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2008-01-08 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Sherry 2008-01-08 10:50|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Ha. Nice whitewash (no pun intended). Remember this is Illinois politics writ national. In Illinois it's all one big "Combine" to use the local jargon. The Chicago Tribune got Ryan's divorce proceedings opened and revealed the stories. The point was to get Ryan out of the race. The Illinois Republicans then went out of state and got Alan Keyes to run in his place (ignoring the 2nd placer in the primary). All to get the Combine's man Obama in place to run for President. If he gets elected, watch out.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-01-08 11:47|| 2008-01-08 11:47|| Front Page Top

#2 You can throw Mike Ditka in there too. I remember the Republicans were pushing hard for him to run against Obama too.

Posted by tu3031 2008-01-08 11:55|| 2008-01-08 11:55|| Front Page Top

#3 The first time I really heard about sirocco bama was that crappy ad he put on Monday Night Football in December '06 - way before there 'was talk about a presidency running' but then why the ad from the freshman senator?

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-01-08 12:10|| 2008-01-08 12:10|| Front Page Top

#4 The black community has been voting democrat for years and what has it gotten them? Try nothing.
Now they have a black candidate and I cant help but feel like we are getting the "we deserve a black president to atone for long past wrongs" vibe from the democrats. Has anyone else sensed this?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-01-08 14:11|| 2008-01-08 14:11|| Front Page Top

#5 It's the oldest story in the book. An otherwise good man stumbles because he couldn't keep his zipper zipped.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-01-08 14:47|| 2008-01-08 14:47|| Front Page Top

#6 The other theory is Jack Ryan was a slime ball from the beginning.

Posted by ed 2008-01-08 14:50|| 2008-01-08 14:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Thinkin the same thing bigjim-ky. The motto 'change' from the d-nuts I know seems 'so long as it isn't another white male'. My personal opinion, watching headward's numbers, is that many voting don't like either la bamba or hillarity so fall back on '04 lines.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-01-08 15:07|| 2008-01-08 15:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Having lived in Illinois through this, I note that Jack Ryan was indeed a man with some slimeball tendencies. He portrayed himself in the primary campaign as the usual upright, moral Republican, only he wasn't.

And the Tribune went after his divorce proceedings after refusing to do the same in other cases of politicans with troubled personal histories in the recent past. The Tribune did the usual weasel explanation, but most people understood that they did it because they wanted to go after Ryan. I don't think the Tribune is part of the Combine, myself, but they're certainly willing to carry water when deemed appropriate.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-01-08 17:04|| 2008-01-08 17:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Isn't it interesting that the "Black Candidate" NEVER acknowledges white mother and grandparents. The folks who raised him and paid all the bills. And why hasn't the media mentioned this.

Posted by Zenobia Elmavith5463 2008-01-08 17:05|| 2008-01-08 17:05|| Front Page Top

#10 ...You WILL be assimilated.

And that's just hunky-dory by me.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-01-08 20:57|| 2008-01-08 20:57|| Front Page Top

#11 "The black community has been voting democrat for years and what has it gotten them?"

20 million illegals taking over their turf?

Posted by Gromomble Oppressor of the Iowans8916 2008-01-08 21:43|| 2008-01-08 21:43|| Front Page Top

#12 Damn that's a hot chick...

Posted by B for Benedetto 2008-01-08 21:45|| 2008-01-08 21:45|| Front Page Top

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