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Richard J Daley must be spinning in his grave (Original Post) mucifer Feb 2019 OP
Are they Democrats? HubertHeaver Feb 2019 #1
I don't think he would care, murielm99 Feb 2019 #2
You should read Mike Royko's book "Boss" mucifer Feb 2019 #3

murielm99

(31,937 posts)
2. I don't think he would care,
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 05:02 PM
Feb 2019

as long as they are Democrats. He worked with black Democrats.

mucifer

(25,171 posts)
3. You should read Mike Royko's book "Boss"
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 07:10 PM
Feb 2019

It's pretty ugly all that he did.

He worked with black politicians to keep machine running for the votes he needed to stay in power.

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