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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Gov. "Squeezy" and autocrat Rahm

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Gov. "Squeezy" and autocrat Rahm:


Gov. "Squeezy" and autocrat Rahm


It would be hilarious if it wasn't so tragic. It's not only the low point of this once-progressive governor's career, it is characteristic of the buffoonery that marks state Democrats' attack on public employees' pensions and on their own political base. Of course I'm referring to Gov. "Squeezy's" pet python and his "grass-roots" campaign to "reform" the pension fund.

It all makes me wonder, first why are we taxpayers footing the bill for this crap? And second, what idiot on the gov's staff ingested enough drugs to come up with Squeezy? As I said the day Quinn was chased out of the state fair by thousands of pissed-off union members down in Springfield -- he's toast.

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