Posted on 11/06/2008 8:06:33 PM PST by forkinsocket
America's Jewish community welcomed U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's pick of Rep. Rahm Emanuel for the post of Chief of Staff, saying that the choice demonstrates that Obama has learned from the mistakes of previous Democratic presidents.
On Thursday, Obama announced that Emanuel, a key official in the Clinton administration, had accepted his offer and will serve as the next White House Chief of Staff.
William Daroff, the director of the Washington office of the United Jewish Communities (UJC), an umbrella organization representing 155 Jewish Federations and 400 independent Jewish communities across North America, said Thursday "Rep. Emanuel is among the smartest political tacticians and policy-makers that is on the scene in Washington."
"He was singularly responsible for guiding many of the top legislative priorities of the Clinton administration when he was a senior White House aide. He crafted the House Democrats plan to regain the majority when he was their campaign committee chairman," Daroff went on to say.
"Choosing Rep. Emanuel is a sign that President-elect Obama is learning from the mistakes of the two most recent Democratic Presidents, who brought in Washington outsiders to run the White House, and did so at their own peril -- often finding themselves in battles with the Washington Democratic establishment. Emanuel's selection will avoid such 'freshman mistakes'," The UJC official continued.
"Rep. Emanuel is also a good friend of Israel, coming from good Irgun stock, davening at an Orthodox synagogue, and sending his children to Jewish day schools," Daroff concluded.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Rush suggested that this move to pick Rahm as Chief of Staff will really piss off the same muzzies who lauded his election.
Let’s see what they “laud” a year from now.
By picking someone affiliated with an earlier Democratic president?
What are they smoking?
SO what does Farrakhan have to say?
Oh, OK.
Well then, in similar fashion, I won’t be happy until The Zero appoints a Roman Catholic to his Cabinet.
Policies, past corruption and demeanor do not matter, he or she just MUST be Roman Catholic.
That is all that matters.
Stuck on stupid comes to mind.
Wait till these liberal US Jews hear the Obamessiah’s response to an Israeli hit on the Iranian nuclear facilities....
Hitler’s grandmother was jewish...go figure, there are ‘traitors’ in every group...so don’t make too much of this.
give us a break
“What are they smoking?”
And it looks like they’re inhaling. Deeply.
I heard that, but don’t agree...those marxists are like certain other groups..they know each other without speaking.
Some Jews would vote for Satan himself if he was a Democrat.
“Politics” supercedes nationality...just remember some of Hitler’s ancestors were jews.
Emanuel is “Jewish” in the same way Karl Marx was a “Lutheran.”
They don’t care about Israel. The Jewish manager at my office, demonstrates that. Just doesn’t care and as far as I can tell by the results of the election, the majority just don’t give a damn. It’s really a stunner.
Good heavens, could he be Mossad also? LOL. Hussein flipped 75 days before he takes office.
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