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| Is Gov. Rauner's re-election bid … |
For if the governor really had the goods on
Madigan, he’d be contacting the proper authorities in a position to do
something; rather than wasting his venom on campaign tactics. He’d be pushing
for something to happen prior to the Nov. 6 Election Day!
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| … going to try to treat Madigan … |
INSTEAD, WE’RE GETTING the rancid rhetoric as
the campaign cycle heats up. We’re already getting tastes of it now, and it
will continue to ramp up once we get past the Labor Day holiday.
For Rauner, who last week went on the attack
during an interview with a radio station in Southern Illinois, engaged in
similar trash talk during an appearance in the Chicago suburbs on Monday.
The “line” that gets all the attention?
“Clearly, he’s been doing unethical things. I hope
he’s been doing something illegal, and I hope he gets prosecuted.” With Rauner
speaking of the man who is approaching the half-century mark of service in the
Illinois General Assembly.
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| … similar to all the 'lock her up' trash talk … |
THIS IS GOING to be the theme from here on
through Election Day. Almost as though Rauner is trying to give us the
political sequel to all the “Lock Her Up” trash talk and chants that the Donald
Trump presidential campaign gave us in 2016.
To the point where, even though Trump quickly
backed away from such talk following his election, there are still many of his
backers whose only complaint about The Donald is that Hillary Clinton didn’t
immediately face criminal indictment upon his election.
Rauner seems to want to get voters all riled up
at the prospect of Madigan getting the traditional “Oxford education” (a stint
at the federal correctional center in Oxford, Wis.) as a tactic to spur on
voters and boost the turnout.
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| … Trump dished out to Hillary? |
Perhaps it’s because Rauner has little to
nothing in the way of accomplishments for himself that he thinks this is the
only way he can win – particularly since Rauner’s record as governor includes
several acts that have offended the ideologues he’d normally be counting on for
support.
“PROSECUTE MADIGAN!” IS a phrase we’re likely
to hear over and over again. And not just from Rauner himself about the House
Speaker, who also doubles as the Illinois Democratic chairman.
For it is on Tuesday that Illinois attorney
general candidate Erika Harold is coming out with her first statewide television
campaign spot – one that highlights the notion of Madigan’s “corruption” (and
even shows her standing out front of the offices used by Madigan’s law firm – the
one that makes its money off tax law and allegedly getting its clients tax
breaks that wind up costing the rest of the state more money).
I also find it ironic that Harold would have
the nerve to complain about Raoul’s “top donor” since her top donor is the
governor himself. This very spot we’re going to be inundated with in coming
days is likely only available because of that $1 million contribution to Harold
that Rauner made mention of last week.
THE ONE HE’S making because he wants a state
attorney general who will “prosecute” Madigan – even though Harold would not
really have any such authority to do IF she actually wins.
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| MENDOZA: Had the nerve to win in '16 |
It’s probably just a matter of time before
Illinois comptroller candidate Darlene Senger comes up with her own spots tying
incumbent Comptroller Susana Mendoza to “corruption and “Madigan!!!”
Mendoza did, after all, have the nerve to
defeat Leslie Munger for the position back when it was up for grabs in a 2016
special election, thereby knocking off Rauner's lone GOP ally. How dare she!?!
Which is why Rauner is all by his lonesome
these days within the state government structure – surrounded by Democrats
eager to Dump Bruce! and put an end to the notion that being a Democratic
partisan is, in and of itself, a criminal act!
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