Thursday, January 15, 2015

Sanguinetti auditioning for title role in 'The Invisible Woman'?


Back in July, I posted on the disappearing act of candidate Bruce Rauner's pick for Lt. Governor, Wheaton's very own, Evelyn Sanguinetti:
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Novice candidate for high office, Evelyn Sanguinetti, Republican Bruce Rauner's running mate for Lt. Governor, has a lot to learn about politics. In an interview for Hola America TV, Sanguinet...ti said she'd be Rauner's partner "and whenever he's not, I will be able to make decisions in his stead." The only problem with that statement is the Lt. Governor has no gubernatorial decision making powers. Then, Sanguinetti's Facebook profile page suddenly disappeared. One reason may be that Sanguinetti "liked" the movie '2016: Obama's America," a scorched earth irrational attack on President Obama. She also "liked" the page 'I will NOT vote for Obama in 2012' containing childish, gratuitously insulting posts about the president. Sanguinetti may already have worn out her welcome with the Rauner campaign which likely encouraged her to get off Facebook and gave her a crash course on the duties of the Lt. Governor. No such controversy surrounds Paul Vallas, Governor Quinn's running mate who has a long, distinguished and scandal free record of public service. We know Paul Vallas, and it's apparent that Evelyn Sanguinetti is no Paul Vallas.
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Turns out Sanguinetti never surfaced in the following 6 months. Here's what Daily Herald op ed writer Jim Slusher had to say this morning about Sanguinetti's disappearing act:

"At an inauguration event at the Old State Capitol Monday, Sanguinetti said she is not yet answering reporters' questions but will 'very soon'."
Slusher laments that Sanguinetti's reticence in discussing her being a heartbeat, or felony conviction away from the governorship, both troublesome and worrisome. He's also frets about the apparent fierce control that Rauner has shown throughout the campaign and now into his governorship.
He shouldn't worry. The fuss over Sanguinetti's disappearing act is simply Rauner's attempt at a core campaign theme: transparency. Apparently, in the case of Sanguinetti, it's invisibility.

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