Chicago Hope
While the media is covering the Blagojevich story, they miss the point that ALL those corrupt folks who run Illinois & Chicago are DEMOCRATS.
Nor did Illinois Governor and Mrs. Rod Blagojevich suffer from a Tourette’s moment. Their demands and outrage appear too bold and honest to be anomalous. Both felt comfortable enough to behave as they did before peers and the Chicago media, just as Jeremiah Wright’s celebratory flock was not shocked or disgusted by Wright’s depraved sermons (watch his apoplectic parishioners).
Blagojevich’s misconduct implicates not only himself, but Chicago’s acquiescent machine – just as the SEC failed to investigate Bernard Madoff nine years ago.
People like Madoff, Blago, Jeremiah Wright, the Clintons, and Obama don’t get where they are by themselves. Who would better understand the nuanced inner-workings of the Chicago machine than its US Senators and Governor?
Chicago…. Who runs it?
Senators: Barack Obama & Dick Durbin
Representative: Jesse Jackson, Jr.
IL Governor: Rod Blogojevich (arrested today)
House Leader: Mike Madigan
IL Atty Gen: Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike)
Chicago Mayor: Richard M. Daley (son of Mayor Richard J. Daley)
IL Leadership: ALL Democrats.
Iraq body count: 300+ Americans (2008)
Chicago body count: 400+ Americans (2008), although it’s hard to say exactly since Chicago doesn’t report crime like other cities. The Chicago PD celebrates whenever less than 500 are murdered in one year. (Maybe an end to the police occupation of Chicago will stop the cycle of violence there?)
State pension fund: $44 Billion in debt - worst in the country.
Sales Tax: At 10.25%, Cook County (Chicago) highest in country.
Chicago Schools: Rated one of the worst in the US.
They can’t blame Republicans because there aren’t any.
The ONLY hopeful news is that Blagojevich’s outrage seems to corroborate the President-elect’s refusal to play along with the machine. Obama is either a DINO (Democrat in name only) who exploited Chicago’s machine to inoculate America, or he will spread Chicago’s infection throughout America.
As a Republican, Obama would have never been elected to the State Senate or presidency. Indeed, Jeremiah Wright’s congregation would have lynched him faster than Wright could say OREO. But by exploiting the DNC’s racial politics, Obama resonated with Democrats, Independents, and some Republicans to win an election that offers some hopeful early signs. Maybe it’s the calm before the storm or a honeymoon, but Republicans have more to hope for today than they did one month ago.
Time will tell.
Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah!
Clark