- Rahm and John in more idyllic times
A year ago I posted a video of Tribune columnist John Kass schmoozing with Mayor Rahm Emanuel. It was Christmastime. Followed by a Tribune camera crew, Kass had trotted over from the Tower to exchange presents in Emanuel’s office.
On Friday Kass struck a familiar note—the media are full of suck-ups.
But all I seem to hear is this:
WWCD? What Would Chuy Do? . . .
I even read somewhere [that would be on the Tribune editorial page] that Chuy lost the last debate 15 minutes in because he didn’t say what he’d do, exactly.
Chuy? Where are you Chooo-eeee?
It’s smart Chicago politics. But turning it all on Chuy is the wrong question. It is, however, the proper pro-Rahm question.
And Rahm has many media contacts and friends among the TV types, and he has the support of both newspaper editorial boards.
Besides, Rahm has tens of millions of dollars—raised from people who do business with City Hall—to spend on TV commercials.
That’s how it’s done. Not with the editorial boards as much as with the TV ads. And not just a few TV ads either. But a plethora of Rahm TV ads.
We’ve bathed in them.
