The Illinois Combine II: The DNC Moves Into Chicago
By Pat Racimora on June 16, 2008 at 7:50 PM in Barack Obama, Chicago politics, DNC, Obama, Tony Rezko
How many ways has the DNC made it clear that Hillary Clinton aand her supporters are a distraction to a preordained coronation of Barack Obama? Here is yet another, even though the convention is 2 months away and no delegate has voted for the Democratic nominee. Move a hunk of the DNC to Chicago now, and rub it into 18 millions voters’ noses.
The larger question is why would anyone want to combine Obama and the DNC in a geographical area that is known for its corrupt politicians that mock everything we value in a democratic society? Did they think that the connection between Chicago and Obama’s looming background issues would go unnoticed?
The first “Combine” is an ugly story. The characters are men who make ill-gained treasures off teachers, hospitals, people already living in poverty, and whoever else they could fleece. John Kass’s interview with former Senator Peter Fitzgerald (who was driven out by political bosses after he attempted to clean up corruption) describes the Combine succinctly: “In the final analysis, The Combine’s allegiance is not to a party, but to their pocketbooks. They’re about making money off the taxpayers.” Fitzgerald continued, “I was trying to point out, to the media and to the public, what these guys were doing behind the scenes was bad. Sometimes I felt like Cassandra—destined to prophesy the truth and not be believed.” Kass concludes, “We are where we are, in The Combine state, and if you raise your head too high, The Combine will come along and chop you down.”
It wasn’t until the trial of Tony Rezko–Barack Obama’s fundraiser, house purchasing collaborator, and long-time friend–that the colorful players in the twisted, snarled, greedy world of Chicago corruption spilled out for all to see, including the now-convicted Rezko himself. See Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass’s column, “In Combine, cash is king, corruption is bipartisan.”
So now the next “combine”—a combination of Chicago and the DNC—rumbles into town to be taken over by the Obama campaign. Let’s watch to see what happens when the DNC as we all knew it is transformed. Will the pieces ever come together again in a way that instills pride in ALL Democrats?
The Democratic party as we knew it is shattered…broken beyond repair.
I know, I know, it’s all HRC’s fault…NOT!
Where else would you put a turd, except in a shit pit?
WELL PUT!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Solis
Daniel “Danny” Solis is a Chicago politician who serves as the alderman for the 25th ward which includes the Lower West Side. He was appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley in 1996. He is the brother of Patti Solis Doyle, Senator Hillary Clinton’s former campaign manager. Solis was a member of Clinton’s Illinois Steering Committee. [1]
Solis was appointed alderman in 1996 by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Throughout his career as alderman, Solis has been an ally of Mayor Daley and in 2001 was appointed President Pro Tempore of the City Council, allowing him to oversee council proceedings in the mayor’s absence.
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Bro and Sis Solis — Two moles in the Hillary camp? Agents provocateurs? Was she a bad campaign manager on purpose, spending Hill’s money away?
—just a theory, to be proven by others, or not
This is weird Jack, I had the same thought.
More,
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/1009060,CST-NWS-sweet17.article
From the June 17 Chicago Sun Times about Patti Solis Doyle,
More information for those who might think Patti may have been a mole or agent provocateur inside the Hillary campaign. AT Nexis there are stories going back to 1996 linking (closely or not) bro’ and Axelrod
The fact is that Obama is part and parcel of that Chicago combine, which has had as it’s plan all along to take it’s penny ante game of corruption and fleecing the taxpayers of Chicago to the larger national stage, where the return for them becomes so much larger. Now they can fleece every state in the nation! And all the while telling us that Obama will be the antidote to all the “typical Washington politics as usual”. These people need to be stopped, and the only way to do that is with our VOTES. I, a lifelong Democrat, have never feared a candidate as much as I do Barack Obama. McCain CANNOT possibly be as bad as Obama and his thugs. I have to be willing to take that chance. The democratic party no longer exists for me..it is dead!!!
You are right. The thugs and corruption will also be rampant in the DNC. There is no way to fight it, except to change parties. I surely wish McCain were a better candidate. Does not matter. I am a disenfranchised and thoroughly disillusioned Democratic voter and I will not vote for BO and his Chicago mafia. Neither will I help the DNC.
Nothing Obama does really suprises me anymore. I guess if he is elected POTUS then he will just move the Whitehouse up there right after he changes the name of it.
God forbid……should he win election…it will no longer be called the White House…..ouch!
The link to Kass’ column is broken. I want to read it!
I fixed the link. It works now.
Nice. Worth the read.
This is just SO FANTASTIC! I love every bit of it. From your amazing cartoon to your astute words of wisdom. It says everything.
Thank you immensely!
IMPORTANT POST AT ANGLACHEL on the Obama coup/takeover of the DNC. She contends that this was not something that just happened in the two weeks since the end of the primaries (has it only been two weeks?). This takeover was planned weeks and months ago with DNC leadership involvement (Dean, Pelosi, Brazille). She lays out an excellent case for this. It looks like this very definitely was initiated at least by Super Tuesday and possibly has been in the works much longer. If you have had the feeling that the FIX for Obama was in, that no one at the DNC was listening—guess what, you were right because a plan was already in process for integrating the DNC with the Obama campaign and moving all operations to Chicago.
If only we had a free, intelligent and articulate press to investigate this hostile takeover. Why has the DNC been penniless and clueless? Have DNC contributions been funneled all along to Obama? Was the DNC funding him?
This was planned, along with Obama’s nomination for POTUS, prior to 2004.
Obama was running for the Senate during the 2004 Dem. primaries/convention. He was invited to make a keynote speech at the convention- an honor reserved for distinguished Party leaders.
Never has a completely unknown, junior state senator or representative been accorded that honor.
The DNC knew Sen. Clinton would run- who better to run against her than a young, charismatic, AA. The candidates were both in a position to make history. They also knew that Sen. Clinton’s hands would be tied in terms of an aggressive campaign, because of the racial issue.
The plan for FL./MI. was put into place in 2007, when both states moved their primaries. FL. was manipulated by the Republicans and MI. was gamed by the Dem. state party.
If Americans knew what goes on behind the scenes in DC or in either party, they would throw all the bums out.
Pam, you are completely right. Hillary didn’t have a bit of a chance. This was cooking since 2004. We are now starting to understand that this was Chicago mafia at work.
Thank you kindly.
I think that letter written by Tony Rezko to the judge is interesting. From what I’ve read evidently he never spoke with federal folks per his attorney but he still wrote that he would never say bad things about Sen Obama and Gov Blag(sp?) even though he was supposedly pressured. Hmmmm… Could he be sending a message to someone?
Oh that was definitely Rezko’s “turning of the Aspens” letter. Fo sho!
Let’s see the good side. Donna may not want to move?
The proper response is to leave the Democratic Party and re-register.
anything else is to sign on to the corruption.
Just called my election office in Palm Beach County today to switch parties they are mailing me an application. She said she had alot of calls.
I’m in FL too.
McCain will win Florida.
Sad because in a matchup with Hillary, McCain loses Florida.
Luckily we have a candidate who can win CO, NM, Iowa, NH, VA, NV, MO and so have lots of electoral map options.
ROTFL.
ROFL
Only if they are allowed to have caucuses instead of real elections.
Democrat must be a paid blogger. Mr. or Ms. Dem - the caucus voting was a farce, thats why he did well ther. The millions of people who voted for Hillary did it the honest fair way. It can’t be debated that those are good honest votes. The votes came anyway, watching the media, watching what the DNC was doing, watching the lies, reading and listening to spirted comments. Americans stood strong. The 80% thing that you keep refering to is a dream. There are millions and millions of people who went out to vote, got babysitters put gas in their car, made dinner late, got off work early, car pooled, took the kids with them… what ever it took they got there and they voted. They did this to send a statement of what they want America to be. We would have stayed home if she was not there, and we will go for McCain. He is a good choice. It is not her fault. This is the will of the people. Now the voices will show the strength by denouncing the DNC. Silencing Americans has not taken over YET. Hillary has told us to back barak and we will not.
The lives and saftey of millions and millions of people should not be handled this way.
Hey demmy……get real! ROFL!
I think all the good ladies and gentlemen that are elected democrats and still have any pride left in them should start to leave this party in mass.
Forget the trapping of office because the democrats that elected them to this position would understand, what is wrong is wrong, they should not all just sit there and grumble underneath their breaths, they should take a stand on principle if they still have any and open their mouths as to what is going on.
I have lost all faith in the democrat party, I just cant believe they are going to sit quietly and watch what is going on just waiting on Obama to give them some crumbs off of the table, that is really disgusting.
About 80% of Democrats support Obama today, just under the 82% of Republicans who support McCain.
The numbers in your comment are not even close. Out of all the dems I know, I only know one who will vote for Obama. The Clinton Dems are now Republicans and they are also not taking polls anymore because it’s a waste of time to do anything that has to do with the DNC. I too have stopped taking the polls and I just moved over to McCain and started work on his campaign. I know many, many people have done that.
The DNC is falling apart and they don’t believe it yet. Time will show for sure. They will need to get VERY corupt to win now, and that is a scary thought.
No real Democrat supports Obama.
No real Democrat is still a Democrat.
What’s sad is the Abramoff-style corruption of the GOP is just swinging wildly over to the DNC. People think the problem was the party, if we just replace a Repub with a Dem all our problems will be solved. No, it’s not like that.
I honestly believe or I guess I should say I hope the Republicans have been humbled. That they no longer think they’re just going to get the vote. They know they have to work for it. Especially after what happened in 2006. You would have thought after seeing what happened to the Republicans, the DNC would have said no way. We have to work for those votes. It’s “We the people. Not We the Republicans, or We the Democrats.” There or now 42 million registered Independents. 42 million and 1 with me. Those votes can no longer be ignored from either side. Or maybe we need to encourage more candidates to run as Independents that are willing to work for the people. Either way I agree, I don’t think it’s a simple task.
McCain all the way now
Chicago DNC:
A Clear and Present Danger!
http://tinyurl.com/5za82t
That video is amazing. CIA should hire Flineo if they have not already. Flineo’s best to date.
The Democratic Party has sold its soul, completely, without a pause. We’ve witnessed that and all the Party loyalists can’t put Humpty-Dumpty back together again. They [Obama and his Obamatrons] need to lose in a huge, humiliating manner for the message to sink in. We will not vote for extremists, regardless of how clever the slogans, the promises or the soothing trance-like speeches.
And if they don’t lose?
God help us all! Wake up America.
PUMApac.org.
Obama has conceded Ohio and Florida and considers PA “competitive”. Is this how you start a genreal election campaign? Maybe he needs the DNC in Chicago to make sure he wins his own state.
Nope. He’s ahead in OH and PA. See realclearpolitics.com
Got Experience?
Obama Supporters don’t think so either:
http://tinyurl.com/3e3h9t
Scary, scary true. That’s why so many people have likened this primary season to the Twilight Zone.
Great post, great cartoon!!
Obama’s next secret plan will be to move the White House to Chicago.
Obama is sounding more and more like Bush every single day…
You know what’s really scary; I think I would prefer Bush to The Chosen One.
and of course change it’s name
LOL!
H is the new W
just say NO to BHO
Corruption is bipartisan:
Unsubscribed from Al Gore’s e-mail list with the comment below when Gore e-mailed us a request for funds to support Obama……………
We have been loyal democrats for 50 years but WILL NOT support Obama, a candidate who is unprepared, inexperienced, dishonest, deeply entrenched in corrupt Chicago politics and has long associations with racists and those such as Louis Farakhan and his followers who wish to destroy our country.
Our hearts are broken, the Al Gore we supported has “sold his soul to the party” and is raising funds to promote a candidate he knows damn well should not be the democratic nominee for president.
We investigated Obama’s background and could not believe that democratic leadership would choose someone with Obama’s background as the primary candidate. As we listened to Obama campaign (and “attempt” to debate) it became even more apparent that he should not be the candidate.
Furthermore Obama did NOT win the primary election, it was manipulated by the DNC so that it appeared he did. Howard Dean’s ONLY accomplishment has been to expose the corrupt democratic party primary system. Shame on you AL!!
I agree with your comments and have been a Hillary supporter. But what about Hillary? How can she go along with this?
I think that the decent and honorable politicians who are left should quit pussy-footing around and blow the whistle on this corruption….all of it…in both parties.
If these Democratic politicians think they are justified in supporting Obama, the puppet man, they need to spell out their reasons in detail. None of this change, hope hokey-pokey. None of this party unity nonsense.
As for Jimmy Carter, if he can go gallavanting around the world as an overseer of fair elections, then he better use his Nobel Prize influence to whip up some fair elections within the Democratic Party. His endorsement of Obama under the current circumstances will amount to pure, unmitigated hypocrisy.
Excellent point. Nobody IS speaking out, are they?
Obama has far more experience than one of the greatest American presidents did when taking office — Abraham Lincoln. And Lincoln took over from an extremely experienced president — Buchanan — who historians rank as one of the nation’s worst ever.
Obama Supporters can not verify experience:
http://tinyurl.com/3e3h9t
Comparing Obama to Lincoln is is grotesque.
It’s also pure bullshit!
Uh, Lincoln had tried 400 cases before the state supreme court and had been elected Whig Party Leader when he was in Illinois legislature.
Obama served in his part-time job in the Illinois legislature but was never elected to a leadership position. And he tried not a single case as a lawyer. He participated as a team member on a few cases. That’s it.
No comparison.
Oh my God, you did not go there! You are unfucking believable. You don’t even believe your own fucking bullshit. Now I know Obama is nothing but a demagogue.
I just can’t believe the arrogance of these people! It’s the Chicago version of BUSHCo
Are all the Dems in Congress so scared they might not receive big money from BO that they’re all going along with this? Russ Feingold or anyone out there unhappy with this?
I talk to politically-aware family and friends who listen to Amy Goodman, read the Nation, etc who liked Hillary and were never big Obama fans but know NOTHING about this or half the info I forward from here and other sites. And of course for them, like me, McCain is just a depressing idea….I’ll NEVER vote for Obama but is it my turn to vote Nader?
And the earlier post about not wanting Hillary to be nominated on the first ballot–what is going on and more important–what can we do?
That was a false story. Dean has said that Clinton’s name will be placed in nomination.
That has yet to be determined. Saying it is a false story before knowing if it is really a false one, is itself a false story.
MCCAIN + straight republican ticket in nov
I guess you like what Republicans have done and what they’ll do if they stay in power.
This makes Republicans look good!
http://tinyurl.com/5c5lnz
Republicans stay in power?
Democrats have been in control of Congress for the past 2 years. You probably didn’t know this since they haven’t done much.
I’m not sure if I should believe this AP article or not. Especially with their recent track record. Has anyone heard anything from Hillary as to her running as a VP for Obama? I got an email this morning from her but haven’t opened it yet. I honestly wish McCain would consider her. She was a Republican at one time. I know she’d be a hard sell for Conservatives…but so was he. Two people reaching across the table working for the American people. That’s my definition of uniting the country. Not the division Obama has already brought. Besides, I think she’d bring in more democrats than any “true” conservative he could nominate. Or am I the only person that had a really hard time choosing between the two? Anyway, I just think together they would bring the best from both sides of the table.
The article:
Quote~Obama’s primary foe, Hillary Clinton, says she is not in the running.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iWTZdaQfvUy40I04E2nRx2fSucBw
She was polite. She meant to say, “Not ever. Not ever.”
If America were ordered to surrender:
http://tinyurl.com/3tbjjr
It seems that the Democratic party we all loved is no more! From the looks of this, I believe this was in the works for some time. All the DNC needed was a Sock Puppet to use as their figurehead! If you believe this is JUST Obama’s doing, think again!
They have wanted to do this for some time. They took their cues from the Repugnicans and after 9-11 the world we lived in was never going to be the same. It was the Bush Administration that showed the Democrats what the possibilities of power were! When Pelosi refused to impeach Bush, I knew the fix was in then. Bush knows he screwed this country as no president has EVER done. The democratic fat cats saw the door opened and they never looked back.
That is the reason they were so gung ho on Obama. they could mold him into what they wanted. The fool is like PlayDo!
Ask yourself why Pelosi and Reid will not even CONSIDER articles of impeachment? Ask yourselves WHY it was important to DESTROY Bill And Hillary?
This is no accident people. This WAS PLANNED from the start. As I said, all they needed was the sock puppet! And a sock puppet is what they got!
These are perilous times we live in. Just look at these idiot Trolls! Can we really have an epidemic of stupidity in this country? Are they that stupid that they cannot see what is happening? Apparently not. WE are the ones that are being targeted because we refuse to march in lock step! For that we are ridiculed and harassed to no end!
I don’t know about you but I for one will not give in to these creatures nor will I support a sock puppet. Those Black Liberation activist were right in one sense……The Revolution HAS BEGUN! And it WILL be TELEVISED!
Good for you. I`m with you until the end.
Ask yourself why Pelosi and Reid will not even CONSIDER articles of impeachment?
I think that when Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald failed to get more than a obstruction indictment in the investigation of the White House Iraq Group (Valerie Plame case) it undermined, on a public relations level, the ability to get an impeachment going.
If the Republicans can impeach Bill Clinton over a BJ, then Bush should already be out of the White House and in prison along with Cheney.
should be sure. And for reasons much more relevant and urgent than a bj. But how come Fitzgerald couldn’t do better with subpoena power right into Karl Rove’s office?
There are 35 articles of impeachment against Bush sitting before the House Judiciary Committee (chrmn. John Conyers) right now.
Only one of them, no. XIV, concerns the Plame incident.
What the DNC has done during this nomination is disgraceful. I am absolutely ashamed that I am a member of that party ( soon to be ex-member) I always argued with my Mother over which was the best party. I was the Democrat..She was the Republican…Guess in the end Mother’s always know best.
Interesting. My parents are/were lifelong Democrats and union members. My dad passed away. My mom is a lifelong feminist who is now 80. She and I are supporting the candidate who thinks that women have the right to control their own bodies and to make reproductive decisions. My mom says that she can’t do anything that would leave her granddaughters’ and daughters’ reproductive rights in danger.
She and I are supporting the candidate who supports people’s rights to organize unions, who wants regulations on the drug industry, who believes in getting more people health care. She and I are supporting the candidate that will bring our troops home and will back away from policies that are hurting our national security.
We support Senator Barack Obama.
Dig a little deeper and you’ll see that obama has flip-flopped all over the place on his “positions”…
the nobama camp is using the Roe vs. Wade argument as the sword of Damocles over women’s heads if we don’t vote for him.
How about this…your obama was out campaigning for his cousin in Kenya who wanted to institute Sharia law into his country…
think twice before you vote this man into office.
Women under burqa in Kenya. Wow, and Obama campaigned for his cousin. Sounds like the man really thinks about women’s rights, and oh, by the way, if he does institute Sharia law in Kenya, those women would be put to death for even muttering the word abortion.
The women and children were burnt alive in their church just because they didn’t vote for Obama’s cousin Odingo
Good for you and your mom. Now, respect our decision to not for Obama.
Thanks for replying with civility. I do respect you. I hope you will respect me if and when I engage in discussion here if I express disagreement with some of the ideas folks have. I will not get personal, I will not name call, I will only deal with ideas and evidence.
Of course. It’s not as straightforward as it’s being made out to be by the democrats. This isn’t 30 years ago. Women have a lot more to consider not than should they or should they not keep a baby. There’s AIDS, etc, and we need to look at that law and look at how we’re educating young women as well. I was very impressed with John McCain’s response on the town hall this weekend when he said while he disagrees with R V Wade, he thinks it’s time the country sits down and has a real discussion about it.
My problem with Obama is that he tries to stereotype everyone who does not seem to agree with him. To me, this just doesn’t seem like a man who is willig to sit down and discuss much, and his actions (and associations) don’t seem to match his words.
Sorry about the typos. I didn’t proof.
That is just the thing. I am not a proponent of abortions either. What I am a proponent of is getting some solutions in place that minimize the need for abortions. The same goes for affirmative action, welfare, minimum wage, income disparity between sexes and races, etc. Solutions are what we need and Democrats like Republicans are not into solutions. They are into money, power and control.
I am a lifelong feminist who has been in the trenches. I’ve done clinic escorting when it was very dangerous, I’ve testified at hearings at my state legislature, I’ve lobbied for equality, I’ve worked for choice, gay rights, ending domestic violence, ending racism, etc. etc. for decades. I can tell you that I am never going to “fall in line.” There are some things that are worth fighting for and this is one of those times. The DNC violated our rights with this mockery of a primary season. They are flaunting their power and their agenda in our faces. Some things transcend single issues - I think safeguarding Democracy transcends everything. If we no longer have the right to choose the candidate we want with our vote, then we have lost all choice.
I’m voting McCain this November unless Hillary receives the nomination in Denver. Otherwise my vote will become meaningless.
Oh, and my mom voted for Clinton in the primary. I supported Clinton at first but switched to Obama and voted for him in the primary.
Funny. :.) I voted for Obama and switched to Clinton. ;.)
Have a nice night. I’m off to another site.
McCain is the only way to go, now that the DNC is clearly so corupt that they will ignore 18,000,000 (eighteen million) voices. Many of whom are women. Oh no, they decided they will pick our President. That doesn’t work for me. NO WAY!!!!
Susan B. Anthony said in 1872. No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her.
Just listened to about 2 minutes of Gore. Why do they all sound ANGRY.
Interesting…Why was he angry?
Just sounded angry talking about special interest groups and the like.
Now it’s Obama talking about how he’s restoring the MI votes. LOL*
He’s one BS artist, for sure.
It’s not BS. They will be seat