Kirk Dillard must be having a bad day after realizing he just bought a big ‘ole sour lemon:
But some GOP committee members questioned why the problem did not come up when the panel interviewed Keyes earlier in the week or when former Illinois Attorney General Tyrone Fahner screened Keyes for any potential problems.
“Mr. Keyes never talked about having liens on his personal taxes,” said state Sen. Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale.
Dillard, who is also DuPage County GOP chairman, pledged to campaign for Keyes, but he sounded decidedly lukewarm.
“If he’s the nominee, I will do my best to sell him,” Dillard said.
It gets better though:
“Every Keyes zealot that waltzes into my political office better leave with a George Bush and a county coroner yard sign,” Dillard said. “I can’t afford to not harness the power of Keyes, [even] when there are drawbacks to Ambassador Keyes.”
How does the County Coroner feel about natural law?