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Sen. Jacobs should check his shoe
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| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Edited | Craverguy Jun 01, 2008 03:46pm |
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| Category | Commentary |
| Media | Newspaper - Quad-City Times |
| News Date | Sunday, June 1, 2008 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Illinois Sen. Mike Jacobs has a gift for stepping in it.
He surely got it honestly — that tendency to call ’em as he sees ’em — but he just can’t pull it off like his pop, retired state Sen. Denny Jacobs.
During his many years in office, the senior Jacobs became widely regarded as a man of nearly painful (and often humorous) frankness. He rarely if ever paused before he spoke. He seemed to lack a filter between thought and speech. Words just tumbled out, and voters seemed to forgive him for a level of honesty they weren’t always prepared to hear.
With Mike Jacobs, not so much.
When he borrows a page from his father’s political playbook and shoots from the hip, he often hits his own foot. He comes off as arrogant and condescending, and the difference between father and son never has been as evident as it has during the past month. |
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