Written by Laurie Higgins
In the past year, we saw anarchists savagely beat innocent people in the street; take control of city blocks; incinerate police precincts; burn Bibles; attack churches; loot businesses; tear down federal monuments; deface public property; and parade naked in front of, hurl obscenities at, and even assault police officers.
We saw Democratic mayors and governors command law enforcement to stand down while the lawless destroyed communities and livelihoods.
We saw Democratic governors ban socially distanced corporate worship of God while permitting shoulder-to-shoulder street protests and riots—riots that were praised by Democrats in our neighborhoods, halls of Congress, and press as “mostly peaceful protests.”… Continue Reading
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Federal Elections, Media Watch, Political | Benjamin D. Smith | August 25, 2020 4:00 AM | Comments Off on RINOs and Never-Trumpers Help Leftists Destroy America
Written by John Biver
The Illinois News Network reported some big news about a new national “political power” record that was set this week:
Illinois’ longest serving House speaker is now the United State’s longest serving statehouse speaker.
The title was held for years by a South Carolina politician from the 1970s, but the title now goes to Chicago Democrat Michael Madigan.
Madigan has been speaker of the Illinois House every year since 1983, except for two years in the 1990s when Republicans were in the majority.
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Tags: Bruce Rauner, George Ryan, Illinois Democratic Party, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois House, Illinois News Network, Illinois Republican Party, Jack Roeser, Jim Edgar, Jim Thompson, Michael Madigan
Illinois Politics | David E. Smith | August 12, 2017 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Illinois Republicans Set National Record for Losing Elections
Written by Russ Stewart
Remember that old verity, you get what you pay for? Often, you don’t. In Illinois politics, however, you pay for what you get, and the candidate who pays the most is the candidate who gets.
Bruce Rauner is Illinois’ governor because during 2014 he raised $78,191,560 and spent $58,426,802. Roughly $25 million of his receipts came from his own pocket. Self-funding, in essence, bought him the governorship.
Rauner beat Pat Quinn 1,823,627 to 1,681,343, getting 50.3 percent of the vote and winning by a margin of a margin of 142,284 votes.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bill Brady, Bruce Rauner, George Ryan, Jim Edgar, Jim Thompson, John Cullerton, Marty Moylan, Mike Madigan, Pat Quinn, Rosemary Mulligan, Scott Walker, Susan Sweeney
Illinois Politics | David E. Smith | February 26, 2015 3:30 PM | Comments Off on “Spend-To-Stay” Alive and Well in Illinois
Written by Russ Stewart
Illinois is an anomaly. It is “The Land of Lassitude.” Voters are passive, partisan and forgiving. In state government, there are no checks and balances to Democratic abuses, ineptitude and favoritism.
In any other state, when a governor is impeached, indicted, convicted and imprisoned, the party of that incumbent would be shamed, tarnished and ousted. Not in Illinois.
In any other state, when one party controls all the levers of government — governor, both houses of the state legislature and the supreme court — and that party fails to govern effectively, voters would hold them accountable and they would be ousted.… Continue Reading
Tags: Anthony Brown, Bernie Sanders, Bob Erlich, Brian Schatz, Bruce Rauner, Colleen Hanabusa, Daniel Inouye, George McGovern, George Ryan, Gina Raimondo, Glenn Poshard, Howard Dean, Illinois Democrats, Linda Lingle, Marty O'Malley, Michael Dukakis, Mitt Romney, Neil Abercrombie, Pat Quinn, Rod Blagojevich, Spiro Agnew
Uncategorized | David E. Smith | August 21, 2014 3:00 AM | Comments Off on Illinois on Verge of Becoming America’s Most Democratic State