President-elect Obama Makes His First Appointment
Filed under: Politik > Barack Obama
Soon-to-be-PRESIDENT Barack Obama isn't messing around.
He's already working hard to get things in order!
It was announced on Thursday that Illinois U.S. Congressman Rahm Emanuel will be the administration's chief of staff.
The LA Times reports that Mr. Emanuel previously served in Bill Clinton's White House and that experience will allow him to guide President-elect Obama on legislative strategy and the workings of the executive branch.
The newly named chief of staff is also known to be tough as nails and a guy who knows how to get shiz done.
Nice.
Interesting note, Rahm was the inspiration for the character Josh Lyman on The West Wing.
And, his brother is Hollywood super agent, Ari Emanuel, who inspired Jeremy Piven's character Ari Gold in Entourage.
Their momma must be so proud of her boys!
[Image via AP Photos.]
Re: geolis – Obama paid his campaign workers what they were owed PLUS an extra money of pay AND an extra month of health insurance. They were saying that on cable news yesterday, and giving him credit because no candidate has ever been so generous to his campaign staff before.
Are you smoking crack?? Hater.
This election did NOTHING than DIVIDE a nation..AGAIN!…The only reason he got electedwas to punish George Bush..that kept a great man who is a million times more qualified and honest than Obama..John McCain…out of the office. Black people YOU are the most racist people in America..not whites..all you saw was his skin color..which you tend to forget he is every bit as WHITE as black btw…so, our first BLACK pres??I,m sure his mother woulda disagreed somewhat there….you think he's some god or something..He has creeps for assocsiations..he believes in letting babies die a horrible death who survive abortion..he will force you to buy HIS health care and fine you when you dont..he is causing riots all over the country now theres no UNITY thats a bullshit lie fed to you by his supporters who dont want to be blamed for it. NOBAMA will never be a person I call my president..HELL TO THE NO!
YAY
Don't mess with Emanuel. He is a touch Chicago style politician. The guy once sent a dead fish to a pollster who pissed him off? No joke! But he was also a dancer. ZEXY!
Re: Realist1 – LOL good one realist! and perhaps people like you should be called Damnocraps…LOL.
Ahh, and the repube whining continues….
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You know, it's sad when people would rather see Obama fail just so they can say…I told you so. Truly pathetic. What great Americans you are. Think I have a few more McCain/Palin hankies I wiped my ass with…here, take one and wipe your tears. PRESIDENT OBAMA BABY…..WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Re: Cottonquinn – I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates Nancy.
Some of you anti-Obama people freak me out. I get that you didn't vote for him, and you don't like him. That's fine. Your choice was McCain. BUT….to those of you sitting here waiting and wishing for Obama to fail are actually wishing for our country to go down the drain more? Who in their right minds would actually wish for THAT?
Re: GA_Dawgette – hello again dear:-) Ya know something, I miss Glenn Beck.
Re: GA_Dawgette – The money raised for him could've bailed out the housing/loan crisis. That would've been a good way to spread the wealth. Wasteful people….arg..
Re: ncgalstuckinga – hey sweetie!!
i know what u mean!
Re: Sweetmomma – Could you please elaborate? Thanks.
Re: NotQueerAtAll – Very mob-like. Anyone else think of The Godfather movies?
Re: ncgalstuckinga –
No. Only retards like you who don't live in reality.
Re: ncgalstuckinga – you are right, that could have made a huge dent in getting the US out of the housing crisis (which he profited from) …but without that constant barrage of infomercials and all (that he wasted MILLIONS AND MILLIONS of dollars on) he wouldnt be such a celebrity…
makes me sick
hey douchebag - why didn't you mention that this prick was director Freddie Mac while the scandal was going on and ruining this country's economy? Its a fact as reported by ABCnews.com - look it up dickbreath !!!!!!!!
Have any of you idiots done your research on this guy, Rahm Emanuel? Of course you won't find anything Rahm's website.
Emanuel's War Plan. The Plan: Big Ideas for America
Straight from the horse's mouth:
"We need to use all the roots of American power to make our country safe. (He begins by playing on fear.) America must lead the world's fight against the spread of evil and totalitarianism, but we must stop trying to win that battle on our own. (Messianic imperialism.) We should reform and strengthen multilateral institutions for the twenty-first century, not walk away from them. We need to fortify the military's "thin green line" around the world by adding to the U.S. Special Forces and the Marines, and by expanding the U.S. army by 100,000 more troops. (An even bigger military for the world's most powerful armed forces, a very militaristic view of the way to handle the conflicts among nations. What uses does Emanuel have in mind for those troops?) We should give our troops a new GI Bill to come home to. (More material incentives to induce the financially strapped to sign up as cannon fodder.) Finally we must protect our homeland and civil liberties by creating a new domestic counterterrorism force like Britain's MI5. (A new domestic spying operation is an obvious threat to our civil liberties; MI5 holds secret files on one in 160 adults in Britain along with files on 53,000 organizations.)
Rahm Emanuel's father was a terrorist!!!! Don't believe it? RESEARCH, READ AMERICA.
Re: Intellect_Rules – I have to take a break from reality every now and then and dip into my happy place. It makes me more tolerable to jackasses such as yourself. Right wrong or indifferent, it made me think of the Godfather.
You young suckers better prepare for a DRAFT!!!! Yeah! It's coming. GOOGLE it. It was written by Rep. Charles Rangel. The bill, H.R. 393.
omg they both look hot in the pic!!
He is cute…Don't know much about him though…He likely has the propensity to be huge prickhead though from what's been reported recently…
Oh no…We're getting off on the wrong foot here. See below exceprted from the Belfast Telegraph (& an ABC report has also surfaced about Emanuel and his family's allegiance to Israel):
The appointment of Rahm Emanuel triggered widespread interest in Israel, the native country of his former Jewish underground fighter father.
The older Emanuel, a paediatrician born in Jerusalem, was a member of Irgun, the hard-line militant group which fought for Jewish independence until 1948.
It was described as "terrorist" at the time by Britain. Mr Emanuel's appointment could reassure Israel that Mr Obama will continue America's close alliance.
The Ynet news service quoted Michael Kotzin, a leader of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, as saying Mr Emanuel is a frequent attender at Israel-related events.
O.K., its great he got in but instead of the two campaigns spending like what? a billion dollars on this election, couldn't they just have applied it directly on the deficit?
One last comment, I am from Montreal and it took you guys ruining your economy and the worlds, and millions of deaths all over the world directly and indirectly to finally get rid of the Republicans. Still close to half of americans still voted for the party that screwed them up.
Geez, when are you guys going to smarten up?
What happened to CHANGE? Yeah real change, bringing someone from the Clinton administration. Yeay!!
Most of you comment "He looks Hot" yeah that will save or economy.
Why do fags and dykes think obama cares about your community , do you think he will actually assist in making gay marriage legal?? He just told the country what we want to hear, and his intentions are otherwise. Hes got you gays wrapped up in his fingers. what a shame. at least we know now the real reason why you elected obama….was that reason enough? i think not.
Nice! Help solve the economic crisis by taking on the man that helped make it!
For all you ignorant kids that let SNL cast your vote, Rahm Emanuel was the director of Freedie-mac when they made those great loan decisions that basically killed our economy!! Not to mention that with his "genius" views on universal healthcare, your entire Burger King paycheck will be going towards universal health care for the kids and old fogies. Oh yeah, that's especially awesome if you come from a state where you're also required to have your own health insurance plan.
HOORAY OSAMA!
Blah blah Blah! why don't people reliaze how horrible George w Bush was! do you know how much we owe from the war alone? do you know how many people are out of work? Do you know that we have been on a downward spiral since 2001! we finally crashed! It's amusing to see how all the mccain supporters never admit that George Bush did a great job at messing us up for a long time! gas priced didn't go up until Gerorge Bush declared War! our tax dollars are going towards that high debt! our great grand kids will be paying for this war! We are all in this together! spill your crazy facts all day long for all I care, but if I suffer, you suffer! welcome to U.S.A. Admit Defeat! admit that were all not jesus freaks that hold on to the good ol boy system! let it go! with 50 years white people will be the minority! wake up people! FUCK GEOGE BUSH! All I see is forclosed homes, High gas prices, and a expensive war! we are the laughing stock of teh world! ;ook how low we went with Sarah palin! Admit that people are tired! 8 years of being shited on is a long time! don't blame it on the arabs! blame it on yourself for suppoting an insane war! IF WE NEVER WENT TO WAR WE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS DEEP! I"M WRITING FROM IRAQ!
P.S. MCcain wasn't a bad guy, but he wasn't that far different from bush! plus he had the nerve slap all intelligent women in the face by picking Sarah Palin Aka Africa is a country! are you for real! throw all of your racist sly comments at me, and I wont respond because the truth hurts!
Re: BMW – Good post! Thank you.
it is laughable to me that all of you sheep who followed the fucking idiot celebrities to the polls and voted Obama into office. the man who will squash the american dream with high taxes and place even more undeserving people on welfare to live off the backs of the people who worked hard to make over 250,000 dollars a year.
driving through the streets of south dallas all i see are a bunch of worthless motherfuckers doing absolutely nothing but living off the government and drinking 40s all day while my husband goes to work at 5am as a firefighter. my husband works his ass off to watch all these stupid, lazy, wastes of space litter the streets with their violence and ignorance. but i guess a little more money to provide them with a few more 40s a month is what they deserve right?
GO OBAMA!
Re: Coach K – Man, can't you ever say anything nice? Just asking? And I'm a Texan, but I'm not a redneck. You're not very smart, are you? Just stop being so rude already.
Re: LusciousLiz – Honey..even Ziti has a right to freedom of speech, it's a blog…relax. If you don't like it you can always log off
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Read your post again you dumbass cunt you just contradicted yourself. Think b-4 your start making asinine statements.
Re: suckmycockbarack – I agree with you. Last night after filling up with gas I went inside to pay. Another white guy and myself were standing in line waiting to pay, and there was a car full of "African Americans" sitting outside, and their cards were all declined, and they couldn't pay. One of the women came inside and starting calling me and the other guy "motherfuckers" Just keep saying it, over and over like a raging lunatic. I stood there, as the cops were being called, and I thought. Shouldn't you be happy that we have a biracial president? Shouldn't that ideally make you happy, bring us together somehow. (meaning blacks and whites) Oh hell no, it has divided us more than ever. Talking about "who'd you motherfuckers vote for, motherfuckers, you're both motherfuckers". Guess she was really pissed she couldn't pay for her gas and we could. I don't really know. But it was scary……..so much for unity.
Re: Suze – I don't think most people actually "wish" he would fail, I think it's that we are afraid we are correct. We want to be proven wrong. And the only positive thing for us is that at least ya'll can't blame us for everything anymore……..
fucking nig gaz all of them just wait and see my fools they are like fucking animals and now they are out of their cages
ooh they look like secret lovers…obama looks smitten hahaha!
Re: Intellect_Rules – ha ha ha Exactly what I was thinking! never heard anything so stupid in my life!
Re: phukubitch – eww
I can understand people hating Bush, but this whole housing/foreclosure crisis is not his fault, how about blaming the CEOs that fudge the books to get better bonuses and the shady mortgage brokers who gave people loans that they could not afford, and the stupid people that got loans knowing that they could not afford them and at the end just figured it was better to get foreclosed on than to have to actually pay the bill.
And the whole "Spread the Wealth" Thing, yeah I am going to work my butt off so that my hard earned money can go to someone who decided not to work at all, that seems really fair……ohh yeah like the lady on the news "Obama will pay my mortgage and gas" yeah right more like his tax hikes and my hard work.
Rahm wants the draft to start again for 18-23 year olds. Did you Obama supporters know THAT?
Re: The World is Now a Scary Place – i don't know if that is true…………….but i do know that people always feel threatened that the repubs would reinstate the draft…….it's the dems that keep floating that idea…rangell comes to mind
Re: Realist1 –
Explain to me why the Democrats in the committee killed all of the Bush administration's efforts to add stricter oversight and regulations on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Democrat Chris Dodd head of the Senate finance committee took advantage of the mortage crisis by refinancing his homes at an extra generous rate. Barney Frank Democrat in charge of the house finance committee said as early as July these two companies were sound and needed no stricter regulations. Saying the congress can't do anything because of Bush is nonsense, the Democrats were quite successful in blocking all attempts to add stricter regulations on Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae which could have prevented their collapse. Great Job Dems, let's see what else you can screw up.
Re: Sassy Girl – Please. Are the Negroes getting to "uppity"…is that what you're worried about, that they'll forget their place? And 200 years of white presidents didn't make you feel complacent? Again, he's a politician, not a wet-nurse for his people or anyone else's.
i'm bored of all this bitching
Re: Penelope Palin – Seriously…you need your own show…
Re: jefdo – you're my fav. so far:)
Yay, he elected someone who helped lead us into this economic mess by serving on the board for Freddie Mac…. NICE. Lovely "change" Mr. Pres-Elect is bringing us..
Re: jefdo –
Thank you… finally someone making sense.
OBAMANATION…thats what he is to America! I hate this shady fuck..he'll ruin America. Lets babies die who suffer thru a partial birth abortion with no medical help to save them or regard for human life…will tax all you rich prick celebs which is good..You'll have to keep the poor now. Will FORCE health care on you, then fine you when you cant buy it..you could do jail time. Oh yeah he's just so GREAT!! Fuck Obama. And all his terrorists friends! The only reason he got elected was because of the color of his skin not because he stands for anything GOOD. Wants fag marriages, sat in Rev Wrongs fucked up church and listened to his hatred of America and whites..Admires that creep Farikan..Bill Ayers.. This guy is a real loser and I cant wait to watch him fall flat on his ass trying to be president. Biden will be president when he does.
Re: kendoll3000 –
Prop 8 passing did totally suck. BAD. but you cant blame black ppl for that. there was RECORD turnout for this election black AND white, and everything else for that matter. the Prop 8 votes came from all sorts of ppl from all sorts of races. I'm black and i would NEVER vote yes on something like that and feel disrespected by any insinuation that i ever would just based on my skin color. i mean that's discrimination in and of itself.