Posted on 04/02/2019 7:15:18 PM PDT by Rennes Templar
(CNN)Lori Lightfoot has been elected the next mayor of Chicago, according to the Associated Press, becoming the first African-American woman picked to lead the country's third-most populous city.
Lightfoot faced a historic runoff Tuesday against Toni Preckwinkle, who is also an African-American woman. "This may not be the outcome we wanted but while I may be disappointed, I'm not disheartened," Preckwinkle told supporters after she called Lightfoot to congratulate her. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was not in the race, as he was not seeking a third term. Lightfoot, 56, a former assistant US attorney, describes herself as "an out and proud black lesbian." When she is sworn in, she will be the first mayor in the Windy City who identifies as a lesbian.
In the wake of the Laquan McDonald scandal -- in which a white police officer, Jason Van Dyke, shot the black teenager 16 times as he walked away from police -- Lightfoot was appointed by Emanuel to head the newly created police accountability task force.
Preckwinkle, 72, is a political insider who heads the Cook County Board and chairs the Cook County Democratic Party. She made education and a $15 minimum wage focal points of her campaign. A Chicago Tribune report in January claimed that Preckwinkle hired the son of a powerful old-school alderman, Ed Burke, to a $100,000 a year job with the county. Burke was recently charged with attempted extortion after the FBI raided his offices in January. In February's general election which had 14 candidates, Lightfoot and Preckwinkle were the top two vote-getters, which led to Tuesday's runoff.
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You’re more optimistic than I am. Emmanual hired her after a cop shot and killed a black youth a couple years ago. She’ll probably have a demoralizing effect on law enforcement.
The left’s obsession with race and the sex of one’s sex partner, is insane.
Insane and perverse.
Yes, Elsie, the bible does have examples of top down revival. This was in the kingdom of Israel top down government economy. It makes sense that we would see kings of Israel establishing reforms, even though kings were next-best (God had urged a more pure theocracy through priests, but the people wanted kings to win wars like other countries did).
In the New Testament we see a mention of government “giving praise to those who do right” (Romans 11 I believe). Under this model, we could see figures like Donald Trump and Mike Pence actively encouraging Christian activity, while the secular left (and all hell) gnashes its teeth and tries its worst, which won’t overcome God.
The economy can be a lot different if there are enough “righteous men” (in fact, per the Abrahamic bargain, had there merely been 10 righteous men in Sodom, it never would have gone down in flames). I think this is something we forget, fixated on hellfire and brimstone and forgetting the Cross. Jesus took our hellfire and brimstone if we are believers.
“Light-in-the-Loafer?”
More like helium shoes
Yep, the program is an embrace of Jesus Christ as supernatural savior. This vastly overshadows any other details or even confusions.
I know that between Protestant and Catholic official churches there are a lot of theological differences, with Protestant closer to literal bible. Sorting all this out may have to wait for Jesus to return. However I have found blessings from Jesus following a number of individual Roman Catholics, as well as a number of individual Protestants. I know too few Orthodox to speak personally, but I would be shocked if they were an exception to the principle. It’s Jesus Christ, the Name Above All Names, that beats out all subservient details.
Wave goodbye Chicago as you continue down the rabbit hole of socialism. It was started but has now accelerated.
Probably witness the death in a very short time.
As “you”? Who’s this “you”?
If Jesus is in the rabbit hole, the rabbit can’t go to hell yet.
I believe it is a reasonable conclusion to brace, but not to panic.
Even socialists have learned that they need “capitalist” cash cows to run their playgrounds. The businesses in Chicago will doubtless continue to get what they need, and they aren’t in the worst areas.
What I see here is a place where Christian intervention could do a lot of good, even if Christians have to submit to the risks of being in dicey areas.
So which one is she, the far left wing liberal candidate or the ultra left wing liberal candidate?
I can never keep them straight when the only candidates are left wing liberals.
As Woody Allen once said, if a girl with make out with me, she’s very liberal. If a guy will make out with me, he’s ultra liberal.
We are talking serious Democrat identity politics here folks: A “THREEFER!”
SHE IS BLACK, FEMALE, AND HOMOSEXUAL!
She has three minorities to cater/kowtow/show favoritism to.
How is that going to work out for Chicago?
I predict that her Mayoralty will not work well for Chicago.
I don’t know, she’s an ex fed and I wondered why the feds went after Ed Burke at that time. I wonder if Lightfoot thought that was the best way to go after Perkwinkle.
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