And if you disagree he’ll set you up with a new pair of cement shoes.
President Obama’s selection of William Daley as his new chief of staff is not an example of a “Chicago mafia,” Mayor Richard M. Daley, William Daley’s brother, said Thursday.
At a press conference about Chicago schools Thursday, Mayor Daley said that his brother’s appointment to be President Obama’s new chief of staff was not an example of a “Chicago mafia.”
“(President George W. Bush) brought people from Texas. John F. Kennedy brought people from Massachusetts. Richard Nixon brought people from California,” Daley said. “Ronald Reagan brought people from California. Jimmy Carter brought people from Georgia. Bush brought people from Texas. Clinton brought people from Arkansas.”
Rather than an example of Chicago-style politics, Mayor Daley said it was an example of the president picking someone he knows.
“There’s nothing wrong with that,” Daley said.