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Illinois has a city
called Chicago which is captive within a county called Cook. This is
the same Cook County where, in 1960, John Kennedy eked out a small
win in his run for the US presidency. Then, as today, Cook
County is a Democratic stronghold. Even the
dead have been known to vote directly from
the grave for a Democrat not of their choice. |
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The
county's chief executive, John Stroger,
had a stroke and has not been
seen publicly or heard from in
over
three months. No one
appears to have solid proof or to know for certain whether he
is in any condition to run for re-election in November.
His stroke occurred just days before the primary. Miraculously
Stroger won even though he was known to be in critical condition and
not heard from. |
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question of Stroger's ability to govern is of some importance. The
country has an annual budget of $3 billion and has over 5
million people. Political allies insist
the 77-year-old
powerful Democratic president of the Cook County Board is recovering. |
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Stroger is a
major political figure in Chicago's black community.
He was felled by a stroke just one week before the March 21
primary. Doctors report Stroger could be
left permanently impaired. However, they
have not provided medical updates since
the days just after the stroke... just before the primary election. |
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Chicago
Alderman William Beavers, a long-time compatriot of Stroger, said
that, "We can do whatever we want." He continued, saying, we are in
charge now. It is not clear that he meant Americans, Chicagoans, or
blacks are in charge now, but someone apparently not too well is in
charge. |
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Cook County appears to be
operating like a banana republic. The biggest difference is that it
is not in South America. Nor is it one of those African so-called
states where 99% of the people starve and 1% live potentate lives.
Instead Cook County is in the sad state of Illinois -- a part of the
old United States. |
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