tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post2739402072608768500..comments2023-10-30T19:03:59.225+01:00Comments on David Seaton's News Links: Lie down with dogs, get up with fleasDavid Seaton's Newslinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-155217102341416732008-12-12T14:36:00.000+01:002008-12-12T14:36:00.000+01:00Your writing has been so uniquely interesting as o...Your writing has been so uniquely interesting as of late, so adroitly manufactured, comprehensive, yet somewhat esoteric...then this post, boh! it's simply explains away sinister city infrastructure at its finest.<BR/><BR/>I always thought I knew who the 'capo' was in Trastevere when we lived in Rome, alas, just when I thought I had him pegged he proved elusive. Roma....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-27921974869372142552008-12-12T06:46:00.000+01:002008-12-12T06:46:00.000+01:00David, when it comes to Chicago, you are, as my mo...David, when it comes to Chicago, you are, as my mother would say, about half smart.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864628139712606922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-28981508836569323862008-12-12T00:20:00.000+01:002008-12-12T00:20:00.000+01:00Lanikai, it would be a stretch indeed to call Mich...Lanikai, it would be a stretch indeed to call Michelle Obama’s rise in pay (which, if her employer was telling the truth, was also part bonus and one time payout) and the Rezko business ‘bribes.’ Naturally Michelle does better at work and gets on a board or two when her husband makes it into the big time. Politics as usual and not specific to Chicago or the Obamas by any means.<BR/><BR/>And unless there’s something we don’t yet know about, the Rezko business was nothing big from the accounts I’ve read and only the most desperate Obama-haters seem to be flogging it. My guess is Obama is about as clean as any politician with his degree of ambition can be. Maybe someone like Russ Feingold is cleaner and more likely to have principles and stick to them, but a Feingold will get no further than the Senate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-34838069216225347242008-12-11T20:30:00.000+01:002008-12-11T20:30:00.000+01:00I don't think they will ever catch Obama in anythi...I don't think they will ever catch Obama in anything as broad and crude as the governor's thing. I think his way has been <I>smoothed</I> for him, but in Chicago corruption is usually more like selling a Senate seat than just getting somebody's wife a cushy job... that is simply business as usual.David Seaton's Newslinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-59103173976329128042008-12-11T20:04:00.000+01:002008-12-11T20:04:00.000+01:00So do you really think his house deal, and his wif...So do you really think his house deal, and his wifes big salary increases are indicative of not taking bribes, and being clean? Why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-47563759871030417392008-12-11T07:35:00.000+01:002008-12-11T07:35:00.000+01:00I don't know about "love for the O man".... I'd ra...I don't know about "love for the O man".... I'd rather be a lamp post in Madrid with the dogs pissing on me then the mayor of Chicago.David Seaton's Newslinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-46973112659125664922008-12-11T02:08:00.000+01:002008-12-11T02:08:00.000+01:00Having grown up in Brooklyn and later the North Je...Having grown up in Brooklyn and later the North Jersey suburbs, I know what the ward bosses do and how the Mafia really works, they own the mayor and the town. Having also lived the last 30 years in a charmingly corrupt island in the stream, Puerto Rico, I have to say, I wouldn't know clean government if it bit me. I have actually grown to love corruption. I do understand your attitude in my bones.<BR/>However, could it be that you are now, finally, finding a little love in your heart for the O Man?<BR/>I'm surprised, David, but anyway, carry on and keep up the Spanish proverbs. The two you quoted today are among my favorites and are heard daily in PR, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-7368049910715473732008-12-11T00:12:00.000+01:002008-12-11T00:12:00.000+01:00As good a summary of Obama and Chicago as I have r...As good a summary of Obama and Chicago as I have read. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>During the primaries there was a lot of talk about Clinton’s baggage, of which God knows she had plenty, but not many Democrats seemed unduly concerned about the amount of Samsonite Obama would be toting in from Chicago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com