John Kass in today’s Chicago Tribune:

Turn on the TV news when John McCain is picking up undecided voters by invoking Barack Obama’s relationship with unrepentant American terrorist William Ayers and, invariably, some liberal talking head will sniff in disgust and say Ayers is no big deal where Obama comes from.

Unfortunately, that’s true. Ayers is a terrorist. But this is Chicago.

Obama and Ayers are neighbors and they worked together on school issues with the same foundation. Obama’s political coming-out party was held in Ayers’ living room when Obama was running for his first political office.

And the boss of Chicago is Mayor Richard Daley. Mayor Shortshanks has thrown his protective embrace around both men. These are facts.

Kass introduces us to a woman named Marilyn Katz, who is making quite a good chunk of money as the mouthpiece for the corrupt Chicago political machine.

At some point, perhaps the MSM will start to wonder why so many of Barack Obama’s friends are crooked or on the run for the violence they committed in the 60s. Or both.

(via Instapundit)