Threemil, Meet Your Opponent

By Kevin Robinson in News on Aug 21, 2008 3:05PM

Emil Jones, defending his decision to bequeath his office to his son, Emil Jones, III, told the media yesterday that keeping it in the family is a political tradition. "'I recall John F. Kennedy, president of the United States, when he became president, he recommended his brother. Right? And his brother was elected,' Jones said, in an apparent reference to Sen. Ted Kennedy, who followed his brother as a senator from Massachusetts." Then he confused which Daley came first.

Unlike Ted Kennedy, who won his seat in a special election held at the request of his brother, then-President John F. Kennedy, Threemil will face non other than Spanky the Clown, AKA Ray Wardingly, perennial Local Republican Candidate. Wardingly, Jones the Third's only opponent, has come out swinging. "What is this, Russia? First it was Stroger, then Lipinski. Now we have Emil Jones," Wardingly said. Winning his district might be a long shot, but either way, we think he should get a better photographer.