Will Illinois Democrats please stand up? By Carlos T Mock
Will Illinois Democrats please stand up? By Carlos T Mock
It started with a Laura Washington article in the Chicago Sun-Times: “Black/brown coalition’ tests political waters.” In it, Washington mentioned a coalition between Chicago Democratic congressmen Jesse Jackson Jr. and Luis Gutierrez. I later heard that Senator Barrack Obama is also part of the coalition. Judicial candidate Joy Cunningham and Alexi Giannoulias, a Democratic candidate for state treasurer, were their inaugural projects.
The article made little impact on me until I received a mailing paid for by the Democratic Party (and, by extension, me, since I’ve donated to them yearly). The mailing contained a headline from The Herald Tribune: “Casinos, murder donations and Jack Abtramoff.” Without any logical connection other than being on the same page next to each other, the article says, “There’s something you need to know about the company state treasurer candidate Alexi Giannoulias keeps.”
I was even more bewildered by a mailing from Ill. Secretary of State Jesse White, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Comptroller Dan Hynes, Speaker of the Illinois House Mike Madigan and Illinois Senate President Emil Jones endorsing Peter Mangieri over Giannoulias.
With the war in Iraq and the mishandling of the economy by our president, I don’t appreciate the Illinois Democratic Party spending my money to promote one Democrat over the other when they are both well qualified. The Democratic Party will not get any more of my money. Candidates I feel represent me will.
As in the rest of the country, Democrats like me are fed up and want new voices and choices. Jackson, Gutierrez and Obama are the new voices. We should let them know we are listening.
Carlos T. Mock
Chicago
It started with a Laura Washington article in the Chicago Sun-Times: “Black/brown coalition’ tests political waters.” In it, Washington mentioned a coalition between Chicago Democratic congressmen Jesse Jackson Jr. and Luis Gutierrez. I later heard that Senator Barrack Obama is also part of the coalition. Judicial candidate Joy Cunningham and Alexi Giannoulias, a Democratic candidate for state treasurer, were their inaugural projects.
The article made little impact on me until I received a mailing paid for by the Democratic Party (and, by extension, me, since I’ve donated to them yearly). The mailing contained a headline from The Herald Tribune: “Casinos, murder donations and Jack Abtramoff.” Without any logical connection other than being on the same page next to each other, the article says, “There’s something you need to know about the company state treasurer candidate Alexi Giannoulias keeps.”
I was even more bewildered by a mailing from Ill. Secretary of State Jesse White, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Comptroller Dan Hynes, Speaker of the Illinois House Mike Madigan and Illinois Senate President Emil Jones endorsing Peter Mangieri over Giannoulias.
With the war in Iraq and the mishandling of the economy by our president, I don’t appreciate the Illinois Democratic Party spending my money to promote one Democrat over the other when they are both well qualified. The Democratic Party will not get any more of my money. Candidates I feel represent me will.
As in the rest of the country, Democrats like me are fed up and want new voices and choices. Jackson, Gutierrez and Obama are the new voices. We should let them know we are listening.
Carlos T. Mock
Chicago
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