Posted on 11/06/2008 6:53:09 PM PST by george76
Paul Begala refers to Rep. Rahm Emanuel’s style as a “cross between a hemorrhoid and a toothache.” His stint as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has been notable for his clashes with DNC Chairman Howard Dean over strategy, resources, and the direction of the party.
A former aide to President Clinton, he was known as “Rahm-bo” among friend and foe alike. Schooled in the rough and tumble of Chicago politics, he was a senior adviser to Richard Daley’s successful 1989 mayoral bid
Friends and enemies agree that the key to Emanuel’s success is his legendary intensity.
There’s the story about the time he sent a rotting fish to a pollster who had angered him.
the night after Clinton was elected, Emanuel was so angry at the president’s enemies that he stood up at a celebratory dinner with colleagues from the campaign, grabbed a steak knife and began rattling off a list of betrayers, shouting “Dead! … Dead! … Dead!” and plunging the knife into the table after every name. “When he was done, the table looked like a lunar landscape,” one campaign veteran recalls. “It was like something out of The Godfather. But that’s Rahm for you.”
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Too strong a nick ... he doesn’t need to be more empowered.
This guy makes Tony Soprano and his ‘crew’ look like a wimps already.
Better nick would be Rahm the Ham or something like that.
Mark my words, these guys are going to pick a fight with the wrong person eventually. And that person is going to be a major figure in the mainstream media. Then the fun begins!
EXACTLY....we have BEEN at WAR....on a number of fronts....now we’ve got a major battle looming....with Obama and his minions. Arm up, folks....
Rahm has... shall we say... Freudian issues.
Hell yea. Adversity may even cause some to grow a pair. It’s sorely needed.
Just think of all those who gaved Obama the “bird’ in turn.
Hopefully God won’t let the dictator rule for too long. He just hates anyone else using His “Messiah” label. He has the trademark on it you know.
As I posted in another post. The seeds are being planted for a future internal conflict.
Except for McCain. To re-establish his Maverick image he will lead the RINOS across the aisle to provide cover for the socialist Obama policies. Soon will be on Meet The Press to re-hab his creds. And sell us down the river.
Its gotta suggest evil, that’s how the Libs destroy people. Maybe Rahm the Don, or Rahm the knife ...
Well Obama will have to take that up with God and we know who will win and it is not Obama.
Many years ago, the ACLU was respectable - now they whore for liberals.
Well, the other option is that he picked him to keep the congressional democrats in line. Don’t forget that he was the one that strongarmed the democrats to get NAFTA passed.
how about in the mafia tradition of nicknames “four fingers’?
So would I, though it makes no sense for any Orthodox Jew to support politicians who don't even conform to the basic standards of decency in the Noachide Laws (I believe the late Rabbi Mosheh Feinstein zt"l said it was forbidden for such politicians).
The GOP is going to have to find an “enforcer” type. Someone who can take a kick to the groin and return said kick even harder.
Remember what Sean Connery said about the “Chicago Way” of fighting?
that is an attempt to intimidate, if not an outright death threat.
F him. Who here isn't up for a fight?
This is one fire I’d gladly pour gasoline on!
Dude, this is an open channel. Where’s your COMSEC?
That’s what the little man-child wants.
Fear keeps people immobile.
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