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Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel admits weak messaging on health care from White House
Daily Caller ^ | 1/11/2010 | Jon Ward

Posted on 01/11/2010 6:47:33 PM PST by Nachum

President Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, said Monday that the White House has inadequately communicated with Americans about health-care reform.

“We have to do a better job of explaining to the American people the principle things they will get out of this,” Emanuel said, on MSNBC’s inaugural episode of “Daily Rundown.”

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: emanuel; messaging; rahm; weak
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1 posted on 01/11/2010 6:47:34 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Rahm, i believe the Tea Party movement is getting that message out pretty loudly.


2 posted on 01/11/2010 6:50:18 PM PST by ChinaThreat (3)
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To: Nachum
No Rahm we understand SOCIALISM, DEATH PANELS JUST FINE!
3 posted on 01/11/2010 6:53:28 PM PST by ColdOne (ColdOne)
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To: Nachum

But Obamao has communicated the importance of playing golf, basketball, and working out instead of working for the good of the American people.

We got the message and it’s pretty damning.


4 posted on 01/11/2010 6:53:45 PM PST by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: Nachum

“principle things”

Rahmses, you have no idea what the f*k you’re talking about. And you can’t spell, either. The double entendre is deafening and you have no idea.

Dead fish tell no tales?


5 posted on 01/11/2010 6:54:40 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: Nachum

Yeah, by now the Messiah should have charmed the baby boomers into lining up at the doors of those government “final dignity” centers his brother Dr. Ezekiel “Mengele” Emmanual is designing. What went wrong? Gotta fine-tune that message a little. Few tweaks oughtta do it.


6 posted on 01/11/2010 6:54:44 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Nachum

Weak on getting the message out? On the contrary we hear and understand loud and clear, deadfish.


7 posted on 01/11/2010 6:55:32 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Nachum

There is no communication problem, Rahm. We are well aware of what the government takeover of health care would do. That’s why we are against it.


8 posted on 01/11/2010 6:55:49 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Don’t want you or your brother anywhere NEAR Grandma...also heard Scott Brown has come up with over one million reasons to vote AGAINST your ‘health care’ package...LOL!


9 posted on 01/11/2010 6:58:26 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Nachum

By all means, put Obama back on for a few more prime time speeches about it.

My suggestion, Rahm, is that you do a last-minute pre-emption of the Super Bowl.


10 posted on 01/11/2010 7:00:41 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Nachum
Emanuel said that “part of it is the message not getting through, part of it is people not watching the legislative process very good.”

Maybe, Rahm baby, just maybe people are watching what you socialists are really trying to do?

11 posted on 01/11/2010 7:00:49 PM PST by eeriegeno (<p>)
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To: Nachum

Tinkerbell should run off with Fwank to Havana.


12 posted on 01/11/2010 7:00:59 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
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To: Nachum

You can’t make this stuff up, can you? Epic fail continues. Oh, the humanity!


13 posted on 01/11/2010 7:07:38 PM PST by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
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To: Nachum

>> “We have to do a better job of explaining to the American people the principle things they will get out of this,”

The principle thing we’ll get out of this is an enlarged and weakened sphincter.

Oh well, look at the bright side of life. Once we’re all stretched out, the morning constitutional will take less time, so we can get to work sooner and get a head start on paying that tax bill!


14 posted on 01/11/2010 7:08:32 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is typical liberal claptrap. If people are against what they want to do, they blame bad communications, or conservatives distorting the message. They never, ever, consider that they have communicated what they want to do, AND THAT CRITICAL MASSES OF PEOPLE ARE AGAINST IT!!!!!

The hubris of the liberal makes it hard for them to understand that huge numbers of people oppose this government overhaul of healthcare. Their hubris makes it hard for them to understand that not everyone dreams of a utopia of socialism.

It’s ironic, when you consider how many liberals pride themselves on being so well educated, with graduate degrees from fine universities. The liberal “Achilles heel” is their inability to understand why anyone would oppose their plans. Maybe that’s why they attribute sinister motives or hatred to any who oppose them. You know the drill :

if you oppose affirmative action, you are a racist
if you oppose same-sex marriage, you are a bigot
if you oppose abortion, you have no compassion and want women to die on a coat hanger

if you oppose federal aid to education, you don’t want children to get a good education

if you oppose embryonic stem cell research, then you are against scientific research

if you favor tax cuts, you are greedy, selfish, and want to see cuts to gov’t programs. And you have no compassion for the poor who are helped by such programs.

if you favor domestic oil drilling, you want to despoil the environment.

And so it goes. Liberalism is a mindset which inhibits clear thinking, and doesn’t allow for nuances or consideration of other viewpoints. So I’m sure that Emmanuel can’t understand how someone can oppose the Obama utopia they have planned for us.


15 posted on 01/11/2010 7:10:38 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Nachum

[”Rahm Emanuel, said Monday that the White House has inadequately communicated with Americans about health-care reform.”]
What has he been smoking? Just imagine how abysmal the public’s support for government health care would be if the legislative process had not been conducted in secret.

[”The White House did not respond to requests for further comment.”]
So much for the necessity to adequately communicate with Americans about health-care reform.


16 posted on 01/11/2010 7:14:06 PM PST by haroldeveryman
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To: Cicero
My suggestion, Rahm, is that you do a last-minute pre-emption of the Super Bowl.

Ha ha ha, brilliant! Missing the Super Bowl would suck, but it's a small price to pay for this huge public relations FAIL for the Obamanauts!

17 posted on 01/11/2010 7:17:38 PM PST by GenXFreedomFighter
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To: Nachum

The biggest problem the White House has is that we understand all too well how bad this piece of crap legislation is for the whole country- regardless of economic standing in your individual communities.


18 posted on 01/11/2010 7:17:47 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Nachum
we understand perfectly what we will get out of this.

Higher taxes
Higher insurance premiums
Lower quality of care
Fewer doctors
Enlarged welfare state
Taxpayer funded abortions
More intrusive government telling us how to be healthy
Death panels

19 posted on 01/11/2010 7:22:42 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied, the economy died)
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To: Nachum
"“We have to do a better job of explaining to the American people the principle things they will get out of this,” Emanuel said, on MSNBC’s inaugural episode of “Daily Rundown.” "


20 posted on 01/11/2010 7:25:27 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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