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Introducing: Chief Of Staff Emanuel
ABC News has learned that President-elect Obama has offered the White House chief of staff job to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill.
Emanuel, a knowledgeable source tells ABC News, has not yet given his answer. The sharp-tongued, sharp-elbowed, keenly intelligent veteran of the Clinton White House is said to have ambitions to some day be Speaker of the House. But he also has a keen sense of “duty.”
Change? Not so much…
48-year-old Rahm Emanuel is a vicious politician who has said some offensive things about Republicans in the past. He’s far from a uniter and proof that Obama is going to use his new mandate to staff the White House as he sees fit. Emanuel said ‘Republicans can go f*#$ themselves‘ after the Democratic congressional gains in 2006, showing his outwardly despise for those with whom he disagrees. Rahm’s father was a militant Jew and a member of the Haganah in the 60’s — yet Palestine is celebrating his candidate’s victory today.
Some interesting facts about Rahm Emanuel; His brother, a successful talent agent in Los Angeles, was the inspiration for the character ‘Ari’ on the HBO series Entourage. He’s also a fan of ballet, he studied the art quite a bit in his younger years. Emanuel brings in big cash from big-money donors and he made his bones doing this for the former Mayor of Chicago, Richard Daly, and former President Bill Clinton. He remained a Senior Advisor for Clinton from 1993-1998.
Again, Change? Not so much…
One of Obama’s priorities is universal health care-lite. Rahm Emanuel knows quite a bit about universal health care, he was the leading strategist for Bill Clinton’s attempt (an unsuccessful attempt) to do the same. He also supported the Iraq war joint-resolution in 2002. Whoops.
Rahm Emanuel likes to flip people ‘the bird’ but he lost half of his middle finger in a random slicing accident that occurred at the Arby’s he worked at when he was a teenager.
In 2006, Rahm Emanuel attacked the organization Moveon.org as being ‘ineffective’ and labeled George Soros as a ’stingy’ political contributer. Needless to say, the guy makes things happen.
Rahm Emanuel also tried to cover up Tim Mahoney’s sexual affairs in an effort to save a seat in the House. Rahm-bo, as they call him, knew about the issue in 2007.
Friends and enemies agree that the key to Emanuel’s success is his legendary intensity. There’s the story about the time he sent a rotting fish to a pollster who had angered him. There’s the story about how his right middle finger was blown off by a Syrian tank when he was in the Israeli army. And there’s the story of how, the night after Clinton was elected, Emanuel was so angry at the president’s enemies that he stood up at a celebratory dinner with colleagues from the campaign, grabbed a steak knife and began rattling off a list of betrayers, shouting “Dead! . . . Dead! . . . Dead!” and plunging the knife into the table after every name. “When he was done, the table looked like a lunar landscape,” one campaign veteran recalls. “It was like something out of The Godfather. But that’s Rahm for you.”
Barack Obama picks ‘The Enforcer‘ as his Chief of Staff? Change? Not so much…
Update: Rahm Emanuel accepts COS offer from Barack Obama…
Update: Hot Air looks into Rahm Emanuel’s Freddie Mac problem…
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Now let us sing in celebration of our new Dear Leader!! History will remember the symbolic lone dove atop the sacred mountain with the double rainbow in the sky!!
It is change. It’s the change the people wanted. It’s the change the people voted for. I am sure if he had picked a middle of the road politician you would be praising him. But because its a ‘FAR LEFT!’ guy like Rahm who believes strongly in the Democratic philosphie you are quick to attack.
ooh, he said some offensive things! are you’re feelings hurt? But you loooove Dick Cheney. he’s never said anything offensive or vicious or divisive. You’re a riot Shawn.
He’s sexy. I like him. AND he’s good liberal
If Rohm Emmanuel is his chief of state. That’s good, he’s liberal.
Senate leadership moderate to left of center, except for Schumer he’s
from a liberal state.
Conservatives have been saying Obama will disappoint the liberals. On
some issues, but on most issues the disappointed will be the
conservatives.
On the big controversial issues, it has to be bi-partisan. On big issues
where the public is already on the liberal position, i.e. how to save
social security. We don’t need republican votes and will pay no
political price for doing it.
I love how at the bottom the quote says, “there’s the story about this, the story about that, etc.”
Shawn you are so quick to believe stories. Try facts for a change.
Is it too much to ask that you be patient and wait for a few months for the administration to get started before you jump on the hate band wagon? Be fair and give them a chance.
LOL,
Shawn…fair?
Rush Limbaugh just called Emmanuel a “JEW” and that the Muslims are going to get back at Obama for hiring a “JEW”. What happened to right wing chant “Obama hates Israel”. These right-wing radicals like Rush, Sean and Shawn will say ANYTHING. If it wasn’t before, now it’s really obvious after that statement. Last week they’re saying he hates Jews, this week they’re saying he loves the Jews. THEY HATE AMERICA, Rush and Sean HATE AMERICA
David Axelron dump me off on some child like wild kids who wanted to take contol of my family situtaion, which they stood NO placr. By Cousin an NBA Owner on the West Coast and he owns hotels. I wanted to and still do want to have fund raisers but the key is Obama ………. I WANT TO TO THIS, it will be great for all parties. I only want dates
back in return when Obabma is available ……….. lets go|!
Besides funds we must begin to represent the other 48% of those that vote for him, as in that Nett Romney is the person who got their misguided embrace ……….. that’s who get their votes ….. Not now, it’s our time.
PLEASE GET IN TOUC WITH ME AND BE NICE, IT’S MANNERS,, THEY’RE FEE …………… NO BAILOUT
MARENE Friedmdn
That’s Dear Beloved Leader! Get it right or pay the price.
I didn’t write that blockquote… it was from the far right publication – The Rolling Stone…
Gee, if Limbaugh had said something like that I would think that it would be all over the place, especially DKos, HuffPo and the like, but a quick Google search turns up nothing. Funny.
And BTW, you need to work on your leftie talking points. Jew does not necessarily mean Israel. Now if Ruah had said that Obama had hired a Zionist… you might have a better case.
I’ll back that up! (whistle!)