Rahm Emmanuel

[undeterred]

He irritates me more than Sarah Palin or Michael Jackson.

[PeaceNikki]

1. :\

mmmmmkay

[Mind_your_head]

2. Why? n/t

[undeterred]

5. Rahm Emanuel Signals White House Is Willing To Compromise On Public Plan

Because he's DLC and he just threw away the 'public option':

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/07/rahm-public-plan-trigger/

[Mind_your_head]

6. I agree with you

It's important to "explain" and not just 'be angry'. It's important to explain WHY you are angry/dissatisfied. Thanks for pointing to what exactly you are angry/dissatisfied about.

:hi:

[corpseratemedia]

9. I guess he'll be happy when Dems lose seats

I'm glad Sanders (I) and hopefully other ethical reps will be standing up to him.

If we don't have a strong public option, we definitely will be getting screwed again, like those with Medicare part D and their ever-expanding donut holes.

Emanuel and his DLC ilk do NOT care how screwed we are by the for-profit health-care conglomerates.

[snappyturtle]

13. There was an update on the article that sounds like not all is

lost on the public option....

UpdatePresident Obama issued a statement this morning, reiterating his support for a public plan:

"I am pleased by the progress we're making on health care reform and still believe, as I've said before, that one of the best ways to bring down costs, provide more choices, and assure quality is a public option that will force the insurance companies to compete and keep them honest. I look forward to a final product that achieves these very important goals."

[undeterred]

16. Good cop, bad cop.

Do we just believe what we want to hear?

[mmonk]

3. He irritates me more than Palin.

With Palin, I see my opposition in clear terms.

[truedelphi]

27. Same here.

Obama is the lipstick, Rahm is the pig.

[cali]

4. I like him.

[JackRiddler]

34. Of course you do.

[jclincali]

37. makes sense to me.

[mmonk]

7. Rahm Emanuel

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2650868

http://kanan48.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/rahm-emanuels-think-tankers-enforce-message-discipline-among-liberals-by-jeremy-scahill/

http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/08/no/

http://www.politicalhotwire.com/hotwire/28721-rahm-emanuel-strong-supporter-iraq-war.html

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/20/MNR217582A.DTL

http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/04/19/impeach_bybee/

[undeterred]

15. "liberal wing cannot be allowed" to shape the agenda"

Emanuel's like a warning sign not to trust Obama, at least he is to me.

[mmonk]

19. You have to wonder about someone more worried about

people in his own party than the opposition. What are his positions other than not appearing liberal, being for things like the Iraq war, and compromising on domestic economic issues with a party that was soundly rejected in the election?

[truedelphi]

28. Does one have to wonder at a snake's

Inner snakey-ness?

[rudy23]

20. He was Obama's number one draft pick. He's the bad cop in team O-Rahm-a.

Obama thinks he can slide this all past us with a charm offensive. He is sadly mistaken.

[Vidar]

8. And he should. He's a DLC hit man & corporatist.

[DailyGrind51]

10. Rahm is not so smart, afterall. He can't even count to 60!

[Octafish]

11. How Rahm Emanuel Made Mega-Millions and Bought His Way to Power

Pro Publica reports:

How Rahm Emanuel Made Mega-Millions and Bought His Way to Power

By Ben Protess, ProPublica
Posted on December 9, 2008

Since Rahm Emanuel was appointed the next White House chief of staff last month, ProPublica has been retracing his previous life as an investment banker, which earned him more than $18 million in less than three years.

The New York Times recently shed new light on Emanuel’s Wall Street days -- and how they helped send him to Congress.

SNIP...

Indeed, as we previously noted, Emanuel used his political connections to broker major deals while at the firm. (One deal was a $16 billion merger that created Exelon Corp., now one of the nation’s largest electric utilities. Another involved SBC Communications, the telecommunications company run by William Daley, Clinton’s commerce secretary and the brother of Chicago’s mayor.)

After leaving the bank in 2001 to run for Congress, Emanuel benefited from the sale of Wasserstein Perella, which gave him an unusually large payout. Russ Gerson, global head of financial markets for A.T. Kearney Executive Search, told the Chicago Tribune in 2003 that Emanuel’s compensation would put him “in the top 3 to 5 percent” of investment bankers at that time.

The cash proved helpful when Emanuel found himself in a tough fight for a seat in Congress. He contributed $450,000 out of his own pocket to the primary campaign, and his leading rival accused him of trying to buy his seat, the Times reports.

CONTINUED...

http://www.alternet.org/story/110396/

I don't have anything against millionaires or billionaires, per se.
I just don't like it when they're shaping policy for non-millionaires.

[truedelphi]

29. Thank you for the info. n/t

[bobthedrummer]

30. Rahm Emanuel Source Watch profile

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rahm_Emanuel

[madfloridian]

32. Thanks, Octafish.

You are always on top of things.

[rollingrock]

40. Rahm was also on the Board of Directors of Freddie Mac circa 2000

he undoubtedly played a role that set up the current mortgage industry meltdown.

During his time on the board, Freddie Mac was plagued with scandals involving campaign contributions and accounting irregularities. The Obama Administration rejected a request under the Freedom of Information Act to review Freddie Mac board minutes and correspondence during Emanuel's time as a director.

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) later accused the board of having "failed in its duty to follow up on matters brought to its attention." Emanuel resigned from the board in 2001 when he ran for Congress.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel


So much for transparency.

[emilyg]

12. Don't trust him. Don't like him.

[PassingFair]

38. He's a *ucking THUG.

Wankster.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

14. I can't stand him.

[Generator]

17. Irritate?

Is that a synonym for all progressive ideas being blocked from reaching the president?

[Ardent15]

18. He is proof that Obama feels the need to kiss the DLC' ass

Even though it was the grassroots effort and the 50-state strategy led by Howard Dean which allowed Obama to win.

[mmonk]

21. Well said.

[mod mom]

22. I thought Obama neutralized their power structure by having Rahm & Hillary work for him.

[undeterred]

23. Maybe he empowered their power structure

by sharing his power with them.

[bobthedrummer]

39. I hope not, you know where I'm at when it comes to the DLC

"Inconvenient truths about the New Democrats, the Third Way, Democratic Leadership Council, etc" (archived-started March 7, 2008)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2973191

Some of them are now in transition due to the "inheritance" of those BUSH/CHENEY criminal era "policies" that very few Democrats opposed...

[mdmc]

24. sho'nuff!

:toast:

[cascadiance]

25. I wish we could get rid of the "Rahm-per-room"!!

Some day when I get some more free time, I'll make a photoshop of it too...

[LWolf]

26. Me, too. nt

[Individualist]

31. I detest DLC

:puke:

[Jennicut]

33. I don't find Michael Jackson irritating, I find his life story sad.

Palin is the most annoying person ever but we know what she is all about. Rahm is Rahm, he was picked to be an arm twister.

[dflprincess]

35. Then it would be nice if Rahm would twist some arms for single payer

but being DLC, I suppose he thinks it's his job to convince Democrats to give up the public option.

[Jennicut]

36. True, he could send dead fish to those that oppose the public option.

LOL

Seriously, he is Obama's bad cop. He does need to shut his mouth and do the bidding of the President and twist some arms for the good of the country or leave.

[bobthedrummer]

41. kick