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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he won't run for re-election next year

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Posted by Fred 2018-09-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Rahm has 10 million reasons not to seek reelection.

Posted by Sonny Dribble1184 2018-09-05 05:15|| 2018-09-05 05:15|| Front Page Top

#2 ..as he walked down a Southwest Side street holding a small folding knife.

Try getting that through TSA.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-09-05 07:16|| 2018-09-05 07:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Bye, Tiny Dancer. Don't let the door hit you in the tutu

Posted by Frank G 2018-09-05 07:43|| 2018-09-05 07:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Emmanuel is a Democrat's Democrat. A former Obama fixer, he has a black belt in Incompetence. I suspect his successor will be even worse.

I understand Obama is looking for work.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-09-05 08:36|| 2018-09-05 08:36|| Front Page Top

#5 I understand Obama is looking for work.

Eh?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-09-05 09:14|| 2018-09-05 09:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel drops bid for third term in shock move raising speculation he will launch a bid for 2020 Democratic nomination

Posted by Skidmark 2018-09-05 09:56|| 2018-09-05 09:56|| Front Page Top

#7 raising speculation he will launch a bid for 2020 Democratic nomination

Wouldn’t that be fun! “Vote for the ballet dancer. It’s important!”

Posted by trailing wife 2018-09-05 10:50|| 2018-09-05 10:50|| Front Page Top

#8 [There is]speculation he will launch a bid for 2020 Democratic nomination. Who would vote for him? Or is this one of those rigged "elections" where no one does but the candidate ends up in office?

Posted by JohnQC 2018-09-05 10:56|| 2018-09-05 10:56|| Front Page Top

#9 Was / is this guy a ballet dancer, or am I missing the joke somewhere?

Posted by Raj 2018-09-05 11:04|| 2018-09-05 11:04|| Front Page Top

#10 Raj, I took it to mean that one would be better off voting for the ballet dancer rather than the mayor. But I don't know. T.W. will have to shed light on that one.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-09-05 11:20|| 2018-09-05 11:20|| Front Page Top

#11 "Rahm was encouraged by his mother to take ballet lessons, and is a graduate of the Evanston School of Ballet,[19] as well as a student of The Joel Hall Dance Center, where his children later took lessons.[20] He won a scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet,[21] but turned it down to attend Sarah Lawrence College, a liberal arts school with a strong dance program.[22] This background, as well as the mayor's short stature, has led critics of the Mayor to nickname him "tiny dancer". "

Posted by Frank G 2018-09-05 11:27|| 2018-09-05 11:27|| Front Page Top

#12 No relation to Elton John's tiny dancer.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-09-05 12:05|| 2018-09-05 12:05|| Front Page Top

#13 Rahm has 10 million reasons not to seek reelection.

I didn't realize that many had been shot in Chicago.

Posted by gorb 2018-09-05 17:45|| 2018-09-05 17:45|| Front Page Top

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