Rahm, not a citizen of Chicago

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Belly35

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Jan 24, 2011 3:25 PM
Rahm ….. you have to live in Chicago to be Chicago Mayor ..

What does Obama and Rahm have in common? You make up your own punch line..

Rahm off the Chicago Mayor ballot …residency requirement failure

…… Don’t you just love it….

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41235763/ns/politics-more_politics/?GT1=43001

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/court-rules-rahm-emanuel-ineligible-mayor-chicago-residency/story?id=12749064
Jan 24, 2011 3:25pm
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Jan 24, 2011 10:08 PM
Note, I changed the thread title, hope you don't mind Belly.

Yes, I do love it as I've never been a fan of Rahm.
Jan 24, 2011 10:08pm
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Jan 24, 2011 10:18 PM
I am also pretty happy with this.
Jan 24, 2011 10:18pm
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Jan 24, 2011 10:27 PM
Rahm's a jackass, I don't think anybody likes him.
Jan 24, 2011 10:27pm
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Jan 24, 2011 11:18 PM
Haha, priceless.
Jan 24, 2011 11:18pm
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Jan 24, 2011 11:33 PM
I'm betting a certain judge receives a dead fish in the near future. :)
Jan 24, 2011 11:33pm
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Jan 25, 2011 3:27 AM
^^^Good one! lol
Jan 25, 2011 3:27am
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Jan 25, 2011 3:37 AM
Writerbuckeye;651768 wrote:I'm betting a certain judge receives a dead fish in the near future. :)
You said dead. Your right-wing inflammatory rhetoric needs to stop!
Jan 25, 2011 3:37am
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Jan 25, 2011 9:15 AM
believer;651909 wrote:You said dead. Your right-wing inflammatory rhetoric needs to stop!

You left out 'vitriolic' ..... did you forget your talking points memo this morning?
Jan 25, 2011 9:15am
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Jan 25, 2011 9:22 AM
No surprise.....a dem who believes that the rules don't apply to him.
Jan 25, 2011 9:22am
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Jan 25, 2011 11:26 AM
I don't like this guy too much and it's pretty funny that he spent all that time and money to what looks like no avail.
Jan 25, 2011 11:26am
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Jan 25, 2011 12:22 PM
At least he used to live there a few years ago, unlike Hillary who ran for and won a Senate seat in New York.
Jan 25, 2011 12:22pm
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Jan 26, 2011 5:34 PM
Well, thanks to the Supreme Court of Illinois, he's still on the ballot while they sort this out. Anyone want to take bets he ends up as the next mayor?

Chicago and Illinois graft and corruption knows few limits.
Jan 26, 2011 5:34pm
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Jan 26, 2011 5:46 PM
Writerbuckeye;654401 wrote:Well, thanks to the Supreme Court of Illinois, he's still on the ballot while they sort this out. Anyone want to take bets he ends up as the next mayor?

Chicago and Illinois graft and corruption knows few limits.
Predictable and probable. Another prediction: The leftist media will choose to ignore the typical corrupt Chicago-land political intrigue and shenanigans after Dead Fish becomes mayor.
Jan 26, 2011 5:46pm
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Jan 26, 2011 5:58 PM
Writerbuckeye;654401 wrote:Well, thanks to the Supreme Court of Illinois, he's still on the ballot while they sort this out. Anyone want to take bets he ends up as the next mayor?

Chicago and Illinois graft and corruption knows few limits.

I saw a poll on one of the MSM networks which indicated Rahm was up by a 2 to 1 margin on his potential competition in Chicago. It's baffling to me. It's as if these people in Chicago, SF, NYC, etc. are from another country as of the rest of us. Even people I know who I would call liberal think this guy is a buffoon.
Jan 26, 2011 5:58pm
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Jan 26, 2011 11:35 PM
Remember the news story a while back that said liberalism was a mental illness?

Well, that would certainly explain how some of these cities (like Chicago, Detroit, Washington, etc.) continually elect the same types of people over and over, all while their cities go down the crapper.
Jan 26, 2011 11:35pm
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Jan 27, 2011 4:24 PM
writerb - Cali just elected Governor Moonbeam....again. That's all you need to know about liberalism. When you've dug yourself a deep hole, the only way out is to dig faster.
Jan 27, 2011 4:24pm
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Jan 27, 2011 9:50 PM
WTF
Judges and Lawyers, high court, lower court .......................... Rahm back on the ballot and back in the running for Mayor ..... why do we even have laws and rules anymore?

http://www.suntimes.com/news/3521480-418/court-emanuel-chicago-residency-mayor.html
Jan 27, 2011 9:50pm
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Jan 27, 2011 10:41 PM
Guess he is a citizen.
Hopefully, he does not win.

Wait, you know what, it is better for him to screw up and stay in Chicago, instead of DC. So, I hope Chicago votes for him so DC doesn't get to deal with him.
Jan 27, 2011 10:41pm
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Jan 27, 2011 11:07 PM
He'd already burned his bridges in DC, so I don't think he would be coming back there, regardless.

However, if the people of Chicago are so stupid as to elect this crook, then let them wallow in the shit he'll bring down on them.
Jan 27, 2011 11:07pm
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Jan 28, 2011 3:37 AM
Chicago will elect him because they love electing corrupt politicians. They deserve a Dead Fish mayor.
Jan 28, 2011 3:37am
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Jan 28, 2011 6:25 PM
Belly35;655835 wrote:WTF
Judges and Lawyers, high court, lower court .......................... Rahm back on the ballot and back in the running for Mayor ..... why do we even have laws and rules anymore?

http://www.suntimes.com/news/3521480-418/court-emanuel-chicago-residency-mayor.html

It was the Ill Supremes decision that it was not his intent to move out of Chicago, so they can't hold that little rule against him that says he has to live there for a year prior to the election. Hmmm...let's play that out a little. "Your honor, it was not my client's intention to rape and murder that woman." "Your honor, it was not my client's intention to falsify his tax return." "Your honor, my client intended to pay for the plasma TV he took from Best Buy."

Oh what a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive.
Jan 28, 2011 6:25pm
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Jan 29, 2011 7:40 AM
BGFalcons82;656942 wrote:Oh what a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive.
Isn't that the tag line of the Chicago Political Machine?
Jan 29, 2011 7:40am
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Jan 29, 2011 1:57 PM
As a resident of Southwestern Illinois, I have come to dislike all things Chicago. Rahm will win this election because the others running are complete idiots. One thing's for certain, though. No matter who they elect, Chicago will have the most influence over the state legislature and get more than the lion's share of the state budget. I'm somewhat surprised that this election has such interest in Ohio, however. There is more talk about this on this website than in any of our local papers. We simply don't give a shit anymore, because no matter who gets elected, Democrat or Republican, nothing will change.
Jan 29, 2011 1:57pm
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Jan 29, 2011 3:48 PM
stlouiedipalma;657393 wrote:As a resident of Southwestern Illinois, I have come to dislike all things Chicago. Rahm will win this election because the others running are complete idiots. One thing's for certain, though. No matter who they elect, Chicago will have the most influence over the state legislature and get more than the lion's share of the state budget. I'm somewhat surprised that this election has such interest in Ohio, however. There is more talk about this on this website than in any of our local papers. We simply don't give a shit anymore, because no matter who gets elected, Democrat or Republican, nothing will change.
Republican?

Who was the last Republican mayor of Chicago?
Jan 29, 2011 3:48pm