Comments on: Pat Brady lobbies for marriage equality http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/02/52320 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Hunter http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/02/52320/comment-page-1#comment-219635 Hunter Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:51:30 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52320#comment-219635 The Republican party in Illinois, after a period of being dominated by scary screwballs, seems to have gone back to its moderate roots. Remember, this is the Republican party of Jim Thompson, Charles Percy, and even Mark Kirk, who's definitely not part of the Tea Party (although he started off badly). So a move like this is encouraging, but not really all that surprising. The Republican party in Illinois, after a period of being dominated by scary screwballs, seems to have gone back to its moderate roots. Remember, this is the Republican party of Jim Thompson, Charles Percy, and even Mark Kirk, who’s definitely not part of the Tea Party (although he started off badly).

So a move like this is encouraging, but not really all that surprising.

]]> By: TampaZeke http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/02/52320/comment-page-1#comment-219176 TampaZeke Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:46:10 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52320#comment-219176 Kudos! Kudos!

]]> By: Timothy Kincaid http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/02/52320/comment-page-1#comment-219152 Timothy Kincaid Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:05:38 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52320#comment-219152 Maybe it's a very sincere belief that this move is necessary for the party to survive, and there's nothing more sincere to a politician than continued power. But as you say, it's welcome in any case. Maybe it’s a very sincere belief that this move is necessary for the party to survive, and there’s nothing more sincere to a politician than continued power.

But as you say, it’s welcome in any case.

]]> By: Ben In Oakland http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/02/52320/comment-page-1#comment-219137 Ben In Oakland Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:44:05 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52320#comment-219137 Is this a sincere belief, or a sincere belief no longer modified by the perceived political landscape, or merely a nicer version of Newt holding a smelly finger up to the political wind in order to decide which way it's blowing? I don't know the man, and I'm only curious for my own reasons. But it's welcome in any case. Is this a sincere belief, or a sincere belief no longer modified by the perceived political landscape, or merely a nicer version of Newt holding a smelly finger up to the political wind in order to decide which way it’s blowing?

I don’t know the man, and I’m only curious for my own reasons. But it’s welcome in any case.

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