More Ice Cream in Illinois' 14th Congressional District?
The Illinois Primary will roll around on February 5, and among the candidates, Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) is getting an endorsement nod from the Tribune Editorial Board. The ice cream heir-turned-politician, who asserts that his namesake brand has the highest dairy fat content of any ice cream in the world, has clearly failed to incorporate enough frozen fattiness into past campaigns. He lost a gubernatorial race in 2006 and two Senate races, one in 2002 and 2004. Next week, Oberweis will be at it again, vying for Congress in the 14th district—hopefully with way more butterfat in hand. Who said ice cream can't buy votes?
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2 Comments:
Ugh, I hope he loses. Despite his involvement in an industry reliant on migrant workers, he took a strong anti-"illegal alien" stance. Going so far as to run a commercial in which he flew over Soldier Field to illustrate the number of illegal immigrants came into the country each week. Dairy farmers were pissed, and he got pretty flustered when one of his affiliate farms was raided by the INS.
His ice cream may be good, but I'll never buy it.
me3dia at 3:18PM on 01/30/08
Not going to eat it because of a TV commercial.... Coll more for the rest of us.
Also I don't seem to recall any sort of INS raid on a farm. Then again it sound like you are a bit of an Oberweis hater anyway. Enjoy DQ
OneMan at 10:55AM on 01/31/08