Rotting from within

Chicago-style politics, aka Democrat-style politics, is an age-old system of patronage and tribute that has infested bureaucracies for centuries. It turns the concept of government on its head: you must bribe your local elected politician, or his/her unelected party boss, to provide government services that your tax dollars already cover. Government services are rationed so that citizens must pay tribute in order to receive what is rightfully theirs in the first place. It could be a streetlight, extra police patrols or even a new exit ramp. It is a purely parasitic notion — those who control the levers of government enriching themselves and their cronies at the public’s expense. Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, Jr. and Richard Daley are all products of this system, from which they derive their political power. Obama, likely the smartest of the bunch, has additional dimensions of political power due to his associations with A.C.O.R.N., the ACLU, leftist extremists, etc., that propelled him into the White House, while Gov. Blagojevich is likely headed to prison.

Chicago ward politics aren’t unique to this Midwestern town. It is a microcosm of how the Democratic Party operates on a national scale, how it conducts business in Congress and how our new President will behave once he’s in office. Be prepared for bare-faced lies, obfuscation, power grabs and cronyism on an unparalleled scale. This will make the Clinton years look positively prudish. And oh, by the way, Obama will fire scores of US district attorneys, especially those conducting investigations into Democratic politicians and bureaucrats. And no one will complain. There will be no screeching by the media, no calls for investigations and no grandstanding by members of Congress. It will be business as usual.