tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post6979149168100654656..comments2024-03-28T12:46:54.004-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Flashback 2010: Carol, I miss you alreadyNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62834441210774231782018-01-01T12:29:18.160-06:002018-01-01T12:29:18.160-06:00Don't forget Rahm lived in DC . He owns proper...Don't forget Rahm lived in DC . He owns property here but claimed it to be his residence and kind of pushed it through.<br /><br />As far as the idea of a consensus candidate I think that a lot of discussion around that focuses on how over the years when a popular African-American candidate was running there would be a second candidate backed by mysterious parties that was put into the race to siphon off votes from the more popular candidate to be sure that the "black vote was split". Thus robbing a potential Challenger to the machine of a legitimate chance of the nomination. <br /> This would happen with candidates for Alderman on a regular basis. I know that's politics but that's the powerful pushing the much less powerful to the sideline. What is a clear racial component to the effort. <br /><br />Maybe one day when a candidate of substance challenges the status quo other black candidates will refuse to run and foil the effort. This is what I would consider a consensus candidate.FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-39568780192215946182017-12-31T15:50:17.546-06:002017-12-31T15:50:17.546-06:00Don't forget that Meeks owned two houses next ...Don't forget that Meeks owned two houses next door to each other in South Holland, couldn't prove he was an actual Chicago resident & never could explain that away.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75505048574987514642017-12-31T13:19:08.520-06:002017-12-31T13:19:08.520-06:00It really is a shame that no African-American lead...It really is a shame that no African-American leader with the ability and charisma of Harold Washington has emerged in local politics. Toni Preckwinkle comes close, but I'm afraid that ill-advised soda tax is a millstone she'll never get off her neck. Maybe the smart ones, like Obama, see city and county politics as an impossible cesspool of corruption and intractable problems, and choose the national stage instead.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17860949528489876352017-12-31T11:33:16.661-06:002017-12-31T11:33:16.661-06:00Indeed, as a logical, white progressive, I was *de...Indeed, as a logical, white progressive, I was *delighted* with the role that "racial solidarity" played in the election and reelection of Harold Washington *and* Obama. There was nothing destructive about that, IMO. (Well, except for the maniacal, self-destructive backlash from disgruntled, "economically anxious" white voters that Obama's success was followed by, alas.) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38162407325951289122017-12-31T11:08:13.933-06:002017-12-31T11:08:13.933-06:00No apology necessary. It isn't destructive in ...No apology necessary. It isn't destructive in itself; it's destructive when you're backing Todd Stroger. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-82225848948668114092017-12-31T11:08:07.973-06:002017-12-31T11:08:07.973-06:00Wendy c, when did I defend reverend Meeks?? I didn...Wendy c, when did I defend reverend Meeks?? I didnt, which makes the rest of your commentary pointless. Beelogical37https://www.blogger.com/profile/12265958418839720134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-12940639251626447592017-12-31T11:02:51.121-06:002017-12-31T11:02:51.121-06:00Didn't make anything up, but may have taken yo...Didn't make anything up, but may have taken your comment out of context. But i was reacting to the "self destructive racial solidarity" part. I took it as you saying attempts to achieve racial solidarity among African Americans on the part of Chicago's black politicians was a bad thing. But if you only meant that the way they attempt to go about it is the issue, then I apologize. Beelogical37https://www.blogger.com/profile/12265958418839720134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52472209471866735932017-12-31T10:43:30.810-06:002017-12-31T10:43:30.810-06:00No, I didn't. Where is the "demonization&...No, I didn't. Where is the "demonization" in that column? This paragraph:<br /><br /> "I hope some ambitious University of Chicago sociology graduate student does her masters thesis on the search for a so-called "consensus" candidate among the marginalized black power structure in Chicago; it would make for a fascinating study in magical thinking."<br /><br />I didn't say that solidarity was bad. I said the black community, after Harold, had failed to do it, or done so -- I don't say this, but it's true -- behind a series of laughably, insultingly bad candidates. Including Carol. It's too easy to make up something and then react to THAT. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17523474221064506362017-12-31T10:22:53.536-06:002017-12-31T10:22:53.536-06:00Why do some people take personal critique as a sla...Why do some people take personal critique as a slam against their race, ethnicity or gender, yet defend true criticism of the same as offered by Rev. Meeks?<br />Political isolation leads to political hypocrisy, always.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-4857287169963485682017-12-31T09:56:37.577-06:002017-12-31T09:56:37.577-06:00Nah, not worth it. She could always offer as a def...Nah, not worth it. She could always offer as a defense the truth that nobody paid much attention to anything she said anyway. And I'd have to show that my reputation was hurt by it, and if anything, it helped. Maybe this afternoon I'll dig up the column I ran as a reply. No better feeling than pushing through a picket line based on a true column you're proud of. I only wish I could do that every day.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-11237256608777929262017-12-31T09:09:29.019-06:002017-12-31T09:09:29.019-06:00You should have sued her for slander.You should have sued her for slander.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60733208663575137152017-12-31T07:23:54.292-06:002017-12-31T07:23:54.292-06:00I agree. Blind ambition. Treading water ain't ...I agree. Blind ambition. Treading water ain't swimming.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-58071960728631953422017-12-31T06:58:19.043-06:002017-12-31T06:58:19.043-06:00I liked Carol Braun in her County job. But it was...I liked Carol Braun in her County job. But it was clear from the get-go that her ambition exceeded her ability and those who aided and abetted her in her quests for higher office were doing her no favors.tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com