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ColesCountyDem

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24. I crossed over and voted for *shudder* Dillard.

Fri Mar 21, 2014, 07:53 AM

Mar 2014

I have ALWAYS liked, supported and worked my *ss of for Pat Quinn, and I will do so again this fall. We had ONE contested race in my heavily Democratic, downstate county (one of the few in Illinois), and both candidates were friends, co-workers in the office, well-qualified and facing no Republican opposition in November.

Both my precinct committeeman and my county chairman were, at WORST, 'ambivalent' about the many reliable Democrats (like myself) who were contemplating pulling a Republican primary ballot in order to stop Rauner. Most of us who were considering doing so were doing so with the thought that, God forbid, should disaster befall Pat Quinn in November's election, who on the Republican side of the ballot would have the lowest 'puke factor' as Governor. That decision was a 'no brainer'-- Dillard.

There are tons of reasons why Dillard will not get my vote in November, and most of them have been listed here, but my decision rested solely on my judgment about which member of the Republican 'pack' was not a rabid, slathering, blood-thirsty, disaster-waiting-to-happen monster.

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Rauner??? Are you kidding me? Rauner? [View all] murielm99 Mar 2014 OP

but but his ads promised to take on big unions and promote charter schools too...hates big lunasun Mar 2014 #1

The Election Was Close - He Squeaked Out The Win..... global1 Mar 2014 #2

The Illinois Education Association murielm99 Mar 2014 #3

I got the same call... 3catwoman3 Mar 2014 #4

It Was Difficult For Me To Do As Well - But I Bit The Bullet.... global1 Mar 2014 #5

as much as it pained me, I did the same. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2014 #11

Dillard is anti choice and would repeal gay marriage in ILL - Why why would I vote for him??? lunasun Mar 2014 #12

The Way It Was Explained To Me Was.... global1 Mar 2014 #14

I got a better idea Rochester Mar 2014 #6

That's my idea, too ... but we can't just wish it frazzled Mar 2014 #9

I want to know how Rincewind Mar 2014 #7

Quinn actually worked to get term limits on the ballot in the 90's so that is why he lunasun Mar 2014 #13

He might act like Walker, Drale Mar 2014 #20

It's very scary. Quinn is very unpopular. mucifer Mar 2014 #8

a good deal of that is due to the mess Bloggo left us. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2014 #10

Like Obama it has been upstream for him . For those who make him lunasun Mar 2014 #15

That's a great point. Hope they make it a talking point. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2014 #21

Quinn also saved all of the natural gas rate payers in Illinois from lots of heartache waddirum Apr 2014 #29

Quinn Always Struck Me As An Honest And Sincere Man.... global1 Mar 2014 #16

Me too...he's the 'anti-Blago' if you will... truebrit71 Mar 2014 #17

I worked for him as a subcontractor a short time and he was IMO 'a good guy" . Long time ago lunasun Mar 2014 #18

he's not. olkaz Mar 2014 #19

Want to elaborate on that? Because I think Global1's impression is pretty common (and I share it). Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2014 #22

Maybe it's better in the end that he is the opponent frazzled Mar 2014 #23

I crossed over and voted for *shudder* Dillard. ColesCountyDem Mar 2014 #24

My sister thinks that Rauner is a moderate! greatauntoftriplets Mar 2014 #25

Of course she does... raising2moredems Mar 2014 #26

Unfortunately, my sister is not pro-choice. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2014 #27

And likely to stay home raising2moredems Mar 2014 #28

So do both of my brothers who voted for Obama and will vote for rauner. mucifer May 2014 #32

Bruce Rauner is a rude, presumptuous, condescending phoney. raging moderate May 2014 #30

I am already sick of seeing his commercials every half hour. City Lights May 2014 #31