Chicago Tribune's John Kass on Schakowsky and Creamer

Whew, for a while I was thinking I was the only person with a keyboard who's upset about the light sentence Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky's husband, Robert Creamer received for his admitted bank and tax fraud crimes.

Jan Schakowsky is the uber-liberal Democrat from Evanston. As I've noted before, I'm one of her unfortunate constituents.

But this morning, John Kass of the Chicago Tribune weighed in with his column, Schakowsky ire phony as kited checks. Free registration may be required.

Every time Democratic U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky mentions "Republicans" and "scandal" and "accountability," she'll be sticking her husband's foot in her mouth.

The foot I'm talking about belongs to her spousal unit, Robert Creamer, the noted champion of the poor and the downtrodden and Democratic political organizer.

Here's something I didn't know:

Creamer's defense argued that "Up until the present day, Bob Creamer spends nearly every waking moment focused on how he can serve the public interest--the interest of average working citizens, consumers, the elderly and the underprivileged."

Creamer and Schakowsky were probably focused on the underprivileged--when the underprivileged were serving them at the Four Seasons resort at Punta Mita, Mexico, in January. It was one of those congressional junkets paid for by a private organization, a six-day stay worth $7,045, part policy wonk navel-gazing, part fun in the sun. Think they tipped?

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