Fran Spielman, a great old-school Chicago reporter for the dying Sun-Times newspaper, still knows a good story when she hears one.

And Chicago Mayor Brandon “Six percent” Johnson announcing he’s the second coming of the late Harold Washington is a good story. Johnson has the lowest approval rating in history. Only six percent of Chicago voters think he’s doing a good job.

So it’s crazy, yes. But a good story.

I didn’t say that Mayor Johnson is rational. He’s bat bleep crazy for comparing himself to the late great Washington.

I knew Washington. He was not a fool. We had an uneven relationship. He once declared that I should be “bullwhipped in the public square” for writing stories he didn’t like.