Obama’s ‘Chicago mafia’ blamed for paralysis at the top

Times Onlline ^ | February 21, 2010 | Christina Lamb

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From article:

Military commanders were astounded when they participated in Afghanistan war councils and referred to them as the “Chicago mafia”. It was this group that inserted into Obama’s Afghan surge speech the deadline of July 2011 as a date to start withdrawing.

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Although his job is to deflect criticism from his boss, Rahmbo, as he is known, seems to have gone over the top.

The Wall Street Journal reported him losing his temper at a strategy session in August and referring to liberals as “f***ing retarded”. He is said to have sent dead fish to a pollster whose numbers he did not like.

They degrade the office.

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Actually I had my tongue as far into my cheek on that post as Bill Clinton did when he was praising Obama’s nomination back in 2008. I guess I needed sarcasm tags.

Of course if Obama has his way he might actually lock somebody up for that kind of writing.

If you write it I wish you well but I am about techno-thrillered out, I am more interested in history, archeology etc. in my old age. I like to see somebody dig up something that is older than I am.

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Hey its no problem, blame on the simple way FR is laid out, you know, none of those cute smilies and stuff, thank god Jim does keep it this way because I think a message no matter how its formatted usually gets the same exposure for all to read, to think about or to disparage.