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Anti-Robo Call Bill Introduced in Springfield

February 13, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

There was an earlier attempt to do this, but here it is again. Senators Dale A. Righter (R, Matoon) and Chris Lauzen (R, Aurora) have introduced the Electioneering-Autodialer Call bill. This bill would provide for citizens being able to sign a registry that would prevent their phone numbers from being susceptible to the ever present political Robo-call during election time.

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Automatic Telephone Dialers Act and the Restricted Call Registry Act. Provides that the Automatic Telephone Dialers Act applies to electioneering autodialer telephone calls but does not apply to other telephone calls made by an autodialer and placed on behalf of a political organization. Prohibits electioneering autodialer telephone calls to telephone service subscribers who have registered their telephone number or numbers on the Restricted Call (“Do Not Call”) Registry. Defines “electioneering autodialer telephone call” to mean any voice communication over a telephone line, through the use of an autodialer or autodialer system, that refers to a clearly identified political candidate, political party, or question of public policy and is an appeal to vote for or against a clearly identified candidate, political party, or question of public policy. Effective immediately.

The bill has already had it’s first read and is now in the Assignments committee.

Well, I guess I am for this one. It doesn’t make robo-calls illegal which I think would violate political free speech of politicians and their supporters, but does provide for citizens to opt out from having to be bothered with them if they’d like.

I can get behind this one as long as it doesn’t outlaw the calls, as annoying as they are. I think this strikes the right balance between Constitutional rights to political free speech and a certain amount of an expectation of privacy.
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Chicago - Cook County - Elections - GOP - Government - Illinois - Republicans - State Government - Warner Todd Huston

Dillard Blames Schillerstrom and Ryan for Loss

February 13, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Kirk Dillard told Pioneer Local reporter Amy Deis that he lost because Bob Schillerstrom dropped out too late and Ryan came in too late, both, he said, took thousands of votes from him leading to a bare primary edge-out by Bill Brady.

He especially pinpoints Schillerstrom for the loss.

“His 7,000 votes would have made the race; I was very much hindered by them,” Dillard said.

It may sound like sour grapes on Dillard’s part, but I cannot dispute that the thought rests on solid ground.

After all, Bill Brady hardly showed up at all in Cook County, DuPage County and the immediate collar counties. On the other hand, Schillerstrom didn’t show up at all south of Interstate 80! And north of that east/west tollway was Dillard country, as well as Schillerstrom’s.

It is very likely that most of Schillerstrom and Ryan’s votes would have gone Dillard’s way since both candidate had their base in the same area from which Dillard hails. The same areas that Brady was very, very weak.

But, that’s the way the primary crumbles, if you will.

There is a final word to say about Kirk Dillard’s conduct in this race. He never much got into mud slinging with his campaign. Oh, sure there were some sharp words, but he never got mean spirited. Additionally, even in this final waiting out of counting the last absentee ballot he’s been above reproach in his actions. He’s firmly invoked his rights to wait for the final counting before a victor is announced but he’s done so without much over-the-top vitriol.

Good for him on that level, anyway.
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Dillard Blames Schillerstrom and Ryan for Loss”

Chicago - Cook County - Democracy - Democrats/Leftists - Elections - Illinois - State Government - Warner Todd Huston

It’s Official Scott Lee Cohen Drops Out of Election

February 13, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Well, some Democrats were stating to get a little worried that pawn shop king Scott Lee Cohen wouldn’t really remove his name from the ballot for November despite that he said he was going to.

Cohen was officially and legally nominated by the Democrat primary voters to run for Lt. Governor, but then out came all his skeletons. His past drug use, his domestic violence accusations and arrests, and his prostitute girlfriend sort of cooked his goose.

Last week Cohen announced that he’d drop his bid for Lt. Gov., but he waited all the way until Friday to send the required letter making it official. This wait must have seemed like 100 years to the Democrats, some of whom were beginning to worry that Cohen wasn’t really going to quit.

But, it’s all over but the crying on the radio for Cohen. Now we’ll have to wait and see who the Democrat powerbrokers decide will fill his spot on the upcoming ballot.

The sad thing is that the Democrats are looking as though they are not going to listen to the voters and allow the number 2 vote getter on the Dem. side take the spot. It looks like the Democrat leadership is going to choose their own replacement despite what the voters might have said.

Typical of democrats, though. They do hate democracy after all.
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It’s Official Scott Lee Cohen Drops Out of Election”

Budget - Chicago - Cook County - Democrats/Leftists - Gambling - GOP - Illinois - Republicans - State Government - Taxes - Warner Todd Huston

State Rep. Skip Saviano: An Illinois Republican to Dump

February 11, 2010 by 2 Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

77th District State Representative Skip Saviano is a perfect example of the sort of Republican that may as well be a Democrat. Saviano’s latest gaff is to side with the big government, big spending Democrats on the video gambling issue.

On Feb. 1 I wrote about how the Democrats are trying to pull a tax bait and switch on those communities that legally decide to employ the opt-out clause in the State’s new video gambling law. Democrats, and wild spenders on the GOP side like Saviano, want to penalize those communities that have voted their conscience on this destructive gambling measure.
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State Rep. Skip Saviano: An Illinois Republican to Dump”

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PuffyPost Shows Political Ignorance Once Again: Joe Walsh ‘The Party Candidate’

February 11, 2010 by 4 Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

Well, the Puffington Post has once again shown that it is wholly un-credible as a source for serious political analysis. This time it’s the “work” of HuffPuffer Will Guzzardi who doesn’t seem to know what a primary is or what it does, at least if his headline can be used as an example.

In his titled “Joe Walsh, First Tea Party Candidate To Win Election, Starts Attracting Attention,” Willie Guzzardi attempts to regale us on his deep knowledge of what occurred in the late Illinois primary. Unfortunately, we can doubt that pretension of depth without getting any further than his header. After all, Joe Walsh was not elected to anything as the headline claims. He did win the nomination of his party in order to run for election, but he didn’t get elected.

Additionally, we can easily take issue with Guzzie’s claim that Walsh is “the tea party candidate.” Yes, Mr. Walsh ran as “the tea party candidate” but previous to December 2009 Mr. Joe Walsh had never once BEEN to a tea party event in his life. And to this he admits openly. His running as “the tea party candidate” was a campaign strategy, not a grass roots reality.

Now, just before the primary on Feb. 2, Walsh did get the endorsement of a local tea party group. So, though belatedly, he did become a “tea party candidate.”
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PuffyPost Shows Political Ignorance Once Again: Joe Walsh ‘The Party Candidate’”

Chicago - Cook County - Democrats/Leftists - Elections - Michael Madigan - Warner Todd Huston

Mike Madigan: Say, Let’s Get Rid of Lt. Guv

February 11, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Dem. Powerman Michael Madigan is proposing to ax the position of Lt. Governor and he wants it down by 2015. To achieve this the Speaker of the House has introduced a bill in Springfield to eliminate the position.

The bill provides that the Attorney General would replace the Governor if he should per chance have to step down… by that we mean go to jail like the rest of them seem to do eventually.

To tell you the truth, I am for this effort. The position is a waste of taxpayer’s money, has no powers anyway, and is ripe for a cost cutting measure.

Amusingly, Madigan can’t even do this small thing with any sense of democracy to his actions. He proposed the bill without even bothering to discuss it with his own caucus this week. Like some Soviet dictator, Madigan just made his pronouncement and that is that.

Anyway, I hope he actually wins this battle. The Lt. Guv’s position is a pointless one.
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Mike Madigan: Say, Let’s Get Rid of Lt. Guv”

Budget - Capitalism - Chicago - Illinois - Illinois Policy Institute - State Government - Taxes - Warner Todd Huston

Ill. Policy Institute: Fishy Business?‏

February 11, 2010 by

Institute Releases Piglet Book
When the state government is flat broke, should it be funding fishing demonstrations? How about car racing, folk dancing, or a Batman-themed gala? This week, the Illinois Policy Institute released its 2010 Piglet Book, highlighting $350 million in questionable state spending. Access the full report here, or watch John Tillman dish out the porky details on Fox News Chicago by clicking the video above.
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Ill. Policy Institute: Fishy Business?‏”

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False Attacks on Kinzinger

February 11, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Looks like the Democrats have found a surrogate to attack the honorable service of 11th District candidate Captain Adam Kinzinger. Some fellow named William Walter is trying to use his FaceBook page to smear Capt. Kinzinger’s service.

The Hill has a post on it now, but the long and short of it is that the Democrats must be pretty scared of Mr. Kinzinger’s candidacy if they are stooping to such low tactics.

“I know where I’ve served and I know what I’ve done,” Kinzinger told The Hill.

This Democrat FaceBook plant is questioning Kinzinger’s bio on his website saying that the military history stated there is untrue. After the faux controversy Kinzinger changed the entry to be more explicit of what he did in the Air Force.
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False Attacks on Kinzinger”

Budget - Business - Capitalism - Chicago - Cook County - Economy/Finances - Government - Illinois - Jobs - Mayor Richard Daley - State Government - Warner Todd Huston

Why Is Chicago losing Trade Shows?

February 11, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

This photo is a great example of why Chicago’s MacCormick Center is cost prohibitive for trade shows and why so many of them have pulled out of the city.

I’ve been to the auto show several times (not this year, but last) and I’ve seen these whateveryoucallthem workers that loll around the show with a plastic bag in one hand and a feather duster in the other. They lazily stroll about occasionally taking a swipe at something with their little duster but other wise just enjoying a nice leisurely stroll about the place.

This woman in this picture and all the union guys that twist in a light bulb, the union guys that plug in an extension cord, the union guys that move things, the union guys that pull the legs down on a fold-up table… each with their own unions and each forced on the exhibitors at union scale of up to $40 an hour.

It makes you realize why these trade shows are leaving Chicago like it was still on fire, fer cripes sakes!

Wouldn’t it make much more sense to have the guys manning the booth to be the ones to keep their own inventory dust free and save the stupid union costs that no one can afford anyway?

Yep, no wonder no one wants to be robbed in Chicago. Who needs Al Capone when we have Richard “King” Daley and his union thug army?
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Why Is Chicago losing Trade Shows?”

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Illinois GOP Nominee Likely to be Bill Brady

February 10, 2010 by 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

Well, it seems that the GOP nominee for Illinois Governor will remain Bill Brady unless Kirk Dillard wants to spend a ton of money to fund a recount effort.

NBC 5 reports that with the 400 votes still separating Brady over Dillard, that may be too much for Dillard to over come without a recount effort.

And even if Brady has only a 400 vote advantage, the difference may be too great for Dillard to ask for a recount. Not only would Dillard be required to pay — and the prospect is expensive — he’d have to prove fraud or tampering with the vote. No easy task.

I do not believe that Dillard has enough money to float a recount, so it looks like around the middle of February we will get a certified Brady candidacy.
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Illinois GOP Nominee Likely to be Bill Brady”

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Ill. Congressional Candidates Added to ‘Young Guns’ List

February 10, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Three hot Illinois primary winners have been added to the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) “Young Guns” list of top recruits for 2010.

Added to the list were Bob Dold (10th District), Adam Kinzinger (11th District), and Randy Hultgren (14th District).

Now, being “young” isn’t necessarily the only criteria for being added to the NRCC’s young guns list. Let’s face it Bob Dold and Randy Hultgren are hardly spring chickens! Seriously, what this does is open these candidates for campaign assistance from the NRCC and the national party.
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Ill. Congressional Candidates Added to ‘Young Guns’ List”

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No One Gains Full Confidence in Top of Ticket Races

February 8, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Kurt Erickson has some interesting points in his article in the Decatur Herald-Review. His summation of the elections for the top spot for both the Democrats and Republicans is that no one wowed the voters and neither party saw their top guy getting the full confidence of the people.

Erickson seems to be leaning toward thinking Brady is the better choice for the GOP, though I think Brady will find that he can’t get many votes in Chicago and the collar counties.

I find it interesting that Erickson didn’t dwell longer on Lt. Gov. candidate Scott Lee Cohen, though. What an embarrassment to the Democrat Party that was.

But I think he is 100% right with one line close to the end of his piece:
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No One Gains Full Confidence in Top of Ticket Races”

Chicago - Cook County - Democrats/Leftists - Elections - Illinois - Liberals - State Government - Warner Todd Huston

Dems Troubled Lt. Gov Candidate Drops Out

February 7, 2010 by 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

Well, the Democratic nominee for Illinois Lt. Gov., Scott Lee Cohen, has announced that he’s dropping out of the race even though he was the legal winner of the Democrat primary.

He told waiting reporters that he was quitting for the good of the state. “For the good of the people of the state of Illinois and for the Democratic party, I will resign,” he said at a presser tonight.

Of course, the big question is who will take his place? What legal process would determine who has the right to substitute for Cohen? Has this ever happened before? I don’t think it has.

Granted there were times when the State of Illinois didn’t even have a Lt. gov., the position is so pointless and unimportant. The truth is, the Dems don’t really even have to have a nominee.

But one assumes they would want one anyway. So, how is it to be done? Does the Democratic leadership just appoint one? Does the runner up get it? Does the man at the top of the ticket decide? Do all the Lt. Gov. candidates run against each other during the general? Do we have a Lt. Gov. primary re-do?

What, what, what?

Chicago - Democrats/Leftists - Elections - Illinois - Liberals - Mayor Richard Daley - State Government - Warner Todd Huston

Chicago’s Mayor Daley Says Scott Lee Cohen Earned His Election

February 7, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

The controversy over the election that put Scott Lee Cohen on the upcoming ballot as the Democrat’s Lt. Governor nominee is still roiling. Cohen has yet to step down bowing to calls for his head from every Illinois Democrat. Well, almost all of them, anyway. It seems that Chicago’s Mayor Richie “King” Daley is not one of those joining the chorus demanding that Cohen step down.

Cohen plans to speak tonight and rumors are he will step down, but Daley says he earned his spot on the ticket.

“People vote in elections. Everybody knew he was a pawnbroker,” Daley said. “You knew. The media knew. Everybody knew that, right?”

Well, they may have all known that he was a pawnbroker, but the neither the media nor the Democrat Party cared much to inform the public about Cohen’s past. Yet, even that didn’t make Daley oppose Cohen.

“So anybody who’s allegedly — who’s arrested and the case is thrown out, should not run for public office. Is that right? You want that done? I’m just saying, it’s a very complicated issue.”

Well, from his viewpoint, he might be onto something. After all, nearly everyone in his administration is either a criminal outright or an accused one. So, if we were to eschew voting for such people Daley wouldn’t have anyone left in his government!

As for me, I hope Cohen keeps his spine intact and stays on the ticket. It’s all good for Republicans, for sure!
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Chicago’s Mayor Daley Says Scott Lee Cohen Earned His Election”

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Scott Lee Cohen: Case in Point How Chicago Media Covers for Criminal Democrats

February 6, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston


Well, the Chicago controlled Illinois media has done it again. It’s allowed another unsavory Democrat candidate with criminal propensities to slide by unnoticed and to be placed before the voters un-exposed as the low-end sort of fellow he is. And, just like clockwork, this drug addled nut has been elevated to nominee by the Democrat sheeple of the Land of Lincoln — proving that Democrats will vote for a ham sandwich if one is put before them. This media malfeasance only works in favor of Illinois Democrats, though. To prove it all one need do is remember the 2004 case of Republican Jack Ryan. We have but to recall how the Illinois media destroyed this man over what they claimed in wide-eyed shock was his outrageous behavior and remember how the Chicago controlled media torpedoed this man’s career over what they felt was his unsuitability for higher office.

It’s all a pretty ho-hum tale of media malfeasance and a case of the Democrat Party’s typical sort of low-brow candidates in Chillinois… or is it Illcago? It happens all the time in here, in any case. The Democrats put up a criminal as a candidate, the media yawns and reports on some Hollywood story instead, the voters that claim a Democrat ballot vote him to the head of the class, and then the media suddenly wakes up with cries of faux outrage. It’s a typical pattern, really.

This current case is that of Scott Lee Cohen, pawn shop king, wife abuser, steroid addict, and now your Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor. The guy really has no respectable qualifications for office. As a teen he flunked out of High School — but did get his GED, at least. He was once addicted to steroids so badly that he beat up his wife repeatedly because of the fits of rage the drug brought upon him. He was once arrested for holding a knife to the throat of live-in girl friend who also happened to be a prostitute. It’s a pretty messy life Mr. Cohen’s lived.
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Scott Lee Cohen: Case in Point How Chicago Media Covers for Criminal Democrats”

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Dems Lt. Gov. Candidate and His… uh… Peccadilloes, The Jerry Springer Democrat

February 5, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

I just can’t get excited about Scott Lee Cohen, the wacky Lt. Gov. that the Democrats have chosen to represent them in November. Sure he’s the Jerry Springer candidate, sure he’s violent, roided up, and sort of scummy.

But, he’s upfront about it all, he’s honest about his general scumminess. And he DID win the election.

In the Chicago Sun-Times Sneed had a few tidbits I’ll repost here to give you a general idea of where this guy fits on the Jerry Springer scale:
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Dems Lt. Gov. Candidate and His… uh… Peccadilloes, The Jerry Springer Democrat”

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Statement From Kirk Dillard: Count ALL The Ballots

February 5, 2010 by

As everyone waits to find out who will be the official GOP nominee for Governor, we see that only 406 votes separates ostensible winner Bill Brady and still hopeful Kirk Dillard.

Still on pins and needles, Dillard is holding out for all absentee ballots and all mail ins to be counted…

Republican candidate for Illinois Governor Kirk Dillard today said at a press conference in Chicago that the ballot counting process in the GOP Primary must continue, “until all of the legal ballots have been counted and verified.”
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Statement From Kirk Dillard: Count ALL The Ballots”

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Remember What We’re Fighting: Alexi Giannoulias and His Mob Ties

February 4, 2010 by 2 Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

OK, folks, Mark Kirk is now the GOP candidate for Senate in the Land of Lincoln. Now is the time to remind everyone what we are facing, why we are fighting the corruption of Democrats, now is the time to focus on what is at stake…

Alexi Giannoulias, banker to the mob, from a family as corrupt as any Daley/George Ryan/Michael Madigan ever was. THIS is what awaits us if we Republicans do not vote for Mark Kirk.

Yes, Kirk is only marginally better on the issues than Giannoulis. Yes, Kirk is a center left kinda guy. Yes, Kirk lied when he called himself a center right guy. But one thing is sure. We can expect Mark Kirk to side with Republicans at least 45% of the time.

Were we to see a Giannoulias as our Senator we’d see a straight down the line, left-winger, with all the corruption of the Capone-set supporting him.
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Remember What We’re Fighting: Alexi Giannoulias and His Mob Ties”

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Another Chicago Alderman Goes to Jail — THIS is Heartening Progress

February 3, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Alderman Ike Carothers is going to jail over his corruption. The wormy apple didn’t fall too far from the diseased tree, either, because Ike’s daddy, himself a former Alderman, went to jail for corruption in 1983. Ike joins a dozen other Chicago politicians in the Big House.

But I am here to say that I think we are seeing Chicago finally on the path to progress. How can I say that? Well, let’s look at the facts here.

William Carothers was sentenced to over 3 years in jail in 1983 for his bribe taking and general corruption. His son, Ike, now gets about two years for the same thing.

See the progress?

You don’t?

Well, obviously Chicago is getting closer to less corruption, don’t you think? I mean, daddy got three years. His son is only doing two! That means Ike’s son, when he gets into city government,will only get a year for corruption and his son might only get a few months.

See? Eventually we’ll get a Carothers in city government that is free of corruption. Heck it might take 5 or 6 generations…. but the city is getting there. See, it’s progress Chicago style.

Baby steps, friends, baby steps.
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Another Chicago Alderman Goes to Jail — THIS is Heartening Progress”

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Illinois Shows Limitations of Tea Party Movement

February 3, 2010 by 14 Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

The Tea Party folks keep getting mad at me for saying that in the end they might prove ineffective in races at levels higher than local because they aren’t organized enough. They puff up their chests proudly proclaiming that they intend to resist being organized and they claim that being organized is precisely what they are fighting against. I understand the feeling, even sympathize quite a lot, but there is a problem with this obstinacy. It means they won’t win on a statewide ballot very often. The Illinois primary just proved me correct, too.

Let’s take the race for Senate in Illinois as exhibit “A.” Of course the good old boys in the state party went with Mark Kirk, the center left candidate from a northern suburb of Chicago. He was the he-can-win candidate and the establishment choice. Not one Tea Party group, though, wants Kirk and for good reason — and I heartily concur with them, as it happens. So who was the “Tea Party candidate,” the one meant to beat out Kirk, the one backed by the newly found power of the Tea Party movement? There wasn’t one. There was three.

Sadly, the Tea Partiers in Illinois split their vote all up. Some Tea Party Groups went with Don Lowery and some went with Patrick Hughes. A few even went with John Arrington. Hughes, of course, was the only one that had even a remote chance as far as voter polls were concerned. Hughes at least registered in the polls, Lowery and Arrington barely showed up at all.
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Illinois Shows Limitations of Tea Party Movement”

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Live Blogging the 2010 Illinois Primary Returns

February 2, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

I’ll be poking in to show that Illinois loves their politics crooked and live blogging the poor, poor turnout in the 2010 primary.
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Live Blogging the 2010 Illinois Primary Returns”

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Illinois Primary Election TODAY! Go Vote

February 2, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

It’s Groundhog’s Day, do you know where your election ballot is?? Well, it’s at your polling place so go fill it out. TODAY is the Illinois Primary!!

I know, I know, who knew, right?

Here are my endorsements (and here is the post explaining the choices):

SENATE
Patrick Hughes – www.patrickhughesforsenate.com

GOVERNOR
Dan Proft – http://www.proft2010.com
(second choice Adam Andrzejewski)
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Illinois Primary Election TODAY! Go Vote”

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Sandy Cole Supporters attack GOP candidates for Governor, Congress, State House

February 1, 2010 by

From Paul Mitchell for 62nd District State Rep…

When voters in the 62nd District received a late mailer from Personal PAC on behalf of Sandy Cole for State Representative, they were told ominously that her challenger in Tuesday’s Republican primary, Paul Mitchell, had a 100% rating from the Illinois Federation for Right to Life (IFRL).

The mailer, apparently sent only to female names in the district, boldly announces “Personal PAC Urges You to Vote NO ON PAUL MITCHELL.”

The Mitchell campaign hopes that Sandy’s friends aren’t painting with too broad a brush: Republican gubernatorial candidates Jim Ryan, Kirk Dillard, Bill Brady, Adam Andrejewski, and Dan Proft, as well as Republican 8th District Congressional candidates Maria Rodriguez and Joe Walsh, have all likewise been given 100% ratings from the IFRL.
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Sandy Cole Supporters attack GOP candidates for Governor, Congress, State House”

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The Ironclad Case for Adam Andrzejewski (And-G-F-Ski) for Governor

February 1, 2010 by 1 Comment

-By Bruno Behrend

This is a long, but important e-mail about the most important political race in Illinois. Please remember that the choices you have in November are dictated by the choices you make in this primary election. You have to get out and vote tomorrow, and you have to get 10 of your friends to do the same. Also, don’t split your vote. Just vote for the conservative newcomer who can win.

This is a personal request that you vote for Adam Andrzejewski, the best Republican candidate for Governor. I would like to tell you about Adam and his campaign, and I have a unique perspective, as I was instrumental in the campaign as Adam’s policy director up until early December. I am still actively involved as a volunteer.
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The Ironclad Case for Adam Andrzejewski (And-G-F-Ski) for Governor”

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Video: Berkowitz Visits With Senate Candidate Patrick Hughes

February 1, 2010 by

Patrick Hughes is the best candidate to beat Mark Kirk in this primary but he’s had some trouble getting the Old Media to report on his campaign. Well, if you’ve not seen Mr. Hughes, Jeff Berkowitz of the show Public Affairs conducted an interview with the conservative Republican candidate for Senate.

www.patrickhughesforsenate.com

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Illinois: Why Government Cannot be Trusted

February 1, 2010 by 2 Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

Government is often called the “necessary evil.” But whatever it is, as each day passes we see that the “evil” part of that axiom seems ever more true. We can see the pernicious qualities of government at every level from local, to the state, to the era of Obamaism in the federal government. But if you want yet another example of how truly disgusting government is we have to look no farther than Illinois, the corruption larded Land of Lincoln.

In 2009 the Illinois State legislature passed a bill that for the first time legalized video poker machines. This was done so that the state could raise much needed revenue — I say “much needed” because obvious CUTS are never considered in a budget that is billions of dollars over spent. But because so many Illinoisans oppose the evils of legal gambling in their state the legislature added an opt out clause so that each individual county and community could decide if they wanted to allow video gambling in their jurisdiction.

It almost seemed the perfect bill. Those areas that wanted to throw propriety and good government aside could vote for allowing video poker, those that realized that it was bad policy could just say no. What’s better than local rule?

Well, leave it to government to mess it all up. You see, the avaricious, profligate spenders in the state capitol in Springfield began to get alarmed at how many communities wanted to choose the opt out clause. These drunken sailors began to see that they might not get the revenue they thought they would see. So they arrived at a plan to get it anyway. These ripoff artists that pretend at being our leaders devised a new tax, one that would penalize any community that opted out of video gambling.
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Illinois: Why Government Cannot be Trusted”

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Andy McKenna And His Big Money Obama Supporters

January 31, 2010 by 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

Former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Andy McKenna is trying to claim he is an “outsider businessman” and that he’s the only one not connected to Illinois corruption. But the facts seem to auger against McKenna’s claims.

For one thing, McKenna has been called out for ethics violations by his own party. On top of that, how does one claim to be an “outsider” when one was the head of the state party!? That’s a couple of major dents in McKenna’s claims right there.

But now comes info from the Ryan campaign that Andy McKenna also has a ton of donors and supporters that are big Obama supporters, too. Now, how can someone claim to be the conservative solution to Springfield if he’s getting hundreds of thousands of dollars from Democrat and Obama supporters?
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Andy McKenna And His Big Money Obama Supporters”

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Dan Proft Visits Fox News Sunday

January 31, 2010 by

Meanwhile, one of the members of the Sauk Valley Tea Party group has endorsed Mr. Proft:

Dan Proft – met him, looked him in the eye and he brought up Natural Law in our conversation. He is a real conservative that understand our national constitution. I did not meet Andejewski or Brady, both of which sound like great candidates, but neither made the effort to contact our local tea party and Dan did. Dan has a deep intellect of the issues and for this reason he is getting my vote. If you are voting for a candidate that is not one of the 3 above, you are in herd mentality – there is a difference between a conservative or libertarian and being a Republican.