Cubs' Ricketts decries (defeat Obama) proposal.

[great white snark]

CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts issued a statement Thursday condemning "racially divisive issues" after an article in The New York Times detailing a proposal by Ricketts' "super PAC" to challenge President Obama's re-election campaign because of his relationship with controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright, among other things.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7942970/chicago-cubs-tom-ricketts-calls-anti-president-obama-tactic-divisive

[JustAnotherGen]

1. tee hee

From the article -

The Cubs are currently working with Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, President Obama's former chief of staff, and the state of Illinois to craft a public/private financing plan to renovate Wrigley Field.

Yeah - stop the spending my aaaaaaaaasssssss!

[mucifer]

2. yeah, Rahm isn't returning their phone calls because he is pissed about the Obama attacks.

[apnu]

3. Rahm doesn't give a shit one way or the other. (nt)

[Son of Gob]

4. It was his father Joe Ricketts who came up with the racist proposal

Tom and his siblings run the Cubs and this is clearly the last thing they wanted to hear when they're trying to get public funds to renovate Wrigley Field. Can't hold Tom responsible for things his piece of shit father does.

[GoCubsGo]

5. He and his brother were in the room when the ads were discussed.

The fact that they were in such a meeting speaks volumes about them. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, it appears.

[Son of Gob]

6. I did not know that.

I did read that the Daughter has done some Obama fundraising though. So that apple was able to roll away from the dipshit orchard.

[KharmaTrain]

7. The Old Man Owns The Team...

Tom "runs" the team, but it's the old man's money that paid for it. This is more of where the buck stops rather than where the apple falls.