Posted on 12/13/2008 12:05:20 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
It shouldn't come as any surprise that, in the wake of the shocking allegations against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, observers almost immediately evoked the Windy City's rich, colorful history of corruption. But after a couple of days Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, the son of the man synonomous with cronyism and backroom Chicago politics, wasn't about to let the comparisons go unchallenged. At a Wednesday press conference, a subdued Daley, who is bidding to land the 2016 Summer Olympics, went out of his way to distance himself and his city from the stain of the burgeoning scandal. "We don't have the [bad] reputation. We have a good city here. This is all about Springfield. This is not about Chicago."
Any politician, of course, would want to put lots of space between himself and a toxic scandal like this one, in which the sitting governor stands accused of trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder. Daley, though, has a special interest in trying to draw such a sharp line: not only has his own administration been dogged by patronage scandals and federal investigations, but John Harris, the Governor's co-defendant and chief of staff, was once one of Daley's top lieutenants at City Hall.
A married father of three, Harris, 46, turned in his resignation Friday, the second Blagojevich aide to fall on his political sword so far. He did so on the same day that the state's Attorney General asked the Illinois Supreme Court to consider invoking an obscure state law to temporarily remove Blagojevich from power.
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One thing I truly believe.
That IL Governor would sell out his own mother to save his skin. There is going to be much blood in the aftermath.
Wishful thinking. Daley is impervious to scandal.
Daley
Obama
Emanuel
Axelrod
This will be what characterizes Obama's administration.
And we will enjoy every minute of it.
A tiger is a tiger, and will always be a tiger.
No wonder Obama smokes 2 packs a day, worrying about all of this &h*! he is connected to.
They’re so much into it, they think they’re not
They've been calling Blago brazen. This is really brazen!
They are going to throw everything at everyone but Obama. Obama is, in their mind, able to walk through the flames unsinged.
I’m looking forward to the book: “All the President’s Homeys”
as Rush so fairly put it.....”the cesspool from which Obama was spawned”.
Please. The Daley Crime Syndicate is untouchable.
Does a fish know he’s in the water?
No.
Heck, I hope it encompasses every reigning RAT in this nation. Just want the obots to realize what they voted in. Maybe, just maybe, osama’s halo will finally disappear.
Wasn’t Daley thinking of running for Governor?
I hope you are right. I have been thinking the same thing. My wish is that Blago starts singing like Pavarotti to save his skin. I guess the law of unintended consequences strikes again. Had Obama not ran for office, Blago might have gone undetected.
* A legal impossibility, I know, but as long as he pretends to be president, I'll pretend we can impeach his worthless arse.
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