Once again - I call for Rahm Emanuel's resignation

[Hawkeye-X]

and replaced with someone who'll relay what the PROGRESSIVES needs, not some DLC/Blue Dogs crap. I don't care of Rahm gets the Democrats together - he's not the won who won the elections for the Democrats - it was Howard Dean, and if the bill comes out with no Public Option and Obama doesn't veto it, I'm done with Obama, and going to support a draft Dean movement to get what we need.

Hawkeye-X

[Nikki Stone1]

1. I'm sure he's shaking in his boots.

:)

[Nikki Stone1]

2. .

:)

[avaistheone1]

3. It couldn't happen soon enough.

[babylonsister]

4. Yawn. nt

[spanone]

5. i expect him gone by morning

:evilgrin:

[timeforpeace]

6. This is not the administration you were looking for.

[Thickasabrick]

7. I'm hoping Rahm wants to do something else, like manage a

ballet troupe or something - then when that happens, Obama will hire Dr. Dean.

[Cali_Democrat]

8. ...

:popcorn:

[Sebastian Doyle]

9. Big K&R!!

And for the record I was Rec #4 - as far as I know.

Just wanted to say that before the DLC unrec trolls move in like a steamroller......

Fuck Rahm and his Medicare privatizing brother.

[Jackpine Radical]

12. 5.

[natrat]

10. you think by replacing just one of the turds something will change,no one is that naive

[Stinky The Clown]

11. See .... here's the thing .... Rahm is what Rahm is ...... and someone wants him there .....

..... doing what he does.

[Jackpine Radical]

13. I have yet to see a junkyard dog

whose presence was not sanctioned by the junkyard owner.

[Stinky The Clown]

15. Precisely

[glitch]

26. I think we're finally starting to find out now just exactly who "owns" this junkyard.

And it ain't We The People or even our elected representatives, including middle management (aka Rahm's immediate supervisor).

[MercutioATC]

20. Spot on

Rahm is very good at what he does...and I believe he was hired not so much to fend off the right, but to keep certain elements of the left in check.

[tavalon]

28. Really?

He doesn't seem to be good at it at all. We fucking hate him. How does that keep us in check?

[MercutioATC]

31. Liking him is not necessary...in fact, it's counterproductive.

Imagine that the Obama presidency is a party. Obama's enemies are invited, but they're less likely to be a pain in his ass than his "friends". Rahm is the bouncer that keeps people (especially "friends") at arm's length while Obama works the room.

I actually think that Rahm is one of the few good decisions Obama has made.

[elocs]

14. This implies you have done this before. I guess I missed the first one.

How is that possible? :shrug:

[sandnsea]

16. It was Howard Dean??? Wow. Delusional. n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

19. Yes, it was Howard Dean

The only leader this party has had in DECADES.

[troubledamerican]

23. Nah, you're delusional.

DNCers in all 50 states credit Dean. And his reversal of McAuliffe's wasteland era.

[sandnsea]

24. Oooh, the DNC, I see

I thought he meant Howard Dean was responsible for Obama being elected.

[tavalon]

30. He was

He's the first head of the DNC who didn't have his head stuck up his ass.

[tavalon]

29. It sure as fuck wasn't Rahm

[still_one]

17. yawn /nt

[sharp_stick]

18. Meh

If I hear one more fucking, I'm done with Obama around here I'm going to fucking scream.

[scarletwoman]

21. Rec #11. I was hating Rahm Emmanuel long before hating Rahm Emmanuel was cool.

Like, YEARS ago. Slimy DLC prick. My 83 year old dad -- WWII veteran, lifelong Democrat, union man -- hates him, too. AND swears he will re-register as a Green next election if the Dems don't pass a decent Health Care bill with a REAL public option.

sw

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

22. I'm with you, Hawk

i shudder to think what will happen to our Dem party gains if health care passes with a weak or no public option and a mandate to buy insurance from for profit companies.

[OneBlueSky]

25. one problem . . . Obama likes him . . . n/t

.

[SIMPLYB1980]

27. Well wish in one hand and shit in the other,

and see which one fills up first. Rahm is going nowhere and your calls for his resignation are idiotic at best.