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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Sun Jul 28, 2013, 10:52 PM Jul 2013

Just wondering...did Rahm ALWAYS have it in for labor, the poor, and activists?

And did he always blame union teachers for all the problems in public schools?

Or was it just that some rich guy offered him a nice deal for his soul?

Figured Chicagoland Du'ers might have the earlier scoop on all of this.

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Just wondering...did Rahm ALWAYS have it in for labor, the poor, and activists? (Original Post) Ken Burch Jul 2013 OP

95% of all high level politicians.... randysoames Jul 2013 #1

His mother was a civil rights activist mucifer Jul 2013 #2

I had heard that about his mom Ken Burch Jul 2013 #3

You know it's a bad sign when... LegalScholar Jul 2013 #4

he had the worst possible influence on Obama, i once thought. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2013 #5

Agreed...PBO remains mysterious as to his actual political persuasions. whathehell Aug 2013 #6

randysoames

(44 posts)

1. 95% of all high level politicians....

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 11:06 PM

Jul 2013

...will sell out in a new york microsecond. They would not have made it through the media filter unless they were that way.

mucifer

(24,838 posts)

2. His mother was a civil rights activist

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 11:10 PM

Jul 2013

I'm thinking she might not be too proud of her son right now.

http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/brothers-rahm-emanuel-and-his-family/

I think it's the selling his soul thingy that most politicians fall for these days.

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

3. I had heard that about his mom

Reply to mucifer (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 29, 2013, 01:19 AM

Jul 2013

Perhaps it could be psychological...maybe he felt ignored by mom, thought his mom was away from him too much being an activist and now tries to get payback against the sort of people he blames for her spending her time picketing and marching rather than being Carol Brady.

Not fair of him to feel that way, but I can see that as a possible root of his attitude.

LegalScholar

(84 posts)

4. You know it's a bad sign when...

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Mon Jul 29, 2013, 04:50 PM

Jul 2013

...more Democrats are openly critical of Rahm than Republicans.

Notice that?

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)

5. he had the worst possible influence on Obama, i once thought.

Reply to LegalScholar (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 30, 2013, 09:04 PM

Jul 2013

until I realized that Obama chose Rahm BECAUSE of his ideas. And now that Larry Summers is going to be unleashed again upon the financial world, Rahm almost looks like an almost pleasant, nostolgic minor shit, rather than a major asshole.

whathehell

(29,802 posts)

6. Agreed...PBO remains mysterious as to his actual political persuasions.

Reply to ChairmanAgnostic (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 9, 2013, 08:25 PM

Aug 2013

At times I've thought of him as "The Manchurian Candidate".

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