Perfect:

“It’s one of the great political phenomenons. The most powerful weapon deployed by the Clintons is the corporate media, the press. Let’s be clear on one thing: The corporate media in our country is no longer involved in journalism. They are political special interest no different than any lobbyist or other financial entity with a total political agenda — and the agenda is not for you, it’s for themselves. Their agenda is to elect crooked Hillary Clinton at any cost, at any price, no matter how many lives they destroy. For them, it’s a war, and for them, nothing at all is out of bounds. This is a struggle for the survival of our nation. Believe me.”

Never been said better.

Sen. Harmon, Rep. Lilly, Galewood town hall, September, 2013. The alderman had sat down after declining to comment on the questions and complaints which she had just heard from her constituents over the past hour of the meeting which she had not called.

As the meeting drew to a close, a woman called for Lilly and Harmon to “be a moral voice” in their roles as public officials.

Something in her voice set Lilly off. “My morals cannot be questioned,” she responded, as the woman protested that she had been misunderstood. Lilly ignored her. “You are talking about me as an individual,” she said, reaching her highest state of indignation yet.

The meeting ended a few minutes later. Lilly thanked all for coming, adding as a pledge of continuing interest, “I want you to contact me.”

She did not say how to do this, but people could look it up. I did after the Franklin Park meeting in July and tried to contact her, as I said earlier. Got no answer.

Harmon closed with thanks of his own.

More to come, from Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters— available in paperback, epub and Amazon Kindle formats.