Monday, September 25, 2006
“Pox on Both of Your Houses” Candidate Scores with John Kass
The “pox on both of your houses” candidate for Illinois governor got a huge boost Sunday where he needs it most—the Chicago metropolitan area.
This is the man whom the Chicago Tribune would not name when he got 1% on its first gubernatorial poll.
I guess I better name him—Randy Stufflebeam.
You remember, the guy who found me at the Gate 7 Beach part of my son’s 9th birthday party after taking part in McHenry’s Fiesta Days parade.
He’s running as a write-in candidate, so he has no chance to win.
(I figure you win maybe one write-in in ten. I’ve participated in two. We won the first one when Algonquin Township Assessor Forrest Hare got beat by a couple of votes—maybe—in a GOP township caucus and went on to win the subsequent write-in 2-1. We lost the second for city council when a Crystal Lake Jaycee named Vance Roberts decided to run against another Jaycee, incumbent councilman Chuck Scott, who was moving out of town, but didn’t drop off the ballot.)
But, with the headline of Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass’ Sunday piece being
You have to love this paragraph taking off on the name of Stufflebeam’s party, the Constitution Party:
Kass stressed that he was not making an endorsement, but I think this article will probably lead to Stufflebeam’s getting a higher percentage of the votes cast for governor than I did in 2002, when I got a little more than 2% of the total.
“Sufflebeam isn’t Topinka or Blagojevich.
“And I’m starting to like the sound of it,” Kass concludes his column.
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This is the man whom the Chicago Tribune would not name when he got 1% on its first gubernatorial poll.
I guess I better name him—Randy Stufflebeam.
You remember, the guy who found me at the Gate 7 Beach part of my son’s 9th birthday party after taking part in McHenry’s Fiesta Days parade. He’s running as a write-in candidate, so he has no chance to win.
(I figure you win maybe one write-in in ten. I’ve participated in two. We won the first one when Algonquin Township Assessor Forrest Hare got beat by a couple of votes—maybe—in a GOP township caucus and went on to win the subsequent write-in 2-1. We lost the second for city council when a Crystal Lake Jaycee named Vance Roberts decided to run against another Jaycee, incumbent councilman Chuck Scott, who was moving out of town, but didn’t drop off the ballot.)
But, with the headline of Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass’ Sunday piece being
Here’s candidate who has a lot on the beam,a lot of people will be talking about him tomorrow and subsequent weeks.And, word of mouth is what gets write-in votes.
You have to love this paragraph taking off on the name of Stufflebeam’s party, the Constitution Party:"Many Illinois politicians are allergic to the Constitution, particularly the 2nd Amendment, which in their minds applies only to their bodyguards, drivers and coat holders."Here are some his positions that Kass cites:
"He’s opposed to tax increases, opposed to state subsidized home and college loans to illegal aliens (Rod), opposed to financing government by casino (Judy)."“Little did I know that I’d become the last man standing for the conservatives,” Kass quotes Stufflebeam.
Kass stressed that he was not making an endorsement, but I think this article will probably lead to Stufflebeam’s getting a higher percentage of the votes cast for governor than I did in 2002, when I got a little more than 2% of the total.
“Sufflebeam isn’t Topinka or Blagojevich.
“And I’m starting to like the sound of it,” Kass concludes his column.
For more McHenry County Blog, click here.
