Rahm Emanuell equates bloggers to Al Sharpton

[Orrin_73]

An excellent articlle by Matt Taibbi of commondreams. With this DLC the democrats cant win in any election

Q: Are bloggers too powerful?
A: Do I think they're important? Yes. Do I think the bloggers and Al Sharpton alone are the future of the Democratic Party? No! Welcome in, contribute, but it's about winning in November and moving the country forward, not about a firing squad in a circle.
-- Q&A with U.S. representative Rahm Emanuel, Aug. 28th issue of New York magazine

That's actually not hard to figure out; it's political hack-ese for the human sentence bloggers = Al Sharpton. As for what he means by that: Just think about the thought process that had to go into Emanuel's adding of the phrase "and Al Sharpton," when Al Sharpton wasn't even part of the question. Ask yourself if you really believe Emanuel isn't aware that he's addressing the mostly white, Upper West Side readers of New York magazine when he "offhandedly" ties bloggers to the legendary gold-medallion-wearing icon from forty blocks north in Harlem.

What Emanuel appears to be saying here is that "bloggers" -- by which he really means "people who voted against Lieberman" -- are welcome to "contribute," but not welcome to actually decide elections. In other words, we'll take your votes, but we'll decide who you vote for. An admirable sentiment for an elected official. How is it that these people have avoided being pitchforked to death for this long?


Off With Their Heads

[ellie]

1. Matt Taibbi is great!

I love his column in the Rolling Stone, which it looks like this is from.

[ima_sinnic]

2. "contribute, but it's about winning in November . . ."

I'm so sick of the DLC "my way or the highway" crap. They are so conservative and status-quo they are dinosaurs. Hopefully we can steamroll past these corporate sell-outs in the next election, as happened in the CT primary.

[Radical Activist]

9. they tend to forget that talk when a liberal is nominated.

It isn't a two way street with the corporate moderate crowd. Liberals are supposed to support them in the general election but they frequently step back and do nothing for liberals who they dismiss as unelectable. Of course, it is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[riona]

3. What's wrong with

being compared to Al Sharpton? I liked what he had to say during the last presidential debates. He has an excellent handle on what being a Democrat should be all about.

[marmar]

4. Yup. But clearly Rahm Emanuel doesn't.

Another DLC gasbag.

[flordehinojos]

5. i love al sharpton. i would vote for him for president any time.

[Eric J in MN]

12. In New York, people remember how in the 1980s Al Sharpton

...made false accusations against white men that they raped a black girl, Tawana Brawley.

Rahm Emmanuel was talking to a reporter from New York magazine.

[acmejack]

6. Bloggers equate Rahm Emmanuel with being a dipshit!

Equate Al Sharpton with being a truthteller, something Rahmjet should try sometime...

[Totally Committed]

7. Rahm's e-mail, in case you have something to say to him:

http://www.house.gov/emanuel/IMA/issue.htm

Spare him not!

TC

[Radical Activist]

8. He's confused about the firing squad

It isn't in a circle. Its aimed at out-of-touch ineffective leaders like him. That is the reason for his comments.

[Moochy]

10. When you are surrounded by the people

and the people are mad, it just looks like a circular firing squad. he just happens to be in the middle.

This jackass makes my skin crawl. Watch the Charlie Rose interview last week to see him in his finest hour. Charlie Rose could hardly contain his admiration for the guy.

[Eric J in MN]

11. A few weeks ago, I posted at DU asking people to

...donate to the DCCC. I was surprised by the negative reacion I got at the time, but now I'm starting to understand it.

(Rahm Emmanuel heads the DCCC.)