Whose Values?

Remember when Rahm Emanuel, the Mayor of Chicago, castigated Chik-fil-A for not representing "Chicago values?"  Paul Rahe heard the same thing I did when he said those words:

I associate Chicago with thuggery. It is, after all, the murder capital of the United States. It is renowned for political corruption. It is the city where the graveyards are most likely to turn out in force on election day. It is the city where, to do business, you have to donate to the machine. It is the city where sealed divorce records become public knowledge if you dare to take on the Democratic Party. It is the place where the mob has a working relationship with the mayor. It is the home of Tony Rezko, Jesse Jackson Jr., Rod Blagojevich, and Saul Alinsky -- and, like Illinois more generally, it has been so thoroughly looted by the political crooks that it teeters on the verge of bankruptcy. It is the very model for the system of crony capitalism, fixed elections, and political intimidation that Barack Obama  and the Democratic Party have been trying to introduce into the country at large.