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11:51 pm, 2/4/10
Where do they find these people? On Tuesday, Illinois Democrats turned out to choose wealthy pawnbroker Scott Lee Cohen as their candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Sure, organized crime ties are common enough in the pawnshop business, and the nature of the industry might raise some alarm with class-consciousness types, but, somehow, he was their man.
Imagine their surprise, then, to open the newspapers today and learn that Cohen is a former steroid user and tax evader who skipped out on $50,000 in child support and, perhaps trying to really build solid credentials for a future career as a Chicago Democrat, got himself arrested for holding a knife to the throat of his girlfriend, a prostitute.
Hilariously, there appears to be no known mechanism by which Illinois Democrats can force him out. Acting Governor Pat Quinn, who managed to edge out Comptroller Dan Hynes for the nomination by less than a single point, has asked Cohen to step aside, and Cohen has declined, complaining that he doesn't understand what the "whirlwind" is about and that he "tried to tell everyone about this early on."
I guess there was just never a good time, was there?
Update: Dan Curry, via Twitter:
Imagine their surprise, then, to open the newspapers today and learn that Cohen is a former steroid user and tax evader who skipped out on $50,000 in child support and, perhaps trying to really build solid credentials for a future career as a Chicago Democrat, got himself arrested for holding a knife to the throat of his girlfriend, a prostitute.
Hilariously, there appears to be no known mechanism by which Illinois Democrats can force him out. Acting Governor Pat Quinn, who managed to edge out Comptroller Dan Hynes for the nomination by less than a single point, has asked Cohen to step aside, and Cohen has declined, complaining that he doesn't understand what the "whirlwind" is about and that he "tried to tell everyone about this early on."
I guess there was just never a good time, was there?
Update: Dan Curry, via Twitter:
Pat Quinn now wants sleaze running mate off ticket. Funny how he didn't feel that way in 2006.Not "hah hah" funny, really.
Dairenn Lombard at 01:51 AM, 2/5/10
It's almost like Illinois finds out about a corrupt politician from California and goes, "oh no, we can do WAY better than that." This is by far the most spectacular public relationships meltdown suffered by a political candidate in recent memory.
It's almost like Illinois finds out about a corrupt politician from California and goes, "oh no, we can do WAY better than that." This is by far the most spectacular public relationships meltdown suffered by a political candidate in recent memory.
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