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Drale

(7,932 posts)
1. Good, we need to keep it up
Sat Nov 1, 2014, 05:37 PM
Nov 2014

Bruce needs to be kicked to the curb, well I think he belongs in prison but that's not going to happen.

greatauntoftriplets

(176,834 posts)
3. Hate to say this, but that Libertarian appears to be helping.
Sun Nov 2, 2014, 10:35 AM
Nov 2014

Let's send Bruce back to Winnetka or any of his other houses!

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,847 posts)
4. Good!!! Stick it to Wronger, his buddies, and the media he bought (PS: up YOURS, Sun-Times owners!)
Sun Nov 2, 2014, 11:06 AM
Nov 2014

The only others I'd like to see lose even remotely as much as Wronger Tuesday are Walker and McConnell.

Stellar

(5,644 posts)
6. I figured Rauner had paid off ever Chi-town newspaper.
Mon Nov 3, 2014, 07:43 AM
Nov 2014

Especially when I saw that the Sun-Times backed him. They do have money problems. And btw, who cares if his wife is supposed to be a Democrat...I didn't marry his behind, and that wouldn't make me vote for him even if she was a Dem.

Stellar

(5,644 posts)
9. I don't know about a 'lot' of them...but I have heard about one of them.
Mon Nov 3, 2014, 08:07 AM
Nov 2014

And he was on the news telling how his church got broken into after that and he said he wouldn't do it again.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/26/bruce-rauner-corey-brooks-black-church-robbed/17958923/

mucifer

(24,825 posts)
10. Rev Corey Brooks has been very vocal about needing lots of money for a
Mon Nov 3, 2014, 09:06 AM
Nov 2014

community center to help youths in his neighborhood. He's been trying to raise millions. I would think that rauner and olberweiss have made some donations. Of course I have no proof of that. But, he is endorsing both of them.

The whole thing is very sad. If the two of them got elected it would be much worse for the community.

Stellar

(5,644 posts)
8. On Saturday Steve Kornacki on MSNBC talked about how Quinn could win.
Mon Nov 3, 2014, 07:58 AM
Nov 2014

That would be the same way he won in 2010.

"What this neck-and-neck governor’s race could come down to" 11/01/14

Steve Kornacki goes to his magic touchscreen for a deep look at the super close Illinois gubernatorial race between Democrat Pat Quinn and Republican Bruce Rauner.

http://www.msnbc.com/up-with-steve-kornacki

All Quinn has to do is win big in Cook County again.


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