Archive for April, 2008
Posted in April 30th, 2008
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Kjw2Qccc1hE” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] And argued to allow new territories to include slavery. He was not the Douglass who born a slave, escaped to New York and then became an abolitionist leader. But they hosts insist they have read the debates. Sure. I haven’t read the full debates. I doubt they even know […]
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Posted in April 29th, 2008
Alan Keyes beat out for the Constitution Party nomination for President: The Permanent Candidate has failed to win the nomination of the paleoconservative Constitution Party. Eric Garris reports: Last night, CP founder Howard Phillips strongly denounced [Alan] Keyes as a warmonger, neocon, and egomaniac. Phillips was subsequently attacked by Jim Clymer, the CP national chairman. […]
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Posted in April 29th, 2008
Growing up in central Illinois Chicago was always the boogeyman of Illinois politics where the Machine ran everything and ‘the blacks’ were dangerous. Democrats were inherently bad so the entire spectacle was interesting to watch. However, I also spent my summers in Covington, Georgia where my Dad lived. Covington’s main claim to fame was being […]
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Posted in April 29th, 2008
Another book I haven’t gotten to take a look at yet, but that comes highly recommended: Harold!: Photographs from the Harold Washington Years A few of the pictures are at the Commemorative Year site
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Posted in April 29th, 2008
Wait, I’m going to actually suggest reading one of those book thingies… Fire on the Prairie: Chicago’s Harold Washington and the Politics of Race It’s one of the best books on Chicago politics I’ve ever read along with Boss and Don’t Make No Waves, Don’t Back No Losers.
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Posted in April 29th, 2008
Josh Kalvern has a great post up at Progress Illinois and one of my favorite pics of Washington. He also links to Salim Muwakkil’s article from the 20th Anniversary of Washington’s death.
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Posted in April 29th, 2008
The Trib barely notes that today is the 25 anniversary of Harold Washington being sworn in. Both the major dailies take a pass on the story today, but not here at ArchPundit! So let’s start off with some of the existing resources on the net: One of the single best episodes of This American Life […]
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Posted in April 28th, 2008
Using Republicans words against them. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/f6ul9iMgmOw” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Hysterical ranting from the RNC: “As a legal matter,” RNC chairman Mike Duncan said today, this is a “maliciously false” campaign ad. “The advertisement in question falsely and maliciously” quotes Sen. McCain as saying that extending the war in Iraq for 100 years would […]
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Posted in April 28th, 2008
Jeremy Manier does a good job covering the debate over early childhood education in an article and sidebar in the Tribune. The zero-to-3 period is not necessarily a magical and irreplaceable window for teaching children. But studies show that babies raised in poverty get fewer of the early experiences that spur vocabulary growth and good […]
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Posted in April 28th, 2008
The recall crusade continues The truth is that Halvorson and Silverstein haven’t yet persuaded Senate President Jones to hold a Senate vote on this amendment. Without more delays. Without any so-called “improvements” intended to sabotage its passage. They need to do that now. Debbie, Ira, this is your life! This is the biggest test of […]
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Posted in April 28th, 2008
Yep It came as a revelation to hear that Obama, who I thought was plotting to become president, has been shrewedly maneuvering to lead the pom squad at McCain’s inauguration. But there was something else that struck me as strange about Clinton’s reaction: Obama was not the first of the two Democrats to say something […]
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Posted in April 28th, 2008
Rereading the Ata plea tells us a whole lot about how business was done in the Blagojevich administration. Strictly speaking there isn’t a smoking gun for the Governor, though there is a lot of circumstantial evidence and the meeting at Rezmar Offices reads like a bad movie plot. It does shed light on Rezko’s use […]
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Posted in April 25th, 2008
Fascinating: I was Rich’s source at the Boehner event. Boehner stated there was no way to win the district with Oberweis, and that he wanted him out: “unlikable, a terrible candidate.” This was said in the presence of at least 30 Illinois fundraisers. He even stated to a questioner at the event that “we can […]
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Posted in April 25th, 2008
The earlier post about the Ozinga campaign, was not the Ozinga campaign, but the Ozinga business. Same basic point remains, but I wanted to be accurate. If you are an interested party in something I post, either identifying yourself publicly in response or e-mailing me privately is your best bet. As long as you say […]
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Posted in April 25th, 2008
Download Title (Kudos to WTTW going to embeddable video!) Via Rich Molaro actually argues the Lege’s job is to not investigate allegations of corruption in a WTTW panel with Ronen and Fritchey. Same stupid argument used to avoid any oversight of the Bush administration by Republicans. Congrats to Molaro and Ronen for matching the most […]
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