A Democratic machine in Chicago? Don't be naive

John Kass reports on Obama's Chicago Democratic Machine:

Obama's first machine patron, state Sen. President Emil Jones (D-ComEd) wasn't part of the machine either, even though for years Jones was double-dipping as a city sewer inspector. According to legend, Jones inspected sewers while wearing a luxurious camel's hair coat and alligator shoes and never got a speck of dirt on his finery.

And all the Daley political hacks in federal prison now, convicted of illegally rigging city jobs to build a giant army of political workers who had to get out the vote to get promotions, they're probably just dreaming. They're not really in prison. They're just having a nightmare. They'll wake up on Nov. 5.

There is no machine. Get it? It's laughable.

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