Tuesday, February 15, 2022

For Your "Makes Alan Keyes Looks Like Everett Dirksen" File


 From the redoubtable Capitol Fax here in the Land of Lincoln:

Illinois Republicans, focused on state races, may wind up with a real problem at the very top of their ticket  
* So far, this person is probably the most well-known of any Republican running for US Senate right now…


Rick Miller goes on to detail many of the facets of Mr. Piton's lunacy, none of which will surprise anyone who has watched the GOP devolve into a shitpile of bigots and imbeciles.

Still, remember that this state party is that took such a pasting when they kicked the ex-Mr. Seven-of-Nine off the ticket in 2004 and instead ran Alan "See We Have a Black Guy Too...Even Though We Had To Import One From Maryland!" Keyes against Barack Obama for the senate in 2004 that they swore they would never nominate outright bugfuck ever again.  

Of course, whoever the GOP taps to run against Tammy Duckworth this year is almost certainly going to end up as political roadkill, but the fact that this goofball currently has the inside track and not some presentable cipher like Rodney Davis who would be willing to take one for the team in exchange for a nice consolation prize down the road tells you about the state of the GOP everywhere.

As Blue Gal says, Republican primaries this year are gonna be lit.  


The GOP Primaries Are Gonna Be Lit


3 comments:

Dave Pickering said...

Here in Ohio, the Republican primaries feature more mixed nuts than the Planter's factory. The current Republican poll-leader for the Senate seat currently being warmed by Rob Portman is a full-blown nut-case named Mike Gibbons. He's attracted enough money from rich right-wingers to buy lots of television ads and his latest features an endorsement from--I kid you not--Rand Paul.

Rev.Paperboy said...

Yes, Mr. Piton seems like a nice reasonable suburban neighbour, who has a sub-basement he has dug under the house where young female hitchhikers are "re-educated" and where he absolutely IS NOT making a suit out of human skin.

Speaking of which, could you please tell your Republican fellow countrymen to stop sending money to the terrorists occupying the Canadian capital? The government is just going to seize that money anyway, but it would be nice if you guys could stick to trying to overthrow governments south of the border.
We Canadians are nice and polite up to a point, but if you've ever watched a professional hockey game, you know we are completely willing to pull your sweater up over your head and punch you until teeth rain down on the ice like somebody ripped open a pack of chicklets. Don't make us come down there again and remind you why the White House had to be whitewashed.

Grung_e_Gene said...

Arthur Jones, the Nazi who keeps winning Republican primaries, was against continuing the Iraq and Afghanistan wars; which is why the ILGOP turned against him...