Willie Wilson is running an Independent campaign for the United States Senate which is apparently making incumbent Democrat Dick Durbin nervous.
Why else would Kristina Zahorik, president of the Illinois Democratic County Chairs Association, as well as chairing the McHenry County Democratic Party Central Committee file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Wilson’s radio ads for omitting the “approved by” line?
Wilson, whose polling about a month ago, according to a source within the Mark Curran for U.S. Senate campaign, showed Durbin behind the Republican by two percentage points, is running a campaign that seems to be aimed at Blacks.
Without the Black vote, Democrats would have a hard time winning Illinois.
Wilson has put more than $3 million into his campaign.
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Here is the Chicago Tribune article from which I learned of the FEC complaint.
**Wilson, whose polling abot a month ago, according to a source within the Mark Curran for U.S. Senate campaign, showed Durbin behind the Republican by two percentage points**
HAHAHA
Lets see that poll.
You mean ‘without the black bloc vote’ right?
Doesn’t Willie demand whites pay reparations to blacks
And Kristina loathes Franks.
Whata crock of crap!
Willie Wilson will not win so he can say whatever he needs to say to draw away the black vote from Durbin and I support it 100%.
Corrections make, Citizen Editor.
Thank you.
Good job giving Willie Wilson more attention and showing how petty and rude you are, Kristina.
Everybody who knows you knows what an awful human being you are.
Illinois voters want” CHANGE “new faces, new ideas.
Durbin has held office since 1996, he should retire gracefully,relax, travel and start enjoying life with his family
Why is it AOK for blacks and illegal aliens to vote in blocs, but not whites?
Wilson isn’t an independent.
He’s running for the Willie Wilson Party.
It’s a new party that he founded in March.
True.
The Way Out Willie Wilson party – yeah, that’s the ticket !
Only two Blacks have been successful US Senator candidates:
1992 Election
Carol Moseley Braun (1993-1999)
2004 Election
Barack Hussein Obama II
(2005-2008)
😁
That’s correct Little Eddie, and both of your icons were epic failures just like yourself. 😚
Carol Moseley Braun has an Andy Warhol type lithograph of Mao Tse Tung in her palatial digs.
DisHonestAbe1, I don’t have icons and you’re the epic failure. 😮
cc this blog
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-willie-wilson-senate-ad-complaint-20201016-lt72fdnwove7lltvl3gu7pzmfm-story.html
Hi Mr Pearson,
I want to bring to your attention a 1960 civil rights case, Talley v California, which held that disclaimer rules like “stand by your ad” are unconstitutional.
During the jim crow era, disclaimer rules were used to silence or harass blacks and women who dared to speak out about politics.
But the supreme court has repeatedly ruled that ads like these are core polticial speech and fully protected under the first amendment.
Although the case you write about is federal, I’ll also mention that the Illinois constitution also protects this kind of speech.
People v White.
I have litigated this issue in Indiana and at the 7th circuit in Stewart v Taylor (s d ind 1997) and Majors v Abell (7th cir 2004).
The Janus case last year is a recent example of the court holding the government may not compel speech.
Some of the democrats on the FEC are refusing to follow the supreme court’s rulings in this line of cases, notably Ellen Weintraub, but the Republicans on the FEC understand the principles involved so this complaint will go nowhere.
Back in my day it was usually the Democrats who fought illegal censorship; odd how that has changed.
I hope you will continue to cover this issue, adding this new information. Happy to discuss. 302 529 1529 or gtbear@gmail.
As far as I know, the tribune reports the news, and is not just a house organ for te democratic party like some newspapers of note.
My next step will be to look into who Zahorik is.
She should know better.
Thanks for your time,
Sincerely Robbin Stewart.