Illinois
Related: About this forumJust caught a Darren Bailey ad on TV.
It ended with him saying, "I'm Darren Bailey, and your safety will always be my prority!"
My rejoinder: "Oh, come on, Darren. We both know you wouldn't give a rat's ass about my safety if my life was endangered by a tubal pregnancy or I was about to go septic from an incomplete miscarriage, you fucking hypocrite!"
Those things are happening RIGHT NOW, in states like Texas that have the kind of abortion bans that Bailey would like to see everywhere, including Illinois. I am SO sick of being slapped in the face by his lying, hypocritical mug every time I turn on my TV!
Note: I am way too old to have to worry about any of this stuff myself, but I am sick about what women are being put through in this country since the Supremely Unethical Court struck down Roe.
mucifer
(24,931 posts)In Illinois
questionseverything
(10,298 posts)But getting our bond rating raised for the first time in over twenty years is one of the biggest overall things
Bailey is an idiot
ProfessorGAC
(70,599 posts)It's very rare for bond ratings to jump over more than one level.
But, the rating services skipped 2 levels in their assessment.
questionseverything
(10,298 posts)raising2moredems
(714 posts)We remember the girl forced to carry a pregnancy to term while being treated like dirt by her family (money raiser for the catholic church). Girl's BF's parents wanted to adopt the child but no paternal rights at that time. Or the girl whose parents forced her to have an abortion.
We remember that family member who died from a back alley abortion. And we know while this may not affect us, it may affect friend/family AND it may not be the only bull shit ruling from the theocrats.
Midnight Writer
(23,130 posts)ProfessorGAC
(70,599 posts)His grandstanding wasn't about public safety then. Why should anyone believe him now?
Midnight Writer
(23,130 posts)It's crime, crime, crime, no cash bail for criminals, murders, and, oddly enough, shootings.
He is blaming Pritzker for the rise in shootings. Which is kind of rich.
Says here he's got endorsed by Fraternal Order of Police and Illinois Sheriffs' Association.
That will go a long way around here. Folks around here are law-and-order types. In principle.
They still have a Trump pick-up truck convoy every Friday night that runs down Main Street all the way out to the Wal-Mart. And people turn out for it. Like a parade, with a Lemon Ice and French Fry truck out there.
He's playing heavy in the fear factor, but it won't do him much good. Chicago will save us once again. Pritzker has a lock on this.
I just wish the Republicans like Bailey weren't so casual about damaging our communities. They are really screwing up the relationships, respect, and trust that make small towns work.
There truly are some very nice people who are just plain old rubes that believe whatever the guy in the fancy suit and the fancy hair tells them because that's the way they were raised. To say "Yes, sir!" to the boss and say "Hallelujah!" to the preacher.
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(14,552 posts)ProfessorGAC
(70,599 posts)11% or around 450k votes.
Should have been worse but downstate can be a cesspool.