tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post6956577934366804291..comments2024-03-28T16:59:30.099+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: ”Welcome to Chicago…”JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-42721233285107950482008-12-15T17:50:00.000+00:002008-12-15T17:50:00.000+00:00"There is no way any politician could thrive in Il...<I>"There is no way any politician could thrive in Illinois politics except by being corrupt or, at the very least, being complaisant in corruption."</I><BR/><BR/>Indeed. <BR/><BR/>And yet, given that (despite his mantra of CHANGE!) he's staffed his cabinet and offices with ex-Clinton administration people, wouldn't you think they'd be a bit better at handling awkward liaisons...?<BR/><BR/><I>"...AMAZING how some people can be so blind..."</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, very true. As Simon and Garfunkel put it: <I>'All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear,<BR/>And disregards the rest,'</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-76562738943562609622008-12-15T15:04:00.000+00:002008-12-15T15:04:00.000+00:00xxx Well, I expected the bloom to start coming off...xxx Well, I expected the bloom to start coming off the Obama rose quite quickly. xxx<BR/><BR/>Quite. AMAZING how some people can be so blind that they thing because he is black, evereything will be SOPOO much better.<BR/><BR/>I would suggest the Brother of this dead Nigerian oil minister that thinks I am his friend of late is not your avereage blue hair, blond eyed two meter Anglo-Saxon either.<BR/><BR/>Von Brandenburg-Preussen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-38040926584545312452008-12-15T12:58:00.000+00:002008-12-15T12:58:00.000+00:00FWIW I lived in Chicago at the time Richard J Dale...FWIW I lived in Chicago at the time Richard J Daley (pere) was running the city (60s and 70s). As well as delivering the presidency to JFK by fraud (not a lot of coverage about that from the BBC funnily enough) Daley inherited (and passed on) the corrupt practice of politics in Chicago and Illinois.<BR/><BR/>There is no way <I>any</I> politician could thrive in Illinois politics except by being corrupt or, at the very least, being complaisant in corruption. Think Labour politics in East Glasgow and you'll get the idea. The difference is that, under Daley, Chicago worked (albeit expensively) for those who paid the local taxes compared with the crap services delivered in the UK to those who foot the bills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-61304993132457661032008-12-15T10:43:00.000+00:002008-12-15T10:43:00.000+00:00Sweet! This is not "Obama's closest associates mir...Sweet! This is not "Obama's closest associates mired in corruption", this is just "awkward for the Obama camp".<BR/><BR/>Yeah, right.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com