When visitors from other parts of the country arrive in Chicago, they are invariably surprised by all the appealing things it has to offer—clean streets, a gorgeous lake, gleaming architecture, top-notch museums and more. Some may have expected a dangerous Rust Belt ruin, but leave charmed and captivated. Barack Obama’s critics, however, are hoping to reach all those people who don’t know much about him or Chicago.
In this pitch, made in viral e-mails as well as a McCain TV spot, the city appears as a pit of vice from which Obama has emerged like the Creature from the Black Lagoon. “Born of the corrupt Chicago political machine,” says the ad, linking him to Bill Daley, Tony Rezko, Emil Jones and Rod Blagojevich. On the stump, McCain refers to Obama contemptuously as “a Chicago politician,” suggesting that to be the lowest form of human life.
Read More of Nauseating Tribune Love Affair with Barack Obama off-site...Billingsgate says:
What a load of Milorganite!
Name me one piece of major legislation that Obama passed while in Springfield or D.C. as the editorial suggests?
Did Bruce Dolt write this piece of editorial tripe?
John Powers says:
Perhaps visitors think Chicago is a dangerous place because there are so many murders here.
Or link him to the Machine because he was Emil Jones pointman in Springfield.
Or if the Tribune would ever actually look at Obama's record in Springfield they would notice quite a few favors done by Obama for Rezko, Levine etc.
This is journalism at its worst, championing a dicey politician.
JBP