tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post1268983169031173655..comments2023-11-30T04:19:29.368-06:00Comments on ILLINOIZE: Another take on Oberweis and the 14thRich Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05405714376169753223noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-40412194652213505522007-03-06T18:39:00.000-06:002007-03-06T18:39:00.000-06:00The single biggest factor that Jim Oberweis has go...The single biggest factor that Jim Oberweis has going against him is that Dan Proft will be working for him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-32726911910539371062007-03-06T13:14:00.000-06:002007-03-06T13:14:00.000-06:00anon 12:17 - I'm saying Oberweis didn't "backslide...anon 12:17 - <BR/><BR/>I'm saying Oberweis didn't "backslide" enough to be considered a team player (as Charlie claims he is)....and you think he backslid too far.<BR/><BR/>Interesting. Even if we disagree on that point, and even if every unflattering thing you said about Topinka is true, I'm not sure how where my analysis is "goofy" or "wrong."<BR/><BR/>After all, did Oberweis not spend grand old partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258795327487150279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-75157904358753555112007-03-06T13:05:00.000-06:002007-03-06T13:05:00.000-06:00The phony Republican Topinka losing was the best t...<I><BR/>The phony Republican Topinka losing was the best thing that could have happened to the IL GOP. Rebuilding is possible now.</I><BR/><BR/>It's good that you post without name. It makes it more difficult for people to mock you in the future.Dan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02613852767697217763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-2445803061401569842007-03-06T12:53:00.000-06:002007-03-06T12:53:00.000-06:00Like her or not, JBT was the last Republican in IL...Like her or not, JBT was the last Republican in IL that could actually win a statewide election. One could argue that the Alan Keyes fiasco was far more damaging to the ever-diminishing state GOP than JBT's gubernatorial bid was. <BR/><BR/>As far as the 14th, my money is on Hastert retiring after the next primary and before the general, with a hand picked successor, which certainly won't be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-58949656617858780902007-03-06T12:17:00.000-06:002007-03-06T12:17:00.000-06:00This analysis couldn't be more goofy and just plai...This analysis couldn't be more goofy and just plain wrong.<BR/><BR/>The worst thing Oberweis ever did was eventually endorsing Topinka last year. He had a consistent message of change and reform going until then, when he backslid.<BR/><BR/>The simple fact is, no one has ever done more to destroy the IL GOP or worked against more good Republicans than Topinka. <BR/><BR/>And don't even start on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-45617945164390916932007-03-06T10:22:00.000-06:002007-03-06T10:22:00.000-06:00And he's right. Like it or not.....And he's right. Like it or not.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-57348708825011156312007-03-06T10:13:00.000-06:002007-03-06T10:13:00.000-06:009:43, I think my posting record shows that I am pe...9:43, I think my posting record shows that I am personally far more conservative than Thompson or Edgar; but it's hard to argue that the state was better off with them in charge than with Blago & Co. <BR/><BR/>Would I like to see a "true conservative" as Governor of this state? Absolutely. Do I think that's likely to happen? No. The fact is that the "culture war" and "wedge issues" that havegrand old partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258795327487150279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-10841756868395732012007-03-06T10:11:00.000-06:002007-03-06T10:11:00.000-06:00Good post GOP. I concur completely. The hard rig...Good post GOP. I concur completely. The hard right did everything they could to keep Topinka out of office. The payback may very well be a campaign for the 14th being a non-starter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-33778780926891265092007-03-06T09:43:00.000-06:002007-03-06T09:43:00.000-06:00GOP It is rudderless Republicans like yourself tha...GOP <BR/>It is rudderless Republicans like yourself that have made the ILGOP irrelevant in this century. JBT was no Republican it was not Oberweis's money that called primary voters "wingnuts" or openly attack peoplewho are the base of the GOP.<BR/>some of us do not subscribe to the "as long as there is a R next to their name" way of voting. Take your milksop republicanism and retire, your time Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com