"He Sold Us Out"
- Chicago has seen its share of odd political bedfellows this election season. The trend has been a typical (if cynical) one for this city: past opponents of the mayor falling in line, helping to ward off any potential challenge to the machine.
In early February, Congressman Bobby Rush—previously a vocal critic of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who in July slammed the mayor’s mass school closings while urging Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis to mount a challenge—reversed course and endorsed Emanuel.
Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, a prominent Republican, publicly voiced support for Emanuel in early March, with a dog-whistle warning that if the mayor isn’t re-elected, Chicago could end up like Detroit.
And over 70 union locals have come out in support of the mayor, despite his well-established anti-union record. UNITE HERE has even funded an ad campaign in which their members credit Rahm Emanuel and his “Rahm Love” for victories on the job, rather than their own dedicated work.
But perhaps the most striking case of political treachery in this election came on Saturday night, when former progressive alderman and mayoral candidate Bob Fioretti made a perfect about-face and endorsed Rahm Emanuel.
The Reader has been having fun with this and it certainly appears that Rahm bought off Fioretti with a promise to pay down (or off) Fioretti's campaign debt. It's certainly amazing how none of these stories have reached the ears of the mainstream media outlets, but it must be hot and tight around their ears when you're stuck in a certain mayoral orifice.
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posted by SCC at 12:11 AM
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Fioretti was a Rahm plant from day one. He never ran a serious campaign. He was there simply to split the vote.
Suckers.
Fioretti just looks like a weasel. His facial expressions always and actions of late make him out to be such a spineless person with absolutely no conviction.
"Chicago ain't ready for reform.", 43d Ward Ald. Paddy Bauler. Apparently O' Paddy is still correct.
It isn't that Rahm is so good, he isn't. He is actually a terrible mayor. It is just that Chewie is so very much worse. Why can't democrats EVER come up with semi decent honest candidates?
Anonymous said...
Fioretti was a Rahm plant from day one. He never ran a serious campaign. He was there simply to split the vote.
Suckers.
4/05/2015 12:17:00 AM
That makes absolutely no sense.
Why would Tiny Dancer 9-Point-5 use Fioretti to split the vote? That'd only make it that much harder for him to get the required 50% +1, which we all now know didn't happen. Specifically:
Rahm had 45.63% of the vote, "Chewy" 33.55% and Fioretti 7.39%. Had every last one of Fioretti's votes gone to Rahm, that would've pushed him past the 50% +1. The same can't be said had those same number of votes gone to Garcia.
Is it safe to assume that you voted for Rahmballina twice this time around?
What debt? I don't even know what he looks like.....
Kirk is a Good Democrat. Too bad he ran as a Republican.
What does all that say about the competition?
Pam Zekman, Larry Yellen, Chuck Gowdie, Sharon Wright, Dave Savini, Ponce' clan, et al, "INVESTGATIVE REPORTERS?"
Bwaaahahaha!
Rush is a damned fool.
See the whoredoms the elected class are willing to commit against the tax payers?
They're no longer responsive to you.
They no longer respect or fear you.
You just have to meet Fioreti to realize he was too weak and ill to handle the job. And the Unions, that's another story. If you drive on I-55 leaving the City you will see a giant Union Bill Board proclaiming how Rahm is great for Labor, and this was up long before the election. And why not praise Rahm, these guys live in the suburbs, and work high paying Union Construction jobs in the City. They can send their kids to Public Schools, because their schools are good. Now think about the working cop, who resides in the City, by force not choice. Sure some of you might say, well if you don't like it quit and get another job. If you believe that you fail to realize that being a cop is more than a job, it is far more. And you obviously do not have a job where you might have to trade your life fore some stranger, so with all undue respect, you're talking through your ass, like a fart. Meanwhile, Chicago coppers are working two or three jobs to pay tuition for their kids. I know one officer, working three jobs, because he pays over $30,000 a year to send his kids to a Catholic High School in the burbs. Yes Rahm pays more for U of C Lab School for his kids, but Rahm is a millionaire. His kids scores were too low to get into Northside College Prep. Believe it or not, Rahm wanted that because the image of his kids going to public school would have been worth more than millions of dollars in political ads. Imagine he is such a man of the people that his kids go to public school."G"
Chicago is already like Detroit. just drive around and notice all the empty storefronts, abandoned factories and warehouses.
ABC Refuses to Run Ad Against Rahm Emanuel in Chicago
By Tim Graham | April 4, 2015 | 2:54 PM EDT
Daily Caller political reporter Patrick Howley is reporting that ABC is refusing to run a political ad against Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Real Chicago PAC, run by William Kelly, who ran as a Republican statewide for Illinois comptroller in 2010, put together an ad charging Emanuel and his brother has enriched themselves from his position. It sounds like a left-tilting populist:
“We sent the commercial to the local Fox affiliate. They vetted it, they checked every single quote and every single headline to make sure it was accurate and they ran it on the night of the [mayoral] debate,” Real Chicago PAC chairman Bill Kelly told TheDC. Kelly noted that NBC also approved the ad. But the ad will not appear on ABC 7, Chicago’s highest-rated local network. And that decision came down from ABC’s national corporate infrastructure.
When Real Chicago PAC representative Laura Grock sent the commercial to ABC, Philadelphia-based Dee Parker of the network’s national sales office sent the video to its legal department, based in New York City. Parker then emailed Grock on Wednesday and demanded that the ad be changed....
“Two of the track lines need to be revised, or this ad cannot air:” ABC’s Parker wrote in her email to Grock.
To support the ad Grock cites a Chicago Magazine article detailing Emanuel’s leisurely relationship with private equity mogul (and now Republican Gov.) Bruce Rauner and a Chicago Reader piece that reported, “In that period [1999-2002] Emanuel made about $18 million, putting together deals by tapping connections he made in the White House.”
For the Uber claim, Grock cites a Chicago Sun-Times report revealing Emanuel’s brother’s stake in Uber and detailing the company’s massive expansion in Chicago after Emanuel was elected mayor in 2011.
http://newsbusters.org/
I agree, Fioretti was there to split the vote, but it didn't work; there's still the run-off to deal with and Chuy is trying to keep it close.
Endorsing Rahm made Fioretti sick, he was hospitalized the next day. He was too sick to run for mayor in the first place.
What did you expect from a weasel lawyer? Did you really think that you found one with backbone? HA, HA, HA!
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I don't live or work in Chicago so I have a little different view of this.
As far as I am concerned, if Chicago (or at least large chunks of it) just broke off and floated out into the middle of Lake Michigan one night, it would not be a huge loss to the rest of the state.
However, if you want to save the city from the on rushing fiscal disaster, someone like Rahm who is hard headed enough to do what needs doing and has enough gravitas to get it done is a lot better than someone with no idea what to do or how to do it.
Nexus is they were in the US Congress together (except Fioretti). I scratch your back . . .
City residents that send children to private schools should Vote for Chuy. Our children will not get free college , will not receive 25% preference in every police and fire department recruit class . Our Children never re dived free breakfast , lunch and before or after school care .
You don't live or work in Chicago so your opinion is worthless. Move in so you have some flesh in the game, then talk.
It's pretty sad that the best endorsement Rahm can get is "he doesn't suck as much as the other candidate."
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I don't live or work in Chicago so I have a little different view of this.
As far as I am concerned, if Chicago (or at least large chunks of it) just broke off and floated out into the middle of Lake Michigan one night, it would not be a huge loss to the rest of the state.
However, if you want to save the city from the on rushing fiscal disaster, someone like Rahm who is hard headed enough to do what needs doing and has enough gravitas to get it done is a lot better than someone with no idea what to do or how to do it.
4/05/2015 10:11:00 AM
Being hard-headed does not bestow financial acumen to Rahm. Great, he's stubborn. But in the last four years, he's TANKED our financial standing. Under Rahm Emanuel our bond/credit ratings have been lowered FOUR times.
If he had the ability to right the ship, he'd have gotten my vote, but all he's done in he last four years is repeatedly plow full speed ahead into the iceberg. Yep, he's stubborn, all right. And he's also over his head. He's INCOMPETENT.
Anonymous said...
I don't live or work in Chicago so I have a little different view of this.
As far as I am concerned, if Chicago (or at least large chunks of it) just broke off and floated out into the middle of Lake Michigan one night, it would not be a huge loss to the rest of the state.
However, if you want to save the city from the on rushing fiscal disaster, someone like Rahm who is hard headed enough to do what needs doing and has enough gravitas to get it done is a lot better than someone with no idea what to do or how to do it.
4/05/2015 10:11:00 AM
You do realize during Rahm's time in office, our bond ratings are basically junk now? Don't forget that Rahm has yet to put any money to pay off any debt. He did spend billions on worthless projects.
Bad week for Rahm! The bullshit with the Phil Ponce debate, murders and shootings going through the roof. In addition Fiorettis bullshit endorsement. These issues will hurt Rham and I believe the election is closer then we suspect!
Check the facts... Rahm never provided a detailed plan when he ran the first time and most people dont mention this. I wonder why
You are a jag Fio
Saw PO's stop a guy on Garfield blvd last night, pulling up "Fire Rahm" and Chuy signs and throwing them into the middle of the boulevard. The guy left all the Rahm signs up. I put up a Chuy sign in Sauganash and someone stole it.
Rahm has "gravitas"? What is that? A fancy Latin word for being an arrogant jagoff? Rahm does not have financial acumen or skills..He only knows how to scheme,scam and steal...
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