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Campaign Hijinks, Part III
Aug. 4th, 2004 08:52 pmAccording to The Illinois Leader, a conservative political journal, there was a lot of yelling going on at the State Central Committee meeting before they narrowed their choices. The Leader also reports that one of the potential candidates, who is a Sikh, was asked what he looked like without his turban. I really hope that was a joke, but I doubt it.
Tonight, they decided to offer the candidacy to Allen Keyes. That would be the same Allen Keyes who lives in Maryland, has no ties to Illinois, and who fulminated against people who "parachute" into a state and run for office. "An outrage to federalism".* Oh, wait, guess that's just a problem when Hillary Clinton does it.
But wait! He hasn't accepted yet! He's making them wait until Sunday, while he "thinks about it".
In the meantime, I went this evening to a birthday party/fundraiser for the next U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois, Barack Obama.
*EDIT to add: I couldn't find the actual quote last night. Here it is: "I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent people there. So I certainly wouldn't imitate it."
Tonight, they decided to offer the candidacy to Allen Keyes. That would be the same Allen Keyes who lives in Maryland, has no ties to Illinois, and who fulminated against people who "parachute" into a state and run for office. "An outrage to federalism".* Oh, wait, guess that's just a problem when Hillary Clinton does it.
But wait! He hasn't accepted yet! He's making them wait until Sunday, while he "thinks about it".
In the meantime, I went this evening to a birthday party/fundraiser for the next U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois, Barack Obama.
*EDIT to add: I couldn't find the actual quote last night. Here it is: "I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent people there. So I certainly wouldn't imitate it."
