MSM Ignores ‘The Chicago Way,’ Corrupt Machine That Spawned Obama, Three Suicides

Big Journalism ^ | Feb 15th 2010 | Archy Cary

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Chicago Tribune reporter John Kass is an old school journalist. He’s one among a cadre of Windy City reporters, most from the Sun Times and the Tribune, who routinely expose the hooligans and shenanigans of the Chicago Political Machine.

Kass says the national MSM ignored the political environment that gave birth to Barack Obama.

While Kass calls Obama “a Chicago political guy,” he knows the Machine is multi-layered. While the hub is Chicago, spokes extend throughout Cook County, and reach deep inside the state capital at Springfield.

Because the MSM ignored the Machine from which Obama emerged, the electorate didn’t realize that voting for Obama meant endorsing politics the Chicago way. Consequently, those outside Illinois knew little about the Machine, how it cleans up its messes, and how the clean-ups can impact individual lives. For example:

At 3:30 a.m., November 16, 2009, police found Michael Scott’s body face-down in downtown Chicago, partially in the Chicago River, in a hard-to-access location. He shot himself in the head with a handgun.

Scott had been a utility infielder for several Chicago mayors, serving on various public boards. Mayor Daley appointed him President of the Chicago Board of Education in 2001. The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) run under the Mayor’s control, all 40,000 plus staff members, and over 400,000 students. Arne Duncan’s job, before Obama appointed him the Secretary of Education, was CEO of the CPS. (By the way, the current CEO estimates a $900 million deficit for the CPS in 2010. Is a federal bailout coming?)

[Jolla]

I remember the list of scandals and deaths connected to Clinton

The first time I visited FR

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I was hanging out at the paleolithic Clinton Scandals News Group when this new fangled thing called the World Wide Web first became all the rage. Soon folks were abandoning the newsgroup for this site called “FreeRepublic”.

The rest is history.

The current naked attempt at a Communist takeover seems a bit impersonal compared to the old lengthy death lists. Glad to see this info spicing things up a bit. Feels like old times.

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-Kommander ZerØ--

[US Navy Vet]

OK I have a question for all of you Chicago Historical FRers, What event in history caused Chicago to become SO corrupt? I really want to know.

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This is an excellent and important piece on Obama and the Chicago Machine.

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While Kass calls Obama “a Chicago political guy,” he knows the Machine is multi-layered. While the hub is Chicago, spokes extend throughout Cook County, and reach deep inside the state capital at Springfield.

Because the MSM ignored the Machine from which Obama emerged, the electorate didn’t realize that voting for Obama meant endorsing politics the Chicago way. Consequently, those outside Illinois knew little about the Machine, how it cleans up its messes, and how the clean-ups can impact individual lives.

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Those are just three short stories of life and death in the Machine.

Former President Bill Clinton reportedly said of Obama, after he became the nominee of the Democrat Party, that he had the political instincts of “a Chicago thug.” The multi-layered influence of the Machine has spread from Chicago, into Cook County, throughout Illinois, and is now reaching into the United States of America. Where’s the MSM?

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Video - John Kass on the Obama and the Chicago Machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zL82pqqsqY&feature=player_embedded#at=11

Video - Obama’s connections to Rezko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85xQ_qAsVTc&feature=player_embedded

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Suicide Chicago Style:
http://www.brayincandy.com/id170.html

Pray for America’s Freedom

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Interesting article:

This scandal runs straight to the WH as Kelly had partnered w/both Rezko and Jarrett. The indictment of Blago has both Jarrett and Greasy Axelrod as well as the Illinois head of the SEIU.

What a small corrupt world the windy city is. It is also very convenient that 2 of the direct contacts to obozo are now under WH legal protection. This can potentially save them $Millions in legal fees and give them Executive Privilege to keep the obvious conflict at a distance.