One day last week I got a call from a friend at an out-of-town airport, who breathlessly announced that Mayor Rahm’s big old mug was on every TV screen in the terminal, raging with righteous indignation to Wolf Blitzer over the latest travesty of justice in Chicago . . .
By the way, youngsters—Ralph Metcalfe was the south side congressman who decided to break from the Machine and Mayor Richard J. Daley over the issue of police brutality. Now back to Rahm.
The worst part is that the fallout undercuts Foxx’s efforts to institute alternative punishments to prison time for nonviolent crimes, like the one Smollett allegedly committed. So, some poor schmuck, who has no connection to a well-connected political player, ultimately pays the price. Welcome to Chicago.
Which is pretty cynical in and of itself.
Or when he tearfully announced last September that he wasn’t running for reelection because he wanted to move on to the next chapter of his life. As opposed to internal polls that probably showed him losing by double digits. So community activists would never think they had an impact on what goes down in this town.
I’d say Rahm’s the biggest phony in Smollettgate. But that role goes to President Trump, who’s calling for a federal investigation into Foxx’s handling of the matter.
