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February 28, 2023, 09:26 PM
wcb6092
From seeing Biden's reaction to her when he went to Chicago, I don't think she will be working in his administration. Maybe CNN or MSNBC? I hope so, I would like to see their ratings fall even more.
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February 28, 2023, 09:30 PM
shovelhead
Maybe she shouldn’t have asked voters to stay home and not vote.
-------------------------------------—————— ————————--Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right time, even, usually, surpassing knowledge(E.J.Potter, A.K.A. The Michigan Madman)
February 28, 2023, 09:59 PM
Bulldog7972
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Originally posted by 12131:
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Originally posted by stoic-one: Both of the 2 currently in the lead are farther left than she is, I'm glad she's gone, but I wonder what the city is going to be in for now?....
Not sure where you got that "farther left" from. I don't know anything about Chicago politics, but a quick glance at Wiki on Vallas' 2023 Chicago mayoral candidacy would dispute that claim.
In June 2022, Vallas announced his candidacy for mayor again in the 2023 election, challenging incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot.[52] Vallas has been a critic of the Lightfoot administration over what he characterizes as her lack of accountability in the rise of crime and violence in the city.[53]
Vallas's campaign staff includes a number of nationally prominent consultants, including Joe Trippi as its senior strategist and media advisor[54] Vallas's campaign also employs pollster Mark Mellman.[55]
The month that he launched his campaign, Vallas appeared at a fundraising event for Awake IL, a political not-for-profit that has been criticized for its anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.[56] In August 2022, Vallas condemned the group saying "I am a lifelong Democrat who has spent my entire adult life fighting hateful rhetorical and hateful groups."[57] His claim of being a "lifelong Democrat" was called into question by some, who pointed to campaign contributions from prominent Republican donor Michael Keiser and Chicago Board of Elections records listing Vallas as having voted in the 2022 Republican Party primary election.[58] The Chicago Board of Elections later told reporters that Vallas had not voted in the Republican primary, and records that showed him as having done so were due to a "coding error."[59]
Vallas has centered his candidacy on the issue of crime. Vallas has also promised that he would extend both the length of the school day and the school year. He has also pledged that he would give "100% choice" to parents as to what schools their children attend.[60]
Vallas is the only white, non-Hispanic candidate on the ballot in the 2023 mayoral election. Seven of the other candidates are Black, while one is Latino. Edward Robert McClelland of Chicago magazine remarked that his being the sole White candidate means that, unlike in the 2019 mayoral election, "[Vallas] doesn't have to share that constituency with Bill Daley, Jerry Joyce, or Garry McCarthy." McClelland also regarded Vallas to be running as a police-friendly candidate.[61] Similarly, Justin Kaufman of Axios opined that Vallas is "the candidate most likely to court the police and firefighter vote."[62] Vallas received the endorsement of Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) lodge, which serves as the city's police union.[63]
Many view Vallas as being either a conservative or politically moderate candidate.[64][65] He has been characterized as conservative compared to other candidates running for mayor.[66] He has received significant campaign donations from sources considered politically conservative.[67] Lightfoot and fellow candidate Chuy García have sought to cast Vallas as aligned with the Republican Party.[64][68] During the campaign, Lightfoot has characterized Vallas as being her most conservative challenger.[60] Lightfoot and García both have accused Vallas of being inadequately pro-choice, despite Vallas having a past record of claiming to be pro-choice and past endorsements from Planned Parenthood and Personal PAC during his 2002 gubernatorial and 2014 lieutenant gubernatorial campaigns.[68][69] They have pointed to a 2009 interview in which Vallas declared himself to be "more of a Republican than a Democrat because, fundamentally, I oppose abortion",[69] and stated that "if I were to run for office again, I would run as a Republican".[70] Another line of attack for Lightfoot and García has been Vallas's relationship with and endorsement from the city's police union. Lightfoot has characterized Vallas's FOP endorsement as undermining Vallas's claim to have been a "lifelong Democrat". García has cast Vallas's closeness to the FOP as indicating that there would be "no police accountability" under a Vallas mayoralty. García has also derided the police union as being "far right".[71]
Not saying Vallas will be a far right conservative, but he cannot be any worse than Lightfoot. Would like to hear what Chicago members have to say.
I say that the next Mayor of Chicago will be Mayor Johnson
February 28, 2023, 10:01 PM
darthfuster
I want to insult her on the way out, but that is the 12 yr old inside me trying to get out again
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier
February 28, 2023, 10:03 PM
erj_pilot
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Originally posted by 12131: Well, that's a shame. Where's Jerry??
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
February 28, 2023, 10:04 PM
dsiets
Yeah, there's democrats and then there's democrats. One of them can be a positive compared to the Gremlin and other commies.
February 28, 2023, 10:20 PM
Jimmo952
Lightfoot was anti-police and hesitant to do anything to put a dent in African-American crime.
She was also a poor administrator and way over her head trying to run a city as large and complicated as Chicago.
It's hard to imagine Vallas being worse.
Garcia would be tougher on crime.
An incumbent mayor losing so badly speaks volumes.
For real change to occur though, Kim Fox will also have to go.
February 28, 2023, 10:42 PM
Ripley
So it's back to the fen she arose from for the Ethiopian hobgoblin.
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun.
February 28, 2023, 10:43 PM
scratchy
Oh rats.
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February 28, 2023, 10:50 PM
abnmacv
Maybe she'll join the CNN team to hook up with Don Lemon, they have a lot in common. Morning show called The Morning Garbage Hour.
U.S. Army 11F4P Vietnam 69-70 NRA Life Member
February 28, 2023, 10:57 PM
Sailor1911
Yeah, So glad Gordon is still upright!
Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.
“If in winning a race, you lose the respect of your fellow competitors, then you have won nothing” - Paul Elvstrom "The Great Dane" 1928 - 2016
February 28, 2023, 11:00 PM
Bulldog7972
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Originally posted by Jimmo952: Lightfoot was anti-police and hesitant to do anything to put a dent in African-American crime.
She was also a poor administrator and way over her head trying to run a city as large and complicated as Chicago.
It's hard to imagine Vallas being worse.
Garcia would be tougher on crime.
An incumbent mayor losing so badly speaks volumes.
For real change to occur though, Kim Fox will also have to go.
The same Garcia that used gangsters as campaign workers? That Garcia? Tougher on crime? I don’t think so.
February 28, 2023, 11:14 PM
Jimmo952
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Originally posted by Bulldog7972:
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Originally posted by Jimmo952: Lightfoot was anti-police and hesitant to do anything to put a dent in African-American crime.
She was also a poor administrator and way over her head trying to run a city as large and complicated as Chicago.
It's hard to imagine Vallas being worse.
Garcia would be tougher on crime.
An incumbent mayor losing so badly speaks volumes.
For real change to occur though, Kim Fox will also have to go.
The same Garcia that used gangsters as campaign workers? That Garcia? Tougher on crime? I don’t think so.
Good point.
I should have said tougher on Black crime.
March 01, 2023, 12:31 AM
corsair
What's the balance of power that the Mayor of Chicago has, versus the City Council of Alderman?
Lightfoot seemed to garner quite a bit of attention, and the city council of 50 members was either complicit in her aspirations or, dumbfounded and impotent to curtail her worst impulses?
March 01, 2023, 02:12 AM
armored
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Originally posted by Bulldog7972:
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Originally posted by stoic-one: Both of the 2 currently in the lead are farther left than she is, I'm glad she's gone, but I wonder what the city is going to be in for now?....
Not sure who you are referring to but Vallas is not by any means a Leftist. The other guy however is and could actually be worse than Lightfoot. And he could win.
I agree. As stated the problem is that NONE of the candidates are good,just some are not as fucked up as the others but that list gets rancid fast.
Vallas is tolerable, certainly a huge upgrade from the Bug. But, the list goes south right after his name. The candidate he will run against Johnson is FAR WORSE than the BUG. The scary part is that Vallas won by about 15% of the vote and he is WHITE, MALE. Chicago is all about race. Johnson and all the other candidates are either Black or Hispanic. The Blacks will not vote for Vallas and the Hispanics might cast a few votes for him but most will vote for (free shit) Johnson. I hate to say it but I think that Johnson will defeat Vallas and we will be even worse off than now. Johnson will drive out business, any whites that don't have to work and live in the city of Chicago will find themselves hitting the road out of here, crime and corruption will go through the roof. I can only imagine how hard it is now for the CPD, With Johnson as Mayor it will become intolerable. I hope I'm wrong! ________________________________________________
I called this one early. Unfortunately, having lived in and near Chicago for almost 72 years I can see the train wrecks coming here.
I thought that with the local crime reports everyday on the news and the interviews of the people crying about how they don't feel safe here anymore, we had hit the bottom. Not in Chicago or Illinois, or many other states or cities. Look at Wisconsin a State that is said MUST be won by Republicans in order to win a Presidency. They had an election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court yesturday. Another progressive Judge running against a Republican judge. The Progressive Female Judge blew out the Republican candidate. This gives control of the Wisconsin Supreme court to the libs. No way a Republican will ever win that State again. And so goes it with many other States. The Give me crowd is now firmly in control and will out number us now and in the future.
One look at the crowds attending the victory party for Johnson here in Chicago, graphically points out the people who will lead this City, as said before, We are FUCKED!This message has been edited. Last edited by: armored,
March 01, 2023, 05:23 AM
trapper189
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Originally posted by oddball:
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March 01, 2023, 05:32 AM
92fstech
Figures she'd claim it's because she's gay and black, not because of her failed policies, gross incompetence, and horrible attitude.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out, lady. Hopefully this is the last we have to hear about you.
March 01, 2023, 05:56 AM
RichardC
I'm picturing the door hitting her in the ass really hard on her way out.
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March 01, 2023, 06:13 AM
IrishWind
I heard the printers are going overtime planning for her return to politics. SHe just needs the call.
Lord, your ocean is so very large and my divos are so very f****d-up Dirt Sailors Unite!
