Indicted Rep Re-Elected
State Rep. Derrick Smith scored a big win Tuesday against his Republican-turned-Democratic challenger in a quirky primary contest a week after his arrest on a federal bribery charge.
[...] Smith (D–Chicago), who was appointed to the House in 2011, was busted by the feds after allegedly accepting $7,000 to write a recommendation letter for a daycare center he thought was seeking a state grant.
[...] “I was annihilated,” [opponent Tom] Swiss said. ““The ideologues came out, and those are the people that just would rather vote for a crook than someone who had worked for Republicans.”
And Madigan won big - we expect that will start paying dividends almost immediately for the FOP, right?
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
44 Comments:
Okay, the guy won the primary, right? Not a re-election?
"do you really want to be the only union not to endorse Madigan?" - shields
Why, yes, Mikey. Yes I would.
Because right now my neutered dog has more balls than you do.
How about the endorsement from Congressman Danny "Driving while Black" Davis. He told all the "informed" voters to vote for this thief. What a corrupt low life fuck this guy is. Derrick is going to jail and the Dems will get to select his replacment. Keeping the seat in the family. Only in Chicago.
Noticed all the political experts on tv wonder why we had the lowest turnout of voters ever in this state. Answer...NOBODY GIVES A FUCK ANY MORE. What good does it do to vote when every jagoff you put into office turns against you and takes care of themselves. All of the self serving corrupt bastards that have put this state into the hole for $Billions have been nominated to do it some more. The Madigans, Cullertons, and the rest of their ilk will get another 2-4 years to fuck us out of whatever change we have left in our pockets. We live in the most corrupt state, county, and city in the country. Fuck voting. What we need is a REVOLUTION.
MIke Shields is arrogant person. Do not be fooled.
I can not wait to someday leave this corrupt armpit of a state!
This explains the recent weekend of violence with 10 murdered and how many wounded? People with brains are under constant assault and these derrick smith crooks continue their corruption..
A citizen
Why are the mutts who contribute nothing but crime allowed to vote these crooks in? How about you have a criminal record or dont have enough social security points for your age group you aren't allowed to fuckin vote.
If you wrote a novel and included the Smith thing, your editor would delete it cuz "no f**king body wourld believe this."
Ah, Illinois
Chicago, the municipality run by a "Crime Syndicate" scores again !!
Lets move on & go for pancakes !!
And Jesse Jr. won his primary election. Some of the voters in these neighborhoods would vote a convicted felon to office. Remember Marion Barry?
SCC, You would trade in your pension for the right to carry a fully automatic weapon. I, for one, am glad we elected Shields.
Madigan won BIG! So we should have spit in his face? I don't understand. I this era of pension "reform" that's on the way? Seriously?
Hmm, you were there huh?
Re: your Madigan comment. Yeah, it will benefit the Fop and every one of it's members. Just in case you haven't noti ed he is the most powerful man in this state. A man who can try to fuck us out of our pensions. How can any of you not get that?
Anonymous said...
"do you really want to be the only union not to endorse Madigan?" - shields
Why, yes, Mikey. Yes I would.
Because right now my neutered dog has more balls than you do.
3/21/2012 12:07:00 AM
Another moron heard from who believes it's better to shit in the face of people who can either ensure you don't get fucked or spend their time ensuring a way is found to fuck you.
Some fools would rather cut their own throat thinking they're fucking someone ELSE over, rather than shut the fuck up and worry less about someone forcing them to eat their own shit.
Grow up....learn what politics mean in Chicago, then go enjoy your pension and keep your family fed asswipe.
While Smith's election is grabbing the headlines, it's the potential domination of the Illinois General Assembly by the Democrats for the coming decade that may be the real story here. From the Chicago Tribune website last night:
"Even before unofficial results rolled in, some sitting Republican lawmakers were bound to lose in DuPage County, casualties of the Democratic-drawn state legislative districts. The map is tilted so heavily toward Democrats that the party led by House Speaker Michael Madigan, the Illinois Democratic chairman, is all but ensured November general election victories that could set it on a course to control the General Assembly for the next decade."
LAY DOWN....th wtiting has been on thwall in chi-town a long,long time!
It's time to just give up and move. This is not a state you want to raise a family in. There are no decent people left in this city. Anyone who stays with these degenerates is apt to become one themselves.
Once they start to OPENLY elect criminals, it's just too far gone.
Being elected to ANY public office in Illinois is considered being given a license to steal.
only in chitcawgo would an indicted politician win , how many folks in his district graduated from high school , how many have criminal records , how many on welfare , it's the way things are done in the hood
Shields ran on a platform of protecting the pension. One way of doing that is to NOT pick a fight with Madigan. Chicago Police have their very own pension laws. Very easy for Springfield to fuck directly with us if so inclined. You really need to think about these posts and comments. They are not doing us any favors.
Anonymous said...
Why are the mutts who contribute nothing but crime allowed to vote these crooks in? How about you have a criminal record or dont have enough social security points for your age group you aren't allowed to fuckin vote.
3/21/2012 01:52:00 AM
Well that would be just PLAIN WRONG for you to foist your opinions on the criminal class.
Felons are people too, ya know!
Besides, the politicians will never reform the election laws. If they ever had to run in a legitimate election with only legitimate voters voting, they'd all be unemployed!
Smith won because he is black and Swiss is white.
Smith was appointed to his seat to begin with. He was not elected.
You read it here first:
Now that Smith is guaranteed to win the election he will drop out of the race and Madigan will appoint his own toady candidate and that seat will once again be filled by a Madigan appointee rather than someone elected by The People. This is how things are done in the State Madiganistan.
You can throw Jesse Jackson Jr onto the pile also. This is still Chicago-land. Race trumps credibility and integrity everytime. Always has. Always will.
Ghetto politics at its best.
I'm so disgusted by this election. I feel completely helpless and frustrated, just like Madigan wants us to feel.
I can't begin to express how much I loathe this City/County/State.
Nine more years to 50 and out. Nine very long years...
If you didn't vote you have NO RIGHT to complain.
If the other 80% voted things might be different.
scare tactics and zombie voters trained like showdogs. they were laughing about this on national radio.
The People of Illinois and the City of Chicago, are just FUCKING STUPID!
Da Pelon
Hey hey ho ho mike shields has got to go. Lets march just before the nato festivities. We need another march.
Stupid sheeple! JJJ too!
When you don't pay taxes and don't have to worry about fee and tax increases, what do you give a shit if who you vote for is a crook?
Nothing new, how about DC Mayor Marion Barry, caught red-handed on tape doing coke, convicted and sent to jail.
Got out, ran back for office and was subsequently re-elected.
Move along here, nothing to see, nothing new.
Noticed all the political experts on tv wonder why we had the lowest turnout of voters ever in this state. Answer...NOBODY GIVES A FUCK ANY MORE. What good does it do to vote when every jagoff you put into office turns against you and takes care of themselves. All of the self serving corrupt bastards that have put this state into the hole for $Billions have been nominated to do it some more. The Madigans, Cullertons, and the rest of their ilk will get another 2-4 years to fuck us out of whatever change we have left in our pockets. We live in the most corrupt state, county, and city in the country. Fuck voting. What we need is a REVOLUTION.
3/21/2012 12:51:00 AM
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This shows why west side revruns are smarter than you. They know you won't vote, but they will rally their "flock" and get who they want in. With the lowest turnouts, if WE organized and voted there might be a chance for some positive change.
All of you idiots who think we did the right thing by endorsing Madigan should feel pretty good when he takes your pension.
You are all nutless wonders. You don't endorse the jagoffs who actively try fucking you. You deny them the endorsement and say why loudly and publicly. Then you find someone who will support you.
I bet you pricks will go door to door for Rahm because he has power. You are all fucking fools. The best you can hope for is scraps from his table and to be chained up outside. You enslave yourselves.
o/t: FEMA denies Illinois' appeal for denial of emergency assistance following the tornado that flattened Harrisburg, IL......so, 19 people killed, hundreds of homes destroyed, and the fed bureaucrats say, no moolah for you (maybe more for link?); so, keep voting Democratic, folks
If they ever had to run in a legitimate election with only legitimate voters voting, they'd all be unemployed!
3/21/2012 09:56:00 AM
you mean the legitimate voters who didn't bother to vote?
Illinois is not only lost, it has been lost.....
3/21/2012 01:52:00 AM
Used to be that if you had a felony or active criminal parole/probation you were not allowed to vote.
But hey...this is Chicago...
They sign you up to vote the same time they make your DL/ID at Munoz's Photo.
Well, it sure looks like Mikey gave the command to "man the blog."
Thanks for stopping by, mike.
Now don't you have something better to do - like your job as union fucking president, or pension rep or even your side job at jetty or the steel place?
Grow the fuck up.
Shields ran on a platform of protecting the pension. One way of doing that is to NOT pick a fight with Madigan. Chicago Police have their very own pension laws. Very easy for Springfield to fuck directly with us if so inclined. You really need to think about these posts and comments. They are not doing us any favors.
OK Paul now go get your shine box.
Personal note to Dorothy Brown.
Stop gloating about your big primary 'win'.
We didn't vote for you. We voted against Munoz.
Wait til November.
We are our own worst enemies.That Spanish merit sgt who ran for alderman knowing he couldn't win,makes a deal with the seiu police hater Mary conner to endorse her and further goes to the sgts association with the rest of his merit buddies and gets her endorsed.So instead of Maurita Gavin we get this pos oconner.Gavins brother is Pat McHugh from 024.We also get the other left wing pos Mulroe who sells us all out,votes for the 66% tax increase and all kinds of other lefist bills including the state dream act.Neither one of these assholes represent our interests,we would have been in better shape with Gavin and Doherty.
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