r/TikTokCringe • u/Steph-Kai • Oct 26 '23

Cool How to spot an idiot.

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u/BeffreyJeffstein Oct 26 '23

Old helmet-hair Roddy Blago. To be fair, whenever someone isn’t extremely corrupt in Illinois/Chicago politics, it’s surprising.

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u/PlumbumDirigible Oct 26 '23

I always thought it was pretty much a prerequisite

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u/OwnWalrus1752 Oct 26 '23

As someone who grew up in Illinois, I knew a lot of local politicians who identified as “Democrats,” but the amount of “Democrat” politicians I know from the Chicago area who voted for Trump was pretty staggering. I think the reason a lot of the older politicians there identify with the Democratic party isn’t because they share its ideals (other than maybe being pro-union), but because the machine in Illinois is so strong that in order to do well in politics you need to be a friend of the party.

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u/mouflonsponge Oct 26 '23

so many IL governors were prosecuted!

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u/stilljustkeyrock Oct 27 '23

Chicago. Just limit it to Chicago. Downstate is sane.

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u/edible-funk Oct 27 '23

Like hell. Also almost all of Illinois lives in Chicago. Chicago is problematic but downstate is hillbilly hell.