The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Thom Serafin on the red ripple, IL’s future, and Pritzker’s after shave
The Chicago Way
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4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | When I was a kid, a little boy watching Jason and the Argonauts, that great Ray Harry |
| 0:09.7 | housing animation with my uncles, every time it would come on, it was a family feast |
| 0:16.8 | because, you know, it was a butter history and there was the Hydra and the thing is, when |
| 0:22.4 | Hercules or Jason and the Argonauts would fight the Hydra, when the heroes would take |
| 0:28.3 | the Hydra's head, an amazing thing happened. Two heads would sprout up in its place. Okay, |
| 0:35.6 | so we're done with the election, the midterm elections, and guess what, more elections sprout |
| 0:40.8 | up from that stump. We've got Warnock and Herschel Walker. We have DeSantis and Trump. We have |
| 0:49.6 | 11 candidates running for Chicago mayor if you include Chewy Garcia and hey Chewy, |
| 0:57.3 | were you getting that money? Were you getting that money? We're talking about it today. How's that |
| 1:04.0 | money, man? Does it smell like Pritzker's aftershave or somewhere else? 11 candidates, |
| 1:13.4 | mayor Lightfoot is freaking out, but of course she would freak out. She's been out of her depth |
| 1:19.5 | from the beginning. It won't have time serif in of serif in us and associates here to talk about |
| 1:25.6 | it with us. He's also runs a wonderful podcast I recommend called Crisis Cast. And he's the guy |
| 1:34.1 | who got me involved. He got me set up to do Johncastnews.com. When I was at my lowest point, |
| 1:44.8 | when I was about ready to give up. He didn't let me give up. He said fight. That's what friends do. |
| 1:54.7 | And he's a friend. So we'll see about that Hydra. And another thing about how they used to be, |
| 2:01.7 | how the elections used to be. Back in the day, I'd write three columns on Alexa night. When, |
| 2:08.0 | lose or draw. And my leg man thought I was nuts. Slim the leg man. Met the sweet. |
| 2:16.8 | Tommy the Polish Spartacus old school will lead shooter Angie and Mrs. Flynn. And on and on. |
| 2:26.8 | They thought we're I was nuts to write three. Just write one. They said, but you know, I couldn't. I |
| 2:32.3 | had to write three. When lose or draw that way when I press the button. There would be enough time |
| 2:39.9 | to get it in the paper. Fresh for you. The editorial board did the same. John McCormick, |
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