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The Tribune crossed the line yesterday in explaining why it wouldn’t endorse state Sen. Gary Forby (D-Benton).

Forby hasn’t done a thing to distinguish himself in this district or in the legislature and is painfully inarticulate–to the point that other legislators have a difficult time understanding what he’s trying to say.

I take a good-natured poke at Forby every now and then, but that’s just wrong.

If failing to enunciate clearly was a valid reason to exclude people from the General Assembly, then both Mayor Daleys and Senate President Emil Jones would have been automatically disqualified, and they seem to have done OK by most standards. (And, I don’t know why this is, but I rarely have trouble understanding either Forby or Jones. Daley is another story. I can’t handle that high-pitched squeal.)

Fortunately for Forby, getting whacked by a Chicago newspaper isn’t necessarily a bad thing down ‘yonder.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Oct 19, 04 @ 3:29 am

Comments

Can this be the same Chicago Tribune that endorsed the “painfully inarticulate” George W. Bush for President of the United States?

Comment by So-Called Austin Mayor Tuesday, Oct 19, 04 @ 9:04 am