GOP Convention Notebook 2: Myths and Metaphors

The Beachwood Reporter ^ | August 30, 2012 | Steve Rhodes

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Myths And Metaphors

"[New Jersey Governor Chris] Christie has in recent days tried to make President Barack Obama a synonym for 'Chicago ward politics' even though Obama has never been a part of that club in any real sense of that term," Carol Marin writes for the Sun-Times.

I'm not sure his best pals Tony Rezko and Emil Jones would agree. Or these folks. Or Rod Blagojevich, whom Obama endorsed twice. Or any of the opponents he knocked off ballots. Or the poor constituents he left behind. What more would he need to do to be part of the club?

I mean, remember all those times he challenged the corruption oozing out of Daley's City Hall? Neither do I.

Obama wasn't on the city council, he was in the state senate; when it came time to make his move, he sewed his hip to that of uberhack senate leader Emil Jones. All he had to do to keep Daley's favor was to keep his mouth shut. Which he did.

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Steve Rhodes utterly demolishes the chorus of Chicago Democratic media types who denied that Barack Obama was a practitioner of "Chicago Ward Politics" and formerly served as a reliable cog in the corrupt Cook County (Chicago) Democratic Machine. N. B. Relevant portion of article begins half way down the linked page.

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Barack Obama embodies many of the most memorable characteristics of previous presidents:

• More socialist than FDR

• More arrogant than LBJ

• Trickier than Dick Nixon

• More incompetent than Jimmy Carter

• Broke his no-new-tax pledge faster than Bush 41

• Bigger liar than Bill Clinton

• Bigger spender than Bush 43

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Where are the photos of the convention protesters?

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Where are the photos of the convention protesters?

Here's a few of them.
Looks like they're dressed as giant pink garters for some reason.