Pardon my disappearance recently. I had kidney stone surgery and I had a rough recovery. But I made it out to vote tonight, and while I voted mainly Dem and Independent, I went for one Republican, running for Cook County Board president against a little wimp corrupt thug named Todd Stroger. If you think Da Mare Daly has a machine, Stroger's father ran one that was the most corrupt I have ever seen. Then, just before the primary here in Chicago, John Stroger had a massive stroke. His little punk kid kept coming out of the hospital room telling everyone how great dad was doing, etc. and of course, the guy was a vegetable. But he narrowly won reelection, then miraculously wrote a note saying he had to bow out and after thinking deeply on it, he decided to support...his PUNK KID to take his place. The Republican, Paraica, is hard right, anti-choice, anti-gay, etc. etc. But he's honest. And I'll take an honest guy I disagree with over a lying punk I agree with any day of the week. And I suspect I am not the only one, and Stroger, while he will win, is in for a shock. Because if he keeps up the corruption, we're the base that will take him down in two years.