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Chris Christie to be on the Time cover this week (Original Post) Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 OP
Reminds me of the late Mayor Daley of Chicago. He was nicknamed "the boss" mucifer Jan 2013 #1
Doesn't Kelsey Grammer have new work based on that? Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #2
Daley was a prophet before his time. CincyDem Jan 2013 #3
he sure as hell is building up brownie points with the general public dembotoz Jan 2013 #4

mucifer

(23,374 posts)
1. Reminds me of the late Mayor Daley of Chicago. He was nicknamed "the boss"
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 09:52 AM
Jan 2013

Mike Royko wrote a great book called "Boss" about mayor daley:


Here's a review of the book by Studs Terkel:
http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/09/26/specials/terkel-daley.html

CincyDem

(6,283 posts)
3. Daley was a prophet before his time.
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 10:01 AM
Jan 2013

I reference to the 1968 riots during the Chicago Democratic convention, he said from the floor of the convention (in a heavy Chicago accent).

"The police are not here to create disorder. The police are here to preserve 'dis order".

Classic.
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