Rahm walks out and chastizes reporter for asking if his children went to public schools!

[dameocrat67]

This was stunning. The outrage in his eyes when the impertinent peasant asked him an off
limits question was stunning

The interview was supposed to focus on a new Emanuel initiative – the creation of an Office for New Americans – but I crammed in questions on labor, Mayor Daley’s union negotiations, and more. But when his press secretary Tarrah Cooper said time was up just 10 minutes into what was scheduled as a 20 minute interview, I tossed him the school question.

Similar to his former boss, Emanuel said it's a private decision.

While I appreciate the desire for privacy, I tried to explain that the Mayor’s family is now in the public eye as Chicago's First Family, and that the public would want to know whether Emanuel is confident enough in the public school system to send his own children there. But Emanuel broke in.

“Mary Ann, let me break the news to you. My children are not in a public position,” he said, curtly. “I am. You’re asking me a value statement and not a policy. … No, no, you have to appreciate this. My children are not an instrument of me being mayor. My children are my children, and that may be news to you, and that may be new to you, Mary Ann, but you have to understand that I’m making this decision as a father.”The mayor stood up to leave.

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This is a legitimate question in Chicago because the mayors office has appropriated the public school board and appointed members instead of allowing the people to elect school board members. For record I do not think people who do not have children in public schools should be running them. Many of them want to see public schools fail. He sends his kids to the University of Chicago lab school! The UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAB SCHOOL? That is the the school that nurtured Milton Friedman and the Shock doctrine. Why would anyone trust such a person to nurture the public schools.

[JI7]

1. isn't that like those who complain of paying taxes for public schools

because their kids don't go to public school ?

Bush's daughters went to public school in texas .

[dameocrat67]

4. i dont follow you

what is happening in chicago is that a guy who hates public schools has appropriated their school boards from the election process, and he sends his kids to a school that openly detest them.

Furthermore the alternative to rahm is not a republican, it is a better democrat. Chicago has a jungle primary, where republicans are irrelevant.

[JI7]

7. i'm referring to what you say about people without kids in public schools shouldn't run them

[dameocrat67]

8. only people elected to the school board should run them

and a requirement for election should be that they have children in them, just like you have to be 40 to be president. Rahm is already bitching about taxes and laying off teachers while he appropriates the formally democratically elected school board with appointments like Penny Prizker another elite public school hater.

[Igel]

17. There's another interpretation.

If you don't have kids, if your kids are too young or too old to be in them, I don't think that should disqualify you. I don't see that as an implication of the post you're responding to.

But if you have school-aged kids and actively avoid the public schools that you have some control over, then there's a serious problem. You're saying that they suck--that *you* suck--and that you just don't think that your citizens' kids are really worth a crap. Certainly not your effort.

al-Rahman basically told all parents with their kids in crappy schools to go f themselves. "I'm the decider, how dare you impugn my glory and say that my personal decisions should in any way reflect on my professional wonderfulness. If I want to be a royal hypocrite, I'm al-Rahman, I'm al-Rahim, it's my universe. I am ineffable but you are certainly quite f-able. O peons mine, bit players on my stage, toddle off and learn your roles, 'kay?"

[Bluebear]

2. That's where Malia and Sasha went too

Just for interest's sake.

[dameocrat67]

3. yep!

n/t

[indurancevile]

5. fake outrage from the corrupt mayor.

[Reader Rabbit]

15. It's not fake outrage; he's truly pissed being questioned.

Like so many others in positions of power, Rahm doesn't believe he needs to answer to anyone. The use of the word "peasant" in the OP was not as hyperbolic as it should be, more's the pity.

[AlabamaLibrul]

6. Chris Christie tactics

the DLC "New Dems" always did take after the Republicans

[W_HAMILTON]

9. Hah, this was the first thing that came to my mind!

What a bunch of dickheads we have "leading" us.

[Ganja Ninja]

11. I was going to say shades of Chris Christie .n/t

[checks-n-balances]

10. He think's he's above being held accountable in any way

And you make an excellent point about The U. of Chicago Lab School. Thanks for posting that information.

Instead of turning over in his grave, Milton Friedman must be celebrating. His destructive ideas from hell have now become accepted by too many top "Dems" - who'd have thought this 30 years ago - and will play a major part in destroying this country. And "leaders" like Rahm are doing their part to help.

[PA Democrat]

12. ABC reported that tuition is $25,000 per child per year.

Rahm has 3 kids enrolled, so that makes $75,000 a year. :wow:

[mucifer]

13. He got a lot of wall street money when he was a banker after

he left the Clinton administration and before he joined the Obama administration. He made a lot of friends there and LOTS o money.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. He's another fake ass tough guy just like the previous jerk off we had in this

position.

[dameocrat67]

16. here is a good oped on the matter

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-childrens-school-20110722,0,3786172.story

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, who has objected to Emanuel's plans to withhold teacher pay raises and change work rules, issued a less-than-subtle statement about the mayor's decision.

"We understand why he would choose a school with small class sizes; a broad, rich curriculum that offers world languages, the arts and physical education; a focus on critical thinking, not test-taking; a teacher and an assistant in every elementary classroom; and paid, high-quality professional development for their teacher," Lewis said. "It's wonderful that he has that option available to him."

[AngryAmish]

18. Most CPS teachers don't send their kids to public schools?

Why? 'cause CPS is terrible.

[dameocrat67]

19. and your proof is what?

unless your going to say they send them to suburban public schools that makes no sense since they dont make enough even for catholic schools.

i am deeply skeptical of your claim, though this is the common wisdom of the upper middle class daleycrat.

[AngryAmish]

20. CPS teachers have to live in Chicago

Average wage for a CPS teacher is $70k. They got enough money for catholic schools.