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sandensea

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9. Though only God can say, my guess is that he won't
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 08:35 PM
Jan 2021

And when he croaks, there will, as I mentioned, probably be more than a few parallels drawn to Frank Rizzo.

Rizzo, you'll recall, was the former Philadelphia police chief and mayor - whose Mussolini-like thuggishness won him two terms as mayor at first, only to cost him a potential 3rd term in 1979 once the Philly Enquirer revealed endemic police brutality and corruption under his watch (and with his connivance).

Fast-forward a decade, and an embittered Rizzo decided it was time to run again - this time as a Republican - to "take back the city."

He threw his hat in the ring in '91 to great fanfare from right-wing media - only to die within weeks from a massive heart attack.

And so it'll probably be with our friend Cheeto: he may live long enough to launch his great "comeback" in '22 or '23 ("let's take back America!" he'll no doubt bellow) - only to be felled by his own poor health.

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