2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumCubs' Ricketts decries (defeat Obama) proposal.
CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts issued a statement Thursday condemning "racially divisive issues" after an article in The New York Times detailing a proposal by Ricketts' "super PAC" to challenge President Obama's re-election campaign because of his relationship with controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright, among other things.
http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7942970/chicago-cubs-tom-ricketts-calls-anti-president-obama-tactic-divisive
JustAnotherGen
(31,969 posts)From the article -
The Cubs are currently working with Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, President Obama's former chief of staff, and the state of Illinois to craft a public/private financing plan to renovate Wrigley Field.
Yeah - stop the spending my aaaaaaaaasssssss!
mucifer
(23,580 posts)apnu
(8,759 posts)Son of Gob
(1,502 posts)Tom and his siblings run the Cubs and this is clearly the last thing they wanted to hear when they're trying to get public funds to renovate Wrigley Field. Can't hold Tom responsible for things his piece of shit father does.
GoCubsGo
(32,098 posts)The fact that they were in such a meeting speaks volumes about them. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, it appears.
Son of Gob
(1,502 posts)I did read that the Daughter has done some Obama fundraising though. So that apple was able to roll away from the dipshit orchard.
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)Tom "runs" the team, but it's the old man's money that paid for it. This is more of where the buck stops rather than where the apple falls.