- Brian Jackson/Sun-Times Media
- Senator Mark Kirk went there.
A few days after last week’s election, a few of us political junkies were trying to predict who would be the first mayoral flag waver to mention Detroit.
But leave it to a Republican—the party of Willie Horton—to rip that scab right off the wound.
Plus, it’s been hurled at me for almost ten years.
These are the neighborhoods most in need of jobs and economic development funds. Alas, they’re hardest hit by Mayor Rahm’s cuts, closings, and firings as he pours hundreds of millions of dollars into booming communities like the South Loop.
In this case, Senator Kirk was picking up on a theme, usually championed by the Tribune‘s editorial board, that goes like this . . .
As we move on with this campaign, I have a request: At least change the analogy so we’re not covertly exploiting racial fears.
