Posted on 09/03/2010 10:03:21 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
Rahm Emanuel, former Democratic congressman and President Obama's chief of staff, gave the UAW the Gettelfinger during the GM and Chrysler rescue debate, according to former auto czar Steve Rattner's new book. This could get messy. Especially because there's more.
Huffington Post says Rattner's book "The Overhaul" will offer some unstinting takes on Obama's inner circle during the time of the bailouts.
Of course, this isn't the first time Emanuel's found himself in hot water over dropping an F-bomb on his political bedmates. But it's also not the only startling quote we've found in Rattner's book.
In addition to Emanuel's expression of the usually never-stated, but readily-shared opinion by many Democratic politicians of the usually Democratic-leaning union, the other early highlights include:
- Emanuel's spout about the UAW came during early debate on whether the administration should even try to rescue GM and Chrysler.
— In his first post-election talk with advisors about GM and Chrysler, Obama asked "Why can't they make a Corolla?"
— Rattner describes Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne as "one of our biggest headaches." He also describes a showdown between Marchionne and UAW President Ron Gettelfinger; when Marchionne lectured about the need for autoworkers to accept a "culture of poverty" instead of a "culture of entitlement," Gettelfinger fired back: "Why don't you come and sit with me and tell a seventy-five-year-old widow that she can't have surgery and that you killed her husband?"
— And Rattner defends his role in "ChoochGate," the scandal that forced him to resign from the Obama administration, despite other reports suggesting there's a lot of life left in the probe.
Oh well. Regardless of what either side says, they’re stuck with each other.
Partners in crime, as it were.
“Keelhaul” could be a good title..
Was that the “Retarded UAW” per Rahm?
If Rahm said that, we’ve finally found something we can agree upon.
what is even more interesting ? imho these type of early tell-all books are being printed & published laying the groundwork for some really really bigger tell-alls & there’s going to be a lot of people who make beau-coup bucks and as we all know-the ‘bam is a one termer.
WARREN, Mich. — Warren Mayor Jim Fouts has issues with President Barack Obama.
Fouts fired off a letter to the White House Friday after reading excerpts in the Detroit News from a forthcoming memoir of Steve Rattner, the former top auto adviser to the White House.
Rattner writes that the president and his top advisers blocked plans by General Motors executives to move the company’s headquarters offices from the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit to the General Motors Technical Center in Warren.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/24878639/detail.html
never thought I’d agree with this steaming pant load on anything.....
Great find!
Among the FIRST thing socialists must do is prevent people from fleeing failure.
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