Comments on: Obama Taps Rahm Emanuel For Chief Of Staff

After Struggling With Decision, Illinois Congressman Has Accepted Offer From President-Elect

[downsteamjim]

freespeech: What will the NYT, LaTimes, CBS, etc. do now? They cannot allow themselves to question Democrats so they wont have any news to create.

[downsteamjim]

Liberalme: You question Bush''s election but I am sure you approve of the way the Messiah won his first election. It was similar to the way Saddam and Castro won.

[rhs648]

If ANYONE were to "rise" to the level of Bush, they would need a ladder from heII to the face of the earth. Bush is nothing more than a pond scumming american terrorist who (hopefully) will be held accountable for every horrific thing he is responsible for!

Posted by liberalme

Get off the soap box. President Bush is still the President of the United States and will always carry the title of President. To state otherwise is shows how immatuire and intolerant you are. Certainly you expect people who voted for McCain to recognize Obama as our next president. It is time for people like you to grow up.

[rhs648]

I''''''''m not condemning Obama, I talking about the media
that fell in love with Obama and didn''''''''t report his negatives.
The media decided, we didn''''''''t need to know.
At least they should have reported the evidence and leave to us to decide if it was important.

Posted by freespeach

Clearly the media is not interested in objectivity. The media would rather use their opportunities to influence the American people on how to vote. Historically, the news media reported the facts and kept their own biases off of the air. Of course, there were poliyical analylists. However, they were always kept separately. Those who reported the news and those who analysed the news. There was never any question of who was who. Today, the lines are blurred and objectivity is a thing of the past.

[liberalme]

then he will certainly not rise to the level of President Bush.

After 8 years of running off at the mouth and not having to take responsibility for anything, we will finally see what the Democrats spines are really made of.



Posted by CBSisPravda at 09:06 PM : Nov 06, 2008

Rise to the leel of Governor Bush? Pardon me, I refer to him as governor because he never really "won" the presidency.

If ANYONE were to "rise" to the level of Bush, they would need a ladder from heII to the face of the earth. Bush is nothing more than a pond scumming american terrorist who (hopefully) will be held accountable for every horrific thing he is responsible for!

[rhs648]

correction

Does this appountment bode well for the change promised to the American people? Rahm Emanuel is a Washington insider both as a Congressman and a member of President Clinton''''s Administration. Further, Emanuel was on the board of directors of Freddie Mac for several years in the early 2000''''s and the head of a large bank for three years earning between 8 million and 18 million dollars. One has to wonder how much baggage this guy brings to the Obama administration and what direction change will take.

[rhs648]

Does this appountment bode well for the change promised to the American people? Rahm Emanuel is a Washington insider both as a Congressman and a member of President Clinton''s Administration. Further, Emanuel was on the board of directors of Freddie Mac from for several years in the early 2000''s and the head of a large bank for three years earning between 8 million and 18 million dollars. One has to winder how much baggage this guy brings to the Obama administration and what direction change will take.

[model67a]

liberal It remains to be seen if Obama puts ayers on his staff doesn''t it? I doubt it but you can not guarantee the future. Obama wasn''t going to be seen around anyone who would hurt his chances of being elected. Look at Wright. Lets see if Obama rekindles his association with Wright in the future!

[liberalme]

Hope They Take All You Whities Money soon%u2026 And Spread The Wealth Soon I Need To Buy More Dope..Im on Welfare They Are Going To Give Me Free Health Care ..And $600.00 Of Your 401k Whities%u2026 You Guys Got Sucked Into A Big One Ha Ha Ha


Posted by theblackman9 at 08:39 PM : Nov 06, 2008


Idiot===if you''re on welfare, you already get free health care---as far as money----you only get a tax break if you WORK!! I know, that''s a bad 4 letter word for ignorants like you!

[model67a]

cause Would you give the references you used when researching about the individuals you referred to in your post?

[liberalme]

And that Ayers dedicating his book Prairie Fire to Sirhan Sirhan, the man who killed Robert Kennedy.
The MSM never mention it.

Posted by freespeach at 08:17 PM : Nov 06, 2008

Did I miss something? Was Ayers anywhere around while Obama was campaigning? Was Ayers helping run Obamas campaign? Will Ayers be given a position by Obama?

Why the heII are people still talking about Ayers? Are we still talking about the Keating 5 or how Mcain gave the PLO $400,000?

IF you are any kind of an American then act it---we are called the UNITED States---get it? Join the rest of us or go to some island and keep talkig to yourself!

[model67a]

I_am To blame Obama totally if the country doesn''t improv is like blameing Bush for the way it is now. Where does Congress fit into the equation?

[model67a]

mydog You mean you graduated 6th grade?

[mydogdylan6]

What''s next?

Emanuel isn''t a "real" citizen? Is he involved in "secret Jewish terrorist groups"? Perhaps he''s also a "secret Muslim"?

I bet that''s it! What better way to be a secret Muslim than to pretend to be Jewish!

[mydogdylan6]

None of that matters to latte sipping gulliberals - since THEY DON''''T GET IT!!!
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Right. We highly educated liberal types are simply gullible lemmings who obviously just don''t understand things as well as you.

I mean, we don''t even have waving flags behind us when we talk.

We''re not even spewing a bunch of psuedo-patriotic platitudes like "Country First".

But you get it. You understand that sitting on your butt trying to find fault in every decision made is "true patriotism".

You understand that "Country First" is just a BS slogan as long as there''s a campaign. But in real life, it''s all about petty grudges.

Good for you! Good luck with that!

[model67a]

Obama is going to pick experienced people for his staff. Too bad a lot of people who voted for him didn''t. He''s no fool, he just made fools out of a lot of other people!!!!

[elizalexus]

There was an even larger conflict of interest that was pointed out in an editorial column published in the Chicago Sun-Times on Aug. 14, 2003.

%u201CEmanuel%u2019s trust is supposed to be blind, not stupid,%u201D Sweet wrote. %u201CFreshman Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), a former Freddie Mac board member, sits on the very House subcommittee that has oversight of the federal government-sponsored enterprise at the same time that he has outstanding options for 2,500 shares of the company.%u201D
Emanuel told Sweet there was no conflict of interest because he put his financial stake in Freddie Mac into a blind trust and would recuse himself from any votes relating to Freddie Mac.

However, while Emanuel%u2019s was on the Freddie Mac payroll in an overseer capacity, the government-sponsored enterprise was cooking the books. According to a Forbes magazine article from Dec. 11, 2003, the GSE was fined $125 million for understating its earnings by a whopping $5 billion.

[mydogdylan6]

It took 8 years to create the mess we''re in. And without a doubt, both parties need to take some of the blame:

10 TRILLION in debt, highest budget deficit in history, highest unemployment rate in 8 years, staggering sales, a collapsed financial market, collapsed housing market, all time record international borrowing, and a two front war just for starters.

This is the Bush administration''s legacy that is getting handed to Obama. (And again, both parties played a role in the debacle)

To think there is a simple solution to these problems is pretty naive. The problems are not going away in the near future. To imply that the President has complete power to reverse the effects of what has occured in just a year''s time is also a fairly rediculous assertion.

However, as Americans, we CAN fix the country. We can try and support the efforts made to resolve the main issues.

It will require some sacrifice. But if we actually care about our nation more than petty political grudges, things can and will get better.

If not? We''ll all get to suffer the consequences together.

I for one, prefer the former over the latter.

[elizalexus]

In 2006, Freddie Mac was forced to pay a $3.8 million fine to the Federal Election Commission to settle allegations it illegally contributed to congressional candidates between 2000 and 2003 %u2013 while Emanuel was on the board and running for and serving in Congress.

%u201CFreddie Mac was accused of illegally using corporate resources between 2000 and 2003 for 85 fundraisers that collected about $1.7 million for federal candidates,%u201D an Associated Press story from April 18, 2006 said. %u201CMuch of the fundraising benefited members of the House Financial Services Committee, a panel whose decisions can affect Freddie Mac.%u201D

And, since his successful run for the House of Representatives in 2002, Emanuel has been the beneficiary of campaign cash from Freddie Mac and its sister organization Fannie Mae %u2013 $51,750 according to the Center for Responsive Politics Web site OpenSecrets.org.

Emanuel received $25,000 in contributions from Freddie Mac during his first run in 2002, right at the end of his tenure at the government-sponsored enterprise. Freddie Mac was his third largest overall contributor that year.

[jacalhou]

I agree, freespeach. He absolutely CAN''T do any worse than Bush has done. Bush has dismantled our foreign standing more than anyone ever. Torture in Gitmo, wiretapping, etc. etc. No wonder people hate us overseas. I don''t expect Obama to be a miracle worker, but God knows anything now would be an improvement over what we have. Once the sting of defeat goes away from McCain supporters, hopefully they''ll give Obama a chance. I was dismayed at Bush''s 2004 win, but I got over it soon enough. I think we''ll be just fine.