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5/24/2010

Dumbest Daley Quotes

Filed under: Politics — DRJ @ 9:00 pm



[Guest post by DRJ]

Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass is conducting a reader poll on Mayor Daley’s dumbest quotes:

On the gun ban:

“If I put this up your butt, you’ll find out how effective it is. Let me put a round up your, you know.”

After a health crackdown on restaurants in 1994:

“If a rat is on your sandwich, you hope to know it before. If a mouse is on your salad, it’s common sense.”

Asked about the casual look:

“If somebody takes their tie off, I’m not going to take my tie off. If somebody takes their pants off, I’m not going to take my pants off.”

After Democratic gubernatorial nominee Neil Hartigan lost in 1990:

“I supported him. I raised money for him. What else do you want me to do? Take my pants off?”

After his brother Bill dropped his gubernatorial bid in 2001 and the mayor was asked if he would have faced increased scrutiny had Bill stayed in:

“Scrutiny? What else do you want? Do you want to take my shorts? Give me a break. … Go scrutinize yourself! I get scrootened every day, don’t worry, from each and every one of you. It doesn’t bother me.”

Responding to a reporter who asked about the mayor’s friendships with principals of three companies that won big city contracts:

“Wha! Wha! Wha! Wha! Wha! Wha!”

Complaining about state funding in 2009 but misspelling a key word:

“The state of Illinois funds those centers. We did not cut. They have cut state mental health facilities all over the state. That is state money. Underline that. S-A-T-E money. It’s called state money. …”

Complaining in 2003 that Disney World had a no-fly zone but Chicago didn’t:

“Now, think of that: Mickey and Minnie have it. I mean, I can’t believe that. They get it first before we get it?”

In 1997, when civil libertarians complained about police harassment of political dissenters:

“It’s just a group of people, yuppies and yippies and hoppies or whatever they call them, I don’t know. Who are they? Are they worried about the moon coming out or something? The sun is changing, and I don’t know. This is unbelievable.”

Addressing whether railroads have an obligation to make crossings safer:

“They have a responsibility, they can’t get away with it. I mean, they stole the land from the Indians. They took all that land. They got it free from us.”

Those are some tough choices. Not many city mayors can measure up to Mayor Daley … or his pants.

Vote for your favorite here.

— DRJ

15 Responses to “Dumbest Daley Quotes”

  1. Underline that. S-A-T-E money. It’s called state money

    Kinda like Homer Simpson:
    “I am so smart, I am so smart, smrt, I mean smart!”

    SaintGeorgeGentile (aa85b2)

  2. How stupid do the people who vote for this idiot have to be? This idiot has been served for 21 years. I guess that shows the quality of public education in chicago. And it shows why chicago is in the state it is in.

    Jim (582155)

  3. Public education has nothing to do with the voter roles in Cook County.

    AD - RtR/OS! (21733c)

  4. Only the people they vote for. Idiots will vote for idiots and charlatans. (see rangel)

    Jim (582155)

  5. These are weak. I know Kass has got to have better material.

    daleyrocks (1d0d98)

  6. He’s no Jack Handy, that’s for sure…

    gazzer (7c0559)

  7. “I’ve said, ‘cuckoo’ once. I’ll say it again: ‘cuckoo.’”

    Daley responding to Blagojevich’s claim that his impeachment was part of a larger plan to raise taxes.

    daleyrocks (1d0d98)

  8. Jim,
    What do voters have to do with Democrats getting elected in Chicago?

    Machinist (9780ec)

  9. I like this one:
    “I get scrootened every day”

    And the poor lady in Nevada has to take flack about paying your medical bill with a chicken?

    MD in Philly (cb8efe)

  10. A day or two after 911, Daley held a press conference in which he talked about a hazmat team responding to an unknown substance found on a city sidewalk in the loop.

    The green substance turned out to be a dollop of guacamole.

    During the press conference Daley kept calling it ‘glockamole’.

    It was a welcome bit of levity during those grim days just after the 911 attacks.

    Ken McCracken (98dfdd)

  11. This man is a comedy goldmine, and most Americans don’t even know it. The world ain’t fair.

    Oh, please let him run for president. The national attention his words would get…

    I mean, the Bushisms were nothing compared to these. And I hate Bush.

    Alan (07ccb5)

  12. Apple didn’t fall far from the tree… he’s living proof that intelligence is heavily dependent on genetics.

    GeneralMalaise (9f1a86)

  13. Apple didn’t fall far from the tree… he’s living proof that intelligence is heavily dependent on genetics.

    Comment by GeneralMalaise — 5/25/2010 @ 7:10 am

    I speak as a 50 year resident (now former) of Chicago. As much as I despise this prick, I must take issue with your comment. King Richard I was no dummy. Like LBJ he knew where every penny was being spent. He was also smart enough to distance himself from any corruption in the city government. Whatever money was being made on the side in Chicago Richard I was not the recipient of it. He may have misspoke from time to time but he kept the metaphorical trains running on time. That said, I would no sooner vote for that tyrant than I would for his idiot off-spring.

    SaintGeorgeGentile (aa85b2)

  14. “Oh, please let him run for president. The national attention his words would get…”

    Run him against Tom Menino of Boston and let the games begin.

    Federal Dog (8dc08a)

  15. I see it runs in the family. Chicago columnist Mike Ryoko made a career out of lampooning Daley’s father when he was mayor. I think you call it a “target rich environment”.

    in_awe (44fed5)


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