In The Dialogue’s first video podcast, Mark Glennon sits down with Orland Park mayor and current GOP candidate for Illinois’ 6th congressional district Keith Pekau to discuss how he got started in politics, how his policies in Orland Park could translate to the federal level and where he stands on a number of hot button issues this election cycle.
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Illinois lost another 54,000 tax filers and dependents, net, according to the IRS. Since 2000, fleeing taxpayers have taken $94 billion of annual adjusted gross income with them.
I know nothing about this guy. I’m distrustful of all politicians, particularly those seeking higher office.
I am hopeful that Keith’s message can resonate with voters in the 6th. There is a lot of work to do in DuPage County on this front where Casten is strong with his abortion advocacy. Casten isn’t just pro choice, he acts as if women have a responsibility to have an abortion. Get your ground game going hot and heavy now and don’t stop. The progressive policies of Biden, who Casten supports 100%, must be emphasized. Inflation, gas prices, wide open borders, anti law and order and defunding of police should be tied directly to Casten. Rinse and repeat.
Keith’s been out working in Dupage County going door to door right in Sean’s hometown. He knows that he’s not from Dupage and is willing to put in the time to personally get to know the voters. If he keeps it up, he can and will win the 6th.
Although the top of the ticket won’t make it easy.
PPF, you do surprise me sometimes.
Keith Pekau is a corrupt clown. I can’t really say anything good about Casten either. Where are the decent candidates? All we get are extremists, trolls, and virtue signallers.
Ask Ray Hanania about Pekau. I’m surprised you platformed this clown.
“Many people questioned the wisdom of mandates but Pekau took it further implying on many occasions by his actions and his words that face masks were not important in preventing the spread of the virus”Ray Hanania February 9th, 2022 How dare Pekau question the holy gospel of the masks. Many people in the 6th district agreed with him and starting fighting back against the local school districts to stop the mandates. For many people in the 6th, Keith represents their doubts that masks actually work. When we got rid of them we didn’t see the horror that so many foretold.… Read more »
And the science is now overwhelmingly against masks. Here is the latest:https://brownstone.org/articles/the-best-mask-study-yet/
We will platform all Congressional candidates from both parties, all of whom are welcome to the podcast. And if you want to claim corruption about any of them you should be specific.
It’s understandable Mark. I disagree with you on one of your core issues in the state of Illinois so you probably put me in the liberal or progressive camp. When in reality my views tend to be built around fairness and honoring the constitution of the state and the USA. It’s probably why the original pension clause was sponsored by Republicans who believed in fairness and keeping your word. Today most public employees lean democrat so some assume that’s who I’m supporting. I would rather see the state fail than ever allow the state to cut its debt just so… Read more »
Your “views tend to be built around fairness and honoring the constitution of the state and the USA.” Bravo. That’s a damn solid foundation.
Mencken said “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. ” Keith’s solution to the problem of high gas prices fits–it is clear, simple and spectacularly wrong. I have an MBA in finance and a PhD in Business and Applied Economics, both from the Wharton School. Nothing Keith said concerning gas prices was correct. But as a believer in free market, private enterprise, what disturbed me the most was that his solution involved establishing a command economy. The government would tell oil producers to open new wells, pump more oil from the old ones. And the government would… Read more »
You are obviously correct, but in the bizarro world that is Illinois, Pekau has to attract the swing voters who voted for Casten. Illinois candidates will be the lesser of two evils for a long time. Congress needs reliable Republican votes to stop the leftist agenda, and these votes are not always going to come from a candidate who check all the boxes. But Pekau is preferable to socialists like Casten. Even if a blue dog, old school Chicago Democrat still existed and got elected to Congress, they would vote with the leftists once they got to Washington. Pekau won’t.
Your analysis is sound. But you do use a few “magic words” which don’t reflect their true meaning. Sean is a raging capitalist, as you likely know, so calling him a socialist is just calling him a meaningless name. By the same token I could call Pekau a fascist but that would be equally incorrect. And I think you are right in arguing that Keith will vote with the Republicans regardless of his personal competence. And Sean will vote with the Dems. But Sean also brings overwhelming competence in fighting climate change, which, if you would read the science behind… Read more »
Democrat Rep. Sean Casten on U.S. Energy: ‘We’re Always Going to Be a Little Bit Socialist’ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/06/democrat-rep-sean-casten-on-u-s-energy-were-always-going-to-be-a-little-bit-socialist/ Democrat Rep. Sean Casten (IL) when talking about the United States energy system in a recent conversation said “we’re always going to be … a little bit socialist.” During a recent conversation about clean energy, Casten shockingly described the U.S. energy system to be “a little socialist.” The Democrat congressman has made the remarks while also saying that the nation’s energy system has “never really been totally a market economic system.” Illinois Rising Action hit the congressman as he “joins [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)] in living… Read more »
The reality is that Sean Casten is a communist. Communism is not some form of socialism or marxism. Communism is the promise to hurt the people you blame for your problems in exchange for power. Sean has not offered solutions. He’s only promised to hurt legal gun owners, oil producers, rich people, anti-abortionists, traditional religious people aka haters, racist white republicans, etc. Everyone one of his policy positions from his website, except helping Veterans, revolves around somehow punishing or inflicting pain on behalf of his constituents who are in a state of perpetual victimhood. That’s what he’s about and that’s… Read more »
Which variety of communism are you referring to? They are very, very different, and they all exist: Libertarian communism, anarcho-communism, council communism, Marxist communism, Maoism, Leninism, Marxism–Leninism,Trotskyism, non-Marxist communism, Christian communism, Islamic communism, or some other variety?
sorry, Charlie, but most public utilities have ALWAYS been mostly socialist in the US. Sean is just stating what knowledgeable folk know is true. BTW, ALL police departments are socialist organizations.The only ones who are not are the private police companies. If you don’t understand this, you know too little to be complaining about it.
LOL local policing is not socialism. The etymology of the word ‘sheriff’ comes from the english word ‘shire’, which comes from late Old English scirgerefa meaning “representative of royal authority in a shire”. Basically the king’s executive authority, by the power of the sword, throughout his kingdom. Today we don’t have a king but a democracy but it’s the same concept. Solon the great Athenian statesman, said that prosecuting of crimes was the responsibility of the state, the polis, and not the individual, which is as far removed from socialism as you can imagine. Casten is wrong, and disingenuous, or… Read more »
Sorry again, Charlie, but using lots of big words and irrelevant historical information doesn’t cut it. Let me pull rank a bit. I have an MBA and PhD in Business and Applied Economics from the Wharton School, U of Penn, and taught business in one to the top 50 universities in the nation.. Before retiring I consulted for businesses ranging from Fortune 500 corps to mom and pop shops, and to all three levels of government. My PhD dissertation dealt with public utilities and governmental ownership and I also consulted and wrote a research book on police and fire departments.… Read more »
The King/Lord forced his serfs to use the local mill to grind their wheat, and the Lord’s ovens to bake their bread. And required all to pay an exorbitant price set by the Lord himself. What choice do I have to pay ComEd to operate my blender or Nicor to heat my ovens? How is this any different? That’s not socialism, that’s feudalism, LOL. Again, as for the police, it’s an obligation of the government, transferred from the king, to our democratic state, to provide protection. That’s not socialism, that’s an essential function of government going back to the ancient… Read more »
“Today’s far right and also Trumpists are emphatically not politically or economically conservative.”
You’re wrong about this too. Conservativism these days is essentially being a rebel, like traidition marriage, having children, honoring the traditions of those before us, believing in two genders, hard work, stuff your grandparents beleived. most trumpers believe this stuff.
I saw a funny tweet the other day from Joe Walsh who tweeted he could be a conservative who wants to abolish the electoral college. Every response was a picture of the constitution that said, no, conservatisim is conserving what exists.