The Will Of The People

You may remember that I wrote about Bill Brady last week [HERE]. He's the Asshated Wingnutted Repugnant Republican moron running for Governor of Illinois. He had sponsored a bill that would re-legalize mass euthanasia of dogs and cats by gas chambers, but then removed his name from it so he might get more votes.

He also authored a bill that would allow discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the state, and took his name off that one so he could get more votes.

Well, Brady's anti-gay bill is dead, thanks to the efforts of Equality Illinois. The bill sought to allow certain tax-exempt organizations to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and religion; in fact, the bill never made it out of a Senate Judiciary committee.

Equality Illinois CEO Bernard Cherkasov announced that thousands of Illinoisans--Illinoisans, really?--called or emailed their state legislators to voice their opposition to the bill. It was the people, who saw what Brady was trying to do, that stopped him, and let's hope those same people, and many, many more keep this "politics as usual, lying Republican" out of office.

Nicely done, Illinoisans.

Illinoisans?

You Can't Unring My Beeeeeeeelllllll, Unring My Bell....Ding-Ding....Ding-A-Ling-A-Ling

It looks like Bill Brady will be the GOP candidate for Governor of Illinois. It seems like a lock. So, what does he do to ensure his victory in the primary? Like any good Republican lap-dog, he changes his views on a couple of key issues hoping to cash in with the Moderates, the Independents, and some disillusioned Democrats.

It's called pandering, people, and don't fall for it.

For the record, Bill Brady sponsored, SPONSORED, a bill that would re-legalize mass euthanasia of dogs and cats by gas chambers. He wanted it; he crafted it; he put his name on it. But, after receiving a lot of criticism for it, he removed his name from the bill.

It's kinda like unringing a bell, Bill; it can't be done.

But then he did it again.

Bill Brady authored, AUTHORED, a bill that would allow discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the state. He didn't just like it; he didn't just sponsor it. He.Wrote.It.

And now he wants to unring that bell, too.

Don't fall for it, Illinois.

Wingnut For Governor

Governors of Illinois are known for a few things, mostly scandals and arrests and prison time; even a little thing like selling a Senate seat.

But now, in Illinois, they have Bill Brady, the Republican gubernatorial front-runner, who, if he wins, will propose changing the state constitution to ban same-sex marriages.

Of course, Brady won't stop at just banning same-sex marriage, he is also seeking to ban civil unions. He has proposed the measure as part of a package of ideas about taxes, legislative term limits and the redistricting process, saying, "I'm trying to give the government back to the people."

But only if you're straight, and a homophobe, because in Bill Brady's Illinois, those are the only kinds of people that count.