Penetrating Insights into the Obvious
Posted on 08/21/2008 9:44:03 AM PDT by JulianaJohnson
Joe Biden, Tim Kaine, or Evan Bayh?
Oh, you silly country rubes. There is not an audacious name in that bunch.
On Saturday, Barack Obama will return to the initial scene of his crimes against humanity with his vice presidential choice in tow.
That choice?
Does the phrase, "We're putting the band back together," mean anything to you, Chicago?
That's right, Obama's choice will be a friend to lobbyists big and small, the master of economic disaster, a man of few usually unintelligible words, and the man at whose ample teet Obama suckled for his seven vanilla years in the Illinois State Senate--I am of course talking about retiring State Senate President Emil Jones.
The campaign commercials write themselves: Let the Chicago Democrats do for America what they have done to Illinois.
While some may view this as the ultimate patronage hire, that take misses Emil Jones' robust record as an agent of change.
Think of all of the change Illinois has realized during Jones' tenure as Senate President and Governor Rod Blagojevich's BFF.
For example, Illinois has shed 60,000 manufacturing jobs, currently enjoying an unemployment rate 28% higher than the national average.
Not convinced? What if I told you that Illinois is number one in the nation in its unfunded pension liability?
Still not sure Jones is the best choice?
Did I mention that Illinois is 44th in the nation in per capita income growth?
One has to appreciate how difficult it is to rack up numbers like that in a state with the logistical advantages, transportation infrastructure, corporate bases, and post-secondary educational institutions that exist in Illinois.
To achieve these changes, one must have the fortitude to stare down common sense policies and say, "Not on my watch."
Jones has shown this willingness to discard conventional wisdom-and the laws of supply and demand. While other politicians offer up loose talk in support of higher taxes, onerous, job-killing regulations and politically expedient subsidies, Jones has always been a man of action.
So who better than Jones to ride point for Obama's carbon tax and his capital gains tax increase and his income tax hike and…well, you get the idea.
+++++ Proft v. Kurth on WBEZ's "848" talking Veepstakes I also had the opportunity to square off against a worthy adversary in Democrat (she hates when I say "Democrat" instead of "Democratic") strategist Kitty Kurth, a principal with Kurth Lampe, a strategic communications firm in Chicago on WBEZ-Chicago Public Radio's well-regarded "848" program for a lively discussion about the upcoming vice presidential selections of both Sens. McCain and Obama. Mild-mannered host Richard Steele deftly managed our spirited exchange.
Take a listen.
Click here to listen http://www.urqmedia.com/content/img/f215030/proft_848_082108.mp3
--DP
Nope, not in a million years.
This guy is nuts.
Not a chance.
Not to worry, Hussein is from Indonesia.
I think this is an effort at satire. Emil Jones, Obama’s mentor, is a corrupt old b@st@rd who bears a lot of the responsibility for Illinois’ current problems. This week he announced his retirement from the IL Senate and as Senate President and, as any father hopes his son would follow in his footsteps, Jones fondly “hopes” that Emil Jones III would take over his seat. (The way Democrats around here hand off their offices to their offspring, the only thing I can figure out is they are trying to establish hereditary nobility.)
Anyway, I think Proft’s point here was that the nut (Obama) does not fall far from the tree (Jones.)
Dan Proft of Seals and Proft?
I listen to WLS every morning, Don and Roma. Don went off on this guy today too, makes me very glad I live here in Indiana and not Cook county, that’s for sure. Didn’t Stroger (sic) get his dad’s seat the same way when he died?
Right. The Dems chose Todd Stroger to run after his father became incapacitated. Cong. Bill Lipinski also did the handoff a few years back when he retired after the primary and met with his advisors and, lo and behold, determined that the best qualified person in the district to replace him would be his own son, Dan, even though his son did not live in the district, or in the state.
LOL!!
What if Obama and McCain both picked Hillary?
Then I’d be willing to bet a donut that she becomes VP.
As I recall, you could have a Presidential and a Vice Presidential candidate from the same state..... but the electors from that state to the electoral college can not vote for them.
you are right in general, about Cheney’s sudden trip to Wyoming to (re) establish residency there.
sure didn’t want to loose Texas’s electoral college votes.
Ann Coulter suggested Kevin Federline as someone sufficiently young and hip to be VP and not overshadow BO, but I think a better choice would be Chad, the guy from the Alltel commercials - after all, he is young and hip and experienced at putting nerds in their places, he’s technology literate, he is friends with a wizard (who might be talked into serving on BO’s cabinet - Secretary of Education?), and he’ll be out of a job once Verizon completes their buyout of Alltel. Everyone wins!
I wouldn't be suprised if they both picked Liberman.
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