Quote of the day
Thursday, Jan 12, 2012 - Posted by Rich Miller * President Barack Obama, speaking at a fundraiser last night…
Discuss.
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Putting words in Michelle Obama’s mouth
Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012 - Posted by Rich Miller * A couple of days ago, Lynne Sweet excerpted a passage from a new book about the Obama White House written by New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor...
* Drudge and others have been having a field day by taking the comment out of context in order to once again make Michelle Obama look like a white-hater… ![]() * I Googled a bit and discovered that Media Matters quotes the entire passage from Kantor’s book…
* I’ve known Dan Shomon since he was a UPI reporter, so I asked him if Michelle Obama had ever said anything like “white, Irish Catholics,” or if those words were added by the author. Shomon’s response…
What about the Madigans, et al, I asked. Shomon’s response…
In other words, a bunch of hype over nothing. * Also, Kantor utterly fails to mention that white Irish Catholics aren’t the only ones with dynasties in Illinois politics. The Jacksons have one going. And anyone named “Collins” on the West Side has had an advantage for years. Then there’s the Berrios family. For whatever reason in Illinois, and particularly in Cook County, names mean a lot. Just look at the number of people who’ve changed their names to make them more Irish-sounding when they ran for judge. …Adding… Also, as a commenter rightly points out, the Stroger family, the Steele family and the Jones family all have (or had) the dynasty thing going. Kantor’s passage is just goofy. * Meanwhile, in other Illinois-related DC news, I hadn’t noticed these developments because I’m really not keeping track…
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*** UPDATED x1 *** Deja vu all over again
Friday, Nov 4, 2011 - Posted by Rich Miller * Finally, an Illinois angle on Herman Cain. From the Washington Times comes this contradictory report…
So, Rick Perry and Rahmbo have teamed up to tube Cain? Really? Wouldn’t Emanuel want somebody with Cain’s baggage to win the Republican nomination? Apparently not if you’re the Cain campaign or the Washington Times. * Mayor Emanuel’s office responded…
As did Emanuel himself…
* Even John Kass got in on the act…
* I’ve been chuckling to myself about Cain in recent weeks as the Republican candidate soared in every poll. It seemed to me that many Republican voters were making the very same mistake that elements of Illinois’ Republican establishment made here in 2004 when they brought Alan Keyes in to run against Barack Obama for US Senate. A few weeks ago, Fran Eaton wrote that Cain was definitely not a repeat of Alan Keyes…
I think that piece could be rewritten today to say Cain is more like Keyes than not. He’s spent a lot of time promoting his new book instead of putting together a real campaign, and it shows in his disjointed and often bizarre responses to this latest blowup. Keyes was more about promoting his personal brand than actually running for office. And Cain hasn’t been “intense, angry, self-righteous and arrogant” since this scandal broke? Some folks just never learn. *** UPDATE *** From comments…
I agree, but that model was pretty much invented by Alan Keyes. And Keyes really blew it by running for US Senate here and exposing his many weaknesses. People barely pay attention to him now. He’s washed up. I think Cain was probably trying to fill that void, and now he’s hurt himself, unless he somehow manages to win the nomination (and, considering GOP primary voters, he’s still not out of it).
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