Rahm Emanuel Ruled Eligible for Chicago Mayoral Race
- Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:27pm by
Meredith Jessup
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Former congressman and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel can run for Chicago Mayor, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday. The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
In a 7 to 0 decision, the court Thursday said an appellate court erred in taking Emanuel off the ballot earlier in the week.
The decision means Emanuel holds onto his position as the first name on the ballot in the Feb. 22 election. Emanuel has been leading in both the polls and fund-raising in the race that includes candidates Carol Moseley Braun, Gery Chico, and Miguel del Valle. Patricia Van Pelt Watkins and William “Dock” Walls are also on the ballot.
“So there will be no mistake, let us be entirely clear,” the Supreme Court wrote in its ruling. “This court’s decision is based on the following and only on the following: (1) what it means to be a resident for election purposes was clearly established long ago, and Illinois law has been consistent on the matter since at least the 19th Century; (2) the novel standard adopted by the appellate court majority is without any foundation in Illinois law; (3) the Board’s factual findings were not against the manifest weight of the evidence; and (4) the Board’s decision was not clearly erroneous.”
In response, the Emanuel campaign said their candidate was “very pleased that this issue is finally behind us.” The Supreme Court’s ruling makes it clear, Emanuel attorney Kevin Forde told the Chicago Tribune, “the law has been settled for 150 years.”
The Supreme Court’s ruling overturns a Monday appeals court decision that prohibited Emanuel from running due to residency concerns. In that decision, Judge Thomas Hoffman ruled that “the candidate’s name be excluded [or if, necessary, be removed] from the ballot” because Emanuel lived in Washington D.C. and had not “resided’’ in Chicago for a full year prior to Election day.
But the state Supreme Court ultimately agreed with Judge Bertina Lampkin who wrote Monday‘s dissenting opinion which criticized Hoffman’s residency requirement as “not based on established law.”
Emanuel’s attorneys argued that the Illinois state election code should also apply to local elections and that leaving the Chicago area to serve as chief of staff counted as “business of the United States” for which he should not have to forfeit his residency status.
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eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:52pmUh huh – Regardless of how many votes Rahm receives, he will be ordained as Mayor. Chicagoans know that this whole “election” is just for show and that they have no say in the predetermined outcome; it is quite sporting of them to play along. Let’s face it; everyone knows that Barry will be returning to Chicago in January 2013 to resume his “community organizing” activities and to begin building his kingdom – so it essential that he control the city government. The “outcome” of this election was decided long ago.
Report Post »Penny2
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:52pmWell, of course, he can run for Mayor !!! Was there any doubt about that and he will win (is there any doubt about that?) Rahm is part of “the group”. Happy I don’t live in Chicago !!!! And to top it all off, I heard Rahm was renting out his home in Chicago while living in Washington “serving his country”—so he was not a resident of Chicago–he is a resident of Washington. Sad situation that this country has to put up with all this crap !!!
Report Post »KenMacMillan
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:51pmSpecial rules for special people.
Report Post »ChipK
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:48pmsure he was. IL is the MOST corrupt State in the union and should be ashamed. When does the corruption stop?
Report Post »VotersOfNY
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:46pmIllinois deserves what they’re going to get. They will join Massachusetts and California as having the dumbest voters on the planet. I’ll be LMAO when they get what this bum shoves down their throats.
Report Post »chicagojoe
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:43pmGet ready for even more dark days here in Chicago if Emanuel wins-God help us! When will the fools of this once great city wake up. A sad day for Chicago again!
Report Post »jagr1850
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:42pmthe court in chicago must be replaced they are corrupt !!
Report Post »jerryod1627
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:24pmThe courts all across this great nation are corrupt and for the most part all of them need to be replaced. There are a few honest judges but not very many.
Report Post »KAZ-2Y5
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:42pmNot surprised..
Report Post »jagr1850
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:42pmi would need to verify that he paid income taxes and not simply property taxes on investment tax deductible property……he is corrupt and the people of chicago will not vote for the moron
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:39pmFind out where Osama Obama was born while you’re at it…
Report Post »Lilybean
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:41pmWow this is just plain old sickening. I really need to get the heck out of the State, it’s brutal.
Report Post »truthbetold11
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:41pmIt would have been a long winter at mans country, rahm now he can hide all the obama trials
Report Post »KAZ-2Y5
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:40pmAdd your comments
Report Post »KAZ-2Y5
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:39pmNot surprised… bet I can guess who the next Mayor will be!
Report Post »TwoMinuteMan
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:47pmThen they get what they deserve. Chicago is crumbling and will probably fold under his term(s).
I can see riots and social unrest in Chicagos future.
Report Post »pastamobsta
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:37pmand guess who the winner will be…..
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:37pmFamilies were threatened?Legs were broken?When The Dead rise and vote he will win.
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:36pmWe figured as much…. Show’s Obama can still organize at least 7 in IL.
Report Post »psst
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:36pmWas there ever Any Doubt that this was going be so ruled by the Ill. SC?
Report Post »Is there Any doubt that Rhambo will be the next mayor of Crookago?
Even if everyone in the city votes agin him, he will still have the majority of the votes.
donedunn
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:36pmThugs to the left of me…goons to the right. Back on the ballot with you.
Report Post »Montana Made
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:39pmGerry Rafferty is smiling down from above. ; )
Report Post »saneasylum
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:36pmThat was a done deal before he ever gave up his White House gig!!! No wonder he smiled like the Cheshire Cat when asked if he was worried about not being on the ballot!!!
Report Post »Ezekiel38
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:34pm“We the People” of Chicago have the ultimate decision of electing him or not! Choose wisely!
Report Post »NE Cowboy
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:47pmYea, I don’t think so. He is WAY ahead in all the polls. But you know what, California voted in good ole ‘moonbeam’ Governer Brown, So why can’t the idiots in Chicago vote in Mr. Socialist?? And here’s a hint……..‘they will’.
Report Post »LSX
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:33pmAnd this kind of political BS surprises who?
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Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:46pmNot me… Trump wouldn’t put his money on a losing bet.
Report Post »Katayno
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:32pmChicago Politics in progress….and will no doubt win when all the dead people rise up to vote for him.
Report Post »saneasylum
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:43pmThe great ascension begins in Chicagos‘ cemetarys’ !
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:31pmAs he should be. He’s no favorite of mine, but a stint in DC, while still paying taxes, owning a home, and voting in Chicago should not have made him ineligible.
Report Post »FreedomAdvocate
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:41pmI understand your point, but I feel that every paid working American is both serving their country and following a career choice. He chose the path he did, and was well paid for it. I don’t think he made any sacrifice that any other American would not have made in the pursuit of his career – and he should have maintained his residence if he wanted to serve as mayor, so that he would be within the law.
I think it is funny that choosing a high paid, high powered career that will keep on paying him for years to come as a known political figure, should be lummped in as “serving the country” the same as a relatively low paid, life on the line soldier – the latter indeed should be exempted.
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:41pmBut to qualify you have to “reside” there. you don’t think his service gives him an edge? like this was always the plan
Report Post »Miser
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:50pmWhat exactly does the Illinois law say?
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:08pmMost elected officials, as well as appointees, maintain their legal residence in their home state. Not sure what Illinois law says, but the Supreme Court obviously agrees with Rahmbo. Glad I am in Texas and not in ILLinois!
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:09pm“…a candidate must meet not only the Election Code’s voter residency standard, but also must have actually resided within the municipality for one year prior to the election, a qualification that the candidate unquestionably does not satisfy,” the ruling stated.
Report Post »taxed
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:31pmI called this one a mile away… There was no doubt in my mind!
http://conservativepoliticalforum.com
Report Post »psst
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:44pmThe Donald ponied up 50 K to Rhambo for campaign donation last week.
Report Post »He knows Rham will be the next mayor or he would not waste 50K.
So
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:51pmEvidently Chicago’s law for a mayoral candidate to be a resident for a year is negotiable.
Like being born in America is a criteria to be president.
Who would’ve thought? Only in an upside down world.
Report Post »sing it out
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 11:01pmYep. Chicago. Need we say more?
Report Post »Quad-rip-legic
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 1:59am“business of the United States” what else would qualify for that? Where was his mail being delivered? What’s really scary about this, Obama is trying to make the US Supreme Court just like Chicago’s.
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:30pmwas there ever any doubt?!!
taxed
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:35pmIt was a hands down 7-0… This is incredible. Just hand him the election…
http://conservativepoliticalforum.com/index.php?topic=1693.0
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:37pmI’m shocked.
NOT!
Report Post »truthbetold11
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:39pmpayoffs and bribes!!!! he new he could get free press. this is a shame of course, lets send in palin to help defeat him
Report Post »Bull Dog
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:40pmNot if you follow what their state law says. Wether you like him or not he should be eligible.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:42pmIf people in Chicago want to keep electing crooks, who pillage their treasury, let them. I couldn’t care less, as long as they don’t come begging to the rest of the country for a handout when Rahmbo Deadfish turns Chicago into another Detroit.
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:44pm7-0 Ha! Wonder how much that cost. (Or how many “favors” had to be called in.)
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:47pmHey, give Emmanuel a break. He was off on “family business”. Funny, even if he would have been in a federal prison for a year wiping excrement off of Bernie Madoff’s cell walls, he still would have qualified! God bless the USA.
Rahm is the ballerina dancing on top of the Ram-drive in Rubin’s animated satire of “Hairmerica”, where the grizzly clan throws the criminals in jail.
http://www.marcrubin.com/hairmerica.ivnu
I am Chicago resident. Chicago’s 2 big choices mayor are dead-fish ballerina on the DL (sure hope that comes out for elections) and a senator who had affairs with two-bit African dictators. What a choice!
Report Post »solaveritas
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:47pmThey have no shame. The end justifies the means. ITS THE LAW, they say ….. unless they want a different result.
But, as momma always said, “Be careful what you wish for”. Rahm and the Chicago economy (especially after they raised taxes) deserve each other!
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:47pmFinally paid off… er… I mean found the right judge…
Report Post »greggor
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:50pmThing is.. if her were ruled ineligible, the most likely winner would be Carol Mosley Braun. You think she’s better?
Report Post »We can always count on those idiots to elect the worst of the worst. It’s who they are.. and it’s who liberals are.
12 gauge
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:51pmNever a doubt, the Cancer Man mobilized the Gangsta Govt. on this one…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:54pmLOL .. at least one should have voted against it .. to make it look legit!
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:03pmIts not really funny. a dead-fish Ballerina on the DL vs a prostitute who bagged Charles Taylor for the blood diamond bling-bling. (covered in news at the time) That is a SAD choice. Every American out to be ASHAMED and not laugh.
Why….its enough to make one want to destroy a president portrait of Barak Obama!
http://www.marcrubin.com/obama.ivnu
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:05pmMy friends dead brother must have risen from the grave early. Chicago, you deserve every bit of this. I wonder if Cutler will vote for him?
Report Post »BMartin1776
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:08pmWho didnt see this coming? Im sure his old boss played a hand in this. We are on our way to a banan republic. Hope you like have Rahmbo for mayor Chicago… lil ballerina never let a crisis go to waste. Yea Im saying he is your next mayor, he hasnt lived there for the req’d time,got on the ballot bent the rules with some arm twisting and bribes we are all sure of you think it just stops there?!
Another disgrace for the Republic… when will it be enough AmeriKa?
56 men, our Founding Fathers, knew what had to be done and do what’s right, what about you? http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Report Post »rpp
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:12pmThis is a MUTT ruling (Money Under the Table).
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:15pm………….
I’m shocked!
I’m sure every aspect of the law was taken into account.
Snort, snort
Really, why even hold the election? Just name him mayor now.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:18pmThe fix is already in….the election will be just a formality.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:19pmHey, it’s the Chicago way.
Report Post »what4
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:23pmI smell a Rat….or is that Dead Fish????
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:34pmWell, Chicago……you get what you pay for…..
Report Post »OHSAYCANYOUSEE
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:39pmSurprise, surprise, surprise!
Rules are made for other people.
Report Post »NeoKong
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:47pmWell I guess it’s all nice and legal now.
Report Post »legendarytwo
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:47pmNo, you and I paid off the judges with our tax money. You know, the tarp and stimulus democratic slush fund.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:48pmCutler for Rahm, losers helping losers lose.
Report Post »mill
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:52pmWe knew this is how it would end up.
The votes have “already been counted”, the party caterers cooking up the goodies and Obama has a clear run way to attend the party.
I’m really torn, is Chicago Sodom or Gomorrah? or the gates of hell…
Report Post »Nevada Tumbleweed
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:55pmI saw this coming. I can’t help but wonder what influence Obama and his cronies had behind the scene.
Report Post »varptr
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:09pmNo, Illinois politics is as crooked as it gets. Fortunately for most of us Chicago is just a giant pimple on the butt of Lake Michigan. So for 200 years Chicago used one standard, but in 2 seconds, the state overturned that and ruled state requirements supersede Chicago’s. Oh, and trying Blajo twice isn’t double jeopardy, just simple carpentry rules, try twice, convict once.
Report Post »M 4 Colt
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:14pmNo surprise here
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:17pmYou had to KNOW that the “rule of law” was not going to apply to the elite. It ONLY applies to the ‘little people.’
Report Post »101
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:23pmEmanuel is in & SEIU is standing by to count the votes, can’t beat the system when the system works for the system!
Report Post »Ashrak
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:43pmFolks on this blog have to familiarize themselves with home rule. State law is not supreme here, research preemption. Just saying “state law” doesn’t necessarily mean anything at all.
For instance, ammunition you cannot purchase in Chicago, you can elsewhere in the state. Same with some rifles.
Chicago has a residency requirement of its own and it should control. Illinois SC just mucked up preemption more than it already is and all for Rahm. The people of Chicago should reject Rahm, but then, dead people tell no tales.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:55pmI, for one, am shocked! The burning question is: How much did it cost him?
Report Post »dwh320
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:00pmIt’s the Chicago way… if the law is not on your side then buy off the judges and have them change it for you.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:05pmWho is Rahm Emanuel? How did he get into politics? The Emanuel family; just how powerful are they? What influence do they have on lobbying, and power politics? His workings with the Chicago Democratic Machine, how did he get started, is there a shady past he is trying to hide? Is Rahm being blackmailed because of his past with Obama on Chicago’s North Side?
The Blago trial; why was he and others never questioned about Obama, Valerie Jarret, and Jesse Jackson Jr. What role did he play in the attempt to bring the Olympics to Chicago? What is the connection to key players in Chicago and Washington DC winding up dead? Are there secret video tapes waiting to surface? If he is Mayor, what will the city of Chicago look like? Could he become another Rudy Giuliani?
In this exclusive Special Investigation the Reality Report goes deep and digs up the dirt that no Chicago media outlet would dare to report. This is a must see expose for anyone who has questions about Rahm Emanuel but just didn’t know who to ask.
Report Post »http://www.infowars.com/exposed-rahm-emanuel-and-the-chicago-political-syndicate/
Sergio Q
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:08pmwell then it seems Websters can now place a photo next to the defination of “oral copulation”
Report Post »…a photo of the Illinois Supreme Court seated at the feet of Rahem & king obama
So broke
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:25pmYou may think Rahm got the last laugh but in reality, the voters will get it.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:42pmOnly the dead voters will get the last laugh.
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:00pmThis is great…another weasle closer to the state penn. Oh ya, thank you Rick Santelli, again.
Report Post »royalstar
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:01pmNot for one second. The Chicago way.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:22pm@taxed
Report Post »7 – 0 really is not a surprise. The Illinois Supreme Court is one of the most liberal wacko progressive courts in any state. I feel that these people don’t run away from anything except from the truth and then they probably run screaming in terrifying fear.
WTH
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:22pmThat is the best decision money can buy. I didn’t know there was such a short line to have the Illinois Supreme Court hear your case. I wonder if the DOJ made any calls on behalf of Dead Fish.
Report Post »truthbetold11
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:24pmI would have won the lottery with the odds of him being put on ballot look at all the free publicity hes getting freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! commies
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:28pmNo doubt..arm twisting, bribes, and/or threats. There is still, maybe, just maybe, a chance the voters will NOT vote this sleaze ball in, however, you have to remember voter fraud is always in the works.
Report Post »That is the only way Obama will get reelected!
rl
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:46pmNever………
Report Post »Sevens
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 11:27pmHe may be eligible but I know his boss isn’t eligible to hold the greatest office of the land.. Mr. Obama turn in your resignation !
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:27amHe’s already got the election fixed.. glad I moved OUT of the city.. the other candidates won’t be cause a problem they will be bought off.. and go quietly into the sunset.. Chicago is a BIGGER joke than the WHOLE state of CA
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:49am@tower7femacamp: WOW…I watched the video on the Reality Report…Amazing info…sure wish we could get someone to come forward, especially on the bath house and townhouse stuff…I find it all amazingly easy to believe because I‘ve seen reports from Madsen before and he’s a real straight shooter! Also believable about the WH staffer who burned to death in her DC townhouse garage…when that happened, it did seem very strange…he ties things together well! Wonder if he has done any investigation into John Wheeler’s death (was found dead in the landfill about a month ago)…Thanks for the link!
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 1:01amof course he’s eligible,,,and a naturalized citizen (not born in the good ol’ USA) can become POTUS. Hey,,,for some,,,just change the rules of the game to make them fit. Eh?
Report Post »Samurai
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 1:19amLOL. Did I call this one, or what?
“Best government money can buy…”
Pay to play is here to stay…
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 1:35amThis is really disgusting, corruption is rampant, if you have the money, you are above the law, sickening.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 1:57amThats Chicago style politic if you got the money you get the honey.
Report Post »Mythghtsrmyown
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 2:40ambecause I am conservative I believe I must be fare(so not to be like the hyprocritical left) and say the court made the right decision. Now I hope he loses(he wont though).
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 6:18amI never had a doubt that Rham Emanuel would prevail in his quest to run for the office of Mayor of Chicago. He was not a “resident” of Chicago for the 12 months prior to his name being placed on the ballot but the Illinois Supreme Court seems to have over looked that “detail” in their ruling of 7-0 in favor of Emanuel. I guess it’s a ,” You scratch our back and we’ll scratch yours ” kinda thing. Politics in Chicago has it’s own rules, made up as they go along. Rham Emauel is highly favored to win the election for Mayor of Chicago. After Blogovich, I guess Emanuel can’t be ll that bad, or can he ?
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 7:06amThis will not please the black community… Many did not want Rahmbo to run and begged Bill Clinton not to petition on his behalf… How does it feel to have your voices ignored as well?
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 7:41amExactly as predicted; Emanuel knew he was home free SAFE and was only getting free publicity.
Report Post »The election is a SHAM.
Miguelito
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:29amAbove the law. These people will use the dumbed down people to get what they want! I pray that these dumbed down people will wake up and realize they are being used.
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:33amand dirty chicago thugotics keeps on rolling.
Report Post »9thCommandment
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:34amJust a judicial show, corrupt bastards, that 10 million investment gotta pay off somehow.
Report Post »gofigureinternational
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:48amLTB…It is not that Chicago deserves or doesn’t deserve this. Look at the population of Chicago, the control and influence that falls into Rahm’s hands in terms of helping in the 2012 election. If you take the population base of the largest cities in the U.S. and have people in control to help fundraise and campaign on your behalf, how many points can you swing in a national election? Let alone if there is corruption, of course Chicago is exempt from that:).
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:07amNo doubt.. the same state that could not get the ballots out to our US Servicemen to vote on Nov 2?
Yet they can walk them into the jail cells and hand deliver the ballots to felons?… Yea no doubt!
wow the court systems moved fast for Obama and Rahm didn’t they … but not so much for our fighting men and women?
Chicago … the state of the art in corruption and Rahm wears it well!
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:32amAll we can do now is hope that he loses. Does anyone know how his poll rating is?
Report Post »Desert Dog
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:45amAnd they thought Al Capone had control of Chicago in the 20′ & 30′s. Look who’s in control now!
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 5:19pm@lantern
You said all we can do now is hope he loses?
Sarcasm? Right?
He “WILL” not lose … that can be fixed as well…..
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 6:44pmAzDebi be careful my friend I think they may be using me to draw
Report Post »out true patriots.
tower7femacamp
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 7:09pmI heard my momma cry the night Chicago died.
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