Oberweis Milking It For All It’s Worth
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I haven’t been paying attention to non-Chicago Illinois politics, so it came as a surprise when I saw that the special election for Denny Hastert’s House seat is this Saturday.
It did not come as a surprise to see that perennial candidate Jim Oberweis had thrown his udder in the ring.
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I switched back to surprise, though, when I saw on TPM today that Hastert heavily Republican district looks to be leaning towards Bill Foster, the Democratic candidate. Even the Chicago Tribune endorsed Foster.
Now one can speculate about whether this portents a Democratic swing across the country or if people are just sick of Oberweis’ ‘I-really-hate-me-some-illegals- (but-damn-they’re-good-at-cleaning-up-my-stores)’ platform.
Hard to say. Poor Oberweis just cannot get himself into office, whilst being pretty much the cream of the IL Republican Party at this point. And that’s gratifying.
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It’s 9am. These are literally the best dairy puns I have.
Update: My mother points us towards today’s awesome editorial in which the Trib ed. board rips Oberweis a new one over mailers he’s been sending out. They all talk about the lives of IL families for whom Oberweis wants to fight. But the families don’t exist, per se; he made them up. Hurrah!
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