With Republicans Resurgent, will Retarded or Reasonable Rookie Replace Rahm?
With President Obama’s hyper-partisan Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel once more in the news for his, well, direct manner of expressing himself, many who follow politics are asking if it’s time for the president to seek a replacement.
When, right after the 2008 election, then-President-elect Obama tapped the veteran of the Clinton White House to be his Chief of Staff, Republicans (and independents) should have recognized that the Democrat’s post-partisan campaign rhetoric was just that, rhetoric. In his three terms in the House, the Chicago Democrat (Rahm, not Obama) never showed much of an inclination to forge bipartisan compromises. He preferred attacking Republicans to working with them.
The president could show that he really means to work in a bi-partisan manner by replacing Rahm with someone less belligerent toward the increasingly resurgent GOP. Yet, in her article considering where the Chief of Staff is liability or asset to Obama, Julie Mason thinks he’s keeping his job: ”his close relationship to the president means his position is largely secure.”
That’s too bad, this is a man whose background is not shaping policy, but promoting his fellow partisans. His departure would signal a White House less committed to winning political fights and more concerned with advancing the national interest.
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Given the very public displays of the left’s disgust and hatred of the mentally handicapped, it’s about time to replace every damn one of them.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — February 5, 2010 @ 8:23 pm - February 5, 2010
That reminds me Dan, I was wondering where you, and the rest of the folks here came down on the great Palin-Limbaugh battle.
Do you take the side of Sarah “THe PC Queen” Palin and think that it is unacceptable to use the word “retarded”, even in a private conversation? (hmmm, guess not, given the title of your post). Or do you side with Limbaugh, that it is appropriate, at least so long as you are talking about liberals….?
Comment by Tano — February 5, 2010 @ 9:30 pm - February 5, 2010
Sure you were, Tano. And since you and your Obama Party fully support and endorse calling people who you don’t like “retards”, or saying that you were just like the “Special Olympics”, your attempts to smear on this just demonstrate what a complete and total hypocrite you are.
Not that this surprises us. Liberals are invariably accusing and attacking other people for things they themselves endorse.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — February 6, 2010 @ 12:17 am - February 6, 2010
to Tano….
The irony my dear liberal friend is how anybody with their moral compass still intact could even begin to condone the dreadful behavior of a public official by citing as it’s equivalent a remark (no less off-putting) made by a private citizen/entertainer during the course of satirical commentary…… The administration, through the MSM, has twice now manipulated the conscience of the public to lessen the severity of their remarks. Using this opportunity they have downgraded themselves viz-a-vie the importance of leading by example……. signaling us with a hint of an OK, whereby we should always draw from the liberal non sequitur bag of tricks any time a politician says something offensive to the sensibility of the nation. Hell, if that’s the case, all we have to do is point west to White House friendly Hollywood for inspiration; can we say an “abbondanza” awaits us there.
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http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2008/04/uwe-bolls-video-response-to-petition
http://kotaku.com/378137/michael-bay-responds-to-fucking-retard-remark
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Once accessed, scroll down to ” Petition to retire/Rejoinder”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_Boll
Comment by Spartann — February 6, 2010 @ 1:03 am - February 6, 2010
Wanna know where I come down? You’re the biggest dumbass for subscribing to the notion of a “battle” manufactured by the liberal media. Not to mention the fact that you’re the worst kind of POS for attempting to deflect attention from the liberal garbage that hates people with mental handicaps.
That’s where I come down.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — February 6, 2010 @ 1:16 am - February 6, 2010
BTW, dumbass, how many times does “retarded” appear in the ObamaCareless legislation?
Comment by ThatGayConservative — February 6, 2010 @ 1:18 am - February 6, 2010
This became vituperative quickly. My only comment is that to criticize the Obama administration for having a partisan chief of staff is silly. Are we suggesting that the inner circle of the last administration was renowned for its nonpartisanship? Karl Rove, the exemplar of nonpartisanship? Or were we referring to Dick Cheney? Administrations are partisan. That’s how they become administrations.
Comment by Phil Holmes — February 6, 2010 @ 11:35 am - February 6, 2010
The Rahm “retard” flap, coupled with the “negro dialect” nonsense from Harry Reid, perfectly illustrate that in truth, the left are exactly what they accuse conservatives of.
Time and time again we have seen this .. but of course, the MSM ignores it.
Comment by Pete — February 6, 2010 @ 1:03 pm - February 6, 2010
For those of us who actually listen to Limbaugh…..
It is funny to hear him take liberals words, use them and throw them back in liberals faces.
It was liberals who came up with the term “magic negro” referring to Obama. It was liberals who said Obama was a “clean articulate thin black man.” It was a liberal who called fellow Dems f**** ing retarded. It was a liberals who said Obama was a negro who could turn off and on his “negro dialect.” But when Limbaugh quotes the dummy liberals with their own words….the trolls at MSDNC lie and get all worked up. He brings it up constantly because when conservatives say something dumb and insensitive they get fired or pressured to quit. Liberals just smile shrug and say “I ‘d like to apologize to anyone who
was offended by my remarks. ” Anyone who thinks Emmanual is sorry for using the f word or the r word is a fool. I didn’t vote for Obama I’m no fool. “I will insist on a net spending cut…….”
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — February 6, 2010 @ 2:05 pm - February 6, 2010
Well, I am genetically unable to see Limbaugh as anything but a self-obsessed buffoon; however, I can agree to some of what Gene says above… liberal democrats have more permission to say certain things than conservative republicans have. That being said, Cheney told a standing senator to “F-off,” and where was the outrage then? I did not hear much criticism from the right over that outrageous lack of civility. If Biden told a republican to “F-off,” we would never hear the end of it from the right. And don’t get me started about how the right would respond if Al Gore were to shoot a hunting partner in the face.
As far as Harry Reid’s recently released comments are concerned – about Obama being electable because he is a non-threatening, very articulate black man who can turn his black dialect on and off – well, most of the black people I know were not offended by that comment and thought it was spot on. And I refuse to believe that Palin is upset about Rahm’s remark on its own – she just sees an opportunity to score some points.
Comment by Phil Holmes — February 6, 2010 @ 2:46 pm - February 6, 2010
Gene, I was listening that day, listening most every day. I understood the context, and the joke, but felt he rode it into the ground.
Now that said, yes, the ‘outrage’ over the Rush/Pailin thing is a distraction from the fact that it’s the Administration which actively believes it.
Comment by The_Livewire — February 6, 2010 @ 5:53 pm - February 6, 2010
Rahm is safe. He knows too much about Rezko and the other Arabs in Obama’s past.
Comment by LA Conservative — February 6, 2010 @ 6:52 pm - February 6, 2010
Oh good. Phil is our new excuse machine and he’ll use words from his calendar like vituperative to sound more impressive than he really is.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — February 6, 2010 @ 7:47 pm - February 6, 2010
I believe Harry said Obama could turn off his “negro dialect” not his black dialect.
And Bill Clinton said “come on Teddy a couple years ago Obama would have been getting us a drink haha”. Meaning with a black suit on and white gloves no doubt. But only liberals can get away with these types of demeaning comments. The state run media just chuckles. Aren’t liberals nice. Some of my best friends are liberals.
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — February 6, 2010 @ 9:02 pm - February 6, 2010
TGC, my apologies if I made you dust off your dictionary.
Comment by Phil Holmes — February 6, 2010 @ 11:13 pm - February 6, 2010