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* Not exactly the greatest logical argument I’ve ever read.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:03 pm

Comments

“Look — it’s the most coherent pro-Rauner letter we’ve gotten in months. Just run it, already.”

– MrJM

Comment by @MisterJayEm Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:05 pm
Spoken like a true Rauner fan - with all the logic one needs…for a ten year old.

Comment by Chicago Cynic Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:06 pm
Applying the same reasoning, Rahm Emanuel is the most beloved politician in Chicago.

Comment by Anon Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:07 pm
Mr. Clark doesn’t strike me as one of the great thinkers of our time.

Comment by Stones 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…

Comment by There is power in a union... Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:09 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

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:10 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.

Comment by Marty Funkhouser 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.

Comment by JS Mill Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:15 pm
I believe the author is missing a “nyah”
So…there’s that.

Comment by Jake From Elwood 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.

Comment by Henry Francis Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:18 pm
Well…that’s ballgame. The guy has it all figured out. Let’s just sit on our hands for the next three years.

Comment by illini97 Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:20 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.

Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:30 pm
Captain of his high school debate team no doubt…

Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:30 pm
Mover over Goldberg, Mr. Clark’s in town!

Comment by 35/Shields Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:34 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.

Comment by Ducky LaMoore Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:40 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.

Comment by What? Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:50 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?

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:53 pm
35/Shields For the win!

Comment by PublicServant Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 12:56 pm
What?:

http://wuis.org/post/illinois-issues-social-cost-rauner-v-labor#stream/0

Comment by There is power in a union... Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 1:00 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?

Comment by wordslinger Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 1:07 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.

Comment by Demoralized Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 1:16 pm
So meta.

Comment by Losing My Edge Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 1:17 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?

Comment by Anonymous Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 1:19 pm
Well, I guess he told us!

Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 1:27 pm
At least we know it’s probably not astroturf…

Comment by ChicagoVinny Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 2:19 pm
The sad part is this clueless doofus probably won’t see any of the fine snark directed his way. Oh well.

Comment by Norseman Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 2:32 pm
“OODA loop”

Comment by walker Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 3:00 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.

Comment by Arsenal Monday, Dec 14, 15 @ 5:28 pm