When Mayor Rahm left office, my friends and colleagues consoled me, as though I’d lost my reason for existence.
And then, as if the TV gods were looking down on me, ABC hired Rahm as a contributor. And there he was last week, offering pre- and postdebate advice on what Democrats must do to defeat Donald Trump.
As much as possible, go in the opposite direction of the way he recommends. Unless, of course, you want to help Trump win reelection.
Here’s how she put it: “I think progressives are really where the energy is right now. And I think if, if you can expand the electorate, which is what I saw in ’08, bringing out new voters, particularly Brown and Black voters, young voters. Energize the base, where you don’t have to change your message much, right? Just go ahead and get those voters excited—we can win.”
And then once in office, his attitude is fuck ’em some more. You know, just ’cause you can.
If the base that Simpson talks about—younger voters, Blacks, Hispanics, progressives—had turned out strong in Chicago, there would be no Mayor Rahm. And he wouldn’t have been able to get away with such mayoral misdeeds as, to pick two . . .
