That's Silly, Just Silly, Silly
- Mayor Daley today denounced as “laughable” former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s claim that Barack Obama “immersed himself in Chicago machine politics.”
“I couldn’t understand it. In 1979, I think I ran for state’s attorney as an independent. I don’t know where we get this — this idea that there’s a big Democratic machine going on,” Daley said.
“Chicago and the metropolitan area is very Democratic and the state is. [But] there’s no machine. I thought it was laughable. That’s what Democrats and Republicans have to do at conventions: yell at each other. But, in the long run, people are much smarter and can understand that there’s just a lot of political rhetoric going on.”
And of course, guess whose lips are planted firmly on the mayor's ass in their piece of so-called "journalism" - our buddy Fran. And even she can't hid the obviousness of the existence of the Machine (or "Combine" as John Kass like to call it):
He never forgot the snub. That’s at least part of the reason why, after being elected mayor in 1989, he created a new machine — comprised of political armies like the Hispanic Democratic Organization — to work around the Democratic party structure.
The strategy worked like a charm until the 2006 conviction of the mayor’s former patronage chief on charges of rigging city hiring to benefit the soldiers in the mayor’s political army.
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
23 Comments:
Machine politics, that's the real reason we have a residency requirement. Tax base bullshit!
If the Streets and Sans guys, Precint Captain's and other city workers (besides cpd/cfd) were allowed to live out in the burbs do you think they would care about getting out the vote for Daley? Hell no!
I have voted several times for non-machine candidates and my ballot has come back spoiled every single time...that means not counted...That's what Precint Captain's do to keep their cushy city jobs.
FTC
Um, no machine whatsoever, merely MERITORIOUS promotions, clout-list hiring, nepotism galore, and so on, and so on.
I pray that when MaCain is elected he chooses Rudi for Attorney General and he gets Daley once and for all...Vote MaCain/Palin....
Just a thought here. Nobody has ever, especially emperor Daley (actually nobody has ever even asked) that if there is no patronige in Chicago why does Daley (and every other pol) have a patronidge chief? And exactly what are the duties of a patronidge chief and how much does he get paid?
anyone can win the crook county state's attorneys office as an independent if yo daddy is mayor richard J. daley
yeah, there's no outfit either.
Barack Obama Bin-Laden says---
That infidel Daley only thinks that I am part of his machine. I only used him to help me get this far. I answer only to Allah. Daley will be discarded after my coronation as Califate of the newly formed Islamic States of America.
Change you better believe in.
"Daley will be discarded after my coronation as Califate of the newly formed Islamic States of America.
Change you better believe in.
9/05/2008 07:54:00 AM"
You do know you just convinced me to vote for you, don't you?
He belongs in a Democratic prison,w orking on machines!
I pray that when MaCain is elected he chooses Rudi for Attorney General and he gets Daley once and for all...Vote MaCain/Palin....
If McCain wins, all he really has to do is leave the current US attorney in office a few more years. The feds are slow, but given enough time they will convince someone to roll on Daley rather than take it up the backside themselves.
Rumor has it that Mrs. Blago and Emil Jones are on tap to do the perp walk next. Supposedly in October.
I would love to see G. Ryan, Daley, Jones, and Blago sharing a room at Club fed.
Anonymous said...
I pray that when MaCain is elected he chooses Rudi for Attorney General and he gets Daley once and for all...Vote MaCain/Palin....
9/05/2008 06:25:00 AM
Rudy would be a great choice, McCain is neck and neck with osama obama go John!
Mother of g-d does that turd live in a bubble or what????
No combine, no machine, no fixes are in??
THEN HOW THE FUCK DO LAPINSKI, STROGER AND JONES PUT THERE KIDS IN THE ELECTED OFFICE THEY HAVE RESIGNED FROM CIRCUMVENTING THE PEOPLES RIGHT TO VOTE.
Not to mention all the other fucking square dances that have the finger prints of Illinois democrats all over them.
Daley it is my sincere hope that by virtue of this being a presidential election year the whole country learns what a utter criminal you are and then the national electorate drop kicks that Uncle Tom Obama and you in to the dust bin of history.
We know you think it's in the bag that your boy Obama is going to make it to the White House. Don't be so sure asshole.
-not a cop.
I think its a pretty safe bet that a lot more of our own will be doing the perp walk before the Mayor. But I'm sure he appreciates the sentiment.
off subject: ask Sgt A. Bielicki 014 about the time a prisoner spit on her partner and he slap him. She went running into the watch commander to inform on her partner. Be very careful of her, she is not to be trusted
You must really be running scared. Nothing but hate and lies. Our founding Fathers would be spinning. Shame on you,
Mealer for Mayor!
Maybe we can make Harpo, Chico and Zeppo Alderman too!
All the Marx Bros.!
DUCK SOUP!
HAIL HAIL FREDONIA!
nagis task force beware, word is a trick ass is about to go to one. he probably wont last longer than six months cuz he claims to do whatever he wants. seems he was working for a sargent with an attitude of a short story book. you know what they say about a book - _ o_ _ _ _'_ _ _ _ _ _ a _ _ _ _ by _ _'_ _ _ _ _ _.
“I couldn’t understand it. In 1979, I think I ran for state’s attorney as an independent. I don’t know where we get this — this idea that there’s a big Democratic machine going on,” Daley said.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Shut up
Anonymous said...
I pray that when MaCain is elected he chooses Rudi for Attorney General and he gets Daley once and for all...Vote MaCain/Palin....
9/05/2008 06:25:00 AM
FVCKIN A!!!!!!!!!
Justice cries out for Shortshank to be drawn and quartered at high noon in Millennium Park.
Burn in Hell, Daley!
"SILLY, SILLY, SILLY"...he is so immersed in the cocoon of his own self talk bullshit that you actually thinks we buy his BS....the party isn't over till he is gone ...carry on
With all respect - Daley is right. There is no "Machine" today. In the era of Daley I, there was a Machine. The Party committee officially endorsed a candidate for every office. Everyone had to support that candidate. Anyone who ran for office without that Party backing was destroyed. (I speak of the primaries, of course.)
But look at things now. There was a five-way race for State's Attorney this year. Who was the "Machine" candidate? None of them! Daley didn't even make an endorsement. Nor do I recall him taking sides in any of the contested aldermanic races last year.
He doesn't need to. There's no organized force that could oppose him; if an alderman goes down, his replacement will be no problem. County officeholders are no threat either, so again he just lets it ride. He and his county allies protect each other by neutralizing the offices and agencies they control. That is, the city government won't be a base for challenges to the County officeholders, nor vice versa.
That makes it very hard to get anything started.
The Republicans have been ground down to nothing. The liberal reformers have been co-opted. Daley can just coast along on the strength of incumbency.
Just a Civilian
I think its a pretty safe bet that a lot more of our own will be doing the perp walk before the Mayor. But I'm sure he appreciates the sentiment.
9/05/2008 12:47:00 PM
Your right, the Daley Machine has been given info to the Feds for years about the Police it keeps the feds preoccupied with us not with the politicians.
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