Is This About Money, Guys?

There's a story over on Illinois Review about how 'values voters' are 'in a quandary' that quotes crazyman David E. Smith of the Illinois Family Hatred Action.  It talks a bit about how Bruce Rauner is 'ignoring' the base of social conservative voters and details how Rauner has funded the Illinois Republican party which is now flush with cash.

The Illinois Republican Party's base is solidly socially conservative, says Smith. Rauner could be making a huge mistake in ignoring or avoiding the base. It's happened before.

"It is all well and good to reach out to independents, but ignoring the base may backfire. In 2012, Mitt Romney won more independent voters than Barack Obama, but he failed to excite and activate the Republican base of values voters. It seems to me that the Republicans are content repeating this failed strategy."

Rauner is investing heavily in organizing the Illinois Republican Party, having transferred another $525,000 from his governor's campaign coffers to the party at the end of June. In the meantime, Illinois "values voters" seem without a home, and in a quandary when it comes to the upcoming election.

We can't help but read this story as this creep David E. Smith having his 'hand out' to Rauner.

"Hey...where's my piece of the action!?!" is what it screams to us.  He saw the big cash flowing to the ILGOP and figured he should be horning in on some of that good stuff.

We sure hope Rauner's folks don't cave and give this guy and his so-called "Family" bullshit organization a penny.   Rauner can win this fall without David Smith's help and by doing so, we further reduce him and his hatred to further obscurity.

Illinois "Family" Institute, My Ass. Let's Stop This Nonsense

We here at the Truth Team think it is about time that we wrestle control of the word 'family' away from the fringe element isolated on the far end of the political spectrum.  We'll even propose something:  we'll happily exchange the word 'hate' or 'hatred' or even 'shadow' with these shameful groups that hide behind the word 'family'.  

We need to stop letting these folks like David E. Smith at the Illinois Family Action and Illinois Family Institute from hiding in the shadows behind the word family.  They think that because they include the word 'family' in their names they can do and say whatever they want.   We've had enough.

The latest exhibit and one we need to call out is this guy David E. Smith calling Republicans who voted for Marriage Equity 'weak-kneed'.  In his piece talking about State Representative Ed Sullivan being elevated to leadership he put in this passage near the end:

Sullivan was one of three weak-kneed Republicans in the Illinois House who voted to pass marriage redefinition to include same-sex couples. 

Establishment Republicans in Illinois continue to work to push the GOP so-called “big-tent” to the left as fast as they can, cutting off relationships with those on the right. It seems they are doing all they can to alienate their base, and continue to be an irrelevant political entity in the Land of Leaving.

So, what do you say, David E. Smith and the Illinois Family Institute?  Wanna swap terms?  Illinois Hatred Institute?  Or Illinois Shadow Institute?  Seem more appropriate than Family, doesn't it?