Dear Democrats, Social Service groups and their advocates… Unions…
If y’all can’t get your act together, first in March in the Democratic primaries, and then in November… letter writers like this gentlemen are those “who” beat you.
Either statehouse candidates are with you, or they are against you.
“To all the others: nyah, nyah, nyah-nyah, nyah.”
Yep. The failure will be all of yours, all three of you… to be mocked by people like this voter.
The SJR has become such an embarrassment. It’s not quite Southern Illinoisan-level embarrassing, yet, but this weekend’s banner front page story by a longtime flack who ended his career as the governor’s press secretary was the latest evidence of how much the paper has been strip-mined of resources by its parent company.
Thank you Mr. Clark for your comment. Since publishing your “letter”, we have received a few requests for more of them.
Mr. Kim Jong-un would like 500,000.
Mr. Raul Castro would like 100,000.
Mr. Donald J. Trump would hire you for PR.
Mr. Rod Blagojevich would like for you to meet with a parole board regarding a hearing of his.
The good folks at Spam would like to send you a sample of their newest product - Spam-Alpo.
The Kardashians would like your feedback on a new line of camouflage thongs.
And Mayor Rahm Emanuel would like for you to write the intro to a new book he has authored on leadership.
Yep. Its a law that you have to support and agree with everything that a person you voted for has said. But no matter how many ignoramuses a gov can buy, it doesn’t change the fact he is a horrendous manager.
With as much depth as Rauner’s critics. But, good job at perpetuating the silliness that is partisan politics. Why don’t you explain to us again how ‘Rauner manufactured a crisis’. It’s hilarious.
===Why don’t you explain to us again how ‘Rauner manufactured a crisis’.===
Willfully and purposely holding a budget hostage, with mass hostages, in people and social service groups, businesses doing ‘business’ with the state… state workers with no water to flush…
==. Why don’t you explain to us again how ‘Rauner manufactured a crisis’.==
He wants to hike taxes almost as much as Mike Madigan, he just won’t do it until we cut construction workers’ pay and lower the electoral rim so his party can finally dunk.
- @MisterJayEm - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:05 pm:
“Look — it’s the most coherent pro-Rauner letter we’ve gotten in months. Just run it, already.”
– MrJM
- Chicago Cynic - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:06 pm:
Spoken like a true Rauner fan - with all the logic one needs…for a ten year old.
- Anon - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:07 pm:
Applying the same reasoning, Rahm Emanuel is the most beloved politician in Chicago.
- Stones - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:09 pm:
Mr. Clark doesn’t strike me as one of the great thinkers of our time.
- There is power in a union... - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:09 pm:
“He has done what he said he would do before the election, that being to attempt to get the state finances in some kind of order.”
Cool. Point out where he has attempted to do that…
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:10 pm:
Dear Democrats, Social Service groups and their advocates… Unions…
If y’all can’t get your act together, first in March in the Democratic primaries, and then in November… letter writers like this gentlemen are those “who” beat you.
Either statehouse candidates are with you, or they are against you.
“To all the others: nyah, nyah, nyah-nyah, nyah.”
Yep. The failure will be all of yours, all three of you… to be mocked by people like this voter.
OW
- Marty Funkhouser - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:15 pm:
The SJR has become such an embarrassment. It’s not quite Southern Illinoisan-level embarrassing, yet, but this weekend’s banner front page story by a longtime flack who ended his career as the governor’s press secretary was the latest evidence of how much the paper has been strip-mined of resources by its parent company.
- JS Mill - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:15 pm:
=Point out where he has attempted to do that… =
In the writer’s defense, DISorder is a kind of order.
- Jake From Elwood - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:18 pm:
I believe the author is missing a “nyah”
So…there’s that.
- Henry Francis - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:18 pm:
I’ll give him props for being concise. In 6 sentences he makes his point as effectively as the IPI does in 6 paragraphs.
- illini97 - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:20 pm:
Well…that’s ballgame. The guy has it all figured out. Let’s just sit on our hands for the next three years.
- VanillaMan - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:30 pm:
Thank you Mr. Clark for your comment. Since publishing your “letter”, we have received a few requests for more of them.
Mr. Kim Jong-un would like 500,000.
Mr. Raul Castro would like 100,000.
Mr. Donald J. Trump would hire you for PR.
Mr. Rod Blagojevich would like for you to meet with a parole board regarding a hearing of his.
The good folks at Spam would like to send you a sample of their newest product - Spam-Alpo.
The Kardashians would like your feedback on a new line of camouflage thongs.
And Mayor Rahm Emanuel would like for you to write the intro to a new book he has authored on leadership.
- Cubs in '16 - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:30 pm:
Captain of his high school debate team no doubt…
- 35/Shields - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:34 pm:
Mover over Goldberg, Mr. Clark’s in town!
- Ducky LaMoore - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:40 pm:
Yep. Its a law that you have to support and agree with everything that a person you voted for has said. But no matter how many ignoramuses a gov can buy, it doesn’t change the fact he is a horrendous manager.
- What? - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:50 pm:
With as much depth as Rauner’s critics. But, good job at perpetuating the silliness that is partisan politics. Why don’t you explain to us again how ‘Rauner manufactured a crisis’. It’s hilarious.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:53 pm:
===Why don’t you explain to us again how ‘Rauner manufactured a crisis’.===
Willfully and purposely holding a budget hostage, with mass hostages, in people and social service groups, businesses doing ‘business’ with the state… state workers with no water to flush…
… until the Turnaround Agenda is passed.
“Short term pain, so big long term gain.”.
Questions?
- PublicServant - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:56 pm:
35/Shields For the win!
- There is power in a union... - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 1:00 pm:
What?:
http://wuis.org/post/illinois-issues-social-cost-rauner-v-labor#stream/0
- wordslinger - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 1:07 pm:
–He has done what he said he would do before the election, that being to attempt to get the state finances in some kind of order.–
You wonder how anyone could believe either of those statements are true.
–Why don’t you explain to us again how ‘Rauner manufactured a crisis’. It’s hilarious.–
By refusing to negotiate to produce an FY16 budget until his list of non-budget items are passed.
How’d you sleep, Rip?
- Demoralized - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 1:16 pm:
==Why don’t you explain to us again how ‘Rauner manufactured a crisis’==
If it has to be explained then you probably wouldn’t understand it anyway.
You want to seriously - and with a straight face - deny the Governor’s contribution to this crisis? Please. I’d love to hear your brilliant thoughts.
- Losing My Edge - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 1:17 pm:
So meta.
- Anonymous - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 1:19 pm:
I don’t know whom to be more embarrassed for, the person who wrote the “letter” or the paper that thought it was worth printing?
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 1:27 pm:
Well, I guess he told us!
- ChicagoVinny - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 2:19 pm:
At least we know it’s probably not astroturf…
- Norseman - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 2:32 pm:
The sad part is this clueless doofus probably won’t see any of the fine snark directed his way. Oh well.
- walker - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 3:00 pm:
“OODA loop”
- Arsenal - Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 5:28 pm:
==. Why don’t you explain to us again how ‘Rauner manufactured a crisis’.==
He wants to hike taxes almost as much as Mike Madigan, he just won’t do it until we cut construction workers’ pay and lower the electoral rim so his party can finally dunk.