CANNONFIRE (Free subscription) | 14/12/2008
Riverdaughter caps her beautifully-written comparison of Blago and Boss Tweed with this priceless line: One more thought: I have the perfect replacement for Obama’s senate seat who would kill three birds with one stone- Alice Palmer. Bwahahahahhaahaaaah! That's a seriously good suggestion.
NO QUARTER (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
... Bill Ayers. That’s what it meant to step into the shoes of outgoing state rep. and fellow traveler Alice Palmer. In fact, that’s what it meant if your aspiration in political life, as it was for Obama, was to depose Richard Daley Jr. inspired by Obama’s hero, Harold Washington, the first black mayor of the city who died in office while Obama was a community organizer. But at some...
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... petition signatures of three of his challengers. The move denied each of them, including incumbent Alice Palmer, a longtime Chicago activist, a place on the ballot. It cleared the way for Obama to run unopposed on the Democratic ticket in a heavily Democrat district. “That was Chicago politics,” said John Kass, a veteran Chicago Tribune columnist. “Knock out your opposition, challenge...
Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
... petition signatures of three of his challengers. The move denied each of them, including incumbent Alice Palmer, a longtime Chicago activist, a place on the ballot. It cleared the way for Obama to run unopposed on the Democratic ticket in a heavily Democrat district. “That was Chicago politics,” said John Kass, a veteran Chicago Tribune columnist. “Knock out your opposition, challenge...
