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Originally Posted by ardecila
^ But if Rauner's steadfastness just creates gridlock and nothing gets done, are we really better off?
I don't see how it serves our state when we have no capital bill to invest in roads and rails. Rahm is doing what he can to invest for the future but we are at a serious disadvantage when our state government is this dysfunctional.
I might vote for Rauner to send a message (that I blame Madigan for the crisis and not Rauner) but who's to say Madigan will actually heed the message? He's got that job for life, Rauner would only have another four years.
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Yeah but when Madigan is the cancer that caused this mess then any option that cooperates with Madigan is contributing to the problem. Never is "this horrendously corrupt individual who has ruined our state for decades won't cooperate with the reformist governor causing total gridlock" a cause to vote for said horrendously corrupt individuals shill. That makes zero sense. Rauner is not causing gridlock, he is refusing to cooperate with a regime that operates in such a manner as to make even Putin proud. The blame doesn't fall on the resistance, it falls on the oppressor.
Any such line of reasoning is tantamount to blaming the founding fathers for the blockade of NYC or Boston during the revolution. "Well they could have bent over backwards and appeased the king, they are causing such gridlock"... No the king is a corrupt piece of shit that should be dragged from his palace and be tarred and feathered. His actions and all their negative consequences lie squarely on his shoulders.
Unfortunately in Illinois the rule of law prevents us from tarring and feathering Madigan and we will just have to wait for him to die of natural causes before any progress can be made.