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March 28, 2009
Obama's Enforcer "Rahmbo." Emanuel
Obama's Enforcer
by Floyd and Mary Beth Brown
In Obama's entire circle of advisers, one man rises above the pack, gaining the reputation as the most ruthless political figure in America today. This man is Rahm Emanuel, Obama's chief of staff. Instead of being an impassioned ideologue, he instead enjoys utilizing Machiavellian tactics to achieve more traditional political ends. A classic Chicago-style machine politician, Rahm will do whatever is necessary to get things done his way. With his aggressive tactics, he has earned the nickname of "Rahmbo."
He lost a finger at the age of 17, and since then Emanuel has been a driven man. Working at an Arby's he sliced his finger but he insisted on attending his prom and swimming in Lake Michigan before going to the hospital. His finger became badly infected, forcing him to have it amputated during a lengthy stay in Children's Hospital. Never the same after the incident, Emanuel lives with an intense passion for life and a drive that alienates people, but achieves results.
Once a skilled and disciplined ballet dancer, he attended college on a dance scholarship. He became involved in his first campaign as an undergraduate, and his political career took off from there. His climb began while working on Richard Daley's mayoral campaigns in the late '80s, where he proved himself an avid fundraiser. As Emanuel called donors, if they gave less than he thought they could, he would refuse to accept their contribution. Then, he resorted to goading them by stating that he thought they were wealthier and bigger donors. Oftentimes donors would call him back, apologize, and then give Emanuel's desired amount.
Cutting his teeth in Chicago machine politics helped him develop his no- holds- barred style of campaigning. As a member of the Daley machine, Obama's chief of staff has been involved in his share of shady dealings. In Emanuel's 2002 congressional race, Daley forced city patronage workers to run a get-out-the vote campaign that is still being investigated for campaign violations.
Emanuel's exploits are legendary. Once he had a disagreement with a pollster, so he sent him a rotten fish. At a dinner party in 1992, the day after Clinton's hard-won election, Emanuel viciously attacked those whom he called betrayers. Spouting their name and shouting, "Dead! . . . Dead! . . . Dead!" he plunged a knife into the table after each name. Now, he is bringing these tactics along with his foul mouth to the White House.
This hardnosed political operative employs methods and tactics that would make Karl Rove blush. Rahm fights like a rooster in a cock fight. A political street fighter, he is the enforcer lurking behind Obama's pretty words about bipartisanship and unity.
Emanuel retired from the Clinton White House in 1998 and moved to Wall Street to make his fortune. He worked for Bruce Wasserstein, a major Democratic donor and Wall Street financier. Over the course of two and a half years, he milked his political connections to help broker deals, and he made $18 million. Emanuel is not ashamed to look out for number one. Once rich, he headed back to politics.
As the chairman of the Democratic Campaign Committee in 2006, he is largely credited as the architect of the Democratic landslide. He did it, in large measure, by remaking the Democratic Party in his own image. He won by aggressively recruiting candidates and then relentlessly driving his candidates to raise money. With money in hand, they launched a series of negative ads that are unmatched in campaign history.
Emanuel famously said, "Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste.They are opportunities to do big things." He is pushing Obama's administration to do that now. Obama is the star of the show and Rahm is the one who is directing the play.
Rahm is well connected inside DC and uses his friendships with John Podesta, James Carville and Paul Begala to great effect. Obama, the inexperienced "outsider," is being taught the ropes by Rahm, the insider. One of the best examples of this inside- and outsid- the-White House coordination is the campaign to demonize and target Rush Limbaugh. You can bet that Rahm Emanuel helped to make it happen.
Rahm has brought his aggressive attitude to work in implementing Obama's agenda. He personally was instrumental in rounding up votes for the stimulus bill, by intensely pressuring three moderate Republican senators and threatening conservative Democrats.
Now he is working hard to push through the $3.6 trillion Obama budget. Will he be successful? If the past is any indication, Rahm will shout, curse, stab and claw his way to victory no matter what the cost. Washington, D.C. has definitely gotten uglier as Rahmbo storms through it, hell-bent on taking no prisoners.
Former Mobster Compares Obama's Thugs and Soros to the Mafia
Wild Thing's comment.......
Well here we are with total thugs in our White House. But not only thugs, something that imo is even worse, they are all of these in various ways.....communists, socialists and marxists. Our troops are fighting one kind of enemy and we have another holding office and passing bills and doing all they can to destroy our country.
Does anyone ever get to the point they are not shocked by what is happening? I know I can't , not so far and probably never will. And they are doing things so fast one can hardly keep up.
....Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
3rd Mar.Div. 1st Battalion 9th Marine Regiment
1/9 Marines aka The Walking Dead
VN 66-67
Posted by Wild Thing at March 28, 2009 06:44 AM
Comments
Invite to rahmbo.
You and me inthe street, stripped to the waist.
I win, you shut up, pack up and go home.
You win..........that ain't going to happen dirtbag.
Posted by: Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) USN RET at March 28, 2009 08:53 AM
"Rahm fights like a rooster in a cock fight."
I disagree. Rahm fights like a pit bull in a cock fight.
Posted by: Margaret at March 28, 2009 09:57 AM
Interesting interview. This ex mobster says he fears government intervention in his life more than anything. Kind of reminds me of the conspiracy theories of mob hits on John and Robert Kennedy. Too bad they didn't take out Ted.
Posted by: TomR at March 28, 2009 01:18 PM
This is what should happen to Rahm Emanuel. Country Style
Posted by: Jack at March 28, 2009 04:30 PM
Nobody seems to know how he lost his middle finger. One report, used by the democrats, a bomb blew it off while he was in the IDF.
Seeing bomb damage before, AP mines and booby traps, this must have been an awfully selective bomb to only blow off half a finger and leave the rest of his hand, arm and body in pristine condition.
Then there is the meat cutting incident that he severed his finger. And I also heard he cut it off himself to show how tough he was.
If anything, he is stupid.
My money's on Glenn, the Navy guy.
Posted by: Mark at March 28, 2009 05:35 PM
Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) USN RET, LOL that
is great! Good one Glenn.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 28, 2009 08:15 PM
Tom, isn't it something when a Mob guy
is the Republican and is speaking out
like this. heh heh I love it. And I
agree with you about kennedy.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 28, 2009 08:17 PM
Jack,LMAO good one. Gosh I miss
Johnny Carson. Buddy Hackett did
this great.
Hahahahahaha
Thank you Jack.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 28, 2009 08:22 PM
Mark, LOL no way was it a bomb, I agree with you 1000%.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 28, 2009 08:25 PM
