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Illinois

raising2moredems

(705 posts) Mon Aug 17, 2020, 10:10 PM Aug 2020

Big Jim Thompson RIP

Yes, he was a Republican - with a capital R. One of the last vestiges of an Illinois Republican. He and Jim Edgar are the last Republican governors IL will ever see. Rauner <spit> is a republican - small r meaning what passes for what's passes for that party these days. I never voted for him or Edgar but I never felt either were wingnuts.

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Big Jim Thompson RIP (Original Post) raising2moredems Aug 2020 OP

Thompson wasn't an evil sort, but he didn't do Illinois any favors Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #1

But.. raising2moredems Sep 2020 #2

Thekaspervote

(34,479 posts)

1. Thompson wasn't an evil sort, but he didn't do Illinois any favors

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Mon Aug 17, 2020, 10:25 PM

Aug 2020

raising2moredems

(705 posts)

2. But..

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Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:38 PM

Sep 2020

They weren't hell bent on destroying the state. Not sure if Thompson realized it but I do think Edgar had a V-8 moment and realized there is no longer a Republican party. Too little too late.

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