Saturday, October 28, 2006

The most ridiculous political ad I ever heard

The right-wing wacko station here (I mean REAL wacko, Laura Ingraham, Michael Savage, etc., so you know their clientele) also broadcasts the regularly-scheduled defeats of my favorite college football team. I heard an ad for Republican candidate Dan Rutherford during today's loss (admittedly, it was one of those "The XYZ committee is responsible for this ad and is not associated with any candidate" ads, but who are we kidding?) talking about Dan and how strongly pro-life he is ("If the unborn could vote, they would vote for Dan Rutherford"--no, seriously, I'm not making that up), and how the pro-life voter should be excited.

Dan Rutherford is running for SECRETARY OF STATE.

Here in Illinois, the Secretary of State oversees:

1) drivers' licenses
2) license plates and titles
3) state corporate filings; and oddly enough
4) the Illinois State Museum.

[editor's note: Unlike in many states, the Secretary of State in Illinois does not oversee elections. That is done by an independent agency.]

While I do not wish to speak for my fellow team members, I believe we are on record here as strongly backing a "pro-life" Secretary of State's office.


We do not believe that abortions should be performed either while waiting for a drivers' license or while at the Illinois State Museum. We also strongly believe that license plates should neither be made from nor issued to aborted fetuses. Finally, aborted fetuses should not be allowed to incorporate.

Thank you.

1 comment:

Rousing Rabble said...

It should be noted that another important duty of the Illinois Secretary of State is to serve as the "State Librarian." So, we should NEVER allow the office to condone the abortion of a pregnancy while on state library grounds.