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Letter found in snow. Shared by email January 28, 2015. |
Elections are about framing the elections between "us" and "them". This is the line Alderman
Deb Mell uses:
I will take on the difficult decisions facing Chicago and fight for what is rightfully ours.
According to
Grassroots Illinois Action Mell voted with Mayor Rahm Emanuel 100% of the time 2011-14. So, a more truthful way of Mell saying it would be,
"I will take on the decisions Mayor Emanuel wants decided and vote the way MRE tells me to vote."
But I would rather focus on the second half of Mell's statement.
- Who is included in "ours"?
- What is "rightfully ours"?
- Who or what is the threat to us getting what's "rightfully ours"?