Rich Miller: Ed Burke’s Field Museum move may not have been unusual, but it shouldn’t be the norm – Chicago Sun-Times

"Instead, this is a warning to everyone else in the political business. The federal government has now convicted a former elected government official for making an oblique threat that he never followed through on (the museum’s fee hike was approved soon after) over his personal embarrassment that an internship application of the daughter of an old and dear friend that he’d forwarded had been lost in a bureaucratic shuffle."
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Tom Paine's Ghost
2 years ago

Since Miller is JB’s loyal, dumb and parroting mouthpiece then apparently Pritzker is saying: “Nothing to see here. Move along. Torturing and maiming citizenry is the birthright of IL Democrat Politicians. Expect more of the same and just shaddayp youze chumbolones.” Thus the tapeworm has slithered out of the fat folds and has spoken.

Last edited 2 years ago by Tom Paine's Ghost
Ex Illini
2 years ago

Miller trying to gain sympathy for Burke because it was an “old and dear friend” who’s daughter didn’t get a gig. I’m sure to a political hack like Miller it’s okay to use your position to threaten an institution like the Field Museum. Many of us view it as the extortion that it is. I hope Burke rots on his cot in Club Fed.

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