Politics

  • What an Ass

    CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation :: Rumsfeld defiant to the end Standing next to President Bush, Rumsfeld, 74, offered no regret for a war that mushroomed into an issue that helped carry Democrats to victory in Tuesday’s elections. Instead, he provided a glimmer of the temperament that has prompted some critics to call him arrogant. The…

  • Thoughts on the Election Night 2006

    Another election, another ballot. Some thoughts:

  • Why I’m Voting for Tony Peraica for Cook County Board President

    Tonight I called up the Tom Roeser show (Political Shootout on WLS 890 AM) and got on the air as the last caller. Here’s basically what I said: Then Tom Roeser asked if I was Peraica’s brother-in-law. They laughed. Then I got cut off somewhere after I said that it was “time for a change”…

  • Weirdest ABCNews.com Breaking News Email Ever.

    Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com: Congressman Mark Foley, Republican from Florida, resigned today just hours after ABC news questioned him about a series of sexually explicit instant messages involving current and former underage male Congressional pages. Foley used the login name Maf54. Maf54: Do I make you a little horny ? Teen: A little. Maf54: Cool.…

  • Bush Has Birthday Dinner with Richard M. Daley, Mayor

    Presidential Helicopter, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Here’s his helicopter flying from O’Hare. Here’s a story about the din-din.