Tea Party Patriots Hold "Al Capone" Protest at Chicago Dem-Linked Bank

Marathon Pundit joined a group of tea party patriots to protest ShoreBank in Chicago on Wednesday.

That’s Marathon Pundit as Al Capone.

A hearty group of patriots attended a Tea Party protest this afternoon outside the downtown Chicago offices of ShoreBank, the only one of 72 failed banks to receive a bailout since New Year’s Day.

Why were they so lucky? Because ShoreBank “plays the game” with big Democratic politicians: the Chicago Way, the Al Capone Way…it won the Democratic lottery. That is why I dressed as “Scarface Al” for the event and positioned myself at ShoreBank’s front door.

Joel Pollak, a Skokie Republican running against Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston), led the rally. Schakowswky, Pollak informed us, led the Washington bailout-bucket brigade for ShoreBank:

“Rep. Schakowsky had a conflict of interest, since ShoreBank may have saved her husband some prison time in the 1990s by allowing him to pay back money from a check kiting scheme for which he was later convicted in 2006,” Pollak said. “She also encouraged the public to invest in ShoreBank in January 2010, Pollak added, “when she knew the bank was in trouble. She should never have involved herself in the bailout effort.”

Crooks.

More photos at Marathon Pundit blog.

Here’s more on the crooked Shore Bank bailout from FOX Business News:

#1 June 10, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Freddy commented:

Nice suit!
#2 June 10, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Militant Conservative commented:

Ridicule is a powerful weapon. Us it guys. Laugh at your enemies, then defeat them. powder is dry.
#4 June 10, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Chippy commented:

As the Blago Case unfolds, the rats will be fleeing the ship.
#5 June 10, 2010 at 1:03 pm
crosspatch commented:

Has anyone ever heard of a Republican mobster?
#8 June 10, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Andreas K. commented:

I totally LOVE the suit and the hat.
#10 June 10, 2010 at 2:17 pm
burt commented:

Everything is more expensive in Chicago!
You have to pay for Mayor Daley’s one day a year employees.
#11 June 10, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Taxpayer1234 commented:

I wonder if the SWAT team was called out to defend poor little Shore Bank from these awful tea partiers…
#12 June 10, 2010 at 4:32 pm
JR commented:

Funny how this keeps happening to Democrat-owned banks in Chicago. This goes way back to 1990 – check out Superior Bank of Chicago, owned by Penny Pritzker, oba mao’s principle financier for many years:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_Bank_of_Chicago
#13 June 10, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Sandy from Chesterfield commented:

ShoreBank will never be investigated because it is too politically connected. Its co-founders were at the signing of the Community Reinvestment Act, one of its shareholders is The Joyce Foundation, VP of bank was Hillary Clinton’s roommate in college, former board chairman was on the Woods Foundation with barack obama, $10m line of credit was given to Rev. Jeremiah Wright for his church and his retirement home. Who is bailing ShoreBank out? Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Citi, JP Morgan, and GE. Why does Van Jones have an account there when he does not live in Chicago?
Get more info here:
http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/glenn-beck-show-may-20-2010/