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Karen Lewis gets into Twitter debate: Hulk vs. Superman?

By  Sun-Times staff
   
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Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has a lot on her plate these days – not least of which is a potential mayoral run against Rahm Emanuel.

It’s perhaps predictive to that end that she took a few minutes Wednesday night to debate who would win in a fight – Superman or The Hulk. Lewis is going green on this one – she sees Superman as a tool of the establishment. But whatever the case, we have Twitter, superheroes and Chicago politics in the same stew. No matter who prevails in the comics fight, we all win for this one.

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