Raw Story: Under fire, Obama’s chief of staff calls liberal strategy ‘fucking retarded’

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Under fire, Obama’s chief of staff calls liberal strategy ‘fucking retarded’

By John Byrne
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 -- 8:46 am



http://rawstory.com/2010/01/fire-obamas-chief-staff-calls-liberal-strategy-fucking-retarded/

Conservatives have had it with President Barack Obama -- in the latest Gallup poll, he earned a just 23 percent approval rating from Republican voters. Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, have the president's back, awarding him an 88 percent backing.

But liberal support -- at least for the president's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel -- seems to be waning. And Emanuel seems to be slapping back.

According to a report Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal, Emanuel told a liberal strategy group in August that a plan to run advertisements against conservative Democrats who were "balking at Mr. Obama's health-care overhaul" was grossly unwise.

"F—ing retarded," Mr. Emanuel scolded the group, according to participants cited by the paper.

"He warned them not to alienate lawmakers whose votes would be needed on health care and other top legislative items," the reporter said.

[hobbit709]

1. Same to you, Rahm!

[TwilightGardener]

2. Choice of words aside (yikes), I have never seen Republicans run ads AGAINST Olympia Snowe, or

Dick Lugar, for holding some moderate positions. It is unwise to attack your own party members.

[Demeter]

3. Rahm's Cornered the Market on Idiocy

and he's packed the Administration with fools, ignoramuses and crooks.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Way to feed the beast, Rahm

:popcorn:

[MercutioATC]

5. See, I like Rahm's no-bullshit manner of speech and his abrasiveness.

The problem seems to be that he's too busy trying to win the game to actually do anything constructive.

[cbdo2007]

17. His statement strikes me more as immature and unprofessional than "no-bullshit...

and abrasive"

I've never been in a business meeting where someone used the F word. Sure I use it in my personal time but it's just not professional to saying something is "fucking retarded" in any kind of business or political setting.

[MercutioATC]

21. You're not going to the right business meetings :)

My point is that Rahm doesn't dress anything up...which I think is a good thing.

[Bluenorthwest]

27. I'm in a biz where people swear like sailors

but trust me, no one would use the word retarded as a slur. It is crass and unthinking, and likely to offend at least one person in most groups.

[MercutioATC]

34. I'll agree with you there.

...and Rahm's not old enough to me insensitive of that.

[rudy23]

35. Do you know anyone with mental illness? Was it the "retarded" or the f-bomb you liked? nt

[TexasObserver]

6. Turns out Rahm Emanuel is completely incompetent.

So much for the great Rahm Emanuel getting things in congress done.

[Ganja Ninja]

7. See ya at the polls in 2010 Rahm.

or not.

[mod mom]

8. Rahm, our own personal kkkarl. He was wrong about Dean's 50 state strategy and it's been downhill

ever since. F-you rahm.

[madokie]

9. What the fuck this was a statement said in august

According to a report Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal, Emanuel told a liberal strategy group in August that a plan to run advertisements against conservative Democrats who were "balking at Mr. Obama's health-care overhaul" was grossly unwise.


WTF does it have to do with today?

[struggle4progress]

18. Hey, it's a Murdoch rag. If there's nothing to report today, they'll try to stir the pot anyway

[Robb]

31. More red meat for the "left". nt

[madokie]

36. But why do we need to hash it out here?

I know for a fact that a murdock rag is not going to be truthful so why bother with reading them. Personally I rather read facts rather than truthiness

[belpejic]

10. Keep thinking that Rahm.

You make me motivated to prove you're wrong. Unfortunately, it means that you'll be in a much weaker position politically in mid-November. But hey, if that happens you'll probably get promoted, so don't waste your beautiful mind otherwise.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. The second I heard Rahm was COS, I knew we were fucked.

[madrchsod]

12. rahm is a neoliberal

he`s hated the everything that is left of center....

[Hepburn]

13. Asshole....

....sheesh...!

[mmonk]

14. We see you.

[nevergiveup]

15. Is this fact?

Is this hearsay?....or maybe the Wall Street Journal trying to stir up Democrats?

[Odin2005]

16. Screw you, Rahm.

[City Lights]

19. Go cheney yourself, Rahm!

:nuke:

[depakid]

20. I guess we saw how failing to mobilize the base on the issue turned out...

Now you've even got Gibbs cursing at Ed Schultz- one of the most vocal (and IMO effective) voices out there putting the hammer to the insurance parasites and advocating a public option.

Seems like that the administration is hell bent on creating a political vacuum not unlike what we saw in the 1990's.

[eShirl]

22. Only to the extent they try to placate Republicans at the expense of everything else.

[ixion]

23. No. You know what is TRULY retarded, Rahm?

Mandating that people purchase crappy over-priced products from private, for-profit companies as requisite terms for legal citizenship, and giving those companies the power of the IRS to enforce collection.

THAT is f**king retarded. :argh: :grr:

[newtothegame]

24. This stuff is such a joke. Is this like the Bush beating his chest thing that everyone was all over?

These guys will do anything to sell ad space.

[shireen]

25. And we're warning YOU, Rahm Emmanuel ....

don't mess with us. Seriously. We're pissed. If you keep alienating us like this, don't expect to be in the WH for long.

[Tailormyst]

26. Fuck Rahm and the rest of the corporate greedy little assholes in DC

I am so sick of his shit. FUCK HIM if he thinks I will ever lift a finger to help anyone he supports get elected again.

FUCK HIM.

[rucky]

28. Stay classy, Rahm.

[RandomKoolzip]

29. What a disgusting choice of pejorative. May that discriminatory and insulting slur

against a minority coil back on him and bite his ass.

[Gold Metal Flake]

30. Rahm, you had me at "fucking".

Rahm is the working man's enemy. He has got to go.

[tekisui]

32. Fire Rahm. What an asshole.

[rudy23]

33. If Rahm says it's bad, then it must be good. nt

[gkhouston]

37. Is that because it might work or because you didn't think it up, Rahm? n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

38. pot ... kettle ... that covers it. nt