The Quigley/Feigenholtz trist that'll give you nightmares
02/25/09
In the special election race to replace former Cong. Rham Emanuel, the increasingly irrelevant Chicago Sun-Times - rather than delving deep into the nuance of their candidacies, their guiding principles, their legislative and political accomplishments or the like - has opted instead to take a turn towards an US Weekly style of journalism.
That is, to the extent that the Chicago Sun-Times isn't already US Weekly.
Actually, that's an unfair shot at US Weekly. They have FAR better circulation a greater journalistic integrity than does the Chicago Sun-Times. And to my recollection, US Weekly is plummeting down the pit of financial despair.
But I digress...
Today, the Sun-Times offers this deep-digging, probing, investigative reporting on the romantic relationship between Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley and State Rep. Sara Figenholtz - now both candidates for Congress:
The two candidates leading the polls to replace Rahm Emanuel in the U.S. Congress — Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley and State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz — have been taking hard rhetorical swipes at each other in recent days.
But their relationship was not always so acrimonious.
Years ago, before they met their eventual spouses, they dated for a few months when they were active in the 44th Ward Democratic organization.
The relationship ended on good terms, Quigley said.
“Somehow we remained friends afterwards because I ran her first campaign,” Quigley said.
My apologies to those of you who will now be spending the rest of the day trying to extricate from your minds this image of "a hunk, a hunk of burning love".
And major kudos to the Chicago Sun-Times for once again showing their in-depth dedication to stories that have absolutely no relevance to, well..., anything at all.