"Politics too ugly"? Sandack has nothing on Obama

Former state rep Ron Sandack (IL-81) offered the most bizarre reason ever for an abrupt resignation from state office when he said last week his decision was prompted by 'cyber security issues'. Then he offered that his Twitter and Facebook accounts had been hacked and he received uncomplimentary robocalls; again raising mystifying incredulity. In his third swinging strike he proclaimed:
“I wasn't looking forward to an ugly general election as it were; this additional stuff added undue pressure. It made my family uneasy and made me re-evaluate my priorities. Politics has gotten too ugly. I don't need it, and my family doesn't deserve it.”

Memo to Rep. Sandack: You have no idea what 'too ugly' is. Go ask President Obama about 'too ugly.' He'll educate you how it feels to have the N Word hurled at you and your family; be labeled a monkey, a Muslim, an un-American, a traitor, a foreign born illegitimate president. That's on a good day. He'll tell you that when you have the back of 40,000,000 uninsured poor, you have to get past 'too ugly'. He'll tell you that promoting wage parity for women, achieving livable wages for the working impoverished, preventing immigrant families being busted up by draconian immigration policies brings a bushel of 'too ugy' served up with relish every day by your party.

We'll probably never know why you up and quit. Maybe it's simply that having the back of a heartless governor who decimates the social safety net to promote an anti people agenda which has no chance of succeeding, is not very much fun.

Don't let the door hit your back as you turn your back on public service. There are folks out there willing to eat bowlfuls of 'too ugly' to help their constituents achieve a decent life.