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Home Front: Politix
Lightfoot blames election loss on racism, gender
2023-03-02
[NYPOST] Democratic reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
 Mayor Lori Lightfoot
...the diminutive and vacuous Heronner da Mare of Chicago. When the corpse count rises she blames the guns, which are banned anyway...
 blamed racism and her gender for her landslide defeat in her re-election bid, as Chicagoans weary of the rising crime on her watch celebrated her fall from "political rock star to rock bottom."

"I’m a black woman in America. Of course," she replied when asked by a news hound if she had been treated unfairly.

But she called being Chicago’s mayor "the honor of a lifetime."

"Regardless of tonight’s outcome, we fought the right fights and we put this city on a better path," Lightfoot said, as she urged her fellow mayors around the US not to fear being bold.

Amid heavy criticism for the crime wave, homelessness and other troubles plaguing the city, the mayor had also injected race into the run-up to the election.

"I am a black woman — let’s not forget," Lightfoot, 60, told the New Yorker in a piece that ran Saturday. "Certain folks, frankly, don’t support us in leadership roles."

The Chicago Tribune called her loss a "political embarrassment" and argued that crime "skyrocketed" on her watch.

Posted by:Fred

#21  The crime was getting into the nice places. The numbers don't really matter as long as you can keep the criming confined to certain areas. When the moneyed classes are getting carjacked, there is a problem.
Posted by: SteveS   2023-03-02 19:46  

#20  Apparently Jessie Smoulett's maga crowd are voters and not just tourists in Chicago.
Posted by: ruprecht   2023-03-02 18:37  

#19  "Lightfoot blames election loss on racism, gender"

She didn't blame it on her own racism and gender, naturally.

She failed so bad that she'll lose what got her elected, and turn into a single white male.
Posted by: Chunky Fillmore6385   2023-03-02 16:00  

#18  Palmer House and dinner at the Sears Tower 95th floor restaurant at sunset, a superb experience, in 1985. Cannot imagine doing it today! Pity.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-03-02 12:18  

#17  Here is a thoughtful article on the 3 key issues Chicago will need to embrace to reverse course. Before you can go North you must stop going South… probably won’t see it in my lifetime.

https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/rebuilding-chicago-exit-analysis-fixing-things
Posted by: Capsu78    2023-03-02 12:08  

#16  Stayed at the Palmer House and saw the Merchandise Mart in its heyday. Haven't been back since. Have no plans to go there.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-03-02 11:30  

#15  Live in the NW suburbs. Used to look for reasons to overnight downtown- concerts, plays etc and would spend around $500 each visit on tickets, dinner and breakfast and hotel. Averaged 3-4 visits a year.
Since she came into office we have been downtown ONCE and it was in the morning for a Prince exhibition. No overnight stay. When “Yutes” started carjacking on Tuesday mornings in front of the old Sears Tower, we were advised by a CFD paramedic to not go downtown anymore.
Nothing to do with your gender or race Bettlejuice… you just suck at your job.
Posted by: Capsu78    2023-03-02 11:23  

#14  Classic.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-02 11:22  

#13  War Drums Johnny McSchssssssstain liked to talk about hobbitssssssssssch too.

Story in there somewhere...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-03-02 11:20  

#12  Bee: Lori Lightfoot Blames Election Loss On 'Tricksy Hobbitses'
After suffering a humiliating defeat in Chicago's mayoral election, Lori Lightfoot blamed her stunning loss on "those tricksy hobbitses."

"They stole it from us!!" wailed Ms. Lightfoot. "Nasty, tricksy little hobbitses!!"

The campaign watched the disastrous results come in from a dimly lit sushi restaurant, where the enraged Ms. Lightfoot gorged herself on juicy-sweet raw fish. "Gone!! It's gone, precious!!" cried Ms. Lightfoot to supporters. "Filthy, sneaky hobbitses!! Wicked, tricky, false! Curse them! CURSE THEM!!!"

Long considered the electoral frontrunner, Ms. Lightfoot saw her lead evaporate as supporters became steadily more concerned about being murdered. "I just don't want to die," said local woman Brandi Buckingham. "I can look past a lot with Lori Lightfoot - the eyes, how she walks on all fours, all of it. I just can't look past the whole murder thing. I know she'll take the loss hard, but I really hope she finds a new path forward."

At publishing time, aides for the two campaigns heading to a runoff reported the strange sense that some sort of creature was following them.
Posted by: Frank G   2023-03-02 11:17  

#11  Admiral Ackbar. "It's a trap!"

Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-03-02 10:25  

#10  Angling for Presidential Press Secretary.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-02 10:22  

#9  Too bad about the election. Perhaps she might enjoy some Cahill.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-02 09:03  

#8  Makes me think of a black Beetlejuice.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2023-03-02 08:51  

#7  She's just envious of Mayor Pete, another incompetent who gets a title but doesn't really work because of adjectival descriptives.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-03-02 08:47  

#6  /\ You mean like Jackie Robinson, Dr. Ben Carson, Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas, the late SF LTC Earl Woods (father of Tiger Woods), Alveda King, the late Herman Cain, Congressman Tim Scott, Allen West ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-02 08:32  

#5  blamed racism and her gender for her landslide defeat

Maybe people are beginning to realize that if one does his or her job well, one doesn't need to hide behind discrimination veils to defend one's work results.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2023-03-02 08:13  

#4  She must have been white and male when first elected.
Posted by: lord garth   2023-03-02 08:08  

#3  The head of the city police, I can see. Mayor gets to make that appointment.

What does an assistant US Attorney have to hide?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-03-02 07:40  

#2  Following picnic ant lady to another picnic area.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-02 07:14  

#1  Chicago police superintendent, head of the U.S. Attorney's office in Chicago resign in wake of Lighfoot ouster.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-03-02 07:13  

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