Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Corruptus in Urbs in Horto
This article is apt in that the author/researcher traces the precedent of Chicago Corruption back to its late 19th Century origins: frontier "law" was a bit different back then, but Chicago seems to want to continue it.
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Counterpoint: As throughout his entire career, Obama has only been guilty of selling Illinoisans on crooked leaders like Blagojevich — as he has done for Cook County President Todd Stroger, for Mayor Richard M. Daley, and for a variety of minor figures in Chicago’s sordid political culture of self-dealing and corruption.
Obama and Emanuel in fact played major roles as top advisers to Blagojevich’s 2002 gubernatorial campaign. In 2006, Obama endorsed the governor for reelection with kind words that ring as hollow as his promises to change Washington: “We’ve got a governor in Rod Blagojevich who has delivered consistently on behalf of the people of Illinois,” Obama had said.
Change we can believe in. Yes we can. Right, Pepe?
The way in which the Illinois governor (easier than spelling his last name) talked so openly about selling Obama's seat demonstrates his delusional way of thinking: he thought he was, quite literally, untouchable.
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