Old Time Ward Boss Rips Rahm
We hadn't thought about Ed Kelly in years, but he had the measure of any number of Chicago politicians, seeing as how he slated them for office much of the time. He speaks to domestic abuser Steinberg on a number of subjects - growing up in Chicago, serving in WWII, Richard J, Jane, Harold. He doesn't criticize Shortshanks (maybe he only speaks of those who can't fire back?) but he saves his harshest criticism for Rahm:
- I feel sorry for Rahm, I really do. Rahm had no idea what he was getting into. Rahm’s not a Chicago guy. He’ll never be a Chicago guy. He’s not a street guy. He’s trying to be, but he’s not. He’s a suburbanite. He’s not a Chicagoan, he really isn’t. He’s smart, very smart. I think what he inherited is going to continue on, he’s going to find out more problems, money problems and things.
From a guy who not only knows where the political secrets are buried, but who probably helped rub them out, moved them in his trunk and dug the holes to bury them, this is a telling bit of insight. Rahm laughs it up in a follow-up interview:
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday laughed off former Chicago Park District Superintendent Ed Kelly’s simple but pointed analysis for why the mayor is having trouble connecting with Chicago voters: because he’s a “suburbanite” who will “never be a Chicago guy.”
“My grandfather came to Chicago in 1917 fleeing the pogroms. My uncle was a police officer here in the city of Chicago representing the 17th District. My father had a practice here. I was a congressman from Chicago,” the mayor said, reciting his familiar family history.
“And the [Illinois] Supreme Court has even ruled on this decision.”
Ed Kelly got it right we think. The old Machine would have chewed Rahm up and spit him out. A smarmy arrogant carpetbagger like Rahm never would have been allowed near the levers of power in the old days.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
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Thank you for republishing the salient points of the article.
I will not read articles written by domestic violence offenders.
Felt a little less scummy reading it here.
Another public service by SCC.
Thank you.
Rahm is a bitch suburbanite and always will be.
“And the [Illinois] Supreme Court has even ruled on this decision.”
Emanuel said THAT?
Wow. He's really, really trying to look legit.
Fail Mr. Emanuel. Fail.
"I feel sorry for Rahm, I really do. Rahm had no idea what he was getting into."
I find that difficult to believe. I do, however believe that his ego is so big he thought he'd have these problems in the bag, and that Super Rahm would easily crush any opposition.
He vastly overestimated his capabilities, as did Obama, the man who touted his ability to "cross the aisle" to get things done.
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EVERYBODY knows Rahm is in a big hurry to be somewhere other than Chicago.
The only reason he allows the words "Chicago" to pass his lips is to play up the "street tough Chicago guy" image that he likes to hide behind.
Hey Rahm!
When was the last time you got your hands dirty?
What kind of hard manual labor jobs have you ever worked?
Heh... We would have LOVED to have you helping out during summer in high school working for a guy that delivered PIANOS!
Just to see what kind of man stuff you were made of.
Have you ever had to fight for your life as an adult?
Could you get around Chicago without drivers, man servants and go-fers?
Oh yeah...
Being a MAN does NOT include showing your ass at a business meeting and dropping an F/U on a woman who IS ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE!
THAT. Is a fucking no-no...
You unruly shit-ass!
Be glad that woman's husband didn't hunt you down and kick your ass for disrespecting his wife.
Shit... Turn the tables and let somebody drop an F/U on Mrs. Rahm and see where THAT goes.
And the little twisted asshole didn't even apologize.
Classy...
Rahm and his BFF seem to be allergic to rough and decisive men who have had a hard walk in life.
(Gutting the military and gutting a Police department out of spite. Can't have people with knowledge and institutional muscle memory hanging around. The might interfere with the "changes" these hollow poot-butts want to implement.)
Ed Kelly, love him or hate him is an old schooler who knows a mincing shit-ass when he sees one.
He read Rahm like a book...
Rahm Emanuel is a hate crazed little manling who is drunk with power. He resents the fact that it is becoming apparent to more and more people.
Yeah... He was gonna blow into Chicago, kick everybody's ass; kick Teachers, Firemen and Policemen's asses even harder, vaccuum up every penny that Daley missed, overwrite his narrative over everyone else's then blow town for the White House or Wall Street.
Rahm didn't count on having to fight an insurgency but boy did he ever fan the flames...
"You guys are gonna have to learn to bleed."
"We're gonna stick it in the Cops ear."
"Fuck you, Lewis!"
Strip him of the trappings of power, privilege, clout and influence? He's a scared little boy, not the "ass-kicking Chicago tough guy" he imagines himself when he flexes in front of his mirror.
P.S.
Grand-Dad said you can tell a LOT about a man's character by the way he shakes your hand...
Some of our Police Family members report that Rahm has the grip strength of a child and he can't look real men in the eye.
Meanwhile... We want to see/hear a solution to the Urban Death Cultists from Rahm's echo chamber.
A solution that doesn't center around beating on The Police because that's the only kind of bullets Rahm has in his single shot...
“My grandfather came to Chicago in 1917 fleeing the pogroms. My uncle was a police officer here in the city of Chicago representing the 17th District. My father had a practice here. I was a congressman from Chicago,.. I mean stop busting my balls, I left my wife's wedding gown in the crawlspace when I went to DC for a reason dammit!”
the Democrat party is Communist controlled now
http://communistpartyofillinois.tumblr.com/
His uncle was a police officer "representing" the 017th District?!!!! He can't help but talk like the carpet bagging politician he is.
He fancies himself an elitist, but he is more kin to a catfish, sucking up what falls to the bottom from his brothers and the first African American President.
How did such a little man get such an inflated sense of entitlement and such a big ego? "Grip strength of a child"!! Perfect!
Your right SSC Before the job I worked for Mr. Kelly the old machine would have chewed Rham up and spit him out with ease he is in no way connected to us city folk I doubt he will make another term as mayor as long as there is a decent candidate to run against him.
Rahm is a bitch suburbanite, a carpet bagger hopefully a one term mayor.
Poor Leslie. He has too be so embarrassed by what his nephew has done to the CPD
And so it was that Ed begat Richie and Richie begat Barack and Barack begat Rahm and when the people were sore afflicted, Ed washed his hands, saying "This is not my sin".
Ed Kelly knows a schmuck when he sees one!signed,a real man from Albany park!
Hilarious how Rahm keeps trotting out the relative who served as a police officer in Chicago to downplay the fact that he was raised in Wilmette and attended New Trier High School before going on to, ahem, Sarah Lawrence, a higher ed institution with a reputation for weak academics. An early political expose on the lax security at the first term Clinton White House ("Unlimited Access") had a profile of a foul mouthed staffer with security clearance issues based upon prior drug use. He kept boasting about being related to a Chicago copper too. Was this RE? Not sure, but it makes you wonder.
On the school playground, arrogant and obnoxious Rahm was beaten on a regular basis. Like most children who were bullied, he adapted by trying to behave like a bully to compensate. He needs to see a psychiatrist.
Chicago guy means attitude. If your kids go to the lab school, you are not a Chicago guy.
Yes , Both Rahmboy and Obama are finally able to look in a mirror and see how truly weak they are. Lets hope the whole country wakes up and says they have had enough of the Illinois/Chicago crooked way of politics. That includes little Hillary. If the Republicans cant get the Presidency with all this turds failings we will never be the same country again. We need to vote to stop this crap.
The police officers protecting Rahm should call in sick for a few days and then we'll see how tough he really is.
Did I hear "rub one out"?
Just for the record, I'm ready.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Chicagoans of the type that Kelly is have destroyed the city.
Rahm was Rich M Daley's hand-picked successor. Why? I don't know. But back when Tom Dart was in the running for Mayor, Dart was the front-runner. Until Dart met Rahm. the next day Dart dropped out and Rahm's biggest foe was the court that decided whether he met the residency rule to run.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/10/02/rahm-emanuels-toughest-chicago-mayoral-foe-tom-dart.html
Anonymous said...
“My grandfather came to Chicago in 1917 fleeing the pogroms. My uncle was a police officer here in the city of Chicago representing the 17th District. My father had a practice here. I was a congressman from Chicago,.. I mean stop busting my balls, I left my wife's wedding gown in the crawlspace when I went to DC for a reason dammit!”
8/20/2014 03:11:00 AM
He forgot to mention the neighborhood where he grew up: Wilmette! And high school: New Trier High School; and Evanston School of Ballet; The Joel Hall Dance Center: more dance; Sarah Lawrence College, a liberal arts school with a strong dance program (damn, this guy belongs in a ballet troop somewhere, he dances around the issues enough here) Northwestern University: Master of Arts in Speech and Communication
This guy is a ultra liberal North Shore punk ballerina, definitely not a Chicago guy, Ed Kelly is right.
As for congressman, he replaced Rod Blagojevich because he was picked for that spot, it is nothing he did, it was a gift, payback for getting Blago elected governor, thanks to Dick Mell
Rahm is just a slimy punk from Wilmette, A ballerina at that, what a puke!
Rahm, how are the tomatoes coming in this year? Make sure you wash them down real good, you never know who pisses on them when you're not around.
Neil Steinberg can go fuck himself with a cactus. Rahm's an asshole who would lose in a popularity contest with ebola.
Some of his classmates in his SUBURBAN high school though he was a real asshole.
I disagree. To say that Rahm is not a Chicago Guy does not mean he's not a fellow conniving, thieving, lying Communist. (Democrat).
Ed Kelly is a great man. When I was a kid I grew up in the 47th Ward where Kelly was a fixture. We had very little money and he sponsored a sports program at the park for us. This was a working class neighborhood, where Fathers didn't attend sporting events like we do now, because they were working all the time to pay the bills and make ends meet. Ed Kelly himself paid for the shirts that we wore as uniforms for Basketball t the local park. He was a caring man to us kids and for that I will never forget what he did to support us.
Unfortunately an Alderman who will remain unnamed G.S., because his son is currently on our job stabbed Ed in the back when he became Alderman. Fortunately G.S. is no longer in office because he truly was a backstabber.
Can't be to upset with him since his nephew mike Kelly runs the park disrict.
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Kelley, get a reality check, you old fuckin Fool. You're just a Rahm of another Generation.
Listen to Emanuel when he says the word 'Chicago'. He even SOUNDS like an out of towner.
Rahm's biggest obstacle to governing Chicago in this day and age as is needed is Rahm.
"I represent the 17th District" said no Chicago copper ever. #rahmfail
Signed proud CPD family member
Be safe out there boys and girls
This little muther fucker must have hated his uncle for being a mere cop and not something more successful in their family. Now it makes sense why he's fucking the Police over.
That's fucked up man. Shows you how much of an ass Rahm really is, and why he has no clue on how to run Chicago. Just like his buddy Berry
Did the uncle tell him that lieutenants and captains are do nothing ranks . Every copper on the job two years knows that , sergeants and patrolman are the backbone of the police department . Get rid of exempts , the merit lt. Captain ,xo will gladly command districts. U it's and areas for the pay they don't reLly deserve .
The funny thing about the egomaniac Rahm is that he likes to brag about his margins in his various election victories. He goes on as if his opponents were bona fide challengers rather than underfunded candidates without a snowball's chance. In Rahm's imagination, he is wildly popular based upon the lopsided margins that are the norm for Democrats in Chicago. He has never had a real opponent to date.
Your grandfather and uncle may have been real Chicagoans, but that doesn't make you one!
Kelly was right on the money! That little twerp suburban ballerina never should've gotten ONE vote.
Politicians never shake hands like a man. They shake too many hands to do that. Haven't you ever seen the picture of LBJ wincing, as he is shaking hands? His hands hurt.
As for his telling that large, foul mouthed, sarcastic blowhard Karen Lewis to fuck herself, she's an ass and probably deserved it. You'll find out when she's mayor. You'll be mother fuckin' her yourself.
His uncle was a bad tempered, old school housing cop. No patience for any nonsense from stupid people. It's probably best he retired right away upon this twerps election to mayor. He moved to Texas.
Looks like 'shanks got over on 9.5 too
Anonymous said...
“And the [Illinois] Supreme Court has even ruled on this decision.”
Emanuel said THAT?
Wow. He's really, really trying to look legit.
Fail Mr. Emanuel. Fail.
8/20/2014 12:45:00 AM
The Illinois supremes WERE TOLD to rule in favor of Rahm... Under pain of having the contents of THEIR underwear drawers lovingly laid out "sunny-side up" for all to see and for the media to run a tantilize & titillate "guess what we found?" campaign.
Kinda like what they've been doing to The Police in this town in the name of "transparency."
I thought the goal of Chicagoland was to make him 'more street.'
Mr. Kelly took care of many of us that grew up around Welles Park with his Sports Program and many others with park district jobs. He is a gentleman and never forgot where he came from. Still in great shape and would scrap with anyone. Ed Kelly Sports Program shorts for all!!!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
"I represent the 17th District" said no Chicago copper ever. #rahmfail
Signed proud CPD family member
Be safe out there boys and girls
8/20/2014 10:49:00 AM
Had the EXACT same thought when I read that sentence.
its ok,KAREN LEWIS IS GONNA whoop his ass!
Went to New Tier for High School.
@ 8/20/2014 01:09:00 PM
So...
You're EXCUSING Rahm for how he's been acting an ASS?
"...Probably deserved it. You'll find out... It's probably best he retired..."
WTF?
Jayzus man! Where the fuck do you people roost at night?
Go away! You ain't got shit but an ass-pocket full of conjecture.
This over the top ass-smoochery you're giving Rahm?
Not unlike watching someone hold a rat by the tail and kiss it in the ass.
Absolutely right, Rahm was handed the 5th Congressional District seat (formerly represented by Rahm's former buddy Blagojevich). It was a done deal. Emanuel did not have the intestinal fortitude to campaign for Congress in the competitive 10th District, where Mark Kirk was the incumbent and where Emanuel had actually spent almost his entire life. He did not want to run the risk losing, so he opted into the safe Chicago district.
Unlike Rahm, Ed Kelly actually accepted a challenge and turned the 47th Ward around. Prior to Ed Kelly's arrival, the 47th was reliably Republican. It took Kelly two election cycles to unseat the incumbent alderman, John Hoellen, who had held office since 1947, but he did it and changed the politics of the entire area as a result.
Kelly was a fighter, Rahm is a pretender.
Knew Rahm' uncle Les quite well when he was a dicl in A/4. Les was the real m f police. When we called a 10-1 in the area, Les and his partner would run to get there. He stood out and the ghetto rats feared Les.
Last seen Les in 017 when he made Sgt. Where ever you are Les, you were the best we had in the old days. May God always bless you for being there helping the copper' on the street. You ate missed brother as most of us have retired.
Old Gangs West dick...
I respect his father and uncle worked in Chicago, but the bottom line is he grew up in the burbs.
Rahm is a phony from the word go. He was groomed for his political life of giving public funds to private business. He made a record profit for himself of. 8.5 million in 2.5 years. That was handed to him to get him started. Then he was put into congress then the White House then the hippy courts let him claim residence because he left a small suitcase in a crawl space ( did anyone living outside the city try that one on the Internal Affairs Division?)
Rahm is big money evil who has no use for middle class Chicago.
Mr. Kelly is the best. I am one of his former pct. capts. He was always honest. He would tell people I will, I will not, or I can not. Class guy. He is a man of integrity, honesty and virtue. Thank you Boss!
Mr. Kelly is the best. I am one of his former pct. capts. He was always honest. He would tell people I will, I will not, or I can not. Class guy. He is a man of integrity, honesty and virtue. Thank you Boss!
Ed Kelly is a 'class guy?' The same Ed Kelly whose adult son thought it was cool to walk around with a gun and impersonate a cop, even though he only worked as a civilian for the police dept.? The same Ed Kelly who, when his adult child was arrested for UUW orchestrated a move on the watch commander who approved those charges on his adult child, moving that watch commander ON A PHONE CALL from the north side to the 005th District?
And this guy is ok with you? I find it amazing how some people can use selective memory to call someone 'a great boss' or a 'class guy' on this blog.
Mr. Kelly took care of many of us that grew up around Welles Park with his Sports Program and many others with park district jobs. He is a gentleman and never forgot where he came from. Still in great shape and would scrap with anyone. Ed Kelly Sports Program shorts for all!!!
As long as your park existed on the north side of Chicago during his reign. Selective memories, my friend.
There is still a picture of Ed K. In the Welles Park Fitness Center.
From one who knows. I have to keep this figure.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
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