Friday, April 24, 2015

Is Gov. Rauner Illinois' Hipster Doofus?


The more I watch newbie Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, the more I'm reminded of the character Kramer from Seinfeld. Besides a mild physical resemblance, Rauner, like Kramer, seems to have a worldview that is a little 'off'. Kramer became lovable for simply not looking at the world like everyone else. He was constantly coming up with schemes to improve life around him and society in general that were so goofy and disjointed, friend El...aine tabbed him the 'Hipster Doofus'. Like Hipster Doofus Kramer, Rauner is careening around Illinois proposing cracked ideas that he thinks are genius but are falling flatter than Aunt Jemima's pancakes. Whether it's pulling out funding for autism and homecare for single mom programs, or proposing Right To Work zones to further erode union and prevailing wage uplift to the middle class, Rauner is showing he's much better suited for comedy than governance. Check that! Rauner may be deporting himself like a Hipster Doofus, but his version is more suited to tragedy.

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