Open Thread: Mayor Rahm!
That's right, Rahm Emanuel will be Chicago's next mayor. The former White House chief of staff took 55 percent of the vote Tuesday, enough to avoid a runoff. By itself that would not be so noteworthy, but he was facing five challengers.
The Chicago Tribune reported:
In a city with its share of racial divisions, Emanuel appealed to voters across those lines. He won the predominantly white wards of his former congressional district on the North and Northwest sides. And the former chief of staff to President Barack Obama also scored substantial margins in predominantly African-American neighborhoods.
"All I can say, you sure know how to make a guy feel at home," Emanuel, who faced a high-profile legal challenge to his residency, told a packed room at a plumbers union hall on the Near West Side. "Because of the people of Chicago, this is the warmest place in America."
Emanuel will become Chicago's first Jewish mayor and 46th overall. He'll succeed Mayor Richard Daley, the city's longest-serving chief executive.
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SSDD.
Submitted by Ashrak on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 9:58am.
This shows,again, that elections in Chicago are rigged from start to finish. The rules were set aside for him to be on the ballot in the first place and the outcome was predetermined. Chicago is a cesspool of corruption and the rest of Illinois' people suffers as a result.
The rest of the nation has for far too long ignored it, even made it a butt of a joke. It isn't quite so funny anymore now that the Chicago Way has gone national.
It is, though, going to be fun watching Emanual deal with the fact that carrying firearms lawfully is coming to Chicago. It is going to be interesting watching him deal with the path of destruction left in Daley's wake. A new legacy born? Nope, I predict Rahm is a one termer.
They didn't have much of a
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:37am.
They didn't have much of a choice. Him or Carol Mosley Braum. That would be like telling someone all we had to eat was camel dung, but there were two ways we could fix it-baked or fried.
Moose Turd Pie, eh?
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 11:54am.
Moose Turd Pie, eh?
SSDD for sure
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:39am.
And I wouldn't care except Federal money, confiscated from me, will go to help these cities living on tomorrow's exaggerated expectations.
Cool Arrow,
Submitted by Ashrak on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:54am.
The Founders and Original Framers checked that problem by having state legislatures elect Senators so that they were directly accountable to state governments and by commanding that taxation be uniform among the several states.
The solution is to return to the wisdom that once existed in this nation. The 16th and 17th have got to go. Things will only get worse until they do. Some say that is "radical" and extreme" but I contend that both of those Amendments are not only radical and extreme but also quite opposite of Liberty and Equality. Indeed, the very base of our Republic, important balance creating checks, were removed with those two corruptive actions and we are experiencing the ramifications of them in the here and now.
If it would work I might be aboard but.,
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 11:08am.
Repealing the 17th Amendment will do absolutely nothing. In fact, I would wager that, by sending Senators to Washington chosen once again by state legislatures, things will be made even worse. Instead of sending Senators chosen by popular vote that are more interested in bringing home the bacon for their districts, state governments get to send Senators to Washington in order to fleece the federal government more directly so that states can continue to be fiscally irresponsible.
And as for the 16th? We aren't going back to raising money by tariffs...I'd rather see it amended so that Congress is forced to stop tinkering with it.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Lord help us
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:14am.
It is a shame to know that there are teachers like this teaching your kids and my grandkids.
It's even more of a shame
Submitted by ThisnThat on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 1:54pm.
It's even more of a shame that 87% of high-school graduates can't find anything wrong with the sign.
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“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
Ha ha that was a great pic.
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 3:17pm.
Ha ha that was a great pic. See his link for the protester sign.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
They deserve everything they got coming
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:14am.
Illinois is a state that needs to be cleaned out. BUT if the people are the ones that are voting in the democrats like they are, the people deserve all the problems that they will get. Just like New York and California and some others. Sure, they might suffer, but they brought it on themselves. I don't have a shred of sympathy.
Small wonder why the dems from Wisconsin and Indiana feel more at home there to run away to.
That judge that allowed Rahm to stay in the race needs to be recalled/impeached/disbarred.
The nation truly is divided, thanks to the "uniter."
-Jon
The votes of dead people ....
Submitted by NL207 on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:22am.
should not be permitted to govern the living.
Illionois in general and Chicago in particular are in depsarate need of reform.
reform
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:43am.
How many states are like this? It might be safe to say 24 since 26 of them were suing against ChairmanCare(I know, ObamaCare, but since we don't really know his real last name except what he says and even he called it ObamaCare, I'm going with the ChairmanCare), but there are 29 Republican governors.(for those in Rio Linda, that means there are 21 DemocRat states)
Out of those 21 states run by Democrat governors, how many of them are bad as California, New York, and Illinois? I would include Michigan even though that's got a Republican governor but considering the Islamic presence there, it's got to be more than he can handle or that he cares about due to ignorance(Islam is a religion of peace!).
-Jon
Jon says "Small wonder why
Submitted by ThisnThat on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 1:44pm.
Jon says "Small wonder why the dems from Wisconsin and Indiana feel more at home there to run away to."
and I wonder if any of them every got a chance to cast their votes while there?
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“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
Chicago and Rahm deserve each
Submitted by MightyMouth on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:32am.
Chicago and Rahm deserve each other. Best of luck dumba$$es!
The tradition continues.
Submitted by johnsonl on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:36am.
The tradition continues. Congratulations, Chicago! You got exactly what you deserved. Take a good, hard look at Detroit, because that's where you're heading, a lot sooner than you might think.
It's the Chicago Way [tm]
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:37am.
The corrupt in charge of the corrupt. Typical Chicago. Anyone count the lies in Deadfish's acceptance speech?
No need to count
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:44am.
Here's the exact number: ALL of them.
-Jon
Day of the living dead!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:56am.
What baffles me is, why does Chicago even waste the money to hold elections. It's been decided who will win way before the actual vote. Seems like a good way for the ruling class to save more money that they can then steal.
Just think! We now have the same system installed in the White House. Are we lucky or what?
I see a pattern forming
Submitted by c5then on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 11:26am.
Rahm was not eligible to run for mayor due to residency requirements, but was allowed to anyway.
He would have won the election no matter who he faced and how many opponents. It was already determined long before the election.
I'm sure that he will get right on the budget problems that Chicago has.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Foregone
Submitted by misterbee241 on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 11:47am.
How does one discuss a foregone conclusion?
OT but interesting*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 11:51am.
What's up with Huffpo?Conspiracy theory anyone?
And they have nerve making fun of Glenn Beck.
No such thing as OT in OT!
Submitted by ThisnThat on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 1:46pm.
No such thing as OT in OT!
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“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
Rahm is Jewish???
Submitted by gopcongress on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 12:34pm.
Oy Vey!
Nice of the mainstream media to throw in THAT bit of association. They figure they now have an ally when the cities go bashing Israel again.
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These people are race- and
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 1:27pm.
These people are race- and ethnicity-obsessed.
My cousin, when named Chief of Police in my hometown, was played up in the local paper as the first Italian-American Chief. As if that matters.
Oh, wait! It does matter, to liberals. They can then say, hey, I voted for a Jew for mayor!
The Fix was in from the very beginning
Submitted by Kuso Jiji on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 12:37pm.
Thank God the damage this guy causes no longer effects anybody but the people of Chicago.
Breaking: DOJ menu now strictly ala carte
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 1:35pm.
Holder decides he can now pick and choose which laws he deems worthy of upholding.
This says that obama doesn't
Submitted by ThisnThat on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 2:15pm.
This says that obama doesn't believe we are a nation of laws. His past actions hinted at that -- his ignoring a judges orders to not impose an oil moratorium, his pursuit of the health care law, his decision not to defend whites against any black person, his refusal to prove his citizenship, etc. But now he has blatently declared that he -- and only he -- can decide what is and is not Constitutional. According to his complete igornance of the Constitution. The Judicial branch of government is no longer relevant. He has already dismissed the Legislative branch with his czars, BTW.
Remember when he dissed the Supreme Court in his SOTUA? That was the beginning.
But it's not just obama. Look at dims everywhere, highlighted by WI and Indiana state senators. Dims simply don't believe in the rule of law. They only believe in special interest power. Just like dictators the world over.
I didn't believe it would ever happen -- but it has. The Revolution has just begun, I'm afraid.
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“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
Dictator all along
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 2:22pm.
The word needs to spread like wildfire that by this action alone with Holder, DuhOne is officially a dictator. If it hadn't been obvious before and there are plenty people oblivious to it, it should be PLAIN AS DAY this POSSOB is a dictator and is no longer pretending not to be one.
I wonder when the military will start taking action to defend the country and the Constitution.
Or If.(because of the changes he made in the higher-up staff)
-Jon
I think Rahm will run for
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 3:22pm.
I think Rahm will run for Prez in 2012 & Obama for Mayor in Chicago in 2012. Obama won't qualify due to the new state regs. THEN we will all be in trouble. Can you imagine that? Did you think it could get worse than Clinton? Obama 100x worse. Rahm worse than Obama? Maybe!
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
If there are any
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 3:24pm.
If there are any conservatives in Chicago... they should closely investigate this election. There may be a gold mine of misdeeds to uncover there.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
Attention, Massachusetts criminals:
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 1:50pm.
You are free to commit assault and battery without punishment, UNLESS you do it in front of a police officer...
Even if there are 50 witnesses and a three-minute youtube of the attack.
"While investigators have identified each pugilist seen in the YouTube video, a Chicopee Police spokesperson said that for someone to be charged with simple assault and battery the attack must occur in the presence of a police officer."
This sounds to me a lot like the old "must have four male witnesses to prove rape" thing.
Fireman on the Bureaucrats hit list, typical.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 2:21pm.
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/02/23/firefighter-union-offical-questions-brownout-role-in-fatal-olney-fire/
As if there are not layers and layers of WORTHLESS xerox button pushers, slipping USELESS forms back and forth.
New Rules... Lay off bureaucrats that have been working on programs that have come into existence since 1964...Start there.
A small town I once lived in had a volunteer fire department.
You Didn't Build That.
The Pirate of the
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 2:26pm.
The Pirate of the Potomac. From Moonbattery.com
Isn't that Captain Schmuck?
Submitted by stratman on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 2:46pm.
Isn't that Captain Schmuck?
Ohh L@@K hawaii is number one, in something else.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 2:52pm.
Hawaii Still Most Approving of ObamaMust be his whaling roots.lol
Hawaii is also #1 in most cars /highway mile...
You Didn't Build That.
the map graph
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 3:08pm.
I looked at Texas on the map and saw it was 45. They must have just called Austin and Houston to get those numbers. :-P
-Jon
It makes me mad that NC is
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 3:12pm.
It makes me mad that NC is not in the bottom 10. They must have got the numbers from Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro and Durham.
Palestinian alarm clock
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 3:13pm.
Things that go boom in the morning.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Saw that somewhere this AM
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 4:49pm.
Saw that somewhere this AM and liked to fell over laughing.
rick,
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 10:24pm.
I plucked the link off of Boortz.com.
Made my day, too.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Great quote
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 3:17pm.
“Harry Reid will have to pry the cathouse keys from my cold, dead hands,” the proprietor of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, Dennis Hof
"Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss"
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 3:39pm.
"Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss"