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December 12, 2008
Obama Chief of Staff R. Emanuel Ducks Reporters' Questions - Refuses to Answer
I can't see you right now, and you don't see me either. We were never here. I don't even know you.
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Is Emanuel the adviser on gov tape?
BY FRAN SPIELMAN AND ABDON M. PALLASCH
President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, refused to take questions from reporters this morning about whether he was the Obama “advisor” named in the criminal complaint against Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
The complaint states Blagojevich wanted a promise of a high-level appointment or some other reward for Blagojevich in exchange for Blagojevich naming Obama’s friend Valerie Jarrett to replace him in the U.S. Senate.
Emanuel was uncharacteristically absent from Obama’s news conference this morning. He was spotted two hours later in the lobby of Chicago’s City Hall. He was there to listen to his two children performing in a concert with their school, Anshe Emet.
A Sun-Times reporter pressed him to comment about whether he was the emissary named in the criminal complaint.
“You’re wasting your time,” Emanuel said. “I’m not going to say a word to you. I’m going to do this with my children. Dont do that. I’m a father. I have two kids. I’m not going to do it.”
Asked, “Can’t you do both?” Emanuel replied, “I’m not as capable as you. I’m going to be a father. I’m allowed to be a father,” and he pushed the reporter’s digital recorder away.
Blagojevch was caught on tape saying that he wanted the Obama advisor in question to know what Blagojevich wanted in exchange for the Jarrett appointment.
Blagojevich said, “He asks me for the fifth CD thing, I want it to be in his head.” Emanuel represents the 5th Congressional District in Illinois.
No one in the Obama campaign or administration has been charged with any wrongdoing. Obama said this morning that none of his staff has had a hand in any dealmaking on his Senate replacement.
Wild Thing's comment.........
Obama isn’t even elected and already his administration is immersed in scandal. hmmmm Does this mean the Pres-elect is finally being vetted by the media. hahaha
Also Obama refuses to take questions from any “reporters” not on his Official Reporter Suck-Up List. I am not sure about the last few days, but at all those stupid press conferences he was holding every single day he would not call on any Fox reporters to answer their questions.
“You’re wasting your time,” Emanuel said. “I’m not going to say a word to you. I’m going to do this with my children. Dont do that. I’m a father. I have two kids. I’m not going to do it.”
Asked, “Can’t you do both?” Emanuel replied, “I’m not as capable as you. I’m going to be a father. I’m allowed to be a father,” and he pushed the reporter’s digital recorder away.
Now this is rich! They lambasted Govenor Palin for not being able to be a mother and the vp relentlessly. Here this guy admits he is not as capable as a reporter because he can't be a daddy and chief of staff???
IMO I really think U.S. politics has officially “jumped the shark” on Ronald Reagan’s last day as President. It has gone down hill since then.
Posted by Wild Thing at December 12, 2008 05:45 AM
Comments
We have four years of this bad entertainment ahead of us. Obama will be spending a lot of time tap dancing. He will also need Nagin's fleet of unused busses to throw the bodies under.
Posted by: TomR at December 12, 2008 12:15 PM
Four years of 'fireside chats' to convince us of how great the Annointed One and his cabinet are.
We could have a Latin play about this, the actors:
Barack Obama as Fidel Castro
Rahm Emanuel as Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Jesse Jackson Jr. as Raul Castro
David Axelrod as Camilo Cienfuegos
Valerie Jarrett in drag as Huber Matos
Posted by: Jack at December 12, 2008 12:42 PM
I hope that the rest of the world is getting a good look at what a President Obama and his Chief of Staff will look and act like under pressure these next four "deniability" years. Nothing will be their fault or responsibility.
Posted by: Les at December 12, 2008 07:02 PM
