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State Refuses to Pay for Blago Portrait

March 29, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Indignity upon indignity has been heaped upon our one-time Governor, Rod “They’re Out To Get Me” Blagojevich. And now one more link has been added to his Marley chain burden. The state legislature is refusing to pay for the oil painting of Blago to hang in the hall of governors in Springfield.

SAY IT AIN’T SO!

Of course, Rod is certainly free to pay for the portrait himself, but the state’s politicos decided in an 85-23 vote last week that the state would not pay for the sitting.

The Senate-bound bill does not ban an ousted governor from bankrolling the project out of pocket, which could cost as much as $25,000, the bill’s top backer said.

Oh, the humanities. Poor Rod. The dude can’t catch a break… of course, there’s that whole he-deserves-it thing, too!

Democrats/Leftists - Elections - Illinois - Illinois State Government - Liberals - Pat Quinn - State Government - Warner Todd Huston

Dems Chose Fmr Senator’s Daughter for Illinois Lt. Gov.

March 28, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

The Democrat State Central Committee has chosen Sheila Simon, daughter of former Senator Paul Simon (no not the singer), as its choice to fill the Lt. Governor slot recently vacated by Steve Cohen.

Sheila Simon has no real electoral track record in the state, but success is not a prerequisite to fill the Lt.Gov’s chair, after all. Since the position is practically powerless and useless, anybody could take it when all is said and done.

Chicago Trib reporters Rick Pearson and Ray Long amused me with the first two paragraphs of their piece announcing the choice, though.
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Dems Chose Fmr Senator’s Daughter for Illinois Lt. Gov.”

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Palatine Tea Party: Healthcare Protest At Rep. Bean’s Offices

March 16, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

The folks at the Palatine Tea Party has some good video and photos of the protest outside Representative Melissa Bean’s offices (D, 8th District).

The protest was held at noon on Monday, March 15.
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Palatine Tea Party: Healthcare Protest At Rep. Bean’s Offices”

Budget - Chicago - Crime - Economy/Finances - Government - Taxes - Warner Todd Huston

150 Convicted County Officials in Obama’s Chicagoland Area

March 10, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

The Better Government Association (www.bettergov.org/), a beleaguered Chicago-based watchdog group that has its work cut out for it, recently released its “Hall of Shame” report that details the nearly 150 county officials that have gone to jail for corruption in Barack Obama’s home county of Cook. And that doesn’t even include the over 100 Chicago officials, a city also situated in Cook County, that has also gone to jail over the last few decades.

Because of the high amount of corruption and the large and ever growing roster of jailed county officials, in its press release, the BGA bitingly asks, “[I]s it any surprise this multi-billion dollar labyrinth of governmental entities is referred to disparagingly as ‘Crook County?'”

The scams took place over the past four decades in the courts; the offices of the Assessor, Sheriff and Treasurer; and the President’s Office of Employment and Training. They involve bribes, payoffs, rip-offs, padded contracts, ghost payrollers and the wholesale subversion of the judicial system. The perpetrators include elected officials at the highest and lowest levels of city, county and state government; judges, lawyers and lobbyists.

Sadly, the BGA finds that the corruption in Cook County government is widespread and “not confined to a single unit of government.” This corruption was found in such departments as the Cook County Board President’s office, the employment offices, the highway department, the sheriff’s offices, the assessor and the treasurer’s offices as well as the Clerk of the Circuit Court. In fact, the BGA found that corruption is endemic throughout the government and no one ever seems to be held accountable.
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150 Convicted County Officials in Obama’s Chicagoland Area”

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Rep. Lipinski Dem. of Illinois Says He’s a ‘No’ On Obamacare

March 8, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Illinois Congressman Daniel Lipinski has confirmed to John McCormack of the Weekly Standard that he is now a “no” vote on Obama’s healthcare debacle.

Lipinski is a pro-life Democrat that is associated with the block that Bart Stupak (D, Mich.) says will vote “no” over the fact that the Obamacare plan has public funding for abortion in it.

Add Congressman Dan Lipinski of Illinois to the coalition of pro-life Democrats standing firmly with Bart Stupak in the fight over taxpayer-funding of abortion in the health care bill. Asked if the congressman is “open to voting for a health care bill that lacks the Stupak amendment,” Lipinski’s spokesman Nathaniel Zimmer replied in an email to THE WEEKLY STANDARD: “No. Congressman Lipinski will not vote for a health care bill that provides federal funding for abortion.”

Lipinski represents the 3rd Congressional District which is situated in a south central part of Cook County.
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Rep. Lipinski Dem. of Illinois Says He’s a ‘No’ On Obamacare”

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Dear Chicago Taxpayer, You Owe Us a Pension so Pay Up

March 8, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

The Civic Federation is reporting that every Chicago resident is on the hook for 444 percent more in unfunded retirement pension benefits to city workers than they were a decade ago.

The watchdog Civic Federation said Monday that the funding deficit for the 10 largest Chicago-area public pension funds soared from $3.4 billion in 1998 to $18.5 billion in 2008, the last year for which figures are available.

This is the fault of both politicians for spending the money instead of investing it as well as unions for “negotiating” ever higher and undeserved benefits with each new contract.

But no matter who is at fault, I’d guess that all the perpetrators imagine that the federal government should bail them out when the inevitable collapse arrives.

That way neither the unions nor the profligate democrat politicians will ever have to pay any substantive price.

Only one problem: the US government doesn’t have the cash or credit, either.

I foresee the collapse of pensions all across the county and millions of people that thought they had retirement available for them will find out that it doesn’t exist. A major mess will soon come to town and no one can prevent its arrival.

Both rank and file Democrats and their unions and politicians deserve all the pain coming their way, too.
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Dear Chicago Taxpayer, You Owe Us a Pension so Pay Up”

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Service Employees Inat’l Union Gives $1.7 Mil to Ill. Gov. Quinn

March 5, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

The Service Employees International Union wants YOU to pay more taxes, Illinois. And, in order to get their wish, they’ve donated $1.7 million to the one candidate that has since the beginning promised to raise everyone’s taxes, Governor Pat “Mighty Taximo” Quinn.

Oh, it’s a cozy arrangement, of course. The SEIU represents many of Illinois public employees. These greedy folks want YOU to pay their way in life, you see? So, big cash goes to Quinn the Mighty Taximo so that he’ll force higher taxes so that, in turn, these public employees will get even greater pay and even more undeserved benefits that other, private sector citizens don’t get. It’s a Faustian bargain, but it is a fact, nonetheless.

As everyone else in the state is losing his job, these trough-feeders want you to pay more taxes for their comfort. Nice work if you can get it, right?
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Service Employees Inat’l Union Gives $1.7 Mil to Ill. Gov. Quinn”

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8th District Congressman Bean Holding Town Meeting Feb. 27

February 26, 2010 by

The folks at the Palatine Tea Party have alerted us to the fact that Congressman Melissa Bean will be holding a town hall to hear from her constituents on Feb. 27.

According to the Palatine folks, Bean will be moving around quite a bit on Saturday appearing at several stores throughout the day. It strikes me as sort of odd, but apparently she is touring four Jewel-Osco grocery stores and will be meeting in the aisles near the entrance to the stores. I guess she doesn’t expect too many attendees since she isn’t meeting at a sit-down venue but rather in the aisles of a grocery store.

Anyway, here is the schedule:
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8th District Congressman Bean Holding Town Meeting Feb. 27″

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More of Congress Not Living By Rules Forced on Us

February 26, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

The Hill is reporting that 70 percent of our Congressmen’s Washington offices violate OSHA’s workplace safety rules. Of course, if our employers were to be found in violation of OSHA rules we’d have our places of business closed down and the owners prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

But, you see, Congress doesn’t have to abide by the laws everyone else suffers under, now do they?

Of the 541 offices in Congress, 154 were found to be completely in compliance with OSHA standards — those of 64 senators and 90 House lawmakers — leaving 387 offices that had at least one violation. This is a marked increase from 2008, when only 37 offices were found to be in complete accordance, or in 2006, when only seven offices were in compliance.

Sure some of the OSHA violations were minor infractions, to be sure, but the fact that these violations add up to so many is astounding.
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More of Congress Not Living By Rules Forced on Us”

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Americans for Prosperity: A Message to Governor Quinn‏

February 25, 2010 by 1 Comment

Americans for Prosperity applauds Governor Quinn for opening an online comment portal offering the general public an opportunity to view and comment on the states budget dilemma.

On March 10, 2010 Governor Quinn will be making his annual budget address. Governor Quinn has made it clear that he believes the only way out of the states financial mess is to raise our taxes.

Americans for Prosperity strongly disagrees!
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Americans for Prosperity: A Message to Governor Quinn‏”

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Illinois Budget Now Online, Governor Wants YOUR Comments

February 25, 2010 by 1 Comment

SPRINGFIELD – February 24, 2010. Officials from Governor Pat Quinn’s Administration today announced that, for the first time in Illinois’ history, the public can actively participate in the state’s budgeting process. The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget (GOMB) today launched www.budget.illinois.gov, a Web site that allows Illinois residents to provide feedback that will be used to shape the state’s fiscal year 2011 budget.
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Illinois Budget Now Online, Governor Wants YOUR Comments”

Chicago - Cook County - Democrats/Leftists - Elections - Illinois - State Government - Warner Todd Huston

Tammy Duckworth Says ‘No’ To Dem Offer of Illinois Lt. Gov

February 23, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Former Representative Tammy Duckworth has told the Illinois Democrat Party that she would rather stay employed at the Veterans Administration than be Lt. Governor.

Can’t say I blame her.

Democrat Duckworth lost her seat in the House of Representatives to Republican Peter Roskam in 2006. In 2009, she accepted the position of Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

She’s smart to eschew the offer of the powerless and pointless position of Illinois Lt. Gov. If her desire is to help veterans she sure as heck can’t do that as the Lt. Gov.

Smart lady, for sure.
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Tammy Duckworth Says ‘No’ To Dem Offer of Illinois Lt. Gov”

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It’s a Budget Crisis Says Ill. Government

February 23, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

It’s doomsday, the end of the world… at least that is what our wonderful Illinois politicians are telling us about the state budget. They’re just going to HAVE to raise taxes, they say. Naturally, not a one of these drunken sailors are considering the real solutions: Cut spending and get rid of unions.

An obviously left-wing group calling itself the “Civic Federation” is making news here in Chicago for calling for massive tax hikes to cure the state’s budget woes. Yeah, that’s real “civic” minded of them, isn’t it?

Granted this group claims that they want public employees unions to pay for more of their own undeservedly rich healthcare benefits and they claim that cuts in spending are needed. But by calling for taxes to be raised, this proves these people really don’t care about solving the budget shortfalls, it only shows that they are just another left-wing tax raising group that will, in the end, be willing to look the other way while our criminal Illinois Pols pretend at budget cuts without ever really enacting any. We all know darn well that if these drunken sailors in Springfield get higher taxes their spending will simply increase accordingly.
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It’s a Budget Crisis Says Ill. Government”

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Put Back Amendment: Support the Mike Madigan Retirement Act of 2010

February 21, 2010 by

Something extraordinary happened yesterday. The Democrat controlled State Senate led by Democrat John Cullerton discussed our state fiscal crisis. What was extraordinary about it is that they met in secret and locked out the press, the cameras and the public. You read that right, they dealt with state business (and likely their massive tax increase plans) in a backroom.

Despite our Constitution requiring the Senate to meet in the open and the intent of the Open Meetings Act to require it, they discussed the mess they caused and how they’ll take more of our money behind closed doors. They have no shame.

Democrat called it a “joint caucus” meeting, so he says it’s ok. I could put on a black cape and run circles under the rotunda and call myself Batman, that doesn’t make it true. But Democrats like Cullerton get away with word games because they have *complete* power in the legislature. So does Mike Madigan, and that is the problem.

How do you deal with a problem like Mike Madigan?
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Put Back Amendment: Support the Mike Madigan Retirement Act of 2010″

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Chicago’s Corruption Tax

February 20, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

A new study has been released by the University of Illinois in conjunction with the Better Government Association that details Cook County’s disgusting history of political neer-do-wells calling it a true “culture of corruption.” (Download .pdf of report)

“More than 140 people have been convicted of corruption in county-related cases since 1970,” the study finds.

Featured are tales of bribes, ghost payrolls, sweetheart deals, rip-offs, and the “wholesale subversion of the judicial system.”

“This rogue’s gallery of corrupt individuals is just the tip of the iceberg,” said the BGA’s Andy Shaw, “because, for every one of those convicted, there may be a dozen or more people who narrowly escape the justice system, not to mention all the clout-related conflicts of interest. It is truly a ‘culture of corruption.’”

Sadly, it doesn’t seem to be getting any better but kudos to the BGA for publishing the study. It goes to show how much of a failure our county government is.
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Chicago’s Corruption Tax”

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Longtime Dem Consultant Torpedoed by Union Thugs

February 19, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

In Democrat political consulting circles Pat Caddell is a big name. One-time adviser to President Jimmy Carter and longtime political strategist for the left, Caddell isn’t someone you throw off a campaign easily. But the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) doesn’t care about past success. It only cares about its power.

After being thrown off the campaign of Colorado Democrat Andrew Romanoff’s campaign for Senate, Caddell spoke to the folks at The Daily Caller and said he’d been axed by the “thugs” at the SEIU.

“What I said about Andy Stern and the SEIU? Sure, they’re thugs,” said Caddell, a former adviser to President Jimmy Carter, who until Monday* had an informal advising role with the primary challenger to incumbent Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet.

“The unions have been considering endorsing Romanoff, and basically they told him that if I was involved with the campaign, ‘sayonara,’ which I think is the definition of thuggery isn’t it?” said Caddell, who has worked for a who’s who of Democratic politicians over the last few decades, including Ted Kennedy, George McGovern, Mario Cuomo and Gary Hart.

I couldn’t agree more. Unions will brook no opposition and even the smallest disagreement marks you for destruction with a union… even if you are on the same political side as they!

He pointed out, as have we — repeatedly — that public employees unions are destroying the country:
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Longtime Dem Consultant Torpedoed by Union Thugs”

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Ill. GOP Says: Put Alexi on the Phone!

February 19, 2010 by

Alexi Giannoulias has a very shady past yet the Illinois Democrat Party is still running him for the Senate. But the Illinois GOP has a few question for the nominee…

"Voters want to know about his role in his family’s struggling Broadway Bank, and Giannoulias promised he’d provide those details after the Feb. 2 primary election. "If I’m fortunate enough to make it out of the primary, we can have that conversation," he said. His plan now seems to be to stonewall until November." – Chicago Tribune Editorial, February 12, 2010

CHICAGO – Today marks the 20th day of Alexi Giannoulias’ silence since promising reporters he would answer questions surrounding his role in the near-collapse of his family’s Broadway Bank.

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Ill. GOP Says: Put Alexi on the Phone!”

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More Abuse By Illinois Toll Way Employees

February 18, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Say, wouldn’t it be nice not to have to pay any tolls when you are driving to work each day, or as you are running errands, or starting a vacation trip? Well, if you want to get out of paying tolls like all the other poor schlubs around you on the roadways, get a job with the tollway authority. Do that and your tolls are on the house… they may even throw in a car!

The Chicago Trib did an investigation and found out that more than 90% of the tollway’s work force gets free tolls. Not only that but 55 of its “critical” execs get free cars to go along with their free tolls.

And the cost?
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More Abuse By Illinois Toll Way Employees”

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A Conservative Candidate to Face Kirk and Giannoulias in Nov? Better Be Careful!

February 13, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

There has been some loose talk around conservative circles in Illinois about finding a more conservative candidate to run against both Alexi Giannoulias and Mark Kirk for the Illinois Senate in November. But the time for this was during the primary and that time is now passed. If we wanted a more conservative candidate than Mark Kirk we should have nominated him on February 2. A third party candidate at this time will only elect the mob banker, Alexi Giannoulias, to the Senate.

The only thing that wouldn’t make my statement above untrue is if a more conservative, third party candidate can mount a seriously funded campaign and can build a state-wide coalition over the next few months. By seriously funded, I’m talking at least four million dollars. The likelihood of this is remote at best.

And here is the thing: if a serious conservative candidate was able to get four million dollars together in only three months that candidate would have done so last October or November and would have been on that primary ballot.

It should also be pointed out that the state GOP will not be helping anyone but Kirk. Any insurgent candidate would have to build a state-wide network, or already have one, that could best the entire GOP establishment in order to run a credible race.

With Patrick Hughes out of the campaign due to his primary loss, there is no one else with the name recognition, state-wide network, or money to mount a serious campaign. Would that there was one.
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A Conservative Candidate to Face Kirk and Giannoulias in Nov? Better Be Careful!”

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It’s Official Scott Lee Cohen Drops Out of Election

February 13, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Well, some Democrats were stating to get a little worried that pawn shop king Scott Lee Cohen wouldn’t really remove his name from the ballot for November despite that he said he was going to.

Cohen was officially and legally nominated by the Democrat primary voters to run for Lt. Governor, but then out came all his skeletons. His past drug use, his domestic violence accusations and arrests, and his prostitute girlfriend sort of cooked his goose.

Last week Cohen announced that he’d drop his bid for Lt. Gov., but he waited all the way until Friday to send the required letter making it official. This wait must have seemed like 100 years to the Democrats, some of whom were beginning to worry that Cohen wasn’t really going to quit.

But, it’s all over but the crying on the radio for Cohen. Now we’ll have to wait and see who the Democrat powerbrokers decide will fill his spot on the upcoming ballot.

The sad thing is that the Democrats are looking as though they are not going to listen to the voters and allow the number 2 vote getter on the Dem. side take the spot. It looks like the Democrat leadership is going to choose their own replacement despite what the voters might have said.

Typical of democrats, though. They do hate democracy after all.
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It’s Official Scott Lee Cohen Drops Out of Election”

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Dem Powerbrokers to Ignore Voters, Choose Own Lt. Gov. Candidate

February 10, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Well, with the winner of the democratic Party nomination for Lt. Gov. stepping down, one might think that the Party would give heavy weight to the other candidates that faced Scott Lee Cohen in the Lt. Gov. primary. Of course, if one thought that one would not be remembering that Illinois is Democrat leader Mike Madigan’s plaything.

The Sun-Times is reporting that Dem powerhouse Michael Madigan has decided that he’s going to ignore the second and third place vote getters in the primary and emplace his own, hand-picked buddy to take the Lt. Gov. spot.

So, Art Turner (the number 2 vote getter) and Mike Boland are out despite that the voters picked them as the next runner ups for the Lt. Gov. spot.

On WLS Radio today, GOP Chairman Pat Brady echoed this concern that Democrat powerbrokers are choosing elected officials now and not even bothering with the pretense of the voters having a say.

That is how corrupt the Illinois Democrats really are. They’ve at last revealed what they really think of the voters.
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Dem Powerbrokers to Ignore Voters, Choose Own Lt. Gov. Candidate”

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Dems Troubled Lt. Gov Candidate Drops Out

February 7, 2010 by 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

Well, the Democratic nominee for Illinois Lt. Gov., Scott Lee Cohen, has announced that he’s dropping out of the race even though he was the legal winner of the Democrat primary.

He told waiting reporters that he was quitting for the good of the state. “For the good of the people of the state of Illinois and for the Democratic party, I will resign,” he said at a presser tonight.

Of course, the big question is who will take his place? What legal process would determine who has the right to substitute for Cohen? Has this ever happened before? I don’t think it has.

Granted there were times when the State of Illinois didn’t even have a Lt. gov., the position is so pointless and unimportant. The truth is, the Dems don’t really even have to have a nominee.

But one assumes they would want one anyway. So, how is it to be done? Does the Democratic leadership just appoint one? Does the runner up get it? Does the man at the top of the ticket decide? Do all the Lt. Gov. candidates run against each other during the general? Do we have a Lt. Gov. primary re-do?

What, what, what?

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Chicago’s Mayor Daley Says Scott Lee Cohen Earned His Election

February 7, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

The controversy over the election that put Scott Lee Cohen on the upcoming ballot as the Democrat’s Lt. Governor nominee is still roiling. Cohen has yet to step down bowing to calls for his head from every Illinois Democrat. Well, almost all of them, anyway. It seems that Chicago’s Mayor Richie “King” Daley is not one of those joining the chorus demanding that Cohen step down.

Cohen plans to speak tonight and rumors are he will step down, but Daley says he earned his spot on the ticket.

“People vote in elections. Everybody knew he was a pawnbroker,” Daley said. “You knew. The media knew. Everybody knew that, right?”

Well, they may have all known that he was a pawnbroker, but the neither the media nor the Democrat Party cared much to inform the public about Cohen’s past. Yet, even that didn’t make Daley oppose Cohen.

“So anybody who’s allegedly — who’s arrested and the case is thrown out, should not run for public office. Is that right? You want that done? I’m just saying, it’s a very complicated issue.”

Well, from his viewpoint, he might be onto something. After all, nearly everyone in his administration is either a criminal outright or an accused one. So, if we were to eschew voting for such people Daley wouldn’t have anyone left in his government!

As for me, I hope Cohen keeps his spine intact and stays on the ticket. It’s all good for Republicans, for sure!
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Chicago’s Mayor Daley Says Scott Lee Cohen Earned His Election”

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Scott Lee Cohen: Case in Point How Chicago Media Covers for Criminal Democrats

February 6, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston


Well, the Chicago controlled Illinois media has done it again. It’s allowed another unsavory Democrat candidate with criminal propensities to slide by unnoticed and to be placed before the voters un-exposed as the low-end sort of fellow he is. And, just like clockwork, this drug addled nut has been elevated to nominee by the Democrat sheeple of the Land of Lincoln — proving that Democrats will vote for a ham sandwich if one is put before them. This media malfeasance only works in favor of Illinois Democrats, though. To prove it all one need do is remember the 2004 case of Republican Jack Ryan. We have but to recall how the Illinois media destroyed this man over what they claimed in wide-eyed shock was his outrageous behavior and remember how the Chicago controlled media torpedoed this man’s career over what they felt was his unsuitability for higher office.

It’s all a pretty ho-hum tale of media malfeasance and a case of the Democrat Party’s typical sort of low-brow candidates in Chillinois… or is it Illcago? It happens all the time in here, in any case. The Democrats put up a criminal as a candidate, the media yawns and reports on some Hollywood story instead, the voters that claim a Democrat ballot vote him to the head of the class, and then the media suddenly wakes up with cries of faux outrage. It’s a typical pattern, really.

This current case is that of Scott Lee Cohen, pawn shop king, wife abuser, steroid addict, and now your Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor. The guy really has no respectable qualifications for office. As a teen he flunked out of High School — but did get his GED, at least. He was once addicted to steroids so badly that he beat up his wife repeatedly because of the fits of rage the drug brought upon him. He was once arrested for holding a knife to the throat of live-in girl friend who also happened to be a prostitute. It’s a pretty messy life Mr. Cohen’s lived.
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Scott Lee Cohen: Case in Point How Chicago Media Covers for Criminal Democrats”

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Dems Lt. Gov. Candidate and His… uh… Peccadilloes, The Jerry Springer Democrat

February 5, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

I just can’t get excited about Scott Lee Cohen, the wacky Lt. Gov. that the Democrats have chosen to represent them in November. Sure he’s the Jerry Springer candidate, sure he’s violent, roided up, and sort of scummy.

But, he’s upfront about it all, he’s honest about his general scumminess. And he DID win the election.

In the Chicago Sun-Times Sneed had a few tidbits I’ll repost here to give you a general idea of where this guy fits on the Jerry Springer scale:
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Dems Lt. Gov. Candidate and His… uh… Peccadilloes, The Jerry Springer Democrat”

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Democrats Ill. Lt. Gov. Nominee’s Past History of Domestic Violence?

February 4, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Nice move Democrats. You go from crooks and bribe takers to violent criminals!

The Democrats just nominated a guy, Scott Lee Cohen, that has a history of holding a KNIFE to the throat of his girlfriend!

Scott Lee Cohen — a pawnbroker who shocked state Democratic leaders Tuesday night by winning the party’s nomination for lieutenant governor — was arrested about four-and-a-half years ago and accused of holding a knife to a former live-in girlfriend’s neck, newly obtained court records show.

Is it impossible for a Democrat NOT to vote for a criminal of one type or another in Illinois?

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Another Chicago Alderman Goes to Jail — THIS is Heartening Progress

February 3, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Alderman Ike Carothers is going to jail over his corruption. The wormy apple didn’t fall too far from the diseased tree, either, because Ike’s daddy, himself a former Alderman, went to jail for corruption in 1983. Ike joins a dozen other Chicago politicians in the Big House.

But I am here to say that I think we are seeing Chicago finally on the path to progress. How can I say that? Well, let’s look at the facts here.

William Carothers was sentenced to over 3 years in jail in 1983 for his bribe taking and general corruption. His son, Ike, now gets about two years for the same thing.

See the progress?

You don’t?

Well, obviously Chicago is getting closer to less corruption, don’t you think? I mean, daddy got three years. His son is only doing two! That means Ike’s son, when he gets into city government,will only get a year for corruption and his son might only get a few months.

See? Eventually we’ll get a Carothers in city government that is free of corruption. Heck it might take 5 or 6 generations…. but the city is getting there. See, it’s progress Chicago style.

Baby steps, friends, baby steps.
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Another Chicago Alderman Goes to Jail — THIS is Heartening Progress”

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Dan Hynes With A Classic Chicago Dirty Political Trick Commercial

January 22, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Current State Comptroller Dan Hynes is running for the Democrat Party nomination for governor. He’s been struggling a bit in the polls to incumbent accidental Governor Pat Quinn, so in a classic Chicago dirty trick styled TV ad, Dan Hynes broke out the big guns intended to undercut Pat Quinn’s support in the black community… and he’s reached back over 20 years to do it.

Remember Chicago Mayor Harold Washington…

Boy does that bring back memories. And did Harold have a way with words, er what? We’ve had three recent mayors that have known how to turn a phrase. Mayor Daley Senior with his “the police aren’t here to create disorder, they’re here to preserve disorder,” Mayor Washington with his “that’s hubris,” and junior Daly with…. well, anything the goofball says.

Anyway, back to Hynes. This is a classic Chicago hardball maneuver. Hauling Mayor Washington back from the dead to lambaste Pat Quinn is just classic.

But what is most amazing is the chutzpah that Hynes is showing. After all, when Harold Washington became Mayor of Chicago in 1983 Dan Hynes’ father Thomas was so peeved that a black guy won the big chair that when Harold came up for reelection Hynes quit the Democrat Party and tried to start a new party (the Chicago First Party) in order to oust Harold from office. And here is son of Hynes using Harold as a personal flak!

That there’s some major Chicaga balls, them is.
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Dan Hynes With A Classic Chicago Dirty Political Trick Commercial”

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AP Sells Coakley as ‘Historic’ Candidate

January 18, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

The special election in Massachusetts for the open Senate seat once held by Teddy Kennedy is the hottest political story of the day. The race is so close that no one is sure who will win but signs are starting to point to Republican Scott Brown’s win. Cue the Associated Press with a puff piece on Democrat Martha Coakley that tries to sell her as an “historic candidate” perhaps in order to help push her over the top just before the polls open on Tuesday.

Penned by Steve LeBlanc, the AP headlined its piece, “Coakley Hopes for Historic Win in Kennedy Seat Bid.” The subtitle explains why her candidacy is “historic.” It reads, “Coakley aims to hold off GOP surge for Kennedy seat, become 1st woman elected senator in Mass.”

What puffery. The days when it was noteworthy that a woman was elected to high office are long past. For decades we’ve had women elected in just about every position in politics from the lowest city and state level all the way to the highest offices. In fact, the only two offices that have yet to see a female elected to them are president and vice president, though we have had credible candidates for them. For all other offices women have long since shattered the glass ceiling. So, how “historic” could it be that we might have yet another elected female Senator? Aren’t there several female Senators now serving? Of course there are.
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AP Sells Coakley as ‘Historic’ Candidate”

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A likely Story: Cook County Dems ‘Forget’ Carter on Mailer

January 14, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

The Cook County Democrat Party sent out a direct mail piece early this week that listed all the Democrat presidents that brought “prosperity” to this country. Oh they are all there, FDR, Truman, Kennedy, LBJ, Bill Clinton… uh, wait. Isn’t one of ’em missing?

You guessed it, Jimmah Carter, the worst president in American history, was left off the list of illustrious “prosperity” bringers. Oopsie.

The nitwit that commissioned the flyer, Democrat Party Chairman Joe Berrios, claims that it was the printer that goofed it up and that he had Carter on the original piece before the printer sent it to press.

I submit that Joey is a liar. I’ve worked with printers since 1979 and they do not edit customer’s art work. In fact, printers usually have a fairly extensive proofing process where they attempt to get the customer to sign off on samples before they go to press in order to avoid a dissatisfied customer making them reprint the whole thing for free over a missed item, a garbled format, or even bad color.
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A likely Story: Cook County Dems ‘Forget’ Carter on Mailer”