Birkett Bails - Again
Faced with a rematch against Democratic Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan, Republican DuPage County State's Atty. Joe Birkett dropped out of the attorney general's race today.
On his campaign Web site, Birkett essentially told supporters that he couldn't beat Madigan.
"I have assessed the political environment, the anticipated costs, and the commitment of time, among other factors. It has become clear to my advisors and me that it will be virtually impossible to compete financially with Lisa Madigan," he wrote. "She has the power of incumbency and her father continues to control the flow of campaign contributions. It would be wrong for me to run and to ask people to contribute to a race that that is virtually unwinnable under the circumstances."
And a Republican with a set of nuts that doesn't run away the minute a tough fight looms.
Labels: state politics
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
48 Comments:
In Illinois, Dem or Rep it's the same thing. It's the combine run by the Chicago Machine.
God Save the CPD......
Retirement is the GOAL......
Translation: Burke called him in and told him he couldn't run.
Boy, you think this City is bad the whole State sux!
I feel bad for my kids. Sorry. Daddy fuked up staying here. :(
I promise to be better.
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(I)n
(N)ame
(O)nly
He saw what They did to Ryan by opening his sealed divorce papers and Birket ran away. He must have some f-ed up skeletons.
why wont these republicans even try to fight the machine. i'm so sick of these guys ruining this city. its not like republicans challenging the machine would change everything but atleast there would be a voice. it's just so infuriating and i just work in this this cursed city. thank god i live amongst slow witted hoosiers where while still corrupt there are most times two sides to a fight.
Just wait until Brass Balls John Garido wins the cook county president election!
Birkett has his load of baggage. He was the lead attorney in the Nicarico Case. Not as squeaky clean as he'd like you to believe.
A Repub with a "set of nuts", SCC?
In Illinois? Surely you jest, Sir!
I know that you like to think that Lisa Madigan is dirty because you don't like her father (nor do I)but you're actually wrong about that. I have a friend who works for her and Madigan goes way out of her way to make sure there isn't even a suggestion of corruption. For example, from the day she got there, she would not allow her employees to come to a fundraiser even if they wanted to. She also not one to stay clean herself and allow others to scam. She is very, very careful at all times. I'd be very surprised if any kind of corruption were found in her office. She's also pretty supportive of the police.
Now if you want to talk about corruption coupled with stupidity, I have a friend who works for the Clerk's Office and from day one Dorothy Brown was wanting kick backs from employees. I knew about the "requirement" of buying $100 tickets to her fundraisers but even I was surprised when one of the papers did a story that she actually took cash from employees "for her birthday" and didn't see anything wrong with that. She runs that office like it's all about her.
I spent more time in court then Lisa. Only in Illinois.
Methinks Birkett may have too many skeletons in his closet that vicious pols like Mike Madigan would drag out and gleefully display... Why go through that character assassination if you don't have to?
I believe the only way to clean up this sewer of politics is to ride the wave of the NO INCUMBENTS PARTY and get rid of all the current pond scum!
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Anonymous said...
I know that you like to think that Lisa Madigan is dirty because you don't like her father (nor do I)but you're actually wrong about that. I have a friend who works for her and Madigan goes way out of her way to make sure there isn't even a suggestion of corruption. For example, from the day she got there, she would not allow her employees to come to a fundraiser even if they wanted to. She also not one to stay clean herself and allow others to scam. She is very, very careful at all times. I'd be very surprised if any kind of corruption were found in her office. She's also pretty supportive of the police.
8/07/2009 06:08:00 AM
Whose crack pipe have you been smoking???
Failing to investigate the Daley/Burke/Papa Madigan Crime Families and all of the corruption in Chicago and Cook County CONSTITUTES CORRUPTION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
It is clearly obvious that she has no plans to carry out any corruption investigations in the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area. Or do you know of some corruption investigation she's doing that the rest of the world is unaware of???
You, my friend, are either naive, STUPID BEYOND BELIEF, or a corrupt Madigan apologist. Either way, go feed your bullshit to someone else
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Well, Birkette is right, after all.
And the next Illinois governor will be Dan Hynes. It is so written; signed, sealed and delivered up by the High Priests of Madigan and Cullerton.
Little Lisa was told to stand pat and let the stronger candidate, Hynes, take this one. Pat Quinn has been suitably tenderized and is now completely set up to take the fall and Governor Dan Hynes will step in.
It has been carefully choreographed. The decisions have been made, the deals have been struck and now the play unfolds before us. Only the dupe Pat Quinn is surprised by this. Thanks for your few months of service Pat Quinn, now you can slink back into obscurity and spend your time going to basketball games at Fenwick HS and tell folks about your time as Illinois governor.
Soon, the chosen pols can get back to the real work of Illinois politicians: slicing up the tax and contract pie without public embarrassment.
Remember what SAIC Grant called Illinois politics: A public corruption crime wave. That crime wave will just go a little deeper underground.
Anonymous said...
Just wait until Brass Balls John Garido wins the cook county president election!
8/07/2009 12:41:00 AM
Keep dreaming.
lisa must have pix of birketts kid geting high.
AGAIN!!
Just wait until Brass Balls John Garido wins the cook county president election!
8/07/2009 12:41:00 AM
Yeah right! No money, no friends and no clue didn't stop John. Get back in the race Birkett.
Anonymous said...
"I know that you like to think that Lisa Madigan is dirty because you don't like her father (nor do I)but you're actually wrong about that..."
Now if you want to talk about corruption coupled with stupidity, I have a friend who works for the Clerk's Office and from day one Dorothy Brown was wanting kick backs from employees..."
8/07/2009 06:08:00 AM
youre nuts if you think little lisa is good for illinois. she WILL NOT INVESTIGATE CORRUPTION in this state, which makes her the problem rather than the solution.
and, just because all of the internal office fundraising bullshit is not evident doesn't mean that 1) it doesnt exist and 2)it isnt required to advance in her office.
finally, little lisa learned her corruption at the knee of papa mike who is a more civilized corrupt bastard than your average elected official. to try to insinuate that she is not corrupt because dorothy brown is MORE corrupt is like saying that ed burke isnt corrupt because richard daley is more corrupt.
lets not forget that when little lisa brazenly announced that she was going to investigate the selling of chicago's parking meters, a question was raised as to whether or not there would be charges brought against daley of the city council if evidence showed they had participated in any corrupt activity, and her office spokesperson sidestepped their free pass from her investigation by saying that they were only investigating the companies who tried to purchase the lease for the parking meters.
Anonymous said...
Just wait until Brass Balls John Garido wins the cook county president election!
8/07/2009 12:41:00 AM
He'll never run and wouldn't win against the Machine anyway. Daley will give him a Gold Star if he'll put his political ambitions to rest and he'll be happy... thats probably all he's looking for, anyway.
OT
And what about this one?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-olympics-real-estate-07-aug07,0,4603832.story
How can this bullshit NOT be illegal and how can these fuckers continue to skate between raindrops, and most of all, how can the stupid liberal fuckerheads continue to vote this piece of dog shit back into office?
Birkett has come to the same conclusion as the rank-in-file members of CPD...ILLINOIS IS HOPELESS!!!
I noted that BO has a new, important job for Patrick Fitzgerald, thus relieving him of his prosecutorial duties here in Corruption-go...gee, ya think the fix is in?
ride out the clock, keep your head down, and vote with your feet; hello_______( Texas, Arizona, Florida etc).
Birkett made the right decision.
Someone mentioned former U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald - he really saw what the problem was when he said "The great divide in our country is not between Republicans and Democrats or liberals and conservatives. It is between those on the inside of government and the rest of us."
Birkett doesn't do the right thing. Just look at the Nicarico Case and he would burn a copper in a minute if he thought it would help him
Sometimes I think the middle majority is so fed-up with the professional politicians an everyman/woman or not so everyman/woman could run for office and win without big-dough momentum by hitting the pavement ala Gov. Dan Walker ( who ultimately went bad).
An everyday Joe candidate with dirty laundry that got it out from the get-go telling the voters that he'd dropped out of college early, smoked pot, got thrown in jail high on LSD walking past stock boys who had closed the grocery store in his search for grapes, how he'd shared the company of those in the worlds oldest profession and while over the years having the opportunity to do so, when nobody was looking, never was nor ever became a crook and that after such early years of "youthful indescretion" lived within the law, paid their taxes and was a good citizen.
After walking and going door to door in every county In the state living on energy bars and oatmeal it would be interesting to see if the people of IL would give the any man like that or woman a shot.
If it happened and such a candidate got some traction with the statewide IL electorate, I can see the media hammering them on the "youtful indescretions". It would be so funny to see much of the electorate say, "Yea, that guy walked into my Barber Shop here in the south most tip of IL a year ago for a haircut in 20 degree below temp. and told me all about that stuff 'n more and askd me to think about voting for him for State Senator, Gov. or whatever based on the principles that he's learned about honesty, liberty, living within your means, cultivating manufacturing, education, providing flexibility and competition in health care, etc. and you know what Mr. Media Man, I'm going to vote for that old pot smoking, one time tripping, whore hopping kid because he told me the worst he's done and the best he wants to achieve for the people of IL. I've seen over the last 30 years what the professional, monied politicians can do and if after getting elected, the governing philosophy and goals we talked about get sucked out of his brain, we'll, at least I will have got fucked by somebody new for a change and not the same old outfit.
One the other hand, maybe he'll do no worse then the status quo or over time with more like him or her elected to public office a lot lot better will be done.
I doubt the media would ever run that dialouge if it came to be. Why do I think that? Well, let's see, Rev. Wright's Church was right down the road from the Chicago media and it took them years to find the hate whitey sermons he was giving to our now President and former Sen. BUT when George Ryan was running for Gov. the media got right in to his divorce records and reported what they fond there. That sure is an interesting "coinkydinky".
this guy is finish go get a real job and fuck ed burke
This guy is so f***ing inept that we all should be glad he's exiting the race. Maybe he can get a job in Will County where he'll fit right in with the stupid prosectors they have.
I have a friend who works for her and Madigan goes way out of her way to make sure there isn't even a suggestion of corruption.
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If so, then why does she not go after Daley??????
Ohhhh right not THAT kind of corruption.....
Democratic Party prevails at its best in politics in City of Chicago, Downstate, and County of Cook!
"And a Republican with a set of nuts that doesn't run away the minute a tough fight looms."
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Phil Schitz is a Republican. Phil never wanted to run for elected office.
Fuck it. Vote "Phil Schitz" in the Republican primary. The "Madigan Machine" must go.
Anonymous said...
I know that you like to think that Lisa Madigan is dirty because you don't like her father (nor do I)but you're actually wrong about that. I have a friend who works for her and Madigan goes way out of her way to make sure there isn't even a suggestion of corruption. For example, from the day she got there, she would not allow her employees to come to a fundraiser even if they wanted to. She also not one to stay clean herself and allow others to scam. She is very, very careful at all times. I'd be very surprised if any kind of corruption were found in her office. She's also pretty supportive of the police.
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Leroy O'Shields
I know that you like to think that Lisa Madigan is dirty because you don't like her father (nor do I)but you're actually wrong about that. I have a friend who works for her and Madigan goes way out of her way to make sure there isn't even a suggestion of corruption. For example, from the day she got there, she would not allow her employees to come to a fundraiser even if they wanted to. She also not one to stay clean herself and allow others to scam. She is very, very careful at all times. I'd be very surprised if any kind of corruption were found in her office. She's also pretty supportive of the police.
She doesnt need to shake her workers down for cash because daddy can do it for her. Shes just like all the rest only she does it the smart way she lives off of daddys war chest.
Brass balls? I don't think so. Maybe an icepack for his ass would be helpful. Lt. JG is going to have a benefit/campaign fundraiser party coming up so make sure you read the ticket carefully. A whole month should be plenty of time to come up with an election strategy. If he needs help formulating a plan I'm available. I'm also good at exit strategies too. Your best bet to reach me is via ouija board.
Your pal
Spiro
I like Birkett.
But he was wright. Pop Madigan and his media pals have turned her into a media darling.
Plus with the Machine theres no way shes losing.
A loss would diminish his stature.
He has a better shot against mob banker Giannnannnouiapoliss or the old fashioned socialist liberal tax-aholic Quinn
"I know that you like to think that Lisa Madigan is dirty because you don't like her father (nor do I)but you're actually wrong about that. I have a friend who works for her and Madigan goes way out of her way to make sure there isn't even a suggestion of corruption. For example, from the day she got there, she would not allow her employees to come to a fundraiser even if they wanted to. She also not one to stay clean herself and allow others to scam. She is very, very careful at all times. I'd be very surprised if any kind of corruption were found in her office. She's also pretty supportive of the police."
-thank you for the insight Michael Madigan.
Though, as far as Dems go shes as good as it gets.
I know that you like to think that Lisa Madigan is dirty because you don't like her father (nor do I)but you're actually wrong about that. I have a friend who works for her and Madigan goes way out of her way to make sure there isn't even a suggestion of corruption. For example, from the day she got there, she would not allow her employees to come to a fundraiser even if they wanted to. She also not one to stay clean herself and allow others to scam. She is very, very careful at all times. I'd be very surprised if any kind of corruption were found in her office. She's also pretty supportive of the police.
Now if you want to talk about corruption coupled with stupidity, I have a friend who works for the Clerk's Office and from day one Dorothy Brown was wanting kick backs from employees. I knew about the "requirement" of buying $100 tickets to her fundraisers but even I was surprised when one of the papers did a story that she actually took cash from employees "for her birthday" and didn't see anything wrong with that. She runs that office like it's all about her.
8/07/2009 06:08:00 AM
Once again, Joe Birkett withdraws from a campaign without even making the effort:
Faced with a rematch against Democratic Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan, Republican DuPage County State's Atty. Joe Birkett dropped out of the attorney general's race today. On his campaign Web site, Birkett essentially told supporters that he couldn't beat Madigan. "I have assessed the political environment, the anticipated costs, and the commitment of time, among other factors. It has become clear to my advisors and me that it will be virtually impossible to compete financially with Lisa Madigan," he wrote. "She has the power of incumbency and her father continues to control the flow of campaign contributions. It would be wrong for me to run and to ask people to contribute to a race that that is virtually unwinnable under the circumstances."We think Joe might have underestimated the disgust that is building amongst the electorate. Here's a novel idea - make Mike Madigan the issue. Hammer the cronyism and nepotism that is Illinois politics. Lisa is part and parcel of the corrupt Combine that is running this state into the ground. It wouldn't take much effort at all to tie her to her father, the mayor, Blago, and all sorts of crappy politics here.
And a Republican with a set of nuts that doesn't run away the minute a tough fight looms.
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You have lots of friends pal...too bad they don't know what they are talking about. I DO work for her...as an investigator, and she is the worst AG any of us ever worked for. NOTHING is done unless it is politically expediant. Unless it is the "crime/flavor of the month and is going to receive publicty we don't do shit. She has an employee in Consumers who attacks women (no men) and since he is he mentor Paul Simons nephew they keep him. They have let the women he attacked off on disability so they won't sue. All the people she laid off were over 50 and or had medical problems AND she spends all her time at home with her kids...no one in the ofice has seen her in 2 years.
www.Garrido2010.com
Unite and support law enforcement for a change
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Why would Birkett run for AG? That's hard work. Instead, he'll trade not running for a state appellate court seat.
"She is very, very careful at all times. I'd be very surprised if any kind of corruption were found in her office. She's also pretty supportive of the police."
HEY MORON, YOU DON'T GET A MEDAL FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. ATTORNEY GENERAL SHOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF POLICE. YOU MUST BE HER WHIPPED HUSBAND POSTING SUCH DRIVEL...
If Lisa Madigan starts busting city officials on corruption, then I'd start to notice. Most of the stuff she does is cake, meant to feed the media.
Lisa Madigan is a fraud.
06:08 AM
That might be true that Lisa Madigan runs a tight ship, but if her name was Lisa Smith, she certainly wouldn't be Attorney General. That's the whole point of this blog entry...when are we going to get angry enough in this state to clean it up? That includes the nepotism. All of this corruption costs each and every one of us a lot of money.
In my experience, dealing with Lisa and anyone who works for her, they are queaky clean. My arguement with Lisa is her old man. He's as crooked as Blago, maybe wors, just not as stupid. Mike Madigan needs a stay at Club Fed for a nice long time, like mumbles and Todster. Those 3 make George Ryan look like an altar boy.
Birkett has his load of baggage. He was the lead attorney in the Nicarico Case. Not as squeaky clean as he'd like you to believe.
8/07/2009 01:48:00 AM
Dupage county got the Nicarico case right the 1st, 2nd and 3rd times. Evidence was brought into the Dupage 7 trial that showed Dugan and Cruz lived within 150 feet of one another prior to the murder.
How about a Republican run for MAYOR!!! City of Chicago employees vote out Daley!
He [Birkett] has a better shot against mob banker Giannnannnouiapoliss or the old fashioned socialist liberal tax-aholic Quinn
8/07/2009 12:54:00 PM
Not likely! Giannoulis's basketball pal Obama will make campaign fundraising appearances for him and Birkett won't stand a chance. Quinn won't get past Hynes in the primary.
Birkett is a loser. His office screwed up the Nicarico case, and that albatross is around his neck forever. That's why he lost to Madigan in 2006, and would lose again in 2010.
Besides which he's a cog in the DuPage Republican organization, which has been an ineffectual gang of old farts for many years now.
Birkett needs to get out of the way and let new and effective candidates run.
Just A Civilian (who told Birkett this to his face)
I know Joe Birkett. Yes, he's a politician but he also has been a working prosecutor. He'd make a good attorney general or governor. Too bad he didn't push forward.
As an out of town prosecutor, I needed help with two major cases last year -- one from Joe's office and the other from the Attorney General's office with a defendant they had prosecuted.
Joe responded within an hour, assigned one of his top dogs and then called me back saying he'd looked at my case and had some ideas based on his experience. Obvious from talking to him that he has "walked the walk."
OTOH, my telephone messages to Madigan's office were never returned and it took several months just to get an answer to my correspondence. What did I need? Just copies of their pleadings. And it took months just to get them.
You decide.
JB could never win...The last time he ran my precint captain asked me to vote via absentee ballot...i signed my name to the ballot on his back (old chicago trick), I then voted for JB instead of LM...after the election I got notified that my ballot did not count because the signature on the ballot did not look like the one on my voter registration....what a scam..
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