The knuckle incident was gross insubordination to a president.
And those official admin pics------no president likes to have a COS who attempts to overshadow him. The pained look on Obama's face as Rahm hovered over him that first hour in the Oval Office was VERY telling.
Arrogance personified.
"Forget Obama--you deal with ME."
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DEFUSING THE RAHM BOMB
Humanevents.com | Jan. 29 2009 | Fran Coombs
FR Posted 01/29/2009 By malkee
Obama at a meeting earlier in January with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others complained to Emanuel about his tendency to loudly crack his knuckles. “At which point,” The Times reported, “Mr. Emanuel held the offending knuckle up to Mr. Obama’s left ear and, like an annoying little brother, snapped off a few special cracks.”
Now all questions aside about (insubordination) and the propriety of doing that to anyone, much less the President of the United States.....Obama’s reaction was not reported...probably in keeping with “the cool, collegial and deliberate culture of Obama World.”