Rahm Emanuel accepts Chief of Staff Job

[Bug]

Don't be an ass. I said pull out as fast as is humanely possible, not Vietnam style, which was complete chaos. And you know what I meant, too.

Calm down.

I said "Pull out as soon as sanely possible yes. Just not overnight."

You Said "Bullshit" and soforth.

 

I am not sure how I was supposed to "know what you meant" if you didn't mean bullshit to "Pull out as soon as sanely possible yes. Just not overnight."

 

You aren't channelling K now are you?

[mattp]

I read it the same way Bug did.

 

But I think J_B had a good point. I don't think Obama will be fully in charge of this. And, if he is, I think he'd be out on his ass like Jimmy Carter if he tried an immediate about face.

 

 

[JosephH]

Emanuel is pro-Iraq war, pro-war OF terror, pro-deregulation, anti-environment and anti-labor, etc ,etc .. He is very bad news for progressives and anyone else who thinks we need a radical retooling of our economy and foreign policy.

 

Emanuel's voting record...

[j_b]

Right, Emanuel voted with the majority of democrats on most issues but he is one of the architect of NAFTA and of more recent free trade agreements that are widely recognized as responsible for the loss of many american jobs to unfair competition in countries without worker protection, and the loss of millions of mexican farming jobs to US agri-business (subsidized by us), and the rape of the environment everywhere.

 

Plus he is a hawk. His hand picking and financing of 21 pro-Iraq war democrats to run against anti-war progressives for the 2006 elections is also fondely remembered.

 

http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2008093816/emanuel-pushes-nafta-expansion-vote-avoid-his-own-partys-opposition

http://www.creators.com/opinion/david-sirota/over-the-dead-bodies-again.html