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Joe Biden weighs Rahm Emanuel for transportation secretary
The Associated Press ^ | December 1, 2020 | By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER

Posted on 12/01/2020 4:49:23 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

CHICAGO - President-elect Joe Biden is considering former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a substantial and somewhat divisive figure in Democratic Party politics, to serve as his transportation secretary.

Biden’s selection of his nominee to lead the Transportation Department is not believed to be imminent, and Emanuel is among multiple candidates in the running for the Cabinet position, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private deliberations.

But his candidacy threatens to pull at the divisions among Democrats that Biden has largely managed to avoid as he begins to fill out his administration. Progressive leaders, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, have been especially vocal in criticizing the prospect of Emanuel joining the Cabinet.

Emanuel, a former three-term congressman who served as Barack Obama’s first White House chief of staff and was a senior adviser in Bill Clinton’s administration, has been a significant force in Democratic Party politics for much of the last three decades.

He also turned reviving Chicago’s ragged public transportation system and overhauling the city’s two busy, worn airports into a top issue during his eight years as mayor. He is also credited with making Chicago one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in country during his time in office.

But selecting Emanuel could be a tough sell to some in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party who are critical of his handling of the high-profile police shooting death of Laquan McDonald, a Black teenager killed by a white officer, during his time as Chicago’s mayor.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ballerina; ballet; dancer; deadfish; election2020; rahm
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1 posted on 12/01/2020 4:49:23 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The ballerina knows all about trains traveling into his tunnel.


2 posted on 12/01/2020 4:54:12 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kil l you. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is going to be Obama’s 4th term, his 3rd term was spent running the Coup against Trump.


3 posted on 12/01/2020 4:56:01 AM PST by CMailBag
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We need to pay attention to all of his appointments as these will be “rewards” to people for helping him cheat and will expose who helped it happen.


4 posted on 12/01/2020 4:57:46 AM PST by VinnieCCT
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Rahm would be easier to weigh impaled on a meat hook like a slab of beef.


5 posted on 12/01/2020 4:58:26 AM PST by Beagle8U ("Chris Wallace comes from the shallow end of the press pool.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Can they actually pry him out Man’s World????


6 posted on 12/01/2020 4:58:30 AM PST by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Biden is not “weighing” anything. His mind is essentially gone. A sock puppet. BHO and his minions are running things.
If ever we needed a divine intervention...


7 posted on 12/01/2020 4:58:56 AM PST by Blennos ( )
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To: VinnieCCT

“...We need to pay attention to all of his appointments as these will be “rewards” to people for helping him cheat and will expose who helped it happen....”

IF the truth be known, it ALL leads right back to the Obama and his filthy shadow govt regime (Comey, Clapper, Soros, Brennan, etc.). Obama never left. He’s been running that shadow govt ever since he left the WH. It should have been stopped by any means possible. Instead, we have what we’re witnessing today: A communist coup/takeover of America.


8 posted on 12/01/2020 5:01:09 AM PST by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: CMailBag

Obama was and is a Deep State catspaw.

Just like BeelzeBiteMe.


9 posted on 12/01/2020 5:03:42 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: Vaquero
From the New York Daily News:

Rahm Emanuel's role as pointe man means new respect for boys & ballet

BY Joe Dziemianowicz
Monday, November 17th 2008

Belly up the barres, boys. It's a perfect time to take the leap and don those tights - or maybe that's vice versa.

With the flurry of attention for the ballet history of congressman Rahm Emanuel (President-elect Obama's pick for White House chief of staff), it's suddenly become a lot cooler to be a guy who knows his way around toeshoes, turnouts and tights.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2008/11/16/2008-11-16_rahm_emanuels_role_as_pointe_man_means_n.html
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A fledgling young ballerina Rahm Emanuel

10 posted on 12/01/2020 5:12:37 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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To: VinnieCCT

When can members of the Lincoln Project expect to receive their payday for their treason?


11 posted on 12/01/2020 5:13:26 AM PST by Russ (I )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Return to ballet world for Rahm Emanuel? ← arts•meme

Return to ballet world for Rahm Emanuel?
https://artsmeme.com/2010/10/02/return-to-ballet-world-for-rahm-emanuel/

12 posted on 12/01/2020 5:17:00 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just like old times, huh Joe?


13 posted on 12/01/2020 5:19:47 AM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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To: Beagle8U
Rahm would be easier to weigh impaled on a meat hook like a slab of beef.

Rahm "Deadfish" Emanuel


Weighing in on Fish Scale Choices | Bass Pro Shops



14 posted on 12/01/2020 5:27:07 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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Fish On Weighing Scale Images, Stock Photos & Vectors | Shutterstock
15 posted on 12/01/2020 5:38:34 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And here antifa and BLM thought they’d get all the plum cabinet posts.

Whatever happened?


16 posted on 12/01/2020 5:57:06 AM PST by Bon of Babble (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!)
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To: jughandle

Rahm’s was the quote, uttered while Obama’s Chief of Staff, about never letting a crisis go to waste. This concept was being bandied about in corporate management circles at the time, companies, of course, being mini dictatorships. The same concept is obviously anathema to the the proper management of executive branches of democratic republics. Not that Obama or Rahm Emmanuel knew or cared about this “nuance”.


17 posted on 12/01/2020 6:09:48 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He doesn’t weigh a lot.


18 posted on 12/01/2020 6:33:22 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The somewhat divisive figure in democratic party uses the party’s plan take our guns and sell them to Mexico that way they don’t have to buy any and the can tell the tax payers the saved us millions.


19 posted on 12/01/2020 7:58:05 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

As these appointments go, Rahm is far, far, far better than most. Indeed, Biden would do well to appoint him senior advisor with day-to-day responsibilities within the White House. As President Obama’s chief of staff, he was a pit bull advocating for his boss and a wise head on matters like health care. (’Mr. President, please do NOT propose the Affordable Care Act.’)

His record as Mayor of Chicago also shows elements of fiscal responsibility and a willingness to take on corruption and entrenched interests.

An appointment for Rahm would take power away from the most radical elements in Biden’s administration. Rahm has the testicles and cognitive power that Biden at 78 years old lacks.


20 posted on 12/01/2020 8:19:52 AM PST by drellberg
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