“..the guy who aligned himself with an inexperienced Illinois legislative back-bencher and ended up installing him in the White House.”
From Obama’s backyard no less. Ouch!
John Kass took over the column previously written by Mike Royko. It's like wearing Ernie Banks' #14 or Dick Butkus' #51.
Royko was my education in how things work in Chicago, and what sleazy actually means. Royko wrote about the "Great Dumpling" trying to get seated at the 1968 Democrat convention, and "Senator Smudge", and Paul Powell, the Illinois Secretary of State who had shoeboxes full of $100 bills in his closets, which could not be traced back to anywhere.
Royko also wrote about the Chicago City Council, and provided the slogan that they should make official for them, "Ubi Mea".