Stunning! Cong. Quigley Apologizes To Muslims

September 20, 2011 - In a "surprise appearance" at the American Islamic College Conference in Chicago on Saturday, Congressman Mike Quigley (IL 5th Dist.) apologized to Muslims on behalf of the United States "for discrimination."

At 2:05 minutes into the video, Quigley told the audience that "discrimination comes in many forms, many shapes and many guises."

Rep. Quigley then said, "You have my pledge to work with you, to fight them, and I think it's appropriate for me to apologize on behalf of this country for discrimination you have faced." The audience warmly applauded Quigley's apology. Quigley gave no specifics about the discrimination to which he referred in the video, which was made by friend and colleague Rebel Pundit. Leading up to his apology, Quigley made general references to "scapegoats" and people who are "different," but he offered no examples of that for which he apologized. "He rambled on about the typical racism and discrimination that the liberal left is so convinced America is rampantly infected with," wrote Rebel Pundit. "As you can see in the video.... he proceeded in his congressional capacity to apologize on behalf of the country for discrimination against muslims’ faith." In other words, Quigley implied that the U.S. has been - and still is - discriminating against Muslims within our own borders. By apologizing "on behalf of this country," Quigley was acting as your proxy. In effect, the Democrat congressman was telling a room full of Muslims that you and I have been guilty of discrimination toward them. Does this apologist speak for you? Click here for contact information for Congressman Mike Quigley. Let him know how you feel about his apology and calling this nation discriminatory. You can also tweet him at @RepMikeQuigley or visit him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/repmikequigley.

Ashvin Lad, GOP's Best Bet Against Democrat Mike Quigley

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2010 Congressional Candidate for Illinois 5th, Ashvin Lad, Receives Endorsement from The Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO – This week, the Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun-Times both endorsed Republican candidate for Congress, Ashvin Lad. The Tribune writes that Ashvin is "the most impressive candidate," citing his educational background and, more importantly, his private sector experience in both the healthcare and financial services industries. Moreover, the Sun-Times states, "Lad is the GOP's best bet against incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley in the fall general election in this heavily Democratic district." They also pointed to Ashvin's Republican credentials of being "pro-business" and "anti-tax". In response to the endorsement from both publications, Ashvin Lad stated, “I’m very grateful to receive these endorsements and to see they recognize my experience and ability to bring job growth and private sector growth to the fifth district.” This endorsement is the latest of many for Lad, mainly due to his real-life experience in the fields of healthcare and financial services, his ability to compete in a heavy Democrat district, and the solutions he can bring to the most important issues facing our country. About Ashvin Lad’s campaign for Congress: Ashvin Lad, a former financial services industry executive, is a Republican candidate for Congress in Illinois’ 5th congressional district. A son of Indian immigrants and cancer survivor, Lad’s primary goal is to revive the job market in America. For more information about Ashvin and his campaign, visit www.ashvinforcongress.com. Interview requests and media inquiries can be directed to Mick Paskiewicz (contact information above). Contact: Mick Paskiewicz Mick@ashvinforcongress.com (630) 235-5687 Leave a Comment * Conservative T-Shirts * Follow CNB on Twitter * RSS Feed

Pulido, Quigley Face Off Tuesday in Boys Town

5th Congressional District Special Election Campaign Update

(They faced off on March 24)

Just confirmed through private channels: Mike Quigley and Rosanna Pulido will face each other on Tuesday night, March 24 in a "meet and greet." The event is sponsored by Gay Chicago Magazine and Sidetrack, the nightclub where the candidates will meet and, you know, greet. (Click image to enlarge) Kudos to Gay Chicago Magazine for pulling this off. Quigley did not confirm until the last minute, keeping the organizers on the edge of their seats until verrrrry recently. Kudos must go out to Mike Quigley for deciding to attend. He was reluctant for weeks to confirm attendance, and it takes nerve to walk into a beautiful nightclub built by private investment, risk, hard work and ingenuity and then tell the crowd and owners that his support of Todd Stroger's sky high taxes - which he supported - are hunky dory. Takes nerve to walk into the place and tell them that he would continue to tax the living hell out them as a Congressman, too. Kudos to Rosanna Pulido for having the enormous courage to walk into a gay nightclub the day after NBC Chicago let it be known that she had been posting comments as "chicagolady" - comments that are offensive to gays, blacks, hispanics and others. Sources tell me that she plans to make a public apology to the audience for her poor judgement and for past offensive remarks. Will Green Party candidate Matt Reichel be there? Dunno yet, but one thing is certain: It will be an interesting night in Boys Town, Chicago. (FYI: I've been to Sidetrack several times. It's a beautiful nightclub, clean, good service. You don't have to be gay to like the place.) Chicago News Bench RSS Feed Cool Stuff...

UPDATED: Stopping Quigley in IL 5th Cong District???

UPDATED: This morning I posted a letter from Don Castella (below), Treasurer of the Committee to Elect Rosanna Pulido. Well, what a difference half a day makes. Seems there's a shitstorm of negative press about to pile down all over the Pulido Campaign. Guess what? Yours truly will pile on, too. Meanwhile, as I load up a bushel of nastiness to throw down on Pulido's campaign manager, Tom Hoefler, enjoy these links: GOP Not Fully Embracing Their Candidate for Congress Chicago (NBC 5) and rosannapulidoisafreeper.wordpress.com/ This letter is now laughable: You Can Help Shock President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and Majority Leader Reid on April 7! An Illinois Special Election Will Stun Washington. Dear Friend: In just two weeks you can send a powerful message to Congress, the Senate, President Obama — and even the coddling liberal media. You can express your outrage over President Obama’s plan to increase taxes by more than $1 trillion in the middle of an economic crisis! You can send a powerful message to Obama, Emanuel, and the Democrats who control the House and Senate that you OPPOSE their new, wild federal spending programs — and the trillions of dollars of federal debt that they are placing on you and your families for generations to come. Here’s how you can send this powerful message — one that will shock Washington. On April 7 — just two weeks from now — there is a Special Congressional Election in the 5th District of Illinois. Early voting has already begun. This district includes Chicago’s North Side and the area just northwest of Chicago. Voter registration shows that the district leans Democrat so we must fight for every vote. This seat was recently vacated by Democratic Rep. Rahm Emanuel who resigned to be appointed to the Obama White House. With your support, Rosanna Pulido can actually win this district! There is huge dissatisfaction with the Democrats and Obama — even voters in liberal Chicago are getting fed up. The Republican voters have picked Rosanna Pulido as their candidate. She won the March 4th Primary Election. Rosanna is a solid conservative on both fiscal and social issues. She has an outstanding record on immigration and Second Amendment issues. Rosanna is a Christian who doesn’t just talk about conservative issues, she lives them. As the Illinois Minuteman leader, Rosanna waged lonely battles against Chicago/Cook County’s dangerous liberal policies — policies that have turned the state into an economic basket case and made Cook County America’s largest Sanctuary County. Her opponent voted for that awful Cook County legislation that costs Illinois Billions and endangers Illinois citizens’ lives. Rosanna has fought some big battles. It was Rosanna who led the fight against the Democrat’s insane plan to issue Illinois state driver’s licenses and in-state tuition to illegal immigrants. She has fought for you — now please help her fight this battle. Imagine allowing potential terrorists to easily get driver’s licenses… or rewarding illegal immigrant families with in-state college tuition. If Rosanna wins, I believe the Democrats in Congress, including many “Blue Dog Democrats,” will be shocked and scared. We want you to urgently help elect Rosanna Pulido — Go Here Now: https://www.fundraisingbynet.net/fbn/contributeFederal.asp?guidRegistration=595F5B If conservative Rosanna can win the Illinois congressional seat recently held by powerful Democrat Rahm Emanuel, this will strike a massive blow to the claim that swing voters are really backing Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Harry Reid. Emanuel and the Democrats in Washington are complacent and think they have this seat sewn up. The Democrats picked a liberal County Board Commissioner named Mike Quigley as their candidate. Quigley claims he is a reformer, but his record contradicts that claim. Quigley, a backer of controversial Cook County Board Chairman Todd Stroger in 2006, is already acting like he won the seat and raising big bucks in Washington. But many voters in this district are appalled. Quigley is a liberal who fully supports the radical Democrat spending and social agendas. By stopping Quigley and the Democrats in the IL 5th congressional district, we can help stop more phony “stimulus” programs, stop higher taxes, stop Eric Holder’s plan to ban our guns, stop card check for unions, and stop Obama’s plan to legalize 12 million illegal aliens. We can win this one and stop Obama’s radical plans that threaten our nation and our economy. Early polls show Rosanna right on the heels of Quigley, with Quigley holding a narrow lead. The polls also show that if all Republicans and conservative-leaning Democrats and independents come out to vote in this Special Election, Rosanna will win. Illinois Blagojevich Democrats called the election for April 7th in the hopes that Republicans could not get organized in time to compete with the well-oiled Chicago political machinery of the unions and the notorious left-wing community group ACORN in turning out votes for Quigley. Help us stop these liberal groups — Go Here Now: https://www.fundraisingbynet.net/fbn/contributeFederal.asp?guidRegistration=595F5B Many Chicago Democrat groups are directly affiliated with ACORN, the left-wing community organization widely charged with voter- registration fraud in last year’s presidential election. ACORN is notorious for phony voter registrations, multiple voting, and other voter fraud tactics. ACORN and the allied groups are funded by the exact same left-wing unions, like SEIU and they intend to deliver for Mike Quigley. Many Open Borders groups are also supporting Rosanna’s opponent because of her outstanding record on immigration issues. Republicans are bracing for many dollars to be spent on behalf of Quigley as ultra-liberal special interest groups like the Moveon.org PAC, Pelosi’s Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and SEIU, all pour money into this Illinois district. But I have little doubt we can still win this election. That’s where you come in. We are mounting a major effort to alert Republicans, conservatives, and independents nationwide that this vital Special Election is on April 7th. It is urgent for them to vote in order to send President Obama a message and send shock waves across the country. It is also urgent that you contribute to Rosanna’s campaign so we can overcome Chicago’s liberal media bias with hard-hitting Radio/TV ads. Again — the polls show Republican Rosanna Pulido can win if every Republican and Independent votes! This will have repercussions well beyond the borders of Illinois. Send a shockwave to Washington — support our efforts — Go Here Now. https://www.fundraisingbynet.net/fbn/contributeFederal.asp?guidRegistration=595F5B The Committee to Elect Rosanna Pulido wants to prepare hard-hitting radio and television ads to make sure voters know this crucial April 7th contest is between conservative Rosanna Pulido and liberal Democrat Mike Quigley. We urgently need your help to puts these hard-hitting commercials on the air. We can’t out-spend the liberals. With Barack Obama in the White House they have unlimited funds to pour into the 5th District. But we can reveal the truth. And truth has much more power than the spin and distortions the Democrats are offering. With your help we hope to launch a sophisticated grassroots get-out-the-vote effort to reach every Republican household and identify those conservative Democrats and independents who agree with us, and make certain they turn out and vote for Rosanna Pulido. Make no mistake about it, the union bosses, ACORN, the anti-gun lobby, the radical abortion groups, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the Democratic national establishment will each be pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars — into their efforts to elect liberal Quigley. Some have speculated that the liberals and unions would spend as much as $1 million to win this contest in order to avoid embarrassing Rahm Emanuel and President Obama with a stunning defeat. That’s why you and I must act TODAY — Go Here Now. https://www.fundraisingbynet.net/fbn/contributeFederal.asp?guidRegistration=595F5B With just weeks before this showdown Special Election, we must move immediately to make sure that the Republican and Independents in this district know how high the stakes are. They must know the difference between proven conservative Rosanna Pulido, with a record as a solid conservative leader, and liberal Democrat Mike Quigley who tries to sound conservative but who is beholden to Nancy Pelosi, the AFL-CIO, and the liberal special-interest groups. Please consider making a contribution to Committee to Elect Rosanna Pulido so that we can begin a well-organized effort to get every Republican and Republican-leaning independent out to vote to win this seat. Let’s demonstrate to the liberal media that the Republican Party and the ideals of Ronald Reagan — fiscal conservatism, patriotism, and common sense — are not dead! Believe me when I tell you that Rosanna Pulido’s election is the first step in taking back Republican control of the Congress in 2010 and ousting Obama from the White House in 2012. The hour is late. We must move immediately to launch our effort to turn back the tide and take the first small step towards winning back the Congress in 2010 and the White House in 2012 before Obama and his liberal cohorts destroy this country. Please contribute to this urgent cause — Go Here Now. https://www.fundraisingbynet.net/fbn/contributeFederal.asp?guidRegistration=595F5B The Committee to Elect Rosanna Pulido needs your help to win. Rosanna Pulido, a solid conservative leader, needs your help and America needs your help. Please let me hear from you today — Go Here Now. https://www.fundraisingbynet.net/fbn/contributeFederal.asp?guidRegistration=595F5B Thank you for your support. Sincerely, Don Castella Treasurer Committee to Elect Rosanna Pulido P.S. At a time when liberal talking heads like Chris Matthews Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann are saying the Republican Party is dead, we have a unique opportunity to prove they are wrong and wipe the smile off their smug liberal faces! I hope to hear from you today. Please donate to us today — Go Here Now. https://www.fundraisingbynet.net/fbn/contributeFederal.asp?guidRegistration=595F5B The Committee to Elect Rosanna Pulido. 15945 W Pope Blvd Lincolnshire, IL 60069-9677 Chicago News Bench RSS Feed Cool Stuff...

Quigley Chickens Out, Cancels Pulido Debate

Little Mike Quigley is a study of contradictions. On the one hand, he's so confident that he will win the April 7 special election in Illinois' 5th Congressional District that he was all over Washington DC yesterday acting as though he'd already won. On the other hand, the League of Women Voters said that Quigley declined their invitation to debate Rosanna Pulido, the conservative Republican challenger in the 5th District. Is Mike Quigley afraid of women, or does he just not like them? Democrat Quigley is currently a Cook County Board Commissioner and has been a loyal supporter of the hugely unpopular board president, Todd Stroger. Perhaps without Todd in the room, Quigley would not have been comfortable going toe to toe in a debate with Pulido in front of all of those ladies. In a press release today from Pulido's campaign, Quigley's priorities were questioned. "I find it amazing that he's doing a victory lap in Washington before the voters have even expressed their will," Pulido said. "He's meeting with K Street lobbyists and their checkbooks and I'm spending my time listening to the voters of the Fifth District. Turning down the League of Women Voters debate doesn't just show disrespect for the women in this district. It shows he doesn't much care what anyone here at home thinks." Pulido is accusing Mike Quigley of "chasing Washington cash" while "dissing women voters at home." Pulido's campaign manager Tom Hoefling has issued an open debate challenge to Mike Quigley's campaign. Hoefling says that the planned April 3 meeting of the two candidates at the City Club "isn't nearly enough." He added, "If Mr. Quigley has time for the folks in DC, certainly he can find a couple of spare hours for the people he wants to represent. The voters deserve to have to have a full airing of the candidates' views before they make this very important decision on April 7." Chicago News Bench can also report that Rosanna Pulido agreed a week ago to debate Mike Quigley in front of a group of mostly gay voters on Tuesday, March 24 at 7:00 p.m. at Sidetrack Video Bar, 3349 N. Halsted Street, Chicago. There, the 5th Congressional District candidates will participate in a “meet and greet” co-sponsored by Gay Chicago Magazine and Sidetrack. If conservative Republican Pulido is happy to meet and greet a group of largely gay voters, why is Democrat Quigley so reluctant to debate Pulido in the company of the League of Women Voters? RELATED: Claypool Blasts Quigley for Supporting Stroger Budget Emanuel Replacement Race: Quigley, Feigenholtz Jab Over Stroger Ties Feigenholtz attack ad links Quigley to Stroger Chicago News Bench RSS Feed Cool Stuff...

Twitter Hangover in Illinois 5th District

Jesse Greenberg makes some amusing observations about (a) Twitter, (b) Twitter usage by Democrat candidates in the recent March 3rd primary over in the Illinois 5th Congressional District's special election, (c) Mike Quigley and this skittish Twittering, and more. Greenberg leads off with this: Post March 3rd, my life hasn’t been the same. Maybe my inbox isn’t full of candidates’ emails. Maybe I’m not getting Facebook event invites at the same rate. Or maybe my Twitter feed isn’t filled with election talk. I guess I missed the quick-hitting and breaking news nature of Twitter. So, I took a closer look at what the leading Democrats’ of the IL-5 race have been up to on Twitter post-March 3rd. The answer is not much. And I’m surprised quite frankly. FULL POST at Jesse Greenberg's blog... RELATED: Quigley’s Twitter Problems and IL-5 Updates - Jesse Greenberg Chicago News Bench: Mike Quigley and Twitter? Mike Quigley's Twitter Problems and IL-5 Updates Chicago News Bench RSS Feed Cool Stuff...

Nowicki Calls Quigley Stroger's "Yes-Man"

Julia Nowicki, who is leaving her position as Cook County compliance officer, has a lot to say about patronage (read "corruption") under the regime of Todd Stroger. A revealing article on March 5, by friend Angela Caputo, gives a look at the dishonesty and lack of transparency in Cook County's government. She wrote this in Progress Illinois: Cook County Board President Todd Stroger was on the defense yesterday, calling outgoing compliance officer Julia Nowicki “a little disillusioned” after she reiterated quite forcefully that his administration continues to drag its feet on several court-ordered recommendations aimed at rooting out patronage. That's just a teaser. The rest of Caputo's article sizzles with the rump meat of Stroger over an open fire. Oh, and the rump of Mike Quigley is on the fire, too. Quigley has been a staunch supporter of Stroger, although he will now try to distance himself from him since winning the Demcrat primary for the Illinois 5th Congressional District seat this past Tuesday. Caputo jumps all over Quigley, sticking him on the same skewer as Stroger (emphasis added): As Nowicki rightly points out, it’s not the job of the compliance officer to root out illegal patronage: “It’s your job,” she wrote to the commissioners. With only a handful of Stroger critics on the board, the rebuke ought to be a reminder to the powers that be that taxpayers can’t afford another yes-man to fill Commissioner Mike Quigley’s seat when he presumably heads to Congress later this year. Read the entire letter from Julia Nowicki to Mike Quigley below. Nowicki Shakman Letter to Quigley

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Biased Chicago Media Ignore 5th District Republican Candidate

UPDATED: About Rosanna Pulido's Trouble Campaign If ever you doubted whether most of the "mainstream media" has a Liberal slant, ask yourself why Mike Quigley got virtually all the headlines after Tuesday's primary election in Illinois' 5th Congressional District. That's the seat known as "Rahm Emanuel's seat," even though Rahm happily abandoned it - and his constituents - for a cushier job in the White House. The local Chicago media have slanted the story as if Tuesday's election was the election, not just the primary, as though Quigley has already become the new Congressman in the 5th. Let's be clear: Quigley did not win the primary, he won a primary. In reality, there were three on Tuesday. There was one for Democrat voters, one for Republican voters, and one for Green Party voters. Quigley won the primary that he participated in. The other two primary races have received far less attention than the Democrat primary has. Oh, by the way, the other candidates still in the race for that seat are Rosanna Pulido, Republican, and Matt Reichel, Green. He has not. Quigley must still face two other candidates, a Republican and a Green. All three candidates - and they are still candidates - must still go through the April 7 general election before any of them become the next representative in Congress. That includes Quigley, but hte local press is treating the primary election as a virtual coronation of Quigley. "Oh, by the way," some of the big Chicago media seem to say, "there were a couple of other candidates who won their primaries, too, but they don't really matter." I had a phone conversation yesterday with well-known local Democrat (yes, a number of them actually talk to me). We'll call said Democrat "Jack." I told Jack how disgusting the local media's treatment of the 5th District primary is, what with the virtual dismissal of the Republican and the Green. "But," said Jack, "they don't matter." Honestly, that's what Jack said. "Quigley's gonna win. What's it matter if the press covers the other candidates or not?" I consider "Jack" to be a dear personal friend, actually, so I will be careful with how I call Jack a typical, party-centric hack who doesn't give a rat's ass about informing the voters so long as it furthers the Democrat candidate. To hell with objective reporting, so what if that attitude is contrary to the Fairness Doctrine that Jack and other Democrats would love to revive. As long as the local media is in the hip pocket of the Dems, that's just dandy. Why even acknowledge the Republican and the Green in the race? That's not what democracy is about, and it sure as hell isn't the "objective journalism" that the Tribune and the Sun-Times pretend to practice. The post you're reading right now, on this blog, is obviously an opinion piece. A conservative radio talk show makes no pretense of being objective while presenting what is obviously opinion. However, when the likes of the Chicago Tribune or the Chicago Sun-Times present coverage of a local election, they should do more than pretend that said coverage is complete or even fair. Here's a challenge: Do an advanced Google news search for "Pulido." Set the search to find items from March 4 to March 6, with "Pulido" as part of the headline. As of 12:03 p.m. on March 6, the search produced only one (1) result ("Quigley wins Democratic nod; Pulido leads GOP," March 4, Burlington Hawk Eye). Do the same search for "Quigley," and the results numbered "about 400." No media bias? Don't make me laugh. Even Lynn Sweet, who usually pretends to be objective, ran a post with the headline "Mike Quigley wins!" The post, published at 10:49 p.m. on Tuesday, contained no text, just two big photos of Quigley. Sweet digitally drooled, unable to contain herself. She probably had to be peeled off her chair. Any similar treatment for the Republican or the Green? Are you kidding? Shame on you, Lynn, where's the "Rosanna Pulido wins!" or the "Matt Reichel wins!" headline? Will Quigley win? Probably, but there is no guarantee. The Democrats have a much bigger campaign machine on their side. Todd Stroger will probably have troops out campaigning again for Quigley, and why not? Quigley and his army of patronage stooges campaigned hard for Todd Stroger. Just ask Sara Feigenholtz, a Democrat who lost in Tuesday's primary. The announcer in one of her campaign ads said this: “Mike Quigley? He talks a good game, but he endorsed Todd Stroger. Even sending his county staff to help Stroger’s campaign. And Quigley voted for Stroger’s budget, cutting nurses and hospital workers to keep Stroger friends on the payroll." (See the video here.) Will Quigley win? Probably, as noted above. If the mainstream media in the metro Chicago area continues its blatantly biased "coverage" of the election, many voters will assume incorrectly that Quigley has already won the seat. It is deception, whether by design or by knee-jerk behavior, by the press. Democrats like my friend "Jack" are perfectly content to perpetuate the deception. It is up to non-Democrat voters in the 5th Congressional District - whether Republican, Green or Martian - to spread the word that the election is not over yet. RELATED: Rosanna Pulido 2009 (IL) 5th District (Republican) Matt Reichel for Congress (IL) 5th District (Green) Illinois, District 5 Census Data from The Washington Post Chicago News Bench RSS Feed Cool Stuff...

Pulido Wins 5th Congressional GOP Primary

Rosanna Pulido won the Republican special primary in the Illinois 5th Congressional District on Tuesday night. Pulido won with her primary race with 969 votes. Democrat Mike Quigley took 11,800 votes in his primary race. The Green Party candidate, Mathew Reichel, took that primary with 164 votes. The total voter turnout in the district's primary was only 17 percent of eligible voters. (Source for vote totals: WREX Rockford) The three will face off in the April 7 general special election to complete the term of Democrat Rahm Emanuel, who abandoned his congressional constituents for a better job at the White House. Immediately after winning his party's nomination, Quigley launched into a dogmatic chant of meaningless drivel designed to keep Democrat voters in a state of hypnosis. Currently a commissioner on the scandal-ridden, high-taxing Cook County Board, Quigley made this bizarre statement: “After all the recent embarrassments, this was first chance that the voters had to voice their desire for change and they spoke loud and clear,” Quigley told the Chicago Tribune.“They came through for me, and now I have to come through for them.” Now that's a pant-load. Is that the same Mike Quigley that Democrat Sara Feigenholtz trashed in her failed bid to win today's primary? Why, yes, it is! It's the same Mike Quigley who has consistently been a part of the problem that he falsely claims to have battled. It's the same Mike Quigley who has fought real change in the corrupt Cook County government and worked to preserve the status quo of the Stroger Empire. Change? Right, sure. According to SEIU-backed Feigenholtz, Quigley is a water boy for Cook County President Todd Stroger. In a televised Feigenholtz campaign ad, a male announcer says this about Mike Quigley: “Mike Quigley? He talks a good game, but he endorsed Todd Stroger. Even sending his county staff to help Stroger’s campaign. And Quigley voted for Stroger’s budget, cutting nurses and hospital workers to keep Stroger friends on the payroll." (See the Feigenholtz video and more about Quigley and Stroger here.) The next month will be fascinating. We will see a Green Party candidate pretend that he matters. We will see a Stroger-Machine Democrat pretend that he's all about change. We will see a woman of substance who is not afraid to tell the truth and speak her honest convictions drop all pretenses and come out swining. By the time April 7 rolls around, the Democrat will be known as Squiggley Quigley. Chicago News Bench RSS Feed Cool Stuff...

Mike Quigley Is a Snowflake

Quigley Wiggly

Not so good. Quigley, a local Democrat running for the 5th Congressional seat, is upsetting more than a few people by allegedly bad manners on Twitter. I recently posted about Mike Quigley bugging followers with unwanted campaign ads on Twitter. Then, a wonk at Quigley's offices sent me a complaint, and as a courtesy, I removed the post. 

But the Chicago Sun-Times already snagged my post and reproduced it in full (no respect for copyrights over at the Sun-Times, I guess). So, I reposted it. 

Meanwhile, Jesse Greenberg picked up on it on his nice blog in two postings. Greenberg points out that Quigley has had Twitter problems previously. (See here and here for Greenberg's posts.) 

By the way, a fun word game is to swith the "Tw" and "Qu" of the two words. You end up with "Quitter" and "Twigley." I don't know what a twigley is, but Mike should be a quitter when it comes to his Twitter spamming. 

The Sun-Times Snagged My Quigley Tweet

Quigley Wiggly

Mr. Quigley's staff was not so amused, so I removed that post, but the Chicago Sun-Times snagged it and archived it. 

Ha! So, let me steal my own stolen copy and, with no apologies to Mike Quigley, reproduce it here: 

Mike Quigley Tweeted Me! Monday, February 09, 2009 Mike Quigley is running to fill the vacant 5th Congressional seat in Illinois. That's the one Rahm Emanuel occupied until he got a better gig with Oback Barama. Quigley is currently a commissioner on the Crook County Board. 

Mike's message to me today on Tweeter: Nice to tweet you. Stop by www.quigleyforcongress.com to check out why Mike's running for Congress. Say, Mike, here's a message for you: Stop by www.rogersparkbench.blogspot.com to check out why Tom will never support your run for Congress. Gad, get a frikkin' clue, Mike. Oh, and knock off the spam tweets, okay?