Oh, the Twitter-verse is aflutter (atwitter?) after the announcement earlier today that Chicago’s Mayor Daley will not run for re-election in 2011.
The Twittersphere–ever-opinionated, feisty, (and sometimes gramatically challenged)–jumped on this with both feet. Many Chicagoans are angry–very angry–about corruption and the sagging economy, and it comes through loud and clear in their tweets. Some are surprised. Some are happy. And a few are profane.
And now, for your enjoyment, here are a few of the best tweets in the hour after the big Mayor-Daley-Not-Running-for-Reelection announcement was made:
@swatymyers Oh for Pete’s sake. Listening to @WBBMNewsradio. The canonization of St. Daley has already begun. Praise Daley! He made the city pretty!
@ricksanchezcnn: maybe mayor richard daley watched Dateline and saw the lawlessness in Chicago!
@chrislhayes Was beginning to wonder if Daley retiring, like the Cubs actually winning the world series, was one of those things I’d never live to see.
@reihansalam Barack Obama is president because winning the White House was easier than unseating Mayor Daley. So this is big news.
@RexHuppke After a lengthy meeting with Brett Favre, longtime Chicago Mayor Richard Daley decided not to seek re-elec…wait a minute.
@songz_n_cminor So, Mayor Daley isn’t running for reelection. Hmmm….the conspiracy theorist in me is curious as to the real reason why.
@brightyoungthng Mayor Daley is DONE!! Finally some goddamn change!!
@BiBi_Monroe Imma say what yall all thinkin … Mayor Daley not running again cause he has completely FUCKED up the city.Sorta like what Bush did to the US
@LuuLuu467 Mayor Daley is not running for reelection. Chicago is about to be on fire.
@rpringle Holy shit! Daley not seeking re-election in 2011!? I’m stunned. Figured he’d die at his desk just like his old man.
@cjoehl Mayor Daley not running for reelection. Rahm speculation begins in 3..2..1..
@draztastic If I were white, and middle class, I’d be sad to see Daley go. If I was black and poor, Daley was the worst thing that happened.
@MzMelleBelle I’m so happy Daley ain’t running for re-election for mayor, I’m running for mayor of Chicago …lol
@paulsmith Interesting decision by Daley to announce his intentions by having bulldozers carve “I’M RETIRING” into Northerly Island.
@MichaelNagrant I’m surprised that Daley didn’t privatize the mayorship, maybe give it to Goldman Sachs or McDonald’s for safekeeping for the next 99 years
@MichaelNagrant We do live in one of the greatest cities in America because of the Daley clan, which is often why the corruption was ignored.
@ColonelTribune I am flabbergasted. Mayor Daley won’t seek reelection.
@Jas_O_Mine Mayor Daley isn runnin for Mayor….Meeks for mayor? ok lets pray cuz im scared of that
@anhalt Peace out, Daley!
@DIJONES82 I put the word out, If Todd Stroger, Jesse Jackson Jr or James Meeks even consider running for mayor I’m moving.
@mrunil I refuse to live near anywhere where a Daley is not in charge. It is simply un-American.
@miles120 nope, not a Daley fan. But, ,maybe he’s like the Saddam Hussein of Chicago. He’s bad to us but we can’t live without him
@Megan_L So sad. Mayor Daley will NOT run for re-election.
@paigemichele What will happen to Chicago in 2012? No Oprah or Daley, my city will never be the same!
@DrStarkweather WOOHOO! Don’t let the door hit you on your ass on the way out Daley!
And my two favorite tweets about the Mayor-Daley-Not-Running-for-Reelection Announcement:
@samyoungman Daley not running for reelection. Rahm-shaped hole in the wall of the West Wing
@samyoungman Wasn’t there but guessing Rahm’s reax was: “Gosh, that son of a biscuit has sure given this mothertrucker something to think about. Shucks.”
