Comments on: Callahan: Pundit optimism vs. PJStar pessimism

By: kcdad

kcdad — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:55:50 +0000

New Voice? … Liberal? Oh puh-leese. You ought to see his military record and hair cut. I keep waiting for him to start talking about the train schedules…

By: diane vespa

diane vespa — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:19:07 +0000

Ouch, NV, that REALLY hurt!

By: New Voice

New Voice — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:06:21 +0000

Diane,
I would think after the razzing you received for spending $$$$$$ on the Schock hootenanny, you would be the last one to start preaching! And to think I even stuck up for you [sort of]!

Besides….I certainly did NOT appreciate the way Anon referred to me as a “liberal!”

Now, I am afraid I must call YOU a big wienie.

By: counterpoint

counterpoint — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:28:38 +0000

A year and a half ago Mayor Ardis greeted the President at the airport and rode in his limo with Congressman Ray LaHood.

Shouldn’t that opportunity be spread around on the second visit?

Schock also personally asked Darin LaHood to be one of the few at the airport to greet the President. Darin rode in the limo this time with Bush and Schock. That’s pretty far from “grudges.”

By: Peoria Pundit » Politics: The word on Callahan’s chances is better than we are being led to believe

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:27:52 +0000

[...] C.J. Summers beat me to the punch by commenting on Monday’s Word on the Street column. Karen McDonald points out that the national Democratic Party has not been as forthcoming with financial support to Colleen Callahan as many would like. This is nothing new, in my opinion. As long as I’ve been cognizant of politics, the national Dems have always written off the 18th District, even in years in which that party had candidate with a pulse. [...]

By: prego man

prego man — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:53:34 +0000

The wild card in this race is Obama. He will bring out a number of voters that have really not been involved in the process before… and they likely will vote Democratic. That’s why War Criminal Bush was here, trying to build up an Aaron Baby war chest that, not that many months ago, would appear to not really be needed.

I think it’s possible that Colleen will win in a very close election. Heck, that unknown guy usually got 30-35% of the vote, just for running against Uncle Ray. There’s not a whole lot of ground to be made up there… perhaps just 16% of the vote. She might be able to do that.

Stranger things have happened.

Like Billy actually finding a server that works for more than a quarter hour.

By: curious

curious — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:37:47 +0000

11Bravo,

Your wrong about the name recognition just being around Peoria. She is well known throughout central Illinois. She is very well known in most farm communities.

By: Tim (the Second)

Tim (the Second) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:37:24 +0000

Wacko, you said what I think 100%. Up til this race, I’ve respected & admired Aaron’s ambitions… but running for this race when he’s still so inexperienced in the state house just doesn’t sit well with me. The fact that I’m also a democrat (or the son of a farmer who watched/listened to Colleen Callahan for most of the 19 years I lived at the farm) have nothing to do with my feelings on Aaron. I’m his age, so I’m not some person old enough to be his parent complaining. I just think he’s gotten too big for his britches – as you said – and he needs to earn the trust of the 18th district as Ray Lahood has.

By: wacko

wacko — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:13:46 +0000

The Mayor of Peoria was not asked by Schock to be in the welcoming party of the President-how is that for arrogance? Ardis had said publicly he wasn’t buying a ticket and Schock said there were to be no freebies. The kid may be a little too big for his pants.

By: diane vespa

diane vespa — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:02:15 +0000

No, the idiot part.