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you're afraid of
Pat Quinn, do you
really have the
stomach to take on
the july on the
fifth floor?</em></p>
<p style="direction:
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Neue",
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em">For those
of you on the coasts
and down South who
are not familiar
with the hard-ball
nature of Chicago
politics, keep an
eye on the next 7
months.</p>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em">It will
give new life to
Mayor Harold
Washington's now
famous, "Politics
ain't bean bag."</p>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em">Tribune
columnist Eric "I'll
get it it tomorrow"
Zorn and Crain's
Greg Hinz
notwithstanding, is
Karen Lewis a threat
to Rahm's
re-election?</p>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em">You bet she
is.</p>
<p style="direction:
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14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em">Sun-Times
gossip columnist
Michael Sneed has
made a career out of
being a
bull-shitter for the
Chicago elite. Some
press agent gives
her a call and it
becomes <em>"Sneed
is told…"</em></p>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em">I haven't
heard somebody refer
to themselves in the
third person so much
since Bob Dole was
alive.</p>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em">Oh, wait.</p>
<p style="direction:
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14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
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Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em">Anyway,
this morning <a
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underline; color:
#2585B2;"
href="http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/kwame-raoul-emil-jones-eyed-possible-mayoral-contenders/fri-07182014-112am"
target="_blank">Sneed
is told</a> that
the <em>African-American
illuminati</em>
has been meeting and
will anoint Senator
Kwame Raoul as their
candidate for mayor
against Rahm.</p>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em">What?</p>
<p style="direction:
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14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em">The last
time there was a
so-called consensus
candidate it was <a
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#2585B2;"
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/01/carol-moseley-braun-emerg_n_803178.html"
target="_blank">Carole
Mosley Braun</a>
against Rahm.</p>
<blockquote
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margin: 1em 1em 1em
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<p style="direction:
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margin: 0 0 1em"><strong>“Trust
me, Kwame Raoul,
who chaired the
pension reform
committee, is
the one to keep
your eye on,”
the source said.
On Wednesday,
the Sun-Times
reported that
Raoul had taken
himself out of
the running.</strong></p>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color:
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margin: 0 0 1em"><strong>“We
need a person
who understands
finance and the
ins and outs of
government, and
Karen Lewis
could be a
disaster in that
category,” the
source added.</strong></p>
</blockquote>
<p style="direction:
ltr; font-size:
14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em">The same
Senator Kwame Raoul
who led the theft of
public employee
pensions?</p>
<p style="direction:
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14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
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0 0 1em">Apparently
understanding the
ins and outs of
government means
taking orders from
Michael Madigan.</p>
<p style="direction:
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1.4em; color: #444;
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Kwame Raoul?</em></p>
<p style="direction:
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14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em">The same
Senator Kwame Raoul
who didn't have the
stomach to run <em>against
Pat Quinn? </em></p>
<p style="direction:
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14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
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sans-serif; margin:
0 0 1em">If you're
afraid of Pat Quinn
do you really have
the spine to take on
the bully on the
Fifth Floor?</p>
<p style="direction:
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14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
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tells me that's
laughable.</p>
<p style="direction:
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1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
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<p style="direction:
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14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
Neue",
Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif; margin:
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Harold got elected,
the Machine bosses
thought they were
too slick by half
and ended political
party primaries.</p>
<p style="direction:
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14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
"Helvetica
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sans-serif; margin:
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candidates the
greater the
likelihood of a
run-off.</p>
<p style="direction:
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14px; line-height:
1.4em; color: #444;
font-family:
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sans-serif; margin:
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be a two candidate
race.</p>
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Rahm.</p>
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