Speaks Volumes: "Clinton still confident in Rahm Emanuel"

[99th_Monkey]

Hillary doubles down in support of Rahm's criminal malfeasance and cover-up for killer-cops.

Clinton still confident in Rahm Emanuel
By Mario Trujillo * December 05, 2015 * The Hill

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton says she still has confidence in Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, amid controversy surrounding the delayed release of a video that showed Chicago police shooting a black teenager last year.

Clinton responded “I do” when asked whether she stood by Emanuel, who is a veteran of both the Obama and Clinton administrations.

“He loves Chicago and I'm confident that he's going to do everything he can to get to the bottom of these issues and take whatever measures are necessary to remedy them,” she told reporters Friday in Iowa, according to Bloomberg.
Emanuel penned an op-ed Friday contesting the idea that the video showing the killing of Laquan McDonald by police was withheld because of his election.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/262207-clinton-expresses-confidence-in-chicago-mayor

[winter is coming]

1. HRC is her own worst enemy. n/t

[Buzz Clik]

57. Not hardly. More like: Nothing HRC does pleases me. NOTHING.

That's more honest, don't you think?

[winter is coming]

61. No; I don't. n/t

[Buzz Clik]

62. Well, it's the nature of honesty.

Some has gots, and some has nots.

Ain't no thing.

[marym625]

2. Man, that's some really messed up shit.

What, exactly, has to happen to say, "Rahm screwed up and I can't stand by him."?

Well, wtf, it was just another black kid

Disgusting

[MissDeeds]

25. So disturbing

I can't understand how her supporters can excuse or dismiss this.

Kind of like "Doing a heck of a job, Brownie."

[marym625]

26. I truly just don't understand. n/t

[reformist2]

74. Well, now we know that with Hillary there's one thing that trumps pragmatism... it's cronyism!

[marym625]

96. +a gazillion

[loyalsister]

101. I still haven't heard her say "Black Lives Matter"

Is that something I missed or does she still refuse to say it?

[marym625]

106. I think she said it at the one rally they protested, right before she had the thrown out.

You know, "yes, black lives matter" applause. Now gtfo. Something neither O'Malley or Sanders have done

[TIME TO PANIC]

3. She is loyal; I'll give her that.

All the more reason to be concerned about her donors.

[99th_Monkey]

5. Good point.

Sometimes a "good" character trait (loyalty in this case) can become a liability, when
the company you keep is unsavory.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Loyalty is a two edged sword.

Loyal to a cause, Loyal to a mission, Loyal to a social network. At some point you have to use good judgement and know when you have to extricate yourself from a bad cause, a faulty mission or a corrupt social network. Otherwise, you are defined by these factors.

[Akicita]

75. Loyalty to someone who covered up the outright 1st degree murder of a black citizen

for political gain is neither good judgment nor moral. It is in fact disgusting and corrupt. It is past time to clean out those from both parties who put their own political interests above the lives of black citizens.

[Baitball Blogger]

78. Welcome to DU.

Spot on.

[Akicita]

83. Thanks. Glad to be here.

[Scuba]

88. Bingo!

Welcome to DU.

[SmittynMo]

12. Bingo, Bango, Bongo

Nailed it

[bvar22]

14. Loyal?

Rahm knows where the skeletons are hidden in Chicago, and from at least two National Democratic Administrations.

[TIME TO PANIC]

21. Good point.

[Proserpina]

59. So what does that matter to Hillary? How does she serve her cause by hanging with Rahm?

[cascadiance]

73. Is she implicitly calling us progressives "f-cking retards" by standing with him?...

... the same way he proudly has in the past that shows his true colors as a DINO?

[Docreed2003]

80. I will never forgive that quote...can't stand that guy

[Plucketeer]

19. You are correct!

And I'll say again as I have before..... HRC's suitors don't even SEE the list of corporate donors she has pinned to her coronation robe. I can only guess they think she's SO entrancing that she's got these financiers all dying to help the little guys (and gals).

It's like: How the HELL does 2 + 2 come up 5???

[libdem4life]

94. It's been on here a lot...gets dismissed as an attack.

[olddots]

4. this is the trickle down theory

[99Forever]

6. No wonder BLM so strongly supports her!

I heard it here! On this forum. From the self-appointed voice.


It MUST be true.

[hootinholler]

35. That chapter should be called

ᗺLM

[MissDeeds]

39. I don't know how they could

Ever, but especially after this.

[marym625]

98. no, no one said that, did they?

I follow them, get their newsletters and an friends with one of the Ferguson leaders irl. (that happened because of a post I did here) Not once have I seen that.

[merrily]

100. BLM supporters: praise Sanders' racial justice platform; give 7 reasons they can't support HRC.

That's what I've seen.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251868266

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/08/10/3689728/after-repeated-protests-bernie-sanders-releases-racial-justice-platform/

[Faux pas]

8. It all has to do with

character. That is all.

[Doctor_J]

9. The party is splitting in two at this very moment

The corrupt dc half is hoping to gather up enough votes from the few remaining sane republicans, bundle them with the sycophants, dinos, and anti-white male voters, get into power and keep the oligarchy going while keeping abortion legal. The other half will be ignored and scorned except on election day, when they'll be threatened.

Interesting times indeed.

[MisterP]

16. THIS: they really think they can push the buttons of every group, play us all off against one

another, and scrape together a little bit of this sector, a handful of that, some endorsements from the top of every pile, and voila, a winning coalition

[Cassiopeia]

37. Of course they think that.

They've been proven correct for decades.

[MisterP]

68. yeah--but look at who they were facing; Tsongas and some rebellious Reps they could primary

or torpedo the primary thereof

the central issue is: they did NOT expect a real run--any pink-faced leftish wonky old Senator who flaps his arms like a Warner Bros cartoon would do even worse than DU fan favorite Kucinich did: after all, he's to the left of the approved candidates, and we know that any real left is only one wing of the party--why, barely "a third of a third" nationally-speaking! heck, Will Marshall says that the losses since 2010 are only because the Pelosi and Kerry left wing of the party replaced Emanuel's cross-party appeal!

the ultimate cause of all this is: they COULD NOT expect a real run: "what politics is" is going to enough events with people of groups X Y and Z, racking up endorsements (like poker chips), promising to "feel for" groups with entirely opposite messages and needs, and then the glorious victory!

there's two types of reaching across the aisle to the GOP: adopting their policies and making them realize that all the proposed policies are just there to screw them further; they really think that 60% of Americans don't vote because they find the GOP too far left and the Dems too far right, even on economic issues--after all, Obama's not a TOTAL austerian!

[SCantiGOP]

50. Welcome to Ignore, Doctor J

Go back and read your post. It is an arrogant, spiteful insult to every Clinton supporter in this board. Glad I won't see anything else from you again.

[kath]

84. Sometimes the truth hurts...

[SCantiGOP]

85. Actually

I have never known a case where the truth hurt.
Oh, by the way, in my state Clinton has better than a 2:1 lead in the polls and the endorsement of more than 90% of local and state elected officials.

[Vattel]

10. I don't think you or Hillary should be jumping the gun here.

So far there is no proof that Emanuel was involved in a cover-up, especially not one aimed at helping him to win the election.

[merrily]

11. He knew or he should have known. Either way....

[SmittynMo]

13. Oh, his time is coming.

Sorry, never did like this guy.

[GoneFishin]

81. He definitely knew. The city paid $5 million to the family. I can't see that happening without him

knowing why.

[erronis]

87. Unless Chi has lots of spare $5M bills lying around for payouts without the Mayor's knowing...

[Vattel]

79. He says he doesn't look at that sort of evidence so that his emotions don't affect the investigation

Is he lying? I think there is a strong possibility that he is, but I don't really know.

[Logical]

102. LOL, who gives a shit, if he saw the video he should of fired the Chief immediately. nt

[Helen Borg]

15. Rahm is the kind of guy

Who will take insurance with him for future use...

[Plucketeer]

17. Rahm is a WEASEL. nt

[Juicy_Bellows]

18. Probably why she stands with him now.

I imagine he's got the goods on a lot of people

[erronis]

29. Yup - isn't that what politics is all about? Frontal handshakes and smiles

Bringing up the rear (and the real business end), backstabbing, blackmailing, lying, colluding, innuendos and insinuations. Machiavelli had it all down pat a few centuries ago.

[GoneFishin]

82. Yep. That's my take on him also.

[Android3.14]

20. You can bet her corporate owners instructed her to continue supporting Rahm

Rahm Emanuel, corporatist

[Cheese Sandwich]

22. "Rahm Emanuel must resign" By Bakari Sellers, CNN

But nothing short of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's resignation will restore faith and trust in an already-fractured system that he further perverted, apparently for his own gain.

Loyalty can't make me overlook 17-year-old Laquan McDonald — shot 16 times by Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke —the bullets coming first as McDonald tried to walk away and then as he lay dying on the ground. I can't overlook the facts: that it took Emanuel and the city of Chicago 13 months and a judge's order to release the dashcam footage, that the city only announced a settlement with the McDonald family conveniently after Emanuel's election, and that it took a city's outrage to force the mayor to even consider dismissing police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, which he ultimately did this week.

I can't overlook Emanuel's failure to meet even the most basic benchmarks of transparency. He has damaged beyond repair the public's trust in Chicago's law enforcement and in his leadership.

I can't overlook the fact — the most disturbing fact -- that so much of this situation could have been avoided had Emanuel looked at any point at Laquan McDonald and seen him as a tragic consequence of a broken system, as another young black man who didn't need to die, instead of just a political liability.

Elected officials and law enforcement officers swear an oath to serve and protect the people. This duty is more pronounced in the context of leadership. As the mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel had a distinct duty to serve Laquan McDonald and protect him from harm. When he failed at this, he had a duty, at the very least, to seek justice in his name.
...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/03/opinions/sellers-rahm-emanuel-must-resign/

[Enthusiast]

23. Kicked and recommended!

[tularetom]

24. Quid pro quo

The quid is she expresses strong support for this slimy piece of shit.

The quo is he keeps under wraps the ton of incriminating material in Clinton, her husband, and Obama which he's been accumulating for the past 20 years.

[Broward]

27. They take care of their own.

[murielm99]

28. I think she said exactly the right thing.

Saying something inflammatory about Rahm or anything else concerning the police shooting could set off a series of events in Chicago that could lead to more unrest and death.

Criminal malfeasance? Your rhetoric is over the top and ridiculous. Clinton is correct that everything needs to be investigated before conclusions can be reached. You need to tone it down and stop the name-calling.

[Truprogressive85]

31. maybe you should tone it down

Unrest and death ?

A power hungry politician care more about his career than justice and transparency

#RahmResign

[murielm99]

40. I stand by what I said. n/t

[99th_Monkey]

34. Rahm sits behind a Mayoral desk, where "the buck stops here"

He also sat on damning evidence of a cold-blooded murder of a black man by a city employee for over a year.
This^ is 'criminal malfeasance' in my book.

[erronis]

36. But if the rhetoric of the people of Chicago hadn't forced this issue

there would be nothing to investigate.

Do you really believe that the Mayor and/or the police oversight board would have eventually released all of the information that has come out so far?

And do you really believe that all information is now in plain sight? Not counting the videos from BK that were erased by the police.

"Clinton is correct that everything needs to be investigated before conclusions can be reached." Why wasn't it investigated earlier (13 months!?!?) Who would have done the "investigation"? Who would have been damaged if an independent investigator found this perversion of justice?

Follow the money. Rahm Emmanuel and his machinery would/will be tarnished and damaged. By association, the Clintons and Obama are also damaged.

It's not the "American Way", but sometimes I think wrong-doers should confess their sins and fall on their swords. Instead the "American Way" is to deflect, defer, and then go on to land a plush job in some more lucrative world. I wonder if the Clinton Foundation is in need of a high-powered asshole.

[99th_Monkey]

38. +10 well said. nt

[murielm99]

41. You are going to jump to conclusions no matter what.

It is being investigated. Your faux outrage is noted.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

72. I won't "tone" anything down when it comes to talking about this criminal piece of fucking garbage.

.

[Logical]

103. LOL, nice try. She was not thinking that hard about it. nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

30. “History has tried hard to teach us that we can’t have good government under politicians.

“History has tried hard to teach us that we can’t have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at the very head of the government couldn’t be wise.” Mark Twain

[morningfog]

32. Disgusting. That will hurt her with BLM. True colors, Hillary

Show them. She does not care about black people if she supports Rahm.

[Fast Walker 52]

45. exactly.

[azmom]

33. Rahm Emanuel's job matters.

[erronis]

44. If there is a hashtag let's all let him know how much we appreciate his "job".

[Fast Walker 52]

46. what the heck does that mean?

[azmom]

49. Oops, forgot this.

[Fast Walker 52]

66. Ah, that makes all the difference!

[tritsofme]

42. I have no problem with her statement, and I certainly don't think Rahm should resign.

[Fast Walker 52]

47. maybe you don't understand exactly how corrupt Rahm is?

[Fast Walker 52]

65. I'm sure he did. He's easily one of the worst Dems in office right now.

[99th_Monkey]

53. Really?

Rahm sits behind the Mayoral desk, where "the buck stops here"

He also sat on damning evidence of a cold-blooded murder of a black teenager, by a city
employee, for over a year.

Regardless of the reason Rahm failed in his mayoral duties to seek timely justice for
the murdered teen, his failure amounts to criminal malfeasance in my book, so he should
resign immediately.

[Logical]

104. Why? It took court orders for the city to do the right thing. You support that? nt

[Fast Walker 52]

43. Ugggh! WTF! Just goes to show her instincts suck.

[Duval]

48. I'm not surprised, but I am disheartened.

She isn't doing herself any favors these days.

[Live and Learn]

52. K&R nt

[Buzz Clik]

54. Has Bernie taken the opportunity to body slam Rahm?

[99th_Monkey]

58. Yes, if I understand your question correctly

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20151204/downtown/rahm-gets-burned-by-bernie-as-presidential-hopeful-calls-for-federal-probe

[Buzz Clik]

60. Clinton already called for the probe.

Did Sanders come out slamming Rahm for his handling of the mess?

[99th_Monkey]

63. Yes, Sanders called for Rahm's resignation, sort of.

"Unlike Clinton, Sanders is also saying Emanuel should step down if he was at all involved in a cover up of the shooting"
http://chicagoist.com/2015/12/04/bernie_sanders_joins_calls_for_thos.php

[Buzz Clik]

64. That's a better stand than Clinton's, but not lightyears better.

No Dem candidate can afford to flush Chicago down the toilet. Sanders triangulated; Hillary hedged.

[Kentonio]

92. Not much else he could say to be fair.

You can't run for president and make statements presuming guilt before the investigation is completed, even if its almost certain to find guilt.

[Fearless]

55. So? She loves black people... didn't you hear?

[Thinkingabout]

56. Has Hillary called for investigation?

[bigwillq]

67. Rahm and Hillary

are politicians that I do not want to represent me.

[demmiblue]

70. I think we all know what you are. It starts with a 'T'. n/t

[Truprogressive85]

71. 400 days

Ask black people to vote for him and when they ask for transparency are told to shut up !
Screw Rahm Emanuel and anyone who defends him

[Kentonio]

93. I know it's off topic but..

Thanks for making me curious enough at your sig to go and learn about Thomas Sankara. Fascinating guy!

[Truprogressive85]

97. He was true revolutionary

He has a speech about in which he says "The revolution cannot triumph without the emancipation of women"

[Kentonio]

99. I loved his quote..

"Women hold up the other half of the sky."

[cantbeserious]

76. One Evil - Protecting Another Evil - No Surprise - Move Along - Nothing To See

eom

[CoffeeCat]

77. Ewww (nt)

[in_cog_ni_to]

86. Prisons for profits and throwing BLM out of her rally, yeah

she would be one to stand behind Rahm. I say, let her. If this is what her supporters want, good luck winning the Primaries.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[restorefreedom]

90. i have no doubt that the prison issue plays in

and its clear as day that minority communities are hurt the most by the incarceration for,profit model.

her lack of interest in justice here is part of the same. justice is not important to her else she would be against profit prisons, the death penalty, and would be screaming for a resignation here.

[RiverLover]

89. Fake Democrats stick together. /nt

[nc4bo]

91. Gotta wonder what position Rahm and "?" had lined up?

Birds of a feather thing and all.

Had to be something lucrative and comfy for him and other 1% ers and damning and damaging to the rest of us who have to live with their messy cronyism.

Here's to charred aspirations

[Karma13612]

95. Give her time. Remember that she needs to evolve. Sigh....

For me, I see this as a defining moment about which she will again be on the wrong side, when all is said and done.

[AzDar]

105. Ugh.