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    In Chicago, Obama campaigns for Illinois Democratic ticket, says 'don't be bamboozled' by GOP rhetoric

    by Rick Pearson, Patrick O'Connell and Mike Riopell, Chicago Tribune Nov 05, 2018 6 minutes

    CHICAGO - Former President Barack Obama returned to his former hometown Sunday, attempting to convert Democratic enthusiasm into votes on Tuesday as he decried Republicans for going beyond political spin to fearmongering and "blatantly, repeatedly, baldly, shamelessly lying" to win support.

    "Vote IL DEMS November 6" was a message scrolled on the ribbon board of the 9,500-seat arena at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion as well as on the podium as Obama, joined by the statewide Democratic ticket and two suburban congressional hopefuls, challenged voters to seek better.

    "Democracy doesn't work if there is no check, if there's no consequences, for an absence of truth," he said during his 45 minutes of remarks, his voice hoarse from campaigning for Democratic candidates across the country as a counter to Republican President Donald Trump.

    "In Illinois, it turns out the check on this behavior is you. You and your vote. On Tuesday, you can vote for a politics that is decent and a politics that's honest and a politics that is

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