Karen Lewis Seriously Sick
- Chicago Teachers Union officials revealed on Thursday that CTU president Karen Lewis has a “serious illness,” underwent surgery Wednesday and is “alert and comfortable.”
But for the fourth straight day, neither the union nor Lewis’ campaign staff would comment on the nature of that illness or any prognosis for the charismatic union leader. And their continued silence raises serious questions about the viability of her all-but-announced campaign to unseat Rahm Emanuel.
Good news for Rahm as she was definitely the more charismatic opponent.
Bad news for Rahm - a three way race with Rahm, Lewis and Fioretti seems all but doomed. If Lewis endorses Fioretti, there's a better-than-average chance Rahm loses.
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
65 Comments:
Bye Bye Rahm!
This will lead to Toni Prickwinkle (yes, I meant that) running against Rahm. As bad as he is, she is an out and out CommieRatPOS.
We're screwed in the spring
Fioretti?? Surely you jest ...
I think that without Lewis in the race, Rahm cruises to victory. I don't think fioretti has the drawing power that Lewis does. I hope I'm wrong because I want Rahm out.
Burning the candle at both ends catches up with a person after awhile. Hope she recovers. As for her illness and condition, that is all medical privacy.
...and there is the possibility that Rahm either found out some real dirty dirt on her or lined up a sweet job after she is done being CTU Prez in exchange for her dropping out.
Wouldn't be the first time a local union leader left into a nice big G-job.
I heard that Fioretti has said that officers should vote no, but FOP does not want that out. Is that true?
Seriously, SCC what have you heard. Evidently was stated at 2 different Democratic functions.
Can't tell you how distasteful I find the idea of voting for Fioretti, but my mantra is Anyone But Rahm.
Well, anybody except a Daley.
Would have voted for Louis, will never vote for Fiorettii, will now vote for Rahm.
Let's lose Rahm. Any body who is such a big-headed out thinker is not good for Chicago's values.
Fioretti stands no chance. The lakefront liberals and all the idiot yuppies love the bike lanes. The Revs will get money for fake programs
Big business is dumping money into Rhams re-election. They want Rham and Rauner.
Ouch!
wish her well
Fioretti and any other contenders for the throne had better be very careful lest their health suddenly and inexplicably become a cause for concern.
One must never forget, even for a moment, that we live in the kingdom of "Rahm the Diminished".
Off-topic, thank you to the state trooper for the professional courtesy tonight
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't one candidate need 50% + 1 to get voted in otherwise it goes to a runoff . Reason being Lewis & Fiorretti might take up some of that 50% vote and election goes to run off with the two top candidates. It may be better to have 2 people running against Rham at first . no?
Anyone that runs has my vote over Rham
Just because Lewis stood up to Rahm doesn't mean she would make a good mayor. Sad truth is once someone becomes a Chicago politician they sell their soul to stay one. There is no wah to escape the Chicago way, and its spreading nationally.
Bad news for Rahm - a three way race with Rahm, Lewis and Fioretti seems all but doomed. If Lewis endorses Fioretti, there's a better-than-average chance Rahm loses.
We can only hope !!!
You never want to be described as alert and comfortable. It's the kiss of death.
Not a chance. When the alderman opens his mouth in a debate he will be lost. Rahm will make mincemeat out of him
Rahmulous wants Karen Lewis out in the worst way and it appears that spell that he cast is working. Get well Karen Lewis fight the good fight!
Run against the "MACHINE" & u'll get sick or u'll need a missing persons report for a close family member!
I hate a lot of what Rahm has done, but the reality is, he is a far improvement over Daley. Lewis would have destroyed what little is left of Chicago. Don't know much about Fioretti but I am not impressed. Can we please get a real independent or even a Republican candidate to run for mayor?
Karen Lewis is a Progressive, aka Communist. Why in the world would anyone vote for her? That's the problem these days. Voters have no idea what their chosen candidates really are, other than what they hear on the TV or read in the paper. Do some research before you vote people.
God please vote for ANYONE except that clown with a dancing degree who thinks he can run a municipality! Too bad Louis is in ill health because she would have stood an excellent chance of beating rahmen noodles. She had more balls than every FLOP leader we had.
So I suppose Racoon eyes will be making a trip to his attic to pack his wifes wedding dress and move back to D.C.
you are corerect except if rudy guiliani ran against rudy would win.
By any means necessary.....Bye bye Rahmhole!
I hope she gets better, but I don't want her for mayor, or splitting any votes away from another Rahm opponent.
Truth be told, Rham came up with about $90 million dollars in VRI overtime pay for the police this year and last and some of you are complaining? How many officers have benefited from this overtime? Its gone to pay for new cars, make house payments, pay for kids school tuition.If VRI is a bad thing, why is there a waiting list to work it? Dont bite the hand that feeds you.
Not to fear.
Rahm will order a couple of mutts like Carol Moseley-Braun or Danny Davis to enter the race in exchange for paying their water bills.
Split African-American vote, Rahm wins.
Chumps!
Hopefully the attending physician isn't Dr Ezekiel Emmanuel....
Out Rham Out I say you heathen small locust out I say.
This is Karen Lewis way out of not running. i said it before, the White HOuse got to her while she was vacationing in Hawaii.
So the rumor I heard that Rahm had a Lewis voodoo doll specially made at a Rogers Park emporium is true?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
This will lead to Toni Prickwinkle (yes, I meant that) running against Rahm. As bad as he is, she is an out and out CommieRatPOS.
We're screwed in the spring
10/10/2014 12:07:00 AM
Preckwinkle already announced she will not run.
But, yes, we are screwed.
Fioretti campaign manager sues police.
Fioretti sues police.
Fioretti can't pay his staff.
Fioretti is a nice guy overall but his poll numbers are worse than Rahms. He has no ward the other aldermen has his constituents and he is a man without a country
I heard Rahm poisoned her with ebola
I'm not a huge fan of the idea of her bring our mayor but we need to all wish her a speedy recovery.
We need her to join Fioretti in the race to hopefully force a run off which Rahm desperately wants to avoid.
Let's send that evil, maniacal prick packing back to the north shore!
Rahm loses? Nah. He bought his way in and he'll leave when HE decides, nobody else. Remember, Stalin said, It doesn't matter who casts the vote, it's who counts it that matters.
I wonder if Rahm poisoned Lewis or had one of his goons ruff her up.
Any detectives want to venture a guess?
Anonymous said...
Off-topic, thank you to the state trooper for the professional courtesy tonight
10/10/2014 03:32:00 AM
ISP always treated me with courtesy and respect and I gave them the same when the opportunity presented itself.
Anonymous said...
This will lead to Toni Prickwinkle (yes, I meant that) running against Rahm. As bad as he is, she is an out and out CommieRatPOS.
We're screwed in the spring
10/10/2014 12:07:00 AM
I'd rather have Preckwinkle than Rahm.
Anonymous said...
Anyone that runs has my vote over Rham
10/10/2014 04:55:00 AM
I think that you would change your mind if Lewis is elected. She has made racist comments in the past blaming the poor performance of Chicago's school children on the fact that the system has too many white teachers. She and Preckwinkle are in the same category. Blame the system, must be something wrong with the white system, could not be the fault of the black kids, parents etc.
CAUTION THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE MAY BE DEEMED TOO SENSITIVE FOR THE POLITICALLY NAIVE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Democratic Party, in this state, has it "Clocked".
There is no way they can be defeated. This site is flooded with blogs of how people are going to vote for Quinn. They will vote for Rahm also. I have posted before. I told you Rahm would win last time he ran, and I told you Obama would win again.
The Democratic Party has it "Clocked"
RAHM is a dirty pos and does not deserve our vote. Anyone but RAHM
Karen, speedy and blessed recovery. Please, please feel better soon WE NEED YOU FOR MAYOR!
Xoxo
Would have voted for Louis, will never vote for Fiorettii, will now vote for Rahm.
Stupid is as stupid does. Nothing makes sense about your comment..
This is what you get when you go to Mexico to have something as serious as gastric bypass surgery.
I dislike Rahm as much as most coppers, but Karen Lewis is not the answer. She is a far leftist and would absolutely destroy what is left of Chicago. You think taxes and fees are bad now, wait until Lewis gets in. Rahm inherited a huge mess from Daley who is the real culprit in this city's problems.
I'm voting for Richard Prior .
Anonymous said...
Karen Lewis is a Progressive, aka Communist. Why in the world would anyone vote for her? That's the problem these days. Voters have no idea what their chosen candidates really are, other than what they hear on the TV or read in the paper. Do some research before you vote people.
10/10/2014 08:46:00 AM
Research all you want (yeah right). You're still voting on an image. The research you read is put together by people no different from those who created the tv ads. We don't know these people neither do we know many of the motivations for WHY they voted the way they did on some issues. It's not all conviction, it's also voting with the homies so they vote with you. I worked in a politician's office while in college. The only thing I learned is republicans and democrats are the same people trying to make different groups of people happy to get reelected. You see over and over that their public views tend to shift when they no longer rely on the party for employment.
Anonymous said...
Karen Lewis is a Progressive, aka Communist. Why in the world would anyone vote for her? That's the problem these days. Voters have no idea what their chosen candidates really are, other than what they hear on the TV or read in the paper. Do some research before you vote people.
10/10/2014 08:46:00 AM
Who told you Progressive equals communist? It doesn't. Same as Republican does not equal Tea Party
If Lewis and Firoretti can both stay in the race, they will force Rahm into a run-off election. Rahm will then be defeated.
Can't we find a Rahm look alike to film an Ant ISIS rant video so they come eliminate the enemy of my enemy.
Not to fear.
Rahm will order a couple of mutts like Carol Moseley-Braun or Danny Davis to enter the race in exchange for paying their water bills.
This, I think Mosley-Braun needs a lot more help than that
Fioretti stands no chance. The lakefront liberals and all the idiot yuppies love the bike lanes. The Revs will get money for fake programs
Big business is dumping money into Rhams re-election. They want Rham and Rauner.
10/10/2014 01:10:00 AM
I know plenty of lakefront liberals and not one wants to vote for Tiny Dancer. They are looking for a viable alternative..
3:38 agreed, but the lakefront libs and progressives don't think Fioretti is a viable alternative. Nor Lewis, for that matter. There isn't any viable challenger in the field right now, and that is why Rahm will be re-elected. Waguespack not running, at least not this time. Then in four more years you will see Patrick Thompson of Bridgeport elected mayor.
What do you bet it was lap band, or some other type of weight loss surgery.
Rahm had to do with the mess Daley left him with. 11 ward crap is over with Rahm and Rahm is not a thief in the night like Daley.
Lewis is a hater and commie and Rahm will get my vote. He speaks his mind, not a phony like the majority of politcians. Say good night Quinn and Durbin.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
What do you bet it was lap band, or some other type of weight loss surgery.
10/11/2014 01:30:00 PM
Been living out of state, out of communication, or what?
She was very open about having had lap band, or whatever, done in Mexico awhile back. She's lost over a hundred pounds since then.
The official statement was that it was not a stroke and it was not related to her weight loss surgery.
The way that this was handled by Lewis' people was not good, secretiveness and a complete lack of transparency. Is that how she'd handle business as Mayor?
Like him or not, Rahm Emanuel is one of the luckiest politicians in Chicago right now. Preckwinkle passes, Lewis has a health problem she won't disclose and Fioretti has done virtually nothing as an alderman.
Rahm Emanuel will win, not because he's great but because there is no viable alternative at this point.
I doubt that he'll even be in a runoff at this point.
Anonymous said...
Karen Lewis is a Progressive, aka Communist. Why in the world would anyone vote for her? That's the problem these days. Voters have no idea what their chosen candidates really are, other than what they hear on the TV or read in the paper. Do some research before you vote people.
10/10/2014 08:46:00 AM
Who told you Progressive equals communist? It doesn't. Same as Republican does not equal Tea Party
10/10/2014 06:54:00 PM
Look this up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism
Anonymous said...
Truth be told, Rham came up with about $90 million dollars in VRI overtime pay for the police this year and last and some of you are complaining? How many officers have benefited from this overtime? Its gone to pay for new cars, make house payments, pay for kids school tuition.If VRI is a bad thing, why is there a waiting list to work it? Dont bite the hand that feeds you.
10/10/2014 10:05:00 AM
You are truly soft.
He did that to avoid hiring anyone.
He's not doing you any favors by paying you when you work.
There will be another person running so they can split the black and hispanic vote.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Karen Lewis is a Progressive, aka Communist. Why in the world would anyone vote for her? That's the problem these days. Voters have no idea what their chosen candidates really are, other than what they hear on the TV or read in the paper. Do some research before you vote people.
10/10/2014 08:46:00 AM
Who told you Progressive equals communist? It doesn't. Same as Republican does not equal Tea Party
10/10/2014 06:54:00 PM
Look this up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism
Not the original poster, but you can't make an intelligent point by referring to wikipedia. It's simply not a legitimate source of information.
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