Illinois Politics: my home state, my Governor, and the fight against The Orange One

[ride_4ever]

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[cmcmck]

Trouble is that you do have kings given absolute presidential powers but ones you can get rid of every four years.

He reminds me of the French absolute monarchs of the 18th century and Musk of their senior assistants like Colbert or Mazarin.

[ride_4ever]

The lessons of history....

[cmcmck]

People compare him to the 20th century dictators (he's more like Mussolini that Hitler) but I really think Louis XV is closer to the mark.

[senmut]

Him, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Maine made me happy this week.

[ride_4ever]

Yes!

[smallhobbit]

Very impressive!

[ride_4ever]

Yes!

[torino10154]

I saw clips from that the other day! More of this, kplzthnx.

[ride_4ever]

Yes, so much kplzthnx for good, outspoken, progressive people in government.

[dine]

it really is a fantastic, on-target, speech

[ride_4ever]

We do still have some good and outspoken people in government.

[donutsweeper]

I've seen clips of that on tumblr earlier. Good for him, excellent, excellent stuff.

[ride_4ever]

Good stuff indeed.

[donutsweeper]

Thanks for linking to a convenient video version btw, I sent it to my parents and they told me they shared it with their "protest group" at their retirement complex (of whom about two dozen went to their state's 'not my president president's day' protest) and everyone thought there thought it was great.

[troyswann]

Wow, that's a powerful speech. Thanks for posting it.

[ride_4ever]

Glad you felt the power!

[elayna]

Great speech! We all need to take it to heart.

[ride_4ever]

Yes, ❤️s need this!

[brigantine]

I read Gov. Pritzker's speech last week. I was at work, so I couldn't cheer, but I wanted to! \o/

[ride_4ever]

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[seleneheart]

Thank you for sharing- it's disheartening to see so many elected people just roll over to what's happening. But this gives me hope.

[ride_4ever]

Yes, hope is one of the things that fuels speaking truth to power!