[cherry_bomb88]

Not only that...I find it suspect (at best) that he would do it RIGHT after an election in which he was just re-elected for 4 years....he's betting on the Chicago Voter's ever-short memory.

[winner3000]

"To do this any other way would have been needlessly CONTENTIOUS and jeopardize public safety"

Yeah, we can't have that pesky DEBATE about it. It's much more EFFICIENT to do it the autocratic way. Funny, wasn't that supposed to be the strength of the soviet union?