tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post8077275846702367125..comments2024-03-28T17:03:22.102+13:00Comments on AmeriNZ Blog: Yes, I votedArthur Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-56059843458230112342010-10-27T22:45:53.268+13:002010-10-27T22:45:53.268+13:00No, I do know about that, but nothing I've see...No, I do know about that, but nothing I've seen establishes criminality. If having any connection whatsover—no matter how minor—to people in organised crime disqualifies one from public office, then most politicans in Illinois—Democrats and Republicans—would be out of work.<br /><br />I'd still vote for Quinn—well, no I wouldn't, actually, I'd vote <i>against</i> Bill Brady and look to 2014.Arthur Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-2943012684524298312010-10-27T17:05:16.974+13:002010-10-27T17:05:16.974+13:00Alexi knowingly approved the loan to help an alrea...Alexi knowingly approved the loan to help an already CONVICTED mob figure get his "business operation" finances reorganized prior to sentencing, Alexi's signature is on the paperwork -- and he does not deny it. What more credible evidence do you need? And I am not comfortable with the idea of having someone with mob connections in a position to name the federal prosecutor in Chicago. That said, he'll still probably get my vote over any Republican, including the formerly "moderate" Mark Kirk.<br /><br />And to quote Rich Whitney, the Green Party candidate for Governor: "you can't spoil something that is already rotten." And actually, the real "spoiler" in the race is an Independent named Scott Cohen who is polling at 5%. He is the pawnbroker who originally won the Democratic nomination for Lt. Governor, but was forced from the ticket when it was discovered he beat his live-in girlfriend, who he met at a massage parlor owned by the guy that Alexi loaned money to. No one ever said Chicago politics was dull.Tim Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054001314778616476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-37688146552823521032010-10-27T14:50:09.492+13:002010-10-27T14:50:09.492+13:00I don't buy the allegations of mob-ties—they s...I don't buy the allegations of mob-ties—they strike me as overheated and over-hyped. I've seen no credible evidence to make me think there's any truth to them. Alexi's ties to Obama are irrelevant, too, because whether or not Obama is re-elected in 2012, Alexi will be Senator after he's gone.<br /><br />If I were living in Illinois, I would vote for Quinn for Governor because he's the only one who can defeat the ultra-extremist Bill Brady. The Green candidate cannot win and can only prevent Quinn from winning, handing the keys to the state to a rabidly homophobic, misogynistic, racist, classist religious extremist. I could quite happily hold my nose and vote for Quinn just to keep Brady out.Arthur Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-7556697178881881352010-10-27T01:23:14.965+13:002010-10-27T01:23:14.965+13:00Art, I have not voted yet precisely because I don’...Art, I have not voted yet precisely because I don’t know what to do in the Senate race. There is not a chance I would vote for the Republican Jedi-warrior pathological-liar Mark Kirk, yet I can’t quite force myself to share your enthusiasm over Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, our mobbed-up State Treasurer, whose sole qualification is that he plays basketball with the President. That might work for me, except (1) Barack “W” Obama is still in Iraq, (2) is escalating in Afghanistan, (3) appealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, (4) using the White House press room to express his personal religious reservations about gay marriage, and (5) building a Great Wall of China on the border with Mexico. Still, Alexi isn’t a Republican, and this year that might be enough for me. For Governor though, I’m definitely going Green Party.Tim Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054001314778616476noreply@blogger.com