tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post3973184107079747916..comments2023-10-12T10:10:26.191-05:00Comments on Second Effort: Younger Daughter exercises the franchiseThe Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-11581851870673724982008-01-31T12:53:00.000-06:002008-01-31T12:53:00.000-06:00Curmudgeon -Da Mare was a very shrewd politician. ...Curmudgeon -<BR/><BR/>Da Mare was a very shrewd politician. If you haven’t read it (and I’m sure you have) read “Boss” by Mike Royko. This book should be required reading in 300 series G&P Courses. Another good book is “American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley: His Battle for Chicago and the Nation”<BR/><BR/>I remember Benjamin Adamowski well. He later, in either 1963 or 1964, ran against Daley for mayor and was defeated so badly that Daley’s License Plate # reflected the difference in the vote.<BR/><BR/>I think that I voted three times in that election.<BR/><BR/>My uncle would give me and my cousins a list of who we were to vote for.<BR/><BR/>The Beach BumThe Beach Bumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459921418291067269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-57981677695402102632008-01-31T09:37:00.000-06:002008-01-31T09:37:00.000-06:00Bee -- she wasn't alone in picking by 'nice-soundi...Bee -- she wasn't alone in picking by 'nice-sounding names' -- one year the Democratic party accidentally nominated two disciples of Lyndon LaRouche for Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State, thereby dooming the gubernatorial ambitions of Adlai Stevenson III. You could look it up.<BR/><BR/>BB -- you can tell the folks in Florida that your votes helped put JFK in the White House, and they did. But the real reason for the extraordinary push in 1960 was to prevent the reelection of Republican Benjamin Adamowski as State's Attorney. Adamowski might have been a threat to Richard I, so Da Mare reached out and pulled Dean Daniel P. Ward out of DePaul Law School and pulled out ALL the stops to get him elected over Adamowski.<BR/><BR/>You could look this one up, too.<BR/><BR/>Jean-Luc -- It's probably more confusing because the press treats elections as if they were horse races.<BR/><BR/>Charli and me -- Welcome. Hope you'll come back.The Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-65047937407063210772008-01-31T05:16:00.000-06:002008-01-31T05:16:00.000-06:00I came across your blog and enjoyedreading it. I a...I came across your blog and enjoyed<BR/>reading it. I am also an Ozzie and Harriet type person stuck in an Ozzie and Sharon type world. Our children don't realize how lucky they are because they have the right to vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-14867876028032783352008-01-30T14:10:00.000-06:002008-01-30T14:10:00.000-06:00US politics is a lot of confusing than British.US politics is a lot of confusing than British.Jean-Luc Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689798190618944262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-73867370777671326242008-01-30T14:09:00.000-06:002008-01-30T14:09:00.000-06:00We had our primary yesterday. I didn’t vote. My ...We had our primary yesterday. I didn’t vote. My polling place is 65 miles away because I have not changed my address. I moved the first week of August 2007.<BR/><BR/>When growing up in Chicago it was essential that we all voted in the primary! My uncle was a precinct captain for Richard J. Daley. Our precinct usually had a 97% turnout for the primary and a 110% turnout for the General Election. At 16 years old (21 was the voting age at that time) I voted for two people that could not make it to the polling place (one of them had died 2 months before).<BR/><BR/>I helped to put JFK in office.<BR/><BR/>I love old time Chicago politics.<BR/><BR/>The Beach BumThe Beach Bumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459921418291067269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-49077090005636379332008-01-30T10:01:00.000-06:002008-01-30T10:01:00.000-06:00my (now dead) mother in law used to vote for the o...my (now dead) mother in law used to vote for the one with the name she liked best. (bless her heart) (oh wait, she didn't have one! ha ha ha)...<BR/><BR/>smiles, bee<BR/>tyvcEmpress Bee (of the high sea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08300140506585000934noreply@blogger.com