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2023-03-01 Home Front: Politix
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff
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Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-01 00:04|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 Chicago ousts embattled Mayor Lori Lightfoot, as race heads to runoff without her
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-01 00:24||   2023-03-01 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Crime was so bad Lightfoot took the 281.5 million dollar grant from the federal government to fight COVID and gave it to the police instead. And homicides still increased.

Until public hangings are restored, animals will continue to stalk the streets.
Posted by Mad Eye Omeretch7959 2023-03-01 03:22||   2023-03-01 03:22|| Front Page Top

#3 C’mon, you know the drill; say it three times:” Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.”
Posted by USN, Ret. 2023-03-01 07:53||   2023-03-01 07:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Candyman. Candyman. Candyman!
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-03-01 07:57||   2023-03-01 07:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Vallas wouldn't be terribly bad in comparison with Lightfoot. Don't know if he'll make it through the next round of bloodletting, though.

Johnson is a Marxist, so more of the same BS that will kept Chicago as the delightful place that it is today.

'Nuff said.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2023-03-01 08:23||   2023-03-01 08:23|| Front Page Top

#6 School Board and Teachers Union folks. What's not to like?
Posted by Bobby 2023-03-01 08:30||   2023-03-01 08:30|| Front Page Top

#7 I expect to see her moves on Masked Singer next.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-03-01 08:53||   2023-03-01 08:53|| Front Page Top

#8 She'll soon be on Biden's staff. They'll find a position. Obama will see to it.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-01 08:55||   2023-03-01 08:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Black, ghey, mutant, part insect.

she checks SO many boxes

Snark O'The Day
Posted by Frank G 2023-03-01 09:11||   2023-03-01 09:11|| Front Page Top

#10 She is the first elected Chicago mayor to lose a reelection bid since 1983

I'm guessing she wore out her welcome with the cabal of minor villains that runs Chicago.

Lightfoot, the first Black woman and first openly gay person to lead the city,

Have you ever noticed that someone marketed as the "first member of some minority group" tends to... what's a nice way to say this?... perform poorly at their job? Being "First Whatever" is like being a dancing bear. The thing about a dancing bear is not how well it dances, but that it can dance at all.
Posted by SteveS 2023-03-01 09:20||   2023-03-01 09:20|| Front Page Top

#11 Rahm Emanuel wasn't gay?
Posted by BrerRabbit 2023-03-01 09:41||   2023-03-01 09:41|| Front Page Top

#12 ^ Tiny Dancer is apparently married to a wymyn (Amy Rule) and has three kids per Wiki. She could just be a very committed beard, but probably not
Posted by Frank G 2023-03-01 10:09||   2023-03-01 10:09|| Front Page Top

#13 I nominate Frank G @ #9 for SOTD. Fortunately, I was not drinking my coffee.
Posted by Nero 2023-03-01 10:50||   2023-03-01 10:50|| Front Page Top

#14 No matter who wins, things will get worse. It's the democrat way.
Posted by Silentbrick 2023-03-01 10:52||   2023-03-01 10:52|| Front Page Top

#15 Gee, who gets the privilege of flying the death spiral into the ground?
Posted by Procopius2k 2023-03-01 11:38||   2023-03-01 11:38|| Front Page Top

#16 Can I get a follow-up 'Amen' for Nero's #13 ?
Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-01 12:25||   2023-03-01 12:25|| Front Page Top

#17 Chicago has been Democrat for 92 years. But It's those evil Republicans and Trump who are at falt.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-03-01 12:43||   2023-03-01 12:43|| Front Page Top

#18 'Crime doesn't pay': Republicans slam Lori Lightfoot's reign as Chicago mayor as 'a city drenched in blood from violent crime' - as she becomes first incumbent to lose reelection in the Windy City in FOUR DECADES
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-01 13:57||   2023-03-01 13:57|| Front Page Top

#19 So, the stage is set. Will Biden be a one termer ala Carter, or a declines to run again ala LBJ?
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-03-01 13:59||   2023-03-01 13:59|| Front Page Top

#20 He's gonna croak in a stumble on the steps of AF1, ala Gerald Ford.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-01 14:03||   2023-03-01 14:03|| Front Page Top

#21 Bitter battle in Chicago's mayoral race heats up as Lori Lightfoot is ousted: Former schools chief promises to be tough on crime as rival county commissioner says reliance on policing is a 'failed' strategy
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-01 14:03||   2023-03-01 14:03|| Front Page Top

#22 Police chief and assistant DA also resign.
Posted by Mad Eye Omeretch7959 2023-03-01 18:09||   2023-03-01 18:09|| Front Page Top

#23 Chicago police officer shot to death today.
Posted by Mad Eye Omeretch7959 2023-03-01 21:47||   2023-03-01 21:47|| Front Page Top

#24 It’s a day that ends in -day, Mad Eye.
Posted by trailing wife 2023-03-01 22:21||   2023-03-01 22:21|| Front Page Top

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