CHICAGO — An Illinois appellate court on Monday threw former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel off the ballot for Chicago mayor because he didn't live in the city in the year before the election.
The decision cast doubt over Emanuel's candidacy just a month before the election. He had been considered the front-runner and had raised more money than any other candidate.
Aw. Poor Rahm. Someone forgot to tell the court that those nasty ol' rules don't apply to him. No matter, they'll just ignore them:
"I have no doubt that we will in the end prevail at this effort. This is just one turn in the road," Emanuel said, adding that the "people of the city of Chicago deserve the right to make the decision on who they want to be their next mayor."
Got that? See, if you object to Emanuel being on the ballot, you're going against the will of the people. And probably racist, to boot! Haters gotta hate and all that. This is absolutely nothing like the lefties who swore up and down that Dick Cheney wasn't eligible to be George Bush's VP because he had a summer home in TX. Nothing! They're completely different! Cheney worked for Halliburton! They eat babies for breakfast! Rahm Emanuel just sends his political adversaries fish! Nothing like it.
I'm certain that Emanuel will be on the ballot, and I'm pretty sure he'll win. It's just nice to see *someone* at least attempting to make him play by the rules - rules you know in a Chicago heartbeat they would pushing were they on the other side. Remember, this is the same political party that foisted Frank "dinosaur" Lautenberg on NJ after Torriceli imploded, claiming that the people of NJ deserved a "choice" - all the while ignoring John "Lurch" Kerry running unopposed just two states northward...
While neither political party has a monopoly on hypocrisy, the donks sure are showing theirs right now...
That is all.
5 comments:
Damnyankee carpetbagger.
Felt good saying that ... ;-)
Yeah, one of the common-taters on Fox-Business was chuckling last night. Something about "He's Democrat in Chicago. Of course the state Supremes will overturn the decision." Ida know . . . he may be the one anointed by the Daley Machine, but I don't think the rest of that lovely group are going to go without a very interesting fight.
LittleRed1
You called it Jay.
As of 1300 hrs. EST Rahm is back on the ballet per. Chicago Trib.
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/#&lid=Clout%20St.&lpos=Sub
More info here. Looks like they're just putting the changes on hold until the IL Supremes can hear the case.
Having looked briefly at the opinion, the dissent made some good points. As much as I hate to admit it (in this specific case), he may actually qualify to be on the ballot based on statute and precedent.
Which sucks, because I would take great pleasure in seeing Obama's chosen boy (and likely Daley's hand-picked successor, given the possible horse trading involved) disqualified.
People like him are part of the problem with politics in this country, not part of the solution. Send him his walking papers from public life. Don’t worry though! He’ll be able to get a job with his brother in an industry where weasels are still appreciated and indeed being a member of the family Mustelidae is a job requirement: as an A&R guy in the recording industry.
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