Dear reader,
Here at Ward Room, we try to have fun. Nothings more amusing to us than mixing up the letters in the names of politicians to spell out absurd phrases.
Here's a list of Political Anagrams with Illinois connections:
Michael Madigan: A Declaiming Ham
Bill Brady: Blab Drily
Richard M. Daley: Archly Admired
Rahm Emanuel: Re: Lame Human
Toni Preckwinkle: El Nitpicker Wonk
Edward Burke: Ward Rebuked
Joe Walsh: Jaw Holes
Proco “Joe” Moreno: Once Poorer Mojo
George Ryan: Grayer, Gone.
Barack Obama: O! Am back, Arab
Lisa Madigan: Again Dismal
Dick Durbin: Bid Dick Run
Ray LaHood: Hoary Load
Dan Lipinski: Lank, Insipid
Bob Dold: Odd Blob
Bill Foster: Lobs Trifle
Adlai Steveson: Needs Salvation
Ronald Wilson Reagan: Insane Anglo Warlord
Sandi Jackson: Joins Cad, Sank
Anthony Beale: Notable Hyena
John Pope: Pope John
Matthew O’Shea: Hate Somewhat
Scott Waguespack: Tags Two Cupcakes
Rey Colon: Coy Loner
Nick Sposato: Sack Options
John Arena: Neon Rajah
This month, Ward Room blogger Edward McClelland’s Young Mr. Obama: Chicago and the Making of a Black President will be available on Kindle for $2.99. Tracing Obama’s career in Chicago from his arrival as a community organizer to his election to the U.S. Senate, Young Mr. Obama tells the story of how a callow, presumptuous young man became a master politician, and of why only Chicago could have produced our first black president.
