1 The only reason he would be given a pink slip is his involvement in the Blago and Sestak matters. 

2 Machiavelli was a pragmatist.

3 All Jooos Overboard!

4 He can add "Proven lowlife cockholster" to his resume. Should get him a great job in Chicago.

5 He's leaving because he's frustrated? I think the actual reason is re-branding and discretion.

6 If Emmanuel is your go to pragmatist you might be out of touch.

7 This "Ace" fellow should guest-blog more often.  Great writer.

8 It's of course fascinating that Obama and his Inner Sanctum crew brought Rahm Emanuel on board to provide his unparalleled savvy in dealing with Congress and his political skill in making the Democrats in Congress seem politically appealing -- and then completely sidelined him and rejected all of his advice.  The Corleones brought in an Irish orphan kid to give them needed outside perspective as their consigliere, and they had the good sense to listen to Tom Hagen when he told them what they needed to hear.  Obama let Axelrod and Jarrett and Plouffe and Gibbs close ranks to keep Emanuel from having any real influence over the very political strategies he was hired to formulate and implement.

9

Darrell Issa said that when they take over the House and he becomes chair of the ethics committee that they were going to issue the shit out of subpeonas..

..Twinkletoes is potentially pretty exposed on a lot of suspect activity and I'm sure there are some Jackassocrats who didn't appreciate having their arms twisted by him for their votes..

Rahm is getting while the getting is good

10 Now Rahm wants to be mayor of Chicago.  Great.  He'll go from being part of a gang screwing up the country to being the top gangster screwing up a city.

11 I see cement shoes in somebody's future...

12 The Obama team isn't being slimy enough for him. Hell of a cover story.

13

..Twinkletoes is potentially pretty exposed on a lot of suspect activity and I'm sure there are some Jackassocrats who didn't appreciate having their arms twisted by him for their votes..

Posted by: beedubya at June 21, 2010 01:41 PM (AnTyA)

I don't think Rahm twisted as many arms as all that.  He was famously quoted as being disappointed that the White House didn't offer a scaled-back health care proposal that the Dems in Congress could more easily vote for.  I think the arm-twisting was mostly on Pelosi and Reid.

Remember that Rahm architected the takeback of the House for the Democrats in 2006.  He's got to be sick to his stomach at how the Obama Administration has thrown all his hard work into the crapper.

14
Rahm is as creepy as it gets, in the world of political mobsters.

15

Posted by: stuiec at June 21, 2010 01:53 PM

I always found that quote by Rahm to be suspiscious....I think he learned the triangulation tactic while working with the Clintons..

..his brother Zeke is pretty much the Dr. Death of our new socialized healthcare

16 "I would bet he will go after the midterms,"
Is that going to give him time to get the inevitable tell-all book on the shelves for Christmas?

17

Posted by: stuiec at June 21, 2010 01:53 PM

...and remember the naked shower molestation incident where Rahm poked Massa with his ..uh.. finger and lectured him about his stance on the helathcare scam?

Something, by the way, Rahm has never denied

18 I see cement shoes in somebody's future...



Can I have 10,000 aspirins please?

19

Looking for the right job to go to, indeed.

I hear there's going to be tryouts soon for the 2011 season with the D.C. Area Community Ballet...

20 Let's review Emanuel's work experience:

Although he did not have an MBA degree or prior banking experience, he became a managing director at the firmÂ’s Chicago office in 1999 and, according to Congressional disclosures, made $16.2 million in his two-and-a-half-years as a banker. At Wasserstein Perella, he worked on eight deals, including the acquisition by Commonwealth Edison of Peco Energy and the purchase by GTCR Golder Rauner of the SecurityLink home security unit from SBC Communications.

Emanuel was named to the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) by President Bill Clinton in 2000. His position earned him at least $320,000, including later stock sales. He was not assigned to any of the board's working committees, and the Board met no more than six times per year.

During his time on the board, Freddie Mac was plagued with scandals involving campaign contributions and accounting irregularities. The Obama Administration rejected a request under the Freedom of Information Act to review Freddie Mac board minutes and correspondence during Emanuel's time as a director.

So, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are places where favored insider and cronies go to get pay-offs.  Jamie Gorelick did the same thing. Remember Hillary Clinton's cattle futures "trades"?  This is how these scumbags make all their money in politics.  Rahm Emanuel makes Hillary Clinton look like an amateur. 

21 Clearly, this man tripped and fell down the flight of stairs, landing tragically on a small pile of six closely-grouped bullets.

22

Hillary Clinton pays her own rent / mortgage.  She *is* an amateur.

23 Bah Rahm Ewe Lie.

24
"Now Rahm wants to be mayor of Chicago.  Great.  He'll go from being part of a gang screwing up the country to being the top gangster screwing up a city."

The appalling fact is that he may well be the best man for the job - given that the alternatives are Luis Gutierrez and Jesse Jackson Jr.

25
"Never, ever trust a Clinton politician. Their loyalty lies only to themselves."

FIFY.

26 "Rahm Traded Favors with Blago: Report While a congressman, Emanuel asked for trades with embattled gov."

27 Rahm,u lie

That was awesome. hehe

28

And yes, I do believe that Hillary is sitting back, waiting, for the right moment to have a foreign policy disagreement and walk out. Then, she can hit the campaign trail, tell everyone she was right about the 3:00 a.m. call and make life hell for Obama. Then Bill may actually come clean on the Stupak deal.

Nah, doesn't even need to be foreign policy.  It can be domestic.  Just wait and see how completely he fucks up the oil spill.  I can see Hillary saying that with Obama's domestic agenda being so terrible she can no longer in good conscious continue with the foriegn side.  Something must be done to fix the domestic mess and she is just the one to do it.

29 Im still waiting to the Clintons to drop a bomb (Sestak or other) on the Obama admin.

30 I wish Obama would quit beating around the bush and just appoint a scapegoat czar.

31 Bah Rahm Ewe Lie. - Posted by: Babe the Palin

I don't know why, but that made me laugh like a lunatic.

32 Rahm is a dirty bag and he tries to be a tough guy to overcompensate for being a runt

33 Hillary is putting the band back together. Carville is the opening act. Soros has decided to switch puppets in 2012.

34

Maybe Obama will finally find the right left ass to kick.

It ought to be quite funny to watch Obama kick his own ass.

35

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36

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