Broken Machinery

(Broken Machinery)

As Mayors of Chicago go, no one could compare to William J Daley who was in Office as the 48th city executive from 1955-1976. Daley was one of the most powerful Democrat politicians in the country. Daley controlled the Windy City with a hand of iron. In a story that might be  apocryphal, Daley arranged for John F. Kennedy to carry Illinois by the eight thousand votes by dumping dozens of voting machines into Lake Michigan. In 1968 and the Democrat Convention that year, with Robert Kennedy assassinated and President Lyndon Johnson dropping out of condensation, that had left George McGovern and Hubert Humphries. Daley, as Chicago Mayor, eventually threw support behind Humphries who went on to lose to Richard M. Nixon.


Now, Lori Lightweight, was no Richard J. Daley. Chicago under Mayor Daley was one of the safest cities one could have seen. Lori Lightweight by contrast presided over the demise of this once great Metropolis. Lightweight was one more of those politicians that had her "boxes checked," as a gay black woman, before anybody decided that she could actually perform in office. Her qualification was that she was woke and had succumbed to the zeitgeist of the moment which was the de-funding of the Chicago PD (regards to Sargeant Voight).


The decreased police presence has the expected effect. Crime has skyrocketed across the spectrum. Murder, robbery, carjacking, rape and etc. are all consequences of Lightweight's approach to law enforcement, or the lack thereof, has enabled a drug war in the southern precincts with citizens caught in the crossfire. In large measure, there was such a decrease in the quality of life of Chicagoans that they took advantage of the only real option open to them. They voted her out. Actually Lightweight came in third and fell out of the running. The guy who had the most votes was almost reasonable. The next also-ran was almost as bad as Lightweight. These people who reside on the shores of Lake Michigan have a chance, finally, to put some responsibility back at City Hall.


But what about Detroit ? Los Angeles ? Philadelphia ? San Francisco ? Each has had its own municipal administrations, each with a dedicated Democrat machine in various stages of dis-repair but does the Lightweight loss possibly indicate changes in woke leadership in other locales ? Activist billionaire George Soros will continue to support his preferred candidates, and did he not support Lightweight this time ?


People deserve the government they get, at least until they decide to re place it. Chicago might only the start. Where might one find the next William J. Daley ?

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