Name That Party: March Madness Edition

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Today's Chicago Tribune, taking a cue from its hero Barack Obama, gave bracketeering a try.  The contenders, all former Illinois and Louisiana public officials, were selected for a smackdown to determine the most disgraceful.

The rivals from Louisiana were former Governors Huey Long and Edwin Edwards, former Congressman William "Refrigerator" Jefferson, and former New Orleans City Council president Oliver Thomas (identified as Thomas Oliver by the newspaper.).  Weighing in from Illinois were former Governors George Ryan and Milorad "Call Me Rod" Blagojevich, former Congressman Dan Rostenkowski, and former Chicago alderman Arenda Troutman.

The Trib gave the nod to Edwin Edwards, although I think the competition was marred by not having an Illinois Daley in the competition.  Setting that aside, what was interesting is the Tribune didn't mention party affiliation in its bracketeering.  Seven of the eight contenders, or 87.5 percent, were Democrats.  Gee, what a surprise.

Yet the Tribune didn't see fit to note that relevant fact.  Just another day at what used to bill itself as the "World's Greatest Newspaper."   
 


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Now, now

You know only the "right wing fringe" would dare make that type of suggestion..I am sure I saw that in the article..hang on ...tap, tap..nope sorry, you are correct again. Now, how could that have been mistakenly left out...hummm.

Just

another honest mistake.

   Hey... Illinois doesn't

   Hey... Illinois doesn't need the help of another state to fill out a set of brackets.  There are plenty of names, at least 79 since 1972.  Illinois calls itself the Land of Lincoln but for the counties surrounding Lake Michigan it's the Land of Al Capone.

Capone

And Big Al didn't have the power of government to help him fleece the sheep.

The King

Deceiver.com has got some March Madness going on as well. Their version is for hypocrite of the year. Al Gore looks unstoppable and has now made it into the final eight. Can there be any doubt?

"...although I think the

"...although I think the competition was marred by not having an [Illinois Daley] in the competition."

LOL-Yeah, that's like writing an article about the major maritime disasters of history and omitting the Titanic, or writing about Civil War era Atlanta and failing to note Willie T's decidedly crude efforts at 19th century urban renewal .

-Dave

This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.