Rahm Emanuel must scare the shit out of the right wing.

[AlCzervik]

Cnn is running some of their whining from today, i take this as a good sign, Obama said he work across the aisle but he never said he'd cave into these assholes.

RW, The Whitehouse, not yours.

[Dappleganger]

1. There's a lot of whining from both sides on the social networks, too.

[AlCzervik]

3. Social networks? I don't know what you mean.

[Dappleganger]

16. Twitter, Digg, Reddit, etc.

[AlCzervik]

23. ok well i don't twitter or digg or whatever the hell reddit is. Getoffmahlawn.

hikes pants way up.

[ZeitGuy]

25. I think I love you.

But my wife wouldn't approve, i'm afraid.

[AlCzervik]

27. hehe.

:D

[Dappleganger]

32. This old lady does it all!

So I'm a bit of a geek. :argh:

[AlCzervik]

34. i'm lucky i can operate this thing.

[Dappleganger]

40. When the Obama iPhone application showed up...

that's when I really fell in love with him!!

[AlCzervik]

42. my husband works for apple.

we have technology all over this house but i stick with the mac book air and the giant imac. My daughter has an iphone and she freaking loves it.

[ZeitGuy]

45. Last year I got a Powerbook Pro...my first Apple product ever.

And I'm a fanatical convert.

[AlCzervik]

46. well we appreciate your support---really!

it puts food on my family.

[ZeitGuy]

47. So, how high is your pie?

[AlCzervik]

50. not high enough but my wings are almost ready to take dreams. :-)

[ZeitGuy]

55. With brie and cheese?

[Dappleganger]

48. Nice!

Long-time Mac user here (in the graphic arts).
Still have my old Cube going, but work daily on a MBP. Two of our kids have mini's, another has a Macbook (for school) and the fourth runs Mac and Linux on a G5.

[NYCGirl]

52. I love my Macs. And I'm the proud owner of a 1st Gen and now a 3G iPhone! NT

[Unsane]

2. but, but, but.....

[madaboutharry]

4. One of his nicknames is "Rahmbo"

I guess you have to earn something like that.

What did the republicans expect? Did they think Obama was going to give the job to some enabling mealy mouth wimp?

[AlCzervik]

6. no kidding! He already said he'd work with and they should be happy imo because

that is soooooo much more then we ever got from Bush who was their president and not ours and he was pretty clear about that.

[Cha]

29. Oh yeah, the divider..that worked

out real well.

[DrToast]

38. You'd think by now they'd get over their idea that Obama is some kind of wimp.

Sorry, I know they were expecting another weak-kneed liberal, but it ain't happening here.

[Kber]

71. They bought their own hype on that one.

[DCBob]

5. Yes. Rahm will be strong effective Chief of Staff.

The Repubs are grasping for anything to criticize Obama.

[PretzelWarrior]

7. He's a "Goodfella"

One minute you're a GOP house member strolling along. The next minute, you're cowering at the political beating you're receiving at his hands.

Be afraid, Republicans. Don't bring a knife to a gun fight.

[IsItJustMe]

8. Rahm Emanuel is DLC. Center-right. Might not be good for Liberals. We will see.

[Thrill]

14. That has nothing to do with being COS. I don' tknow why people keep with the DLC crap

He doesn't make policy decisions as COS

[Whisp]

66. what does a CoS actually do?

does he hire and fire wh staff, the self explanatory definition, or is there more to it than that?

i know there ws a lot more to it for Scooter Libby. ;)

[Thrill]

67. Basically in charge of the WH

Pretty much runs the place. If you want to speak to the President, you have to go through him. When I was in college, in our political science classes, we were taught the Chief of Staff is almost like the President's bodyguard. He handles his schedule, who speaks to him, and manages the WH staff. Its a stressful job.

[PretzelWarrior]

15. 100% pro choice. try again.

[AlCzervik]

20. and an A on veterans affairs.

[jonnyblitz]

39. his pro-war stance cancels out anything good he has done

for veterans (I am a vet) PLUS he made sure only pro-war DEMS were house candidates for the 2006 elections when he was head of the House DEMS campaign committee. that being said, I could care less who Obama chooses for anything because I don't expect much from him anyway. attempts to whitewish that vile PRICK Emmanuel are quite laughable, though.

[stillcool]

43. Well then you should be really happy..

that he is no longer in Congress! Cheer Up!

[MannyGoldstein]

17. Which: DLC Or Center Right?

DLC is pretty far right.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

19. He's not gonna be setting policy

President Obama will be. If Emanuel is a good enforcer with congressional Dems, and I expect him to be, he is doing a job for which he is well suited. He will be an asset to President Obama.

[IsItJustMe]

54. That is one way to look at it. I know that him and Obama do not see eye to eye on several

issues. Health care and NAFTA naming just a couple. I would assume that by Emanuel accepting the position, he would not be advocating his own views over that of his bosses. I will trust Obama to do the right thing and stick to his guns when it comes to what he said in his campaign.

[Bobbie Jo]

9. Well then...that's all I need to hear.

swear him in.:thumbsup:

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. GOPers can eat me...elections have consequences, remember, assholes?

:rofl:

[kwolf68]

11. So let me ask the Republicans...

Who should we get? Do you deserve a role in the decision making process?

[PretzelWarrior]

12. Who woulda thought? I guy named Barack gets a guy named Rahm to be

his chief of staff...and we're talking about the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.

[yellowcanine]

24. Yes since Rahm is obviously a "Muslin" name.

[Dr Fate]

13. Agreed- on this one, I'm giving Obama the benefit of the doubt. n/t

n/t

[asdjrocky]

18. Remember the show West Wing?

He's Josh. No kidding.

[Thrill]

21. They wanted a wimp like Daschle

[yellowcanine]

22. Yes Hannity was frothing at the mouth about it today,

[Cha]

That's always a fucking good

sign. Obama does his homework.

[Beetwasher]

26. Yep, He's A GOOD SOLID Choice

He's a real insider, and you NEED that in COS in order to get things done. No one should have ANY doubt who's in charge though. O's the man, Rahm will DO what O tell's him to do.

[ZeitGuy]

28. Rahmbo is a man who gets things done.

He has a Rolodex that weighs as much as an anvil. He can raise money, and fast. He doesn't cotton to double-talkers, and won't suffer fools or leakers or betrayal.

And you don't want to anger this MF when he's holding a steak knife.

I sh!t you not.

[CitizenPatriot]

30. they're just upset because his middle name is Hussein

It's all starting now! LOL.

My special message to the pundits and the RW: BITE ME. We won. We got a mandate. Shut up and enjoy it.

(further special effort for lurking freepers to SCARE the poor ninnies off the intertubes for life)

[finecraft]

31. I'd love to see Dick Durbin replace "Spineless Harry"

Let's get the Chicago mafia back together and let it rip! It will be a sight to behold! :)
If Dick doesn't want to do it, get Hillary. She'll scare the crap out of the Republicans that are left.

[Dappleganger]

35. She'd be my first choice.

[Warren DeMontague]

33. He strikes me as the kind of guy who doesn't take any crap.

Seems like a fine choice to me.

[Blue-Jay]

36. *I* should be Chief Of Staff.

I have 10 fingers, and Rahm only has 9.5.

That's gotta mean SOMETHING!

[AlCzervik]

41. Chief of Staff Shitbrick in da house!

woot woot.

[Blue-Jay]

56. That has a nice ring to it...

My first press conference:

Q: What do have to say about blah blah blah...?

A: How about you kiss my hairy ass?

[AlCzervik]

57. can i be the deputy chief off hairy ass kicking, i can be a journeymen Shitbrick, like and

apprentice?

[Blue-Jay]

58. You can be the Chief of the Chief of Staff's Staff.

(that was dirty)

[AlCzervik]

61. Filthy!

:rofl:

[liberalmuse]

37. They're squealing like stuck pigs, alright.

Obama said he would reach across the aisle, not bend over. They are so transparently vile. When they barely win, it's 'Fuck you, Democrats!' When we decisively win, they remind us how we need to govern center right. Obama won, and he will govern as he sees fit, not how these hypocritical snakes want him to.

[Dead_Parrot]

44. He seems like a good choice

There may well be a need for some "fresh blood" in the new admin, but I don't think CoS is a job to be thrown out to a relative newbie - look at McLarty...

[truthisfreedom]

49. Obama won in a LANDSLIDE, wingers. He's got a mandate so big he appears slightly gay.

Sorry, bad joke there.

[Doctor_J]

51. He's definitely scaring the shit out of the left wing

:eyes:

[Tatiana]

53. Rahmbo is gonna kick the right wing's ass. His job will be to help implement Obama's agenda.

NOT his own. He knows this. That's why he took a bit of time to think the decision through.

Obviously he's decided he can do that job of assisting with the implementation of Obama's agenda.

Obama needs someone with an iron fist. Rahm is the perfect person for the job.

[ZeitGuy]

60. Exactly.

Obama needs a guy that keeps leaks to a 0-degree minimum, who makes sure that WH staff are getting things done, and that people stay on task and on message. He IS Josh Lyman.

On steroids.

[Tatiana]

63. This is just like the West Wing... and I loved Josh. And Toby. n/t

[Fovea]

59. John Boehner is afraid

not that he will wake up with a horse's head in his bed, but that some other Republic will wake up with *his* head in their bed.

Having said that, Barak Obama has every reason to believe that the last neo-theo-cleptoCons hiding in the caves up in the mountains will
employ assymetrical warfare as a strategy.

Therefor it is better to request civility through the consigliari that also carries his own garrote than from some other, less respect inducing individual?

[PretzelWarrior]

62. exactly.

[Tatiana]

64. Exactly. Do we want another Reid or someone with muscle? n/t

[AlCzervik]

65. the entire gop house leadership is in big trouble, the uncivil war that coming between

them is going to be a lot of fun to watch.

[Lumpsum]

68. He scares true liberals too.

[Cha]

69. Here's Al Giordano's take on Rahmbo..

<snip>

"Here's a theorem for the coming weeks and months before President-elect Obama's January 20, 2009 inauguration: The volume of teeth-gnashing and Chicken Little-ing from my friends and colleagues about what moves Obama makes during the transition will be inversely proportional to the amount of work they did to get him there.

Here's why I like the news that US Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Illinois) is moving from the US House to the White House to be Obama's chief of staff.

It puts him under the control of Obama (and David Axelrod, who now heads to Washington as senior advisor to the president).

Yes, Emanuel is "the enforcer." Yes, his voting record and considerable accomplishments in Congress are not what I would call progressive. You can read all about the problems with Rahm courtesy of a September David Sirota column. Heck, I fully expected to be spending the next couple of months fighting against Rep. Emanuel's rumored efforts to sneak the US-Colombian trade agreement through the lame duck Congress while President Bush would still be there to sign it.

But now Rahm is going to be kept very busy with other things.

As for his enforcer persona, I think it's a good message to send to all that are scheming to try and roll the Obama presidency. Obama needs somebody that Congress fears. Just listen to the Chicken Little screeching from the right wing pundits over Emanuel and you can get an idea of exactly why he's the man for the job.

The White House Chief of Staff has no constitutional authority. His only potential power is that of controlling who gets the president's ear. Having Axelrod a door or two over ensures that there will be more than one route to the Oval Office. And I'm not worried about Obama surrounding himself with "yes men and women" or not seeking out dissenting opinions: it's just obviously not his nature to let himself be put or kept in the dark.

So, welcome, Rahm, to the team!"

<more>
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/

[Morpheal]

70. THE PRESIDENCY IS A HIGHER CALLING THAN PARTISAN POLITICS

Mr. Obama will soon find his own illusions about the world eroded and washed away. He will find the presidency is a higher calling than any partisan politics outside the executive office, and that he can call upon a greater wealth of intelligence, including wisdom of experience, than he ever dreamt was humanly possible. What he might achieve depends on both the extent of his own capacity and on whether he knows and can build a staff capable of knowing what really is "good, wise and true".

As John Winston Lennon said "everything is what it isn't".

[whistler162]

72. A good choice for the second part of the double team...

Biden and Emmanuel will double team Congress to get President Obama's agenda through.

[Jennicut]

73. I fail to see why the Rethugs would be afraid of a former ballet dancer and yet they are

ROTL!