
Obama and Jones the Elder are pictured above.
Emil Jones III faces perennial candidate Ray Wardingley, a Southwest Side Chicago Republican. A decent man, but Wardingley used to run for office as Ray "Spanky the Clown" Wardingley. Which reminds me of the XTC song,
But primogeniture--son replacing father without an election--is not how democracy is supposed to work. Except in Chicago.
Since Barack Obama is too busy not commenting on the failure of the University of Illinois to release to the public the Chicago Annenberg Challege records--or to call for their immediate release, he won't be able to comment on this development in his hometown.
Remember: Not only did State Senate President Emil Jones create much of Barack Obama's Springfield résumé, Jones remarked about Obama in 2003: "I'm gonna make me a US Senator."
And now he'll make his son a state senator. The con is on.
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