Editorial: Slippery pols always looking for a hot button to push – Champaign News-Gazette

"Political wannabes will say anything they think will help get them elected. So, in that respect, it’s easy to understand why Alexi Giannoulias, the Democratic candidate for secretary of state, is emphasizing his support for legal abortion as a reason to support his candidacy for a public office that hands out vehicle license plates...Giannoulias is backing legislation that would bar the use of license-plate scanners to get information about women from other states coming to Illinois to get abortions."
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Pat S.
1 year ago

Doesn’t appear the candidate knows which position he’s seeking.

Abortion rights and license plates and driver licenses? There’s no connection, but he seems to think there is.

Nothing like riding on the coattails of a controversy.

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