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Phil Hare (D, IL-17) lies about corn growers’ endorsement.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  October 29th, 2010 at 09:00 PM  | 

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You know, in some ways I’m going to miss this miserable ignoramus, once he’s gone: Phil Hare’s such a marvelous chew toy, and the ones that I had expected to be savaging this season were unexpectedly unsatisfying. Alan Grayson? Too slimy; I wanted to take a shower every time I saw him in the news. Carol Shea-Porter? The room-temperature IQ problem made it kind of unsporting. Okinawa Jack Murtha? Died on me. But Hare (and Russ Carnahan, who I will also kind of miss smacking around) has been reliably bad since he first hove into view.

His latest goof-up? Claiming the endorsement of the Illinois Corn Grower’s Association, only to have the ICGA explicitly contradict him in public. Needless to say, the Bobby Schilling campaign – which will not miss Hare in any way, shape or form – was happy to point this out… and to point out that people don’t like career politicians for a reason.

The Schilling campaign also has a van, of which they are very pleased:

I mention this because, again, they are very pleased with the van. And with their last campaign ad, which can be seen under the fold.

Moe Lane (crosspost)

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  • http://www.downstateiladvocate.com anacreon

    begins at 7pm when the polls close on November 2nd. I’ve met Bobby and he is a great guy who will do well in DC.

    I know the Tea Parties over there quite well and have worked with them in the past; they have been working tirelessly for Bobby and Sam McCann (running for State Senate).

  • Charlie

    I enjoyed watching these candidates debate this week, At times, it was frustrating listening to Schilling’s two opponents offer big-government solutions. The Green Party Candidate, Roger K Davis, and Hare used the tag team approach against Schilling — not realizing they’ll split the vote among the entitlement class. The best part was when Davis challenged Schilling to describe where in the US Constitution did it permit the Government to give companies tax cuts — as if it were the government’s money!!!. Another highlight was Davis’ closing statement, where he quoted Thomas Jefferson — “When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” — which completely contradicted everything he had advocated during the debate.

  • california_red

    but I sure hope the ICGA doesn’t push the R into being a farm subsidy guy. Farm subsidies are part of the big government problem and unfortunately politicians in growing regions can’t ever speak of reform for fear of not getting elected. If it’s business as usual with the GOP after this wave they will have missed the movement.

  • lizabtha

    CR, they’re ALL farm subsidy guys out here. A lot of our R politicians, current and in the race, GET farm subsidies.

    One sure way to lose a race out here? Go against Big Ag. It’s really quite disgusting. Talk about an entitlement class, look no further than midwest bean and corn farmers.

    They still get a lot of traction from the images in our minds of the poor overall-ed fellow, in the dust, pushing a donkey pulled plow. And his shoeless children dropping the seeds in the furrows behind him!

    The reality is, that these are some of the richest people in this country. They’re good at what they do. They hold food production as hostage over the taxpayers head masterfully. “You cut our gov’t welfare, we won’t grow your food!” Scary and effective.

    Harvest is done around here. Many of them will flee to their homes in the southern climes until spring.

    Nice gig, I guess, and one that is ultimately ruinous to our country. Welfare queens ain’t got nothing on these bad boys!

  • lizabtha

    Schilling DID agree with Hare in the debate on keeping every ‘protection’ in place for the poor, suffering farmer and his clan. Set aside acres and everything. Why you come out here, and if you can afford it, buy yourslf a nice bit of land. Claim a chunk of it as a conservation area and the gov’t will cut you a check! We have a fellow down the road who has a beautiful property, prettiest one around. Claimed a lot of it as conservation and gets a big check from Uncle Sam every year. Nice for his kids. They have a beautiful wild play area, courtesy of the taxpayer. He had a few acres in crop, so the whole setup was legit. Very wealthy family. You’re subsidizing them to a much larger degree than any welfare mommy in Chicago.

  • america1st

    The last 12 hours have been very unpleasant for non-political reasons. And I’m sure Carol Shea-Porter will also appreciate the favorable description of her intelligence, although perhaps for a different reason and in a different way.