Why, you may ask, did the operators of Chicago's political machine support Obama?
Part of the answer was given long ago by the then boss of Chicago, Jake Arvey.

When asked why he made Adlai Stevenson - a man, as with Obama, more famous for
speeches than for accomplishments - his party's gubernatorial candidate in
1948, Arvey is said to have replied that he needed to "perfume the
ticket".

Obama first played a perfuming role as a state senator. His mentor, Emil Jones,
the machine-made president of the Senate, allowed him to sponsor a minor ethics
bill. In return, Obama made sure to send plenty of pork to Jones's district.
When asked about pork-barrel spending, Jones famously replied: "Some call
it pork; I call it steak."

Obama repaid the generosity. When he had a chance to back clean Democratic
candidates for president of the Cook County board of supervisors and Illinois governor, he stayed with the allies
of the Outfit. The gubernatorial candidate he backed, Rod Blagojevich, is under
federal investigation, in part because of his relationship with Tony Rezko, the
man who helped Obama buy his house.

The Chicago way
has delivered politically for Obama even this year. Ninety per cent of his
popular-vote lead over Hillary Clinton comes from Illinois,
and two-thirds of that 90 per cent comes just from Cook County.


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Comments:

Hilary needs to be attorney general. No politico is without comprimise and a little smut on the skirt or pants as the case may be. I still support Obama.

So who are you endorsing?

comment by jtruant on May 7, 2008 7:52 AM ()

I back Obama, because I trust a man with a little larceny in his heart. I respect a man who sticks with the mob even when the Goody Two Shoes reformers try for a power grab. Since a fox knows the other foxes, he can keep them out of the hen house.
I support Michelle Obama for Vice President to keep the women away from her husband. I think Hillary Clinton would be the best Attorney General since Bobby Kennedy. Ron Paul would dismantle the IRS and Federal Reserve.
Who would gain your endorsement?

reply by bumpedoff on May 7, 2008 9:15 AM ()

Is this a great country or what...

comment by looserobes on May 7, 2008 7:43 AM ()

We are blessed by living in the greatest country with the finest people in the history of the world. As long as we never go overseas, we are golden.

reply by bumpedoff on May 7, 2008 9:21 AM ()