We Need a Hobby

So we were at the bar the other evening, discussing retirement options with a bunch of contemporaries, figuring out what - if any - post CPD employment would be needed, how far the pension and deferred comp might go, what might occupy our time in our golden years.

And the subject of politics came up. There are certainly a large number of vacancies at the local level what with Burke being convicted and the usual turnover that happens in a large patronage driven organization like that. And then there's the state level disaster with Madigan getting indicted and Fat$$ looking to Washington DC. Lots of opportunities there. Serving nationally though, well....Durbin isn't getting any younger. But if we wanted to go that route, we're looking right at the top spot. 

El Numero Uno - the Presidency.

Biden's gone. No one with a brain is voting for the DEI vice Kackler Harris. RFK Jr isn't a real candidate. And Trump is probably going to win. 

But we can do our part to mess up Illinois politics and give The Donald a shot at winning Illinois by picking off the disgruntled habitual democratic voter who is irritated with democrats, but doesn't know any better than to vote the way their fathers, mothers, grandparents, aunts, uncles and ward bosses tell them to vote. Hell, their great-great-grandparents are probably still voting for democrats despite being dead for forty years.

Therefore we are announcing our candidacy before the DNC hits town in an effort to toss a wrench into the machination of Sparklefarts and Porky. We're even going to short-circuit the obvious machinations by the "power brokers" by choosing a running mate already - and we're sure it's a demographic winner:

 

We'll be accepting platform suggestions for our run. If we do well enough, perhaps we'll land a cabinet spot.