Don't Be Distracted By The Flailing About of Illinois Democrats

Last week, we told voters to not get distracted from the issues by Governor Pat Quinn's "class warfare" and Speaker Mike Madigan's "Millionaire's tax" and the Chicago Tribune agreed with us. 

Now the Morris Daily Herald is reminding voters the same thing.  In a piece called:  "Don't Get Distracted" they lay out the case against Governor Pat Quinn, Speaker Mike Madigan and Democrat State Senator Mike Frerichs:

Illinois’ dire fiscal situation is well-documented.

It’s public pension systems are underfunded by more than $1 billion.

The state ended its last fiscal year with more than $7 billion in unpaid bills.

Illinois has the nation’s second-highest property taxes, the fourth-highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world, and the fourth-highest workers’ compensation costs in the nation.

It has the second highest unemployment rate in the country, and the worst credit rating of all 50 states. 

These are the facts, and they aren’t pretty. 

These also are the issues that voters must focus on as the campaign for governor now turns to two people – Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner. 

In the months leading up to the Nov. 4 general election, expect to hear tons of campaign rhetoric from both sides. A lot of it will be nothing but noise, meant to distract voters from the issues that matter. 

But don’t be distracted. Tune out the nonsense and focus on each candidate’s plans to return Illinois to a fiscally solvent state.

Take the advice, voters.

Sorry.  Just testing you...

Stantis: Governor Pat Quinn Will NEVER Be What Bruce Rauner Is...

Scott Stantis from the Chicago Tribune punches up Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's re-election message for him.

Governor Pat Quinn's Distraction Ploy on Illinois Voters

If we're honest with ourselves here at the Truth Team, we will admit that we're easily distracted.  But we're hopeful that the voters in Illinois aren't as susceptible as we are to these distractions.  

Governor Pat Quinn, Speaker Mike Madigan and even Democrat Mike Frerichs - who is running for Illinois Treasurer -  are going to do everything they can to try to get you to not pay attention to what is really going on in Illinois over the next seven months. 

Let's not let that happen.  

From the Chicago Tribune Editorial:

All of us understand why Gov. Pat Quinn and his political brain trust want to change the subject — that is, why they urgently want to distract Illinois voters. We can even sympathize with Team Quinn. When your state is one of only two where unemployment rose last year, when its current jobless rate is America's second-worst, when its creditworthiness is dead last nationwide, when its debts total some $200 billion, when you're the guy who demanded the 67 percent income tax increase ... well, if you don't distract people with an alternative narrative, they're sure to focus on their state's downward mobility. 

So you talk indignantly about nine homes as if you just discovered them — Who knew? As if your opponent, Bruce Rauner, hasn't acknowledged that he's a successful venture capitalist. As if dunk-tank politics will liberate you from the problems on your watch: I'll win if I just get enough people who resent the rich to take out their frustrations on that guy, my opponent. Dunk him!

Hey Look!  Prehistoric Forest.