Rahm Emanuel nt.

[denem]

[Catshrink]

1. Tim Geitner

[Captain Hilts]

2. ...Has the friendship and support of the president. nt

[donheld]

3. Much to his detriment

[GrantDem]

4. DLC Corporate enabler

[Me.]

5. Conservative Operative

[TheWraith]

6. The fact that people can say stuff so contradictory to reality...

Makes me wonder about the sanity of DU.

[Me.]

19. The Fact That Some People Refuse To Recognize The Truth Is A Worry

When Rahm ran the congressional elections for the dems he deliberately went after conservatives, knocking progressives out of the box whenever he could. On Florida he even got a repub to run as a dem knocking a progressive aside. He is the perfect member of the DLC.

[TheWraith]

22. You're citing facts which aren't in reality.

It was Howard Dean's strategy to run candidates in red districts. Of course the viable candidates there wouldn't be DUers or Daily Kos readers.

[mod mom]

7. should be investigated:

Rahm Emanuel's profitable stint at mortgage giant
Short Freddie Mac stay made him at least $320,000

-snip

The board met no more than six times a year. Unlike most fellow directors, Emanuel was not assigned to any of the board's working committees, according to company proxy statements. Immediately upon joining the board, Emanuel and other new directors qualified for $380,000 in stock and options plus a $20,000 annual fee, records indicate.

On Emanuel's watch, the board was told by executives of a plan to use accounting tricks to mislead shareholders about outsize profits the government-chartered firm was then reaping from risky investments. The goal was to push earnings onto the books in future years, ensuring that Freddie Mac would appear profitable on paper for years to come and helping maximize annual bonuses for company brass.

The accounting scandal wasn't the only one that brewed during Emanuel's tenure.

During his brief time on the board, the company hatched a plan to enhance its political muscle. That scheme, also reviewed by the board, led to a record $3.8 million fine from the Federal Election Commission for illegally using corporate resources to host fundraisers for politicians. Emanuel was the beneficiary of one of those parties after he left the board and ran in 2002 for a seat in Congress from the North Side of Chicago.

The board was throttled for its acquiescence to the accounting manipulation in a 2003 report by Armando Falcon Jr., head of a federal oversight agency for Freddie Mac. The scandal forced Freddie Mac to restate $5 billion in earnings and pay $585 million in fines and legal settlements. It also foreshadowed even harder times at the firm.

-snip

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-rahm-emanuel-profit-26-mar26,0,5682373.story

[denem]

9. 'asleep-at-the-switch' seems more like it.

"Not assigned to any of the board's working committees", sounds more a like a man just enjoying the largess of President Clinton, than getting his hands dirty.

[JVS]

8. Rahm gets an unrec from me!

[JamesA1102]

10. Speaking of Rahm

Can anyone post to link to when and where Rahm said the left can be ignored. I see a lot of people here mentioning this quote but haven't been able to find it online.

[Sebastian Doyle]

23. Here ya go!

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/12/18/rahm-emanuel-dont-worry-about-the-left/

[bigwillq]

11. DLC! DLC! DLC!

:puke:

[Moochy]

12. is a shit statement n/t

[freddie mertz]

13. Sucks. nt.

[LoZoccolo]

14. Pretty cool guys?

[jefferson_dem]

15. Obsession object of delusional purity-purging pony-fetishists.

n/t

[seeinfweggos]

16. is a real democrat who

seems to drive naderites nuts

[Odin2005]

17. Can eat shit and die!

[last1standing]

18. Scapegoat for Obama's callous actions.

n/t

[noamnety]

20. made $16 million in 2 years as a banker. (nt)

[Sebastian Doyle]

21. Angry Dwarf

and friend of weird guys with LEGO hair.