Bribe-taking convict and accused fraudsters run for office in Illinois Democratic primary elections, as the state’s political legacy gets even smarmier. Well, this gives a whole new meaning to I Like Ike. If you like your corruption you can keep your corruption,
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this just in
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I can see this quote coming from him: "I did the time and have learned much from my past mistakes. Next time it will be soooo much harder to catch me."
And in other election news, not earth shaking or anything. But still
\http://freebeacon.com/tea-party-write-in-candidate-wins-state-senate-seat/
“With 100 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday night, write-in votes totaled 10,595, or 47.7 percent, to Miller’s 5,920, or 26.6 percent. Democrat Linda Small of New Freedom nearly edged out Miller with 5,704 votes, for 25.7 percent,”
YES!
You guys are all way, way off. The voters do not decide who gets office in Illinois, and especially not Chicago.
In Illinois, those who run for office, get to keep their donations if they lose. If they win, they owe the left-over campaign dough to the DNC leadership, who dictate who gets office. Goes to the highest bidder. been that way for years. There's a youtube video/audio you can access to listen to the former FBI agent who was deep under cover in the DNC in Illinois for years, and he explains the whole process. Its all decided in a back room, before election day. The rest is just theatre! I am not kidding-look it up!
So, the FBI has all that info, and nobody went to jail? Far too many Democrats in this country.
Look at that guy's face: "I didn't do anything wrong or abnormal. Bribery is how the world works."
It's all completely ordinary for him, and WE'RE the lunatics for making a fuss out of it.
A rather amazing article. No wonder so many parts of Illinois are like a third world country.
Just when you though they couldn't get any worse, they found a way. I'm developing a better understanding of what happened to the Greek and Roman Civilizations. Unfortunately it's the hard way.
Corruption; they wear it like a badge of honor.
Hell, it's bred into these folks.
" If you like your corruption you can keep your corruption"
Now THERE'S some no-change we can believe in!
Resume' enhancer....He did time, NOW he can do more crime....What the hell kind of a state lets convicted felons run for office? Oh sorry just saw it was the corrupt kingdom/third world state of Illinois...Lincoln has got to be spinning at a couple hundred miles an hour in his grave....
The problem is, there's nothing in the Constitution that says a convicted felon can't run for office.
I guess the Founders couldn't predict what the left was capable of.
10th Amendment. Likely the Founders never thought the people would be dumb enough to vote for an ex-con.
Never underestimate the gall of a Democrat politician, or the stupidity of a Democrat voter.