Call It A Comeback
It’s unclear to me how illegal some of this is, but scandals can be borne of completely legal behavior. The Sun-Times does a good job connecting the dots in this article. Normally, I’d insert the disclaimer that State Dems have similar issues, but that isn’t necessary since Jack Franks is right in the middle of much of this.
Okay, another one since I had all the tech difficulties. Let ’em rip.
I hear OneMan is under serious consideration.
Lance Did What No One Had Ever Done Before.
While I was off on the podium, Americans did well with Levi in 9th, Landis in 23rd, Hincapie at 33, Julich at 40th and Lemont’s Vandevelde in 56th.
Tyler’s back problems appear to be getting better despite early reports.
Azevedo finished 5th riding in support of Lance and Postal was only about 3 minutes behind T-Mobile in the team competition–not something typical for a team built around one guy winning. A very good tour.
I’m betting that the tour road race will be between Kloden, Ullrich, Tyler and Levi assuming they are all in the race.
So I haven’t been able to track down Dan Proft’s role in the weird Ditka deal the morning he announced he wouldn’t be getting in, it does appear that Dan and the happy gang of delusionals have been pushing Ryan to get back in the race.
In a telephone interview Friday from Ryan’s Chicago headquarters, Pascoe said staying in the race was something Ryan appeared to consider only in passing, at the urging of staff members who suggested a “wave of remorse” by the public over Ryan’s situation might make it possible for the campaign to survive.
A wave of remorse? Where was this wave? Because I’m pretty sure that most people in Illinois moved on after a couple days of chuckling.
The cult of Jack! is one of the most bizarre things I’ve seen in a while. The guy seemed to be a perfect empty suit with the most notorious episode being his discussion concerning the Treaty of Westphalia while not knowing anything about the Kjellander scandal. Why exactly is it that a clueless clown has so much support without knowing much about what his supporters apparently care about?
Here. He’ll be getting used to medium for a bit, but I have a feeling it will fit him well.
The Trib picks up the hard race story today.
Crane, the original ideological puritan on small government is actually running on bring back money to the District.
He also touts his seniority and conservative credentials, saying that the Democratic nominee, Barrington businesswoman Melissa Bean, 42, would vote with her party and have little clout to bring federal funds home to Illinois.
Sure, so when is he going to start? He’s a bit late after 30 years to decide he needs to take care of the District.
But I think we can now say we have a budget. What was so hard?
The Trib offers a personal for the IL GOP.
State political party looking for candidate to challenge opponent who has money, buzz, Big Mo and torrid friendship with national media.
Age: We’re open-minded, but fussy provision in U.S. Constitution says you must be 30 or older, citizen of U.S. for nine years, resident of Illinois.
Background: In prior relationships, divorce has been a problem.
Values: Family, to a point. Young children a proven deal-breaker.
Looks: Way important back in primary season, but at this stage …
Character: Best to be upfront about any legal entanglements. Sealed court files a turnoff.
Income: Family money wouldn’t hurt. TV time costs money, and we don’t want to spend much.
The perfect date: A day at the beach, a night at Ravinia, tax cuts.
Fave foods: Rubber chicken, State Fair corn dogs, humble pie.
Sense of humor: Not right now, actually. Definitely no kaleidoscope jokes.
A great night out: No club dates. Definitely no club dates.
Religion: Big on devotion to St. Jude, patron saint of hopeless causes.
Body type: A sucker for mustachioed former coaches from the National Football League.
Medical issues: Allergic to dairy owners.
Fair warning: Party carries heavy baggage from past relationships. Has lost about all there is to lose.
You’re out of the question if you have: Subpoena power.
Secret fear: Can’t handle one more rejection. But it’s only a 100-day date. How bad can it be?
Send photo.
Probably over the fair use level, but it was pretty funny.
The Trib has a rather good editorial on the need for many districts to be consolidated. Mike Lawrence often writes on this as well. Ultimately, small districts can do better if they join together for services even if they maintain schools in specific communities. It can happen by design or by emergency.
Between a potential Illinois Senate Candidate and a camera. Rich Miller’s weekly column traces the publicity many of the publicly floated names are gathering through pretending to be interested.
His final advice is for everyone to cool it.
I’m sorry, this is too much fun.
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