big time.
Do you even know what Blagojevich's record is? The guy is a certified left wingnut!
Go ahead, be an ideological pruist. But when Blagojevich rams through his agenda, which will be gun bans, tax increases, and all sorts of crap, will you still be proud of yourself?
I did not like it when Ollie North and Bret Schundler were stabbed in the back by the party establishment, and I will not be quiet as purists stab a GOP nominee in the back, even if he is not the guy I would have wanted. O'Malley is no better than John Warner or Donnie DiFrancesco if he stabs Jim Ryan in the back and gives Illinois Blagojevich.
To quote Bret Schundler's message after his loss due to backstabbing from RINOs: "You cannot win a football game with just eight of eleven players on the field. Primaries are fine, but those who are not willing to come together after a primary must not be allowed to be in positions of leadership within our Party."
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Freepers backed Schundler like crazy just last year, and I was angry and bitter about the backstabbing. I cannot speak for them (several from a post-Election Day 2001 thread have been pinged), but as someone who in Virginia saw Ollie North stabbed in the back, I will NOT tolerate any backstabbing against anyone. Make your decision on this, but think it over very carefully. If you make the wrong choice, you just might lose the very fights you want to win, and you just might help elect the very people you want to keep out of office.