by Cal Skinner
That includes me.
I don’t know which candidate to vote for for governor. I can't remember that ever happening before.
Should it be Rod Blagojevich because he has promised not to raise income or sales taxes?
Would putting him back in office lead to a reformation of the Republican Party?
Should it be Green Party candidate Rich Whitney? Of course, a Green was on the presidential ballot in 2004 and it made no difference in Illinois. But people could run as Greens for county office.
Would helping his liberal party get 5% of the vote, thus making it easier for the Greens to put a presidential candidate on the Illinois ballot in 2008 help elect the Republican nominee? (Assuming a Republican is on the ballot in Illinois.)
Should I cast a write-in vote for Randy Stufflebeam, who visited the day of my son’s 9th birthday?
Should it be Judy Topinka because she is certainly the most personable one-on-one campaigner in the race and the anti-Blagojevich?
Or is she the anti-Blagojevich?
Here is what Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass wrote yesterday and the letter it responds to:
John:
Your Sunday column, "Days of Whine & Polka," outlined the problems many of us have with [Republican gubernatorial candidate] Judy Baar Topinka even though we're Republicans. As far as I'm concerned, Topinka's a RINO [Republican In Name Only].-- David G.
Kass’ response:
Dear Dave--Judy won the Republican primary with less than 50 percent of the party vote. Gov. Rod "The Unreformer" Blagojevich is ripe for a fall on the corruption issue, but voters don't believe Judy--the handmaiden for the combine--will ever clean things up. That's her problem. I still figure that if she's elected, her boys will maintain their hold on the state GOP. If she loses, the party may have a chance to reform itself and stand for something, like low taxes and smaller government.
This is from McHenry County Blog.
