Vernon Township Republicans: Recent Comments

Comment on Why We Must Defeat Rod Blagojevich

2008-12-13T08:52:39Z

The governor of Illinois has likely seen his last payday in office. In the next large political scandal, Rod Blagojevich was arrested on federal corruption charges, along with his chief of staff, John Harris, by FBI agents. This isn't the first politician to ever be arrested for corruption, nor will it be the last, no doubt, but it is the second governor of Illinois to be arrested on corruption charges in a row. The last governor of the state, George Ryan, was also arrested, and later convicted of federal charges. Blagojevich, in a callously opportunistic move, was trying to see just who would pay what he wanted in order to get the seat in the United States Senate, vacated by Barack Obama after his winning the Presidential election. Blagojevich wanted a personal salary, a paid corporate board seat for his wife, and a cabinet post for himself after his term as governor in exchange for appointment to the US Senate. Blagojevich has stated that whatever he has said has been lawful. (Richard Nixon, anyone?) His resignation has been called for, and impeachment is already being discussed, so he may have seen his last payday as governor.

Comment on I Agree With Dan Venturi about the Republican Platform

2008-05-21T01:43:30Z

Dan Venturi is one of the main reason for the ascendency of Terry 'conflict of interest' Link and his signature faking friends.
His bad judgment and dishonesty will keep the Lake County Republicans on their heels for another election cycle.

Comment on Why We Must Defeat Rod Blagojevich

2006-04-17T18:48:27Z

We obviously don't have much influence with Rod Blagojevich. My concern is that four more years of his hegemony will lead to a Democrat super majority in the GA in 2008 or 2010, and further damage to the Illinois fiscal situation and economy. While Judy Baar Topinka is not my cup of tea, she is the GOP candidate. She is not the only Republican candidate on the November ballot in need of support by conservatives.

Republicans split their Primary votes for governor among several candidates, with two conservatives splitting the conservative base votes. I trust that election outcome will serve as an object lesson for November. It's time to weigh the value of a divided Illinois GOP continuing to vent its frustrations under the known Democrat governor nemesis and his rubber-stamp GA versus a more unified party debating over individual issues under the less-known governorship of JBT. It occurs to me that without a GA super majority, the Democrats likely could not overcome JBT vetoes.

So the question remains: can conservatives achieve any of their policy goals with Judy Baar Topinka? And if the answer is no, do they really think they can achieve their goals with Rod Blagojevich?

Comment on Why We Must Defeat Rod Blagojevich

2006-04-17T15:26:37Z

You are right and I hope the message gets out. The real issue is can conservatives have any influence with a Gov. Topinka?

Comment on New Feature: Atom/RSS Syndication Added

2006-03-31T05:48:10Z

Thanks Don! Added the RSS feed to my Google home page.