It's not exactly a secret that Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass is not a friend of our current Prez. This particular example of what a wingnut he can be, though, is so egregious, I feel compelled to bring it to the attention of fellow Kossacks. The article in question is linked after the Cheese Doodle of Death...
Kass' latest bit of journalistic diarrhea is titled, IRS scandal a reminder of how I learned about The Chicago Way. In it he uses an anecdote from his family history to illustrate for the reader "The Chicago Way".
Now where have we been hearing that phrase the last few years?
Anyway, after his little sob-story, he goes on to say...
I didn't understand it all back then, but I understand it now. Once there were old bosses. Now there are new bosses. And shopkeepers still keep their mouths shut. Tavern owners still keep their mouths shut.
Even billionaires keep their mouths shut.
One hard-working billionaire whose children own the Chicago Cubs dared to open his mouth. Joe Ricketts considered funding a political group critical of Obama before last year's campaign. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Obama's former chief of staff, made it clear that if the Cubs wanted City Hall's approval to refurbish decrepit Wrigley Field, Ricketts better back off.
It happened. He backed off. It was sickening. But it was and is Chicago.
And now — with the IRS used as political muscle and the Obama administration keeping that secret until after the president was elected — America understands it too.
Need I say more?