Chicago Mayor Regrets "Up Your Butt" Comment

[pipoman]

Source: CBS News

(CBS 2 Chicago) Mayor Richard M. Daley said Friday that he regrets his choice of words when he suggested he'd stick a rifle with a bayonet up a reporter's "butt," but he said he was trying to "shock" the media into exposing gun manufacturers who flood the streets with firearms.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/21/politics/main6507338.shtml

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:rofl: What a great headline!

[Drunken Irishman]

1. What what in the butt...

[iceman1]

3. haha I thought of this too!!!

[NanceGreggs]

2. Just had to K&R ...

... because that is one of the best headlines ever!

:rofl:

[saigon68]

4. Daley's got 20 cops or so to protect his own sorry Fat Ass

A chip off the old thuggish criminal, his father

[ProgressiveProfessor]

5. The man has no shame. We really need to find a better replacement for him in the party

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. In Chicago, Daley IS the party. He'll be replaced when he's good and ready.

[mopinko]

16. the man got 70% of the vote in the last election

anybody here believe in democracy?

[mopinko]

6. i love my mayor

i don't care what anybody says.

everyone wants a dem with some spine, but everybody dumps on ritchie when he shows some. 'cept me.

[harkadog]

7. Big talk from the man with a "spine". What a joke.

Richie has had 24/7 Chicago police protection since 1942 when he was a baby on Lowe Avenue. Easy for him to talk.

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[beevul]

10. Bulldozing meigs field...

Bulldozing meigs field in the middle of the night, then laying the costs (fines) for doing it on the taxpayer...

Some spine...

[groundloop]

11. And unfortunately for Meigs, look who was the govorner then...

Daly's a sorry sack of shit that needs to go.

[mopinko]

15. after being fucked over on that issue by 2 different thug governors,

he said enough. isn't that what everybody wants dems to do? i love it that he did that, because i think he was right. the lakefront belongs to the people, not the fat cats.

[harkadog]

21. If he was right why did he do it at midnight?

He is a bullying thug who couldn't stand up to any real man. Maybe we should get rid of all the boat slips along the lake front. Most of them belong to fat cats. But they are Daley's buddies.

[mopinko]

24. because he had to.

that is one thing that most people will give him. he knows what it takes to get things done, and he does them.

[harkadog]

27. His definition of what needs done is who pays him.

And gives high paid no work jobs and contracts to his relatives.

[mopinko]

35. and you know all this how?

[harkadog]

39. By living in Chicago and participating in politics there for 30 years.

And by not being blinded by the name "Daley" like many have been.

[Cha]

20. He does sound

frustrated about all the guns on the streets of Chicago.

[pipoman]

30. He is frustrated that

his life long gun control crusade is a dismal failure. The reporter is absolutely right, Daley's policy is a demonstrable, blatant megafail.

[slackmaster]

36. He's not my favorite crooked politician by a long shot

Nobody can touch James Traficant.

[proteus_lives]

41. So you love corruption, nepotism and the stripping of citizen's rights?

[JI7]

8. isn't Rahm supposed to be taking over this job ?

[Euromutt]

12. A remarkable display of doublespeak

Asked if he was sorry for how he went about illustrating his point, Daley said, "Sure I'll be sorry... I'm not going to sing the song 'I'm Sorry' now, but sure, you can write it. But I hope I shocked you that you can write about now the gun manufacturers."

What does that mean, except that he's not actually apologizing, but wants people to react as if he has? (Whereupon he quickly attempted to divert the attention.)

[pipoman]

14. The guy

is either stupid, which I don't believe, or slipping little. I have seen this in the geriatric environment which I work...confusion during excited conversation resulting in either inappropriate wording or combinations of words which don't make sense. How old is Daley anyway?

[mopinko]

18. 68

[mopinko]

23. he never was a good speaker.

he tries not to do it. he hates it. he knows how to walk back the occasional stupid comment. he has had a lot of practice. that is exactly what he is doing.
but he is very good at getting people together and getting things done.
i think you are as wrong as you can be about him, but what can i say.

[Euromutt]

25. If he's had "a lot of practice" at walking back stupid comments...

...that logically implies that such comments are a bit more frequent than "occasional."

Frankly, it's less the stupid comment that bothers me as the unwillingness to own up to it. I don't buy into the John Wayne-ian "never explain and never apologize; it's a sign of weakness" saw. To my mind, the inability to admit to one's errors and willingly apologize for them is a sign of rampant insecurity.

Certainly, when you make a habit of uttering stupid remarks, there comes a point where it's incumbent upon yourself to do something about it, instead of pretending everybody else is being unreasonable.

[mopinko]

38. boy i sure love all these people on this thread who are hundreds and even

thousands of mile from chicago telling me that my DEMOCRATIC mayor is a crook and an idiot.
this is supposed to be a site for dems, and supportive of dems. you might try giving some small amount of credence to other members who are on the scene.

your comments are completely off base. like dems are supposed to do, he speaks the truth, sometimes even in front of microphones. he also likes to make a little fun of the press. he politely walks back things that people get up in arms about, but has the sense of self to not grovel about it. he does the necessary, and leaves it at that. that's what i do. that's what most of the good dems i know do.
spine. the man has a spine.

[pipoman]

29. Doesn't this actually

go beyond a simple stupid comment? First it doesn't even make sense, second it could certainly be considered a threat.I believe the reason he is so set on making sure the people of IL do not have the freedom to choose to protect themselves is because he knows he couldn't be trusted to behave responsibly.



During the news conference, Daley reacted with the help of a prop when a reporter suggested the city's handgun ban has been ineffective, given the number of shootings that still occur in Chicago.

"It's been very effective," Daley said, picking up a gun from the dozens displayed on a nearby table. "If I put this up your butt, you'll find out how effective it is. Let me put a round up your, you know."

[mopinko]

34. i'm sorry, but you are really reaching.

he wasn't making a threat. he was making a joke. his walk back was based on knowing that most of the people making a thing out of it knew it was a joke, too.

gun in kansas and guns in a city like chicago are 2 very, very different things, and honestly, a debate that i have no desire to have.

[pipoman]

40. What about down state IL?

Should Chicago policies dictate to the rest of the state?

Is there a film of this exchange? Was he smiling or laughing when he answered a very pertinent question regarding the effectiveness of his policies? Or did the question actually make him mad which resulted in an outburst?

Oh, wait...here it is..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHSMMcJEQqU

Yeah, not so much, I am not reading this as a joke, more a temper tantrum...maybe just me...

As for people outside of Chicago being critical of your mayor...I wouldn't bother if your mayor wasn't trying to influence national politics with his completely ineffective brand of gun control.

[mopinko]

17. the correct reaction to media ginned up non-troversy.

he doesn't always say exactly what he means, tho.

[Euromutt]

26. Also consistent with a bully who's been brought to heel

So how do you tell when Daley means what he says?

FWIW, incidentally, I thought the "up your butt" comment wasn't a threat. Rather, Daley was trying to convey the point that being shot would be a new experience for the journalist because Chicago's gun laws had prevented that from happening up to that point. Which is a blatant post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy, but not a threat.

[Quantess]

13. Meh. Far worse things have been said before.

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[24601]

28. Freud would probably say that his word choice says much more

about him than either the reporter or the rifle.

Maybe there's a spot for him on the Newlywed Game.

[BrightKnight]

31. Mayor Daley does and says the right things when it matters.

He should not have said that but it doesn't really mean anything coming from him. He is a policy wonk and his heart is generally in the right place.

[PavePusher]

33. Coffee... in... sinuses... BURNS!

:spray:

You funny!

[BrightKnight]

42. I doubt that he cares what the NRA in Arizona thinks. - n/t

[PavePusher]

43. You appear to endorse his hypocritical, completely two-faced violation of Civil Rights.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Edit: Why are you dragging the NRA into it?

[PavePusher]

32. Like any politician, Daley does NOT regret his comment...

He regrets being called out on it.

[saigon68]

37. A scummy yes man born into privilege