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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Anyone who follows politics knows the reputation of Chicago politics.  Why 
would that be a surprise to you?.  Did you really think Cook County 
corruption was secret?  It is heavily conjectured that corrupt pols and their 
poll workers during the '60 presidential threw the election for Kennedy.  
Jesse Jackson has been using the chicago political base to extort money from 
corporate and other entities for decades.  I aslo am aware of the Ramparts 
police corruption in LA, CA, and the widespread polite and political 
corruption in New Orleans, LA, though I live in neither of those cities.  
Evidently, it is the people of Illinois who were ignorant of the corruption, 
else they voted for it intentionally..............


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--- On Wed, 12/10/08, Marie McHarry <mmcharry AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Marie McHarry <mmcharry AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Marie, your governor isn't just a crook--he is 
> stupid
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 7:59 PM
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:26 PM, bob ford
> <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> > He was re-elcted the same way BO was elected to the
> U.S. Senate, and every other Chicago pol has been elected
> for some years.  He was the 'choice' of the corrupt
> political machine.
> >
> I'm amazed that you think you know so much about
> Illinois politics.
> You have to live here to get the gist. Yeah, Blago got lots
> of votes
> in Chicago, but he won the election by promising a big,
> honking
> four-lane high way to northwest Illinois. Those folks
> really want a
> road. In central Illinois, where we already have roads,
> Blogo didn't
> do all that well, even in highly Republican counties.
> 
> He had the advantage as his opponent was a  crook of the
> Ryan (that's
> the most recent governor to be in federal custody) variety,
> but his
> ragged edges were beginning to show. Plus, he really is
> effing (to use
> his favorite word) stupid.  Beyond belief. Makes you wonder
> if he
> stole the election. The final resultws were Blogo, 50
> percent, Judy
> Barr, 40 percent. the other guy 10 percent.
> 
> I voted for the other guy, which is pretty much what
> we're going to
> get if Blago steps down.
> 
> 
> Marie