What’s odd is the reaction to this:
Gov. Pat Quinn said he’s ready to take on Scott Lee Cohen in the general election if the embattled Chicago pawnbroker publicly announces he’s making an independent run for the state’s highest office.
“When all is said and done, there will be a robust contest of ideas,” Quinn said.
I mean, you would think that the normal reaction to this – to wit, shaking Cohen violently while shouting “YOU TOOK STEROIDS AND THREATENED YOUR GIRLFRIEND WITH A KNIFE, YOU FOOL! GET OUT OF MY STATE BEFORE I SET THE WOLFHOUNDS UPON YOU!” – would have been the expected one from Quinn. I mean, let’s review: Quinn already has to deal with a Senatorial candidate who’s loaned money to convicted pimps and bookies, a Lt. Governor candidate who got selected (not elected) because she’s white and has a useful last name, and, well, a gubernatorial candidate who’s laboring under the burden of being Pat Quinn. The last thing the man needs is to have to run against a guy who somehow managed to win a Democratic primary despite being somebody who likes steroids for himself and knives for his partners.
And trust me: this will come up on a regular basis. The possibility of being able to use the slogan Vote Republican. We don’t cut women and have it still be relevant to the race after all comes as most welcome news to those of us on the VRWC…
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I think "Illinois" must translate to "SNAFU"
merryj1 Thursday, April 22nd at 6:55AM EDT (link)That is the only possible explanation for this state’s political history. And for those unfamiliar with WWII-era Army acronyms, “SNAFU” means “Situation Normal, All F____ed Up.”
Cohen won the IL Democrat Lt. Gov’s Primary race. The runner-up behind Cohen was a Black Democrat who, by all sensible standards, should have ‘inherited’ the win after Cohen was forced to resign. So, how can Quinn and the Democrat Party get away with tossing the legitimate, voter-selected Black candidate under the bus (a Democrat political operative actually stating there are ‘too many’ high-visibility Blacks for one election), and slating a white female with family connections who was never a candidate?
Better yet, how on earth can any Black Illinois resident bring himself or herself to vote for such cretins, or to fall for their oft-hurled charges of “racism” aimed at TEA Partiers and/or their Republican opponents?
And, why isn’t the Illinois GOP all over this travesty?