Trump? Blagojevich.

Groups favoring Democrats in Illinois are running commercials attacking Republicans for saying they would vote for Donald Trump.  After some of Mr. Trump’s more egregious statements, which he made years ago and are, somehow, only being discovered now (color me cynical re the timing), I understand why some people might consider that an effective commercial.  (On the other hand, I cannot figure out why any of these statements should surprise anybody.  Anybody paying attention would have figured out long ago that Mr. Trump said things like this in the past.)

Still, it seems to me that an appropriate response to commercials criticizing Republicans for supporting Trump would be to ask Democrats about their support for Rod Blagojevich.  Democrats might be able to claim that they did not know about him in 2002, but they cannot say that for 2006.  By 2006, it was obvious what former Governor Blagojevich, who will not be voting in 2016, was.  He was running Illinois into the ground financially by increasing spending but refusing to raise the money to pay for it (and here, too).  He was giving State favors to people who gave him presents.  And his wife was somehow earning big real estate commissions from property developers.  It was all out there, but Illinois Democrats actively supported Rod Blagojevich anyway. 

Makes you sort of wonder about the sincerity of those commercials blaming Illinois Republicans for saying they would vote for Donald Trump, doesn’t it.
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PS As I have previously said, I will not be voting for Donald Trump – because I think his foreign policy views are dangerous, even worse than those of our current President.  But, as I said here, I understand how public officials in the Republican Party may see a reason, for the long term, to not outright reject Donald Trump.