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Alex Giannoulias and the Chicago Way

Posted on | April 5, 2010 | 6 Comments

Guy Benson at National Review:

Alexi Giannoulias is a young, exceedingly ambitious politician with extensive ties to the very worst elements of the sordid Illinois Democratic machine. (With impeached/indicted former Governor Rod Blagojevich and convicted felon Tony Rezko in the mix, the TV commercials practically write themselves) . . .

The Chicago Tribune:

The family bank of Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias loaned a pair of Chicago crime figures about $20 million during a 14-month period when Giannoulias was a senior loan officer, according to a Tribune examination that provides new details about the bank’s relationship with the convicted felons.
Broadway Bank had already lent millions to Michael Giorango when he and a new business partner, Demitri Stavropoulos, came to the bank in mid-2004. Although both men were preparing to serve federal prison terms, the bank embarked on a series of loans to them. . . .

You won’t be surprised to learn that Giannoulias is actually leading in the polls. The main cause of political corruption in Illinois isn’t the mobsters, it’s the voters.

Category: Crime, Election, Illinois, Senate

Comments

6 Responses to “Alex Giannoulias and the Chicago Way”

  1. proof
    April 5th, 2010 @ 3:04 pm

    “The main cause of political corruption in Illinois isn’t the mobsters, it’s the voters.”
    When you say “voters”, are you talking about the live ones or the dead ones?

  2. proof
    April 5th, 2010 @ 10:04 am

    “The main cause of political corruption in Illinois isn’t the mobsters, it’s the voters.”
    When you say “voters”, are you talking about the live ones or the dead ones?

  3. Chris Mallory
    April 5th, 2010 @ 8:30 pm

    Cutting the state into two parts would help. Or better yet, giving Chicago and it’s suburbs to Canada would be even better.

  4. Chris Mallory
    April 5th, 2010 @ 3:30 pm

    Cutting the state into two parts would help. Or better yet, giving Chicago and it’s suburbs to Canada would be even better.

  5. Jim Bell
    April 10th, 2010 @ 5:56 pm

    I live in the south end of IL (the red end) and can tell ya that Chicago is what’s wrong with this state. We all knew Obummer would do to the country what Daley has done to the state, without a reach-around even. No jobs, high taxes, and a huge expansion of give aways. Check out Blago’s “Kid Care”……

  6. Jim Bell
    April 10th, 2010 @ 12:56 pm

    I live in the south end of IL (the red end) and can tell ya that Chicago is what’s wrong with this state. We all knew Obummer would do to the country what Daley has done to the state, without a reach-around even. No jobs, high taxes, and a huge expansion of give aways. Check out Blago’s “Kid Care”……