Sign Our Petition: Susanne Atanus Needs To Go

Thank you to those readers who have already committed to the cause of demanding Congressional Candidate Susanne Atanus to step down from the ballot.   The very future of the ILGOP demands action today.

If you haven't signed on, click here to put your name on the petition.

Demand Susanne Atanus Step Down. Sign Our Petition NOW!

The only way we right the ship in Illinois is if we support strong candidates for office.  Susanne Atanus is wrong not just for Illinois and our Country, but most importantly, she's wrong for the Illinois Republican Party.

ILGOP Chairman Jack Dorgan has said this about Susanne Atanus as a candidate:

"The offensive statements by Susanne Atanus have no place in the modern political debate, and she has no place on the ballot as a Republican. Her candidacy is neither supported nor endorsed by the leaders of our party, and she should withdraw from the race immediately.”

-- Illinois Republican Chairman Jack Dorgan

If you care about the future of our state and our party, take action now.  We'll deliver the full list of petition signers to the Atanus campaign office, the Illinois Republican Party office and the NRCC office.  Click the button below or fill out our petition at the bottom.

Sorry, Cokie. We Still Have One "Yahoo" On The Ballot in Illinois

And her name is Susanne Atanus.  Back in the primary, we called for her to 'go'.

The Sun-Times has a post up on Early & Often that includes video of ABC News Cokie Roberts - who says that the prospects for the Republican Party are much better because we've done a better job of finding better candidates.  Or...as she put it:

We're 'doing "a much better job" of not electing "yahoos" in congressional primaries.'

You can go check out the video at the Sun-Times here.

The problem?  We still have a yahoo.  In fact, a big one.  Her name is Susanne Atanus.  And she won the Illinois Republican Primary to take on Jan Schakowsky for Congress.  You can see our early coverage of Susanne Atanus here.

We add our voice to the list of folks who have asked her to step down.  Kudos to Jack Dorgan for saying this about Atanus:

The offensive statements by Susanne Atanus have no place in the modern political debate, and she has no place on the ballot as a Republican. Her candidacy is neither supported nor endorsed by the leaders of our party, and she should withdraw from the race immediately.

Now lets do one better.  Let's get active.

Do you agree that Susanne Atanus has to go?  For the good of the Illinois Republican Party and for all of our candidates up and down the ballot, we ask you to sign our petition.  Stand with the Truth Team!

Why Susanne Atanus Has To Go...

Billy Dennis at the Peoria Pundit lays out the case for why Susanne Atanus has to go in the 9th Congressional District.  He also pens quite the line:

Washington, IL must have a serious case of teh gay. Why? Because that’s how GOP Congressional candidate Susanne Atanus sees the universe.

Go read the whole thing.

Oh...and she also won asshole of the day this week.  Sounds like a great candidate for the ILGOP.  Forget science, right guys?