"Potty Blagobitch" - it's getting nasty in Crook County, IL

Some extracts from sharp columnist Michelle Malkin in National Review on "The real housewives of Crook County":

"It’s old news to folks in Chicago, but the woman who masquerades as a sweet gubernatorial spouse dedicated to children’s advocacy is a cutthroat wheeler-dealer in heels who schemed with the gov to fire pesky editorial writers and get herself placed on paid corporate boards in exchange for naming the president-elect’s pick to the Senate.

"First Lady by day, Dragon Lady by night. Potty-mouthed Patti is the daughter of famed Democratic Chicago Alderman Richard Mell. Hardball ward politics runs in her blood.

" 'Pay to play' is the family way.

"As a high-powered realtor, the Chicago Tribune reported, Mrs B raked in more than $700,000 in commissions on business deals after Hot Rod began raising money in 2000 for his first gubernatorial campaign. The feds have been investigating for years....

"Anita Mahajan, wife of Chicago Mutual Bank owner Amrish Mahajan. Hubby is the Obama supporter and Blago fundraiser who handled that 'boneheaded' Obama land deal and loaned cash to Rezko.

"Mrs Mahajan hired Mrs Blago to sell properties for her. In 2007, Mrs Mahajan was indicted on fraud charges related to a contract from the state Department of Children and Family Services — awarded to her by the Blagojevich administration.

"Prosecutors say she bilked taxpayers out of $2.1 million. For the children, of course.



"Democratic women have long played the feminist card in arguing that their chromosomes make them cleaner candidates. The real housewives of Crook County definitively disprove the theory.

"Behind every crooked Chicago pol, there’s an even sharper-clawed wife. It’s in their political DNA. Don’t let the lipstick and perfume (f--)ing fool you."

see http://www.nationalreview.com/

NOTE: We can't work out where the awful headline above comes from. It is not Malkin's or National Review's.

see Illinois First Lady's website: http://www.illinois.gov/firstlady/

TOLLROADSnews 2008-12-17