- Fred Zwicky
- Republican Bruce Rauner wants your vote for governor—or else.
You’ve probably heard about Dave McKinney, the well-respected political reporter who resigned from the Sun-Times because he didn’t feel the paper’s owners went far enough in defending him against an assault on his integrity by Bruce Rauner, the Republican candidate for governor.
The answer is that Rauner has made quite a showing. Here’s a list of our top ten bullies from recent times:
Cook County state’s attorney Anita Alvarez: Shortly before the 2012 NATO summit Alvarez made international headlines by charging a group of knucklehead anarchists with plotting terrorist acts. When the case finally came to trial this year, jurors didn’t buy it: they convicted the NATO 3 of the lesser charge of mob action for making Molotov cocktails, allegedly at the instigation of undercover police officers.
Republican governor hopeful Bruce Rauner: Bruce has succeeded where even Blago failed, complaining to the Sun-Times management until McKinney was pulled from his beat for a week. He was covering Rauner’s alleged bullying of a former employee.
