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NYT: The Soft Side (of Rahm Emanuel)
NYTimes ^ | October 4, 2010 | David Brooks

Posted on 10/05/2010 11:12:47 AM PDT by maggief

By now everyone has an image of Rahm Emanuel. He’s the profanity-spewing political street-fighter. He’s the guy who once sent a dead fish to a political opponent. This past week, “Saturday Night Live” spoofed him as an abrasive pit bull. “On Friday, the White House released Rahm Emanuel back into the wild,” Seth Meyers joked during “Weekend Update.”

This image doesn’t square with the guy I’ve covered for the past decade. I began interviewing Emanuel when he was in the House, while he was building the Democratic majority. Then when he moved to the Obama White House, I was one of the many people on his long, long call list. He’d call a few times a week. The calls lasted from 45 seconds to two minutes, enough time for him to tout some speech or policy initiative, answer a question and then be off.

Every conversation, short or long, was a headlong rush.

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


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1 posted on 10/05/2010 11:12:52 AM PDT by maggief
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To: hoosiermama; Liz; MinuteGal; STARWISE; onyx; penelopesire; SE Mom

RE ping!


2 posted on 10/05/2010 11:14:13 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Swing...and a miss!


3 posted on 10/05/2010 11:16:06 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (I believe in man-made political climate change.)
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To: maggief
The soft underbelly of Rahmbo.
4 posted on 10/05/2010 11:16:25 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The only stable state is one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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To: maggief

This dirtbag will promise everything and deliver NOTHING - just like his ex-boss. The worst part is that people will believe his lies.


5 posted on 10/05/2010 11:17:31 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Congress doesn't care a damn about "we the people")
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To: maggief

Hey, Brooks - being a posterior smooching poofter is no way to go through life.


6 posted on 10/05/2010 11:17:36 AM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: maggief

There appears to be a real basic legitimate question of Rahm’s eligibility to run for Chicago mayor.


7 posted on 10/05/2010 11:18:05 AM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: maggief

David Brooks!

LOL.
Okay....I’ll read it.


8 posted on 10/05/2010 11:18:53 AM PDT by onyx (If you support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: maggief

yeah....

Didn’t the New York Times do a similar story on Karl Rove when he left the White House?

...The Soft Side of Karl Rove.

(no, I didn’t think so.)


9 posted on 10/05/2010 11:21:49 AM PDT by earlJam
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To: maggief

The SOFT side, or the wild side of Rahm Emanuel (ballerina extraordinaire)?


10 posted on 10/05/2010 11:22:47 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Things we’d ,pst like to see

Rahm in a tutu


11 posted on 10/05/2010 11:24:43 AM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Things we’d most like to see

Rahm in a tutu


12 posted on 10/05/2010 11:25:05 AM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: maggief

13 posted on 10/05/2010 11:25:39 AM PDT by Doogle (IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN....PLEASE donate, because it's the RIGHT thing to do)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’d like to see the soft, mushy composty side...


14 posted on 10/05/2010 11:26:21 AM PDT by WAW (Which enumerated power?)
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To: New Jersey Realist

I have a classmate and close friend who is in the Whitehouse a couple times a month.

Says Rahm and one who will go unnamed refused to shake his hand at their first meeting.

Arrogant, elitist,....


15 posted on 10/05/2010 11:28:55 AM PDT by KCengineer ( Speaking the TRUTH)
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To: Ev Reeman
Close....lol.

16 posted on 10/05/2010 11:34:36 AM PDT by onyx (If you support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The soft underbelly of Rahmbo.

Appearing soon at Man’s Country.


17 posted on 10/05/2010 11:34:43 AM PDT by Beckwith (A "natural born citizen" -- two American citizen parents and born in the USA.)
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To: maggief

Slobbering David Brooks... again.

And this is who the NYTimes claims is their “conservative” guy.


18 posted on 10/05/2010 11:35:34 AM PDT by Obadiah (I can see November from my house!)
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To: KCengineer

Go ahead, name the dude.

Don’t be afraid.


19 posted on 10/05/2010 11:36:17 AM PDT by Beckwith (A "natural born citizen" -- two American citizen parents and born in the USA.)
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To: maggief
“Rahm is a warmhearted Machiavellian”

This NYT reporter spends so much time kissing ballerina boy's ass. David Brooks must be gay, he is in love with ballerina boy the slimy liar. Hey Brooks, just give him a rim job and get it over with.

20 posted on 10/05/2010 11:37:41 AM PDT by detective
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