"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Rahm would do very nicely as the mayor of Chicago; it's practically a state unto itself, if not a nation. It was close to a feudal society when I lived there, way back when; by now, I imagine it's more like a kingdom.
I see Emanuel as more like Henry VIII's Thomas Cromwell than any Byzantine fixer. Sooner or later, Emanuel will stumble, and His Majesty O will condemn him to the axman (i.e., throw him under the bus with everybody else who proved to be a political inconvenience).
In Rahm's case, I hope the tire tracks are painful.
Chicago is just jealous of San Francisco. It's the Liberal version of "keeping up with the Joneses". Plus, there is the Chicago connection. Can't send a Obama boy anywhere else...although I did hear that Rahm requested Honolulu.
Rahm would do very nicely as the mayor of Chicago; it's practically a state unto itself, if not a nation. It was close to a feudal society when I lived there, way back when; by now, I imagine it's more like a kingdom.
ReplyDeleteI figure it as a sort of Constantinople, right before the fall.
ReplyDeleteHigh-rise Somalia...
ReplyDeleteConstantinople is a good analogy. Although Richard makes an point there.
ReplyDeleteI see Emanuel as more like Henry VIII's Thomas Cromwell than any Byzantine fixer. Sooner or later, Emanuel will stumble, and His Majesty O will condemn him to the axman (i.e., throw him under the bus with everybody else who proved to be a political inconvenience).
ReplyDeleteIn Rahm's case, I hope the tire tracks are painful.
Chicago is just jealous of San Francisco. It's the Liberal version of "keeping up with the Joneses". Plus, there is the Chicago connection. Can't send a Obama boy anywhere else...although I did hear that Rahm requested Honolulu.
ReplyDeleteDeborah Leigh