Chicago election

[George K]

Gonna be an interesting runoff.

Vallas has been a Chicago fixture forever. Former chair (president?) of the Chicago Public Schools. Johnson is a VERY progressive guy whose current status is Chairman of the Crook County Board.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Johnson win, but Vallas would be the better mayor.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Chicago election:

@Mik said in Chicago election:

Name one good thing she did.

She could dance...sorta.

Link to video

Well, I guess all she needs now is a pole and a g-string, to start her new career.

[Catseye3]

You GO, Chitown!

[George K]

Lightfoot: : “I am a black woman — let’s not forget,” she told the outlet. “Certain folks, frankly, don’t support us in leadership roles."

She forgot to say that she's a black LESBIAN woman. I mean, c'mon Mayor, if you're going to play the victim, at least have the good sense to check ALL the boxes.

Is "certain people," a racist comment?

[Horace]

I'm just so tired of all the racism. It's all I can do to get out of bed in the morning and vote Democrat.

[LuFins Dad]

https://babylonbee.com/news/lori-lightfoot-blames-election-loss-on-tricksy-hobbitses

[jon-nyc]

@Mik said in Chicago election:

She’s a complete failure. Name one good thing she did.

Lose?

[89th]

@LuFins-Dad LOL

[jon-nyc]

[Copper]

It's hard to believe that the most powerful black lesbian in Chicago could consider herself a victim.

But there was a time where the most powerful man in the world considered himself a victim of the same racism.

[jon-nyc]

Who can forget the Covid riots in Chicago the weekend after George Floyd died of covid?

[George K]

[Horace]

“A few months ago they said they didn’t know who I was. Well, if you didn’t know, now you know,” Johnson said. He thanked the unions that supported him and gave a special shout-out to his wife, telling the crowd, “Chicago, a Black woman will still be in charge.”

I wonder how many generations America will have to survive before this skin color fetish seems like a bizarre anachronism.

[Jolly]

Been going on over a hundred years. Don't see it changing...

[jon-nyc]

@Horace said in Chicago election:

“A few months ago they said they didn’t know who I was. Well, if you didn’t know, now you know,” Johnson said. He thanked the unions that supported him and gave a special shout-out to his wife, telling the crowd, “Chicago, a Black woman will still be in charge.”

I wonder how many generations America will have to survive before this skin color fetish seems like a bizarre anachronism.

Realistically the subcultures would have to completely merge/disappear. At least I believe that's what it would take.

[Rainman]

@Horace said in Chicago election:

I wonder how many generations America will have to survive before this skin color fetish seems like a bizarre anachronism.

And, I wonder how many generations America will have to survive before. . . everyone's skin color will be the same.

I remember as a kid hearing how the slow intermix of races would eventually lead to one brownish race, with watered-down features. And, we'd run out of oil by 2020. Or maybe it was that oil would end up being the same color by 2020 regardless of which race.

[George K]