Rahm Emanuel’s “Huge Embarrassment”: What It Means For Liberals — And America - Salon

[WillyT]

Rahm Emanuel’s “huge embarrassment”: What it means for liberals — and America
The mayor of Chicago is finding out the hard way that the Democratic base is fed up with neoliberalism
Elias Isquith - Salon
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2015 11:04 AM PST


Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Credit: AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The liberal wing of the Democratic Party can be susceptible to the “moral victory” fallacy, which in its most degraded form considers a righteous loser preferable to a compromised winner. All the same, it’s hard not to interpret Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Pyrrhic victory on Tuesday as a major win for the party’s economically populist wing. After all, this is Chicago we’re talking about; incumbent mayors expect to be crowned, not subjected to the indignity of actually campaigning for reelection.

Before I take another guess at the result’s implications, though, here’s a quick recap of Chicago’s unusually competitive mayoral campaign. If you look at the final results, you’ll see that Emanuel was far and away the most popular single candidate, logging 45 percent of the vote. That’s more than 10 percentage points higher than Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, the relatively unknown Cook County commissioner who came in second. But a key thing to understand about this campaign is that Emanuel’s securing a plurality was never in doubt. He never trailed in the polls, in fact.

The real question, instead, was whether he’d be able to win more than 50 percent of the vote, and thus avoid an April runoff election. Historically, this is something Chicago’s mayor has almost always accomplished with relative ease; it’s even more perfunctory than when an incumbent president “runs” in his party’s primary before the general election. Yet despite his national profile, the backing of the city’s formidable Democratic machine, an ungodly sum of money, and the support of his former boss (and fellow Chicagoan) President Obama, Emanuel fell short. Experts on Chicago politics described his failure as “a huge embarrassment.”

And...

Of course, as encouraging as Emanuel’s stumble is to the left wing of the Democratic Party, it’d be the height of folly to declare victory over the “third way,” neoliberal approach just yet. Emanuel is quite likely to defeat Garcia now that the two are going one-on-one. And protest votes can have a way of making people think the battle’s been won, when in truth it’s only just started. Nevertheless, if we pair Emanuel’s hollow victory with other recent, successful campaigns from the left — like Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s thwarting of the Antonio Weiss nomination, or Zephyr Teachout’s humbling of Gov. Andrew Cuomo — it’s hard to deny that there’s a change happening within the Democratic base.

And for their own sake if nothing else, Hillary Clinton and the other national leaders in the Democratic Party would be wise to pay it attention.

Link: http://www.salon.com/2015/02/25/rahm_emanuels_huge_embarrassment_what_it_means_for_liberals_and_america/

[WillyT]

1. Kick !!!

[Octafish]

143. Don't forget Rahm's GITMO.

The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site'

Exclusive: Secret interrogation facility reveals aspects of war on terror in US
‘They disappeared us’: protester details 17-hour shackling without basic rights
Accounts describe police brutality, missing 15-year-old and one man’s death
Latest: ‘Gestapo’ tactics alarm from Chicago to DC as second protester speaks

Spencer Ackerman
The Guardian, Tuesday 24 February 2015

The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site.

The facility, a nondescript warehouse on Chicago’s west side known as Homan Square, has long been the scene of secretive work by special police units. Interviews with local attorneys and one protester who spent the better part of a day shackled in Homan Square describe operations that deny access to basic constitutional rights.

Alleged police practices at Homan Square, according to those familiar with the facility who spoke out to the Guardian after its investigation into Chicago police abuse, include:

* Keeping arrestees out of official booking databases.
* Beating by police, resulting in head wounds.
* Shackling for prolonged periods.
* Denying attorneys access to the “secure” facility.
* Holding people without legal counsel for between 12 and 24 hours, including people as young as 15.

At least one man was found unresponsive in a Homan Square “interview room” and later pronounced dead.

Brian Jacob Church, a protester known as one of the “Nato Three”, was held and questioned at Homan Square in 2012 following a police raid. Officers restrained Church for the better part of a day, denying him access to an attorney, before sending him to a nearby police station to be booked and charged.

“Homan Square is definitely an unusual place,” Church told the Guardian on Friday. “It brings to mind the interrogation facilities they use in the Middle East. The CIA calls them black sites. It’s a domestic black site. When you go in, no one knows what’s happened to you.”

CONTINUED...

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-police-detain-americans-black-site?CMP=share_btn_tw

Thought this "Chicago as a Toddling Test Bed for Democracy's Piratization" would fit nicely into your excellent thread here, WillyT. The Big Truth seems to be what's getting left out of Corporate Owned News.

[joeybee12]

2. I think Rahm-rod could lose...

Especially if this fires up people to work for and elect Garcia.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

128. Actually, Rahm *IS* the “Huge Embarrassment” n/t

[Aerows]

138. No disagreement from me! n/t

[ReRe]

3. K&R

[Cryptoad]

4. Is Solon owned by the Koch Bro?

[brucefan]

6. No

But Rahm might be.

[Cryptoad]

9. never make me believe it

[ND-Dem]

57. why? he likes privatization and giving public money & property to corporations, just like the

kochs.

[cui bono]

92. And union busting and closing down schools. n/t

[Aerows]

140. Yeah, those are all tenants

of the Democratic Party traditionally.

If I wanted union busting and private schools, the Democratic party wouldn't be the first place I'd look. You?

[cui bono]

144. Me neither!

Nor black sites run by the Chicago PD!!!

Horrific.

[Fumesucker]

8. No idea but the DLC was in part financed by them..

http://www.correntewire.com/why_its_feature_not_bug_koch_family_funds_dlc

One member of the DLC's executive council is none other than Koch Industries, the privately held, Kansas-based oil company whose namesake family members are avatars of the far right, having helped to found archconservative institutions like the Cato Institute and Citizens for a Sound Economy. Not only that, but two Koch executives, Richard Fink and Robert P. Hall III, are listed as members of the board of trustees and the event committee, respectively--meaning that they gave significantly more than $25,000.

[Cryptoad]

10. 25K,,,,,,, you make me laugh

[Fumesucker]

12. Does Koch creatures being on the DLC board of trustees make you laugh also?

If Koch money is evil then one penny taints an entire enterprise.

[Cryptoad]

13. Seems you really dont have a grasp on Evil.

[rhett o rick]

14. I take it you are a Rahm supporter. nm

[Aerows]

18. That says it all for me

Rahm is phonier than a 50 cent Gucci bag.

[Cryptoad]

20. nope

I am not,,, but I will not negatively tear down another a Democrat just because I dont agree with them. If the people you support cant stand on their positive attributes, they will never succeed.

[Aerows]

22. That's rich

Coming from someone who is speaking up for Rahm "retarded" Emanuel.

[Cryptoad]

25. Critical Reading is Critical

i never said anything about supporting Emanuel. But feel free to make it up as you go along.

[Aerows]

29. Oh

I read you loud and clear, which is why I responded exactly the way I did.

[Cryptoad]

37. Sorry but the facts will not support that claim.

[Aerows]

38. Because you proclaimed it?

I think not. As was noted below, actions not words reveal true motives. You sure have made a lot of definitive statements with no evidence to support them in this thread.

I could declare that "I am an uber-Democrat and the facts don't support your claim", but it doesn't mean it's true. You have your opinions, I have mine - remember, opinions aren't facts no matter how much you would like for them to be.

[Cryptoad]

67. no casue you claimed i stated somethings in my post

yet you are unable to cite where I posted those things, nor own up to the fact that you lied.

[Aerows]

139. Oh I'm shuddering in my boots.

Cryptoad called me a liar because Cryptoad spouted some strange things and I didn't bother to debate nebulous claims.

LMAO!

[Cryptoad]

145. Good for you,,,,,

[ND-Dem]

58. just because someone has a D by their name doesn't make them a democrat. Unless you

believe that "Democrat" stands for nothing but having the "D" by your name.

Seems a popular belief these days, unfortunately.

[WillyT]

61. "Tear Down Another Democrat..." Like... Joe Lieberman, Or Zell Miller ???

Who both spoke at Republican Conventions against their own standard bearers???

[Cryptoad]

68. you and your buds are not alone

[WillyT]

70. I Have No Idea What That Means...

[Cryptoad]

74. I can grasp that

[ND-Dem]

88. so you consider lieberman and miller democrats? i guess you and your buds... well....

[Mnpaul]

75. and let us not forget Fred Phelps

who got 30% of the vote in a race for Senator in Kansas. He supported Gore too. He liked the fact that Gore opposed a gay Bill of rights.

[cui bono]

94. So you just blindly support your "team" no matter what?

You are a danger to democracy.

[A Simple Game]

99. Wow, party before Country. I bet you condemn the Republicans when they do that.

And I bet you wonder what is wrong with our Country too.

[Aerows]

15. I think Fumesucker

knows exactly what he's talking about, and your attempts to smear him have failed.

[Cryptoad]

23. Thats your opinion,,,,

[Aerows]

24. You are

damn right it is, and I'm not by any means alone in that.

[Enthusiast]

31. You. Are. Not. Alone.

[Aerows]

33. Thanks :)

[Cryptoad]

34. Good for you

but I think your time would be better spent positively supporting the attributes of candidates you support rather negatively tearing down all the democrats you do not agree with.

[Aerows]

39. You have your opinions

I have mine. See how that works?

[Cryptoad]

40. never confuse opinions with facts

[Aerows]

45. Yeah

I reminded you of that upthread.

[Cryptoad]

49. You say yeah but still can not support your claims.

[BrotherIvan]

69. Nope, not alone!

I am Fumesucker!

[sabrina 1]

125. Me too ... n/t

[Aerows]

136. Thank you :)

[The Green Manalishi]

135. No kidding

Fumesucker nails it.

[Aerows]

137. Indeed he did!

In a world where it seems like we are drowning in left/right horsecrap, it's important to state it as it is. If that means criticizing Rahm Emanuel, the most false "left" politician I can think of, I'm going to criticize him. I'm not tearing down a Democrat, I'm tearing down a phony.

[cui bono]

93. Seems you really don't have a grasp on reality.

So, answer the question... Does it not bother you that a Koch is on the DLC board of trustees? Or will you just continue to ignore it?

[cui bono]

91. Why do you ask?

[DeSwiss]

5. K&R

- Polls are like parachutes that allow one to float easily to victory, or they can catch fire. It usually depends on your Karma......

[sabrina 1]

7. Everyone who can needs to help Garcia. There IS a chance if people come out to vote, that

we could rid that city of Third Way Rahm.

Thanks for the OP willy

[rhett o rick]

17. They mention that a change is coming to the Democratic Party. It can't get here

too soon.

Down with the DLC/The Third Way/New Democrats

[sabrina 1]

43. There is a change coming, not just here, see the Mid Terms eg, when the Progressives won and

Progressive issues won on ballots across the country. And the Third Way lost spectacularly.

Same thing in Europe where they have forced their horrible policies on the people, Greece was one of the first they targeted, now it's one of the first to say 'NO MORE neoliberalism'.

I don't think there is going to much more 'nose holding' anymore. So now it's up to the Party leadership either 'listen to the voters, the times are changing, OR lose'.

It's not on the voters, it's on the Party Leadership.

[Mnpaul]

76. We can't handle any more of their failed policies

we barely survived the last one.

[WillyT]

59. You Are Quite Welcome !!!

[Warren DeMontague]

97. If the election were being held the first week in July

There is no way that "J Garcia" wouldnt win

[Bohunk68]

108. UMMMM, that would be the first week in August, not July.

Just sayin'. I and a bunch of fellow Deadheads have gathered that weekend since '87 to celebrate JERRRRRRY!

[Warren DeMontague]

132. Not this year.

Although I realize the expected large influx of tourists can't vote in Chicago municipal elections.

[Bohunk68]

146. We have our own celebration, independent of others.

So, yes, this year also. WE decide, not some other people. TRADITION as Tevye sang.

[Warren DeMontague]

148. That's good, man. Good for you. There was a "farfegnugen" sticker that used to say "fukinmissim"

...i feel that way, too.



Still, fact is there are gonna be a shitload of deadheads in chicago come 4th of july.

I wish that werent the case, tickets would be easier to score!

[WillyT]

106. Anytime sabrina 1... Anytime...

[dmr]

131. Agree. I just sent him $25. Here's the link:

http://chicagoforchuy.com/index.html

[sabrina 1]

142. Thanks, I appreciate that. Will also send him some money.

[AtomicKitten]

11. The suck is strong in that neolib.

Viva Garcia.

[Enthusiast]

30. +1!

[Phlem]

82. +1

yes, yes it is.

[one_voice]

16. It is certainly interesting how this is playing out...

I think Sanders and Warren should continue to be vocal and push whoever runs in 16 to the left.

K&R

[rhett o rick]

21. No one gets pushed to the left. They may change their rhetoric to try to appease the Left

but after the election, they are who they are.

[one_voice]

26. You mean just politicians right?...

not people in general?

[rhett o rick]

44. Of course. nm

[randys1]

27. Really, so LBJ was a civil rights leader before being elected president?

Wait, leader HELL

HERO

[rhett o rick]

42. Do you think someone "pushed" LBJ to the left? That would be rather remarkable. nm

[MFrohike]

66. A tiny, tiny bit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Z._Longoria,_Jr.

Most of his pre-presidential days were spent firmly in the middle of the Southern Caucus (it actually was a thing), but this was the first, and probably only, hint of who he could be.

[zeemike]

35. Exactly my thoughts.

Talk is cheap, but actions tells all.

[LondonReign2]

118. That's what I am afraid of. Rahm will suddenly and very temporarily

try to move leftwards before continuing to move further right after re-election. I don't know if he has the charisma to pull off the charade like Obama did though.

[rhett o rick]

121. I think there is a difference between Obama and Rahm. Pres Obama could speak like a progressive.

I don't think either Rahm or H. Clinton can. IMO they can't even force it.

[LondonReign2]

122. Agreed, they both will/have come off as fakes when they do

[1norcal]

130. That's important rett o rick

President Obama's rhetoric IS the difference, but, in my opinion, otherwise they are similar; republican or corporatist.

[sabrina 1]

46. You can't push someone to the Left. They are what they are. All that phrase means is 'push them to

say things that will get them the votes they need when they realize that the country is mostly Progressive on issues' and then forget about it once elected.

We want someone who has a RECORD of being anti-Bush/Cheney policies.

No more Imperial wars, proxy or otherwise. No more neocons in democratic Cabinets, OR Republicans, or left over Bush loyalists, like Clapper and Gates or Brennen et al. No more Wall St, Walmart, Monsanto CEOs.

Eg, how many Progressives are in positions of power in the current president's cabinet? People who OPPOSED the Iraq war, who disagree with Bush/Cheney on Civil Liberties, on Foreign Policies, on Intelligence?

You cannot change PEOPLE, but you can change Policies by putting the right people in power.

[one_voice]

52. okie dokie.

[rhett o rick]

54. And it's way-crazy to think that anyone could push H. Clinton to the left. In 2008

she didn't budge even though she had a huge incentive to.

[cui bono]

95. omg, she couldn't find her way to the left with the help of google maps and Waze!

[Bluenorthwest]

62. On Warren 'pushing others to the left' it really should be noted that many Democrats are to her

left and have long been so. My own Representative DeFazio was a co-founder of the Progressive Caucus along with Sanders and others in 1991. At that time, Elizabeth Warren was a freaking Republican. And while I am sure she has changed from her many years as a Reagan/Bush loyalist I am very tired of this trope that she is the lone Democratic progressive, trying to push others to the left. Her history indicates that somewhere along the line, someone or something pushed Warren to the left, not the other way around. That's what she and her boosters need to talk about, how she came to move away from racist, selfish Republican politics and anti gay, anti choice Republican positions and join along with people like Bernie, who has been doing what he is doing since she was doing the Supply Side thing.

[one_voice]

63. Thank you for this...

I'd actually forgotten Warren had been a republican. Interesting, that I'd been lectured to on how no one changes and yet ....

You're right of course there are more Democrats to her left and it would be nice to hear more from them.

[WillyT]

107. Did You Forget Hillary Clinton Was A Goldwater Girl ???

[one_voice]

112. Um, no. But this is the second time Hillary Clinton was mentioned...

when responding to one of my comments. Neither of my comments mentioned her. I mentioned Senator Warren being a republican because the poster I responded to brought it up.

As I said you're the second poster to bring up Hillary--when responding to my comments, when I NEVER mentioned her in ANY of my comments. Good, bad or indifferent.

I was lectured to on how people don't change when I suggested that maybe Warren and Sanders could push WHOEVER ran in 2016 to left--one poster went further in another comment to specifically point out Hillary.

I mentioned Warren here--to show; apparently people do change--and you show up with 'well what about Hillary'.

I like Senator Warren--VERY much. And have stated that repeatedly.

Yeah, the 2016 primaries are going to be so much fun.

[WillyT]

117. Sorry... I Just Get So Fed Up With The "Warren Was A Republican..." Nonsense...

I've always thought enlightening people, and turning Republicans into Democrats was a good thing.

My apologies...

[one_voice]

126. No worries Willy!

I agree about people seeing the light. lol

My husband was a Republican. Even interned for Senator Roth (during his later years) Yikes...not only is he a Democrat he's very liberal now. I like to take credit for that.

[Mnpaul]

79. Reagan/Bush loyalist?

She was a registered Republican from '91 - '95, before that she was an indy. Don't you ever tire of posting this debunked nonsense?

[Divernan]

19. Even Obama's support and a $10 mill. advantage couldn't carry Rahm over the finish line.

POLITICO MAGAZINE
The Humbling of Rahm

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fell short of an outright win in his reelection battle Tuesday — despite President Barack Obama putting his hometown political clout on the line to push his former top aide over the finish line — and will face the second-place finisher in an April runoff.

But the result is also a disappointment for Obama, who put himself at the forefront during the final days of the campaign. He cut radio ads for Emanuel, his first White House chief of staff. And on Thursday, just five days before the election, the president flew into Chicago to give the mayor a boost. They appeared together at a stop in the Pullman neighborhood, where the president declared that he could not “be prouder of [Emanuel] and the extraordinary service he’s provided.” The planning for Obama’s trip to Chicago was nearly three weeks in the making, the sources said.

Obama and Emanuel then made a trek to one of the mayor’s campaign headquarters, where the president told volunteers that Emanuel was “somebody who cares deeply about this city.” Video of the president’s testimonial ended up in the mayor’s final television ad before Tuesday’s vote. Those appeals, however, were not enough to give Emanuel, who was facing a group of underfunded and less well-known opponents, a majority of the vote.

Polls showed Emaunel closing in on a majority in recent weeks but never quite clearing the threshold. Emanuel vastly outraised his opponents, pulling in $13 million to Garcia’s $1 million. While Emanuel ran a slate of TV commercials, including one that featured Obama, Garcia was able to air only one TV ad.
The president and his political team now must decide how — or whether — to engage in a runoff election that will put Emanuel’s controversial tenure under the national microscope. Eric Schultz, a White House spokesman, declined to comment on Obama’s plans to buttress Emanuel other than to say he is “supportive and will do what we can to help.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/rahm-emanuel-chicago-mayoral-election-2015-runoff-115481.html#ixzz3SnjQqHK6

[Enthusiast]

28. I do not want Rahm Emanuel in the Democratic Party. I don't care of he changes to GOP.

That is where he belongs.

I have to seriously question President Obama's judgment for picking Rahm to start with.

[appalachiablue]

85. Was Rahm part of the early Chicago Penny Pritzker, Hilton-Superior Bank support for BO?

[Enthusiast]

98. I'm not sure about that.

But birds of a feather and all that.

[LondonReign2]

119. Rahm is not in the Democratic Party. He is part of the Third Way that

only pretends to be part of the Democratic Party so that they can shove it further rightward as corporations desire.

[riderinthestorm]

32. Emanuel has sorely underestimated Chicagoans rage over the parking meters

the privatization of the schools etc.

It's time for Dems to step up and help Garcia. $$, time and votes!! We can do this!

Edited to add the link to his website for donations and volunteering


http://chicagoforchuy.com/index.html

[hatrack]

72. I thought the parking meter fiasco was Daley's final gift on his way out the door . . .

[riderinthestorm]

109. It was but Emanuel has taken that privatization scheme and expanded it 10x

in other places like schools.

It's all of a piece and I hope it comes back and bites him hard.

[swilton]

123. Thanks for the link

I may not be in Ill but this is a cause worth fighting for.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

41. Poor Rahm. Tsk. Tsk. Sad, very sad.

[rpannier]

47. The article could have also pointed out

that of the 7 members of the progressive wing running 5 got elected and 2 are in run-off races

[Warpy]

48. Talk about missing the point!

Emanuel needing to fight a runoff election is in no way any indication of a left-right split or any wholesale repudiation of one way or the other. It's more a recognition of the many enemies the man has made while he's been in office. He's got all the diplomatic skill of a jackhammer and a lot of people are sick of him, not responding to abstract political theory.

Left/liberal bashing seems to be in style over at Salon, as it is other places trying to preserve "access."

[appalachiablue]

104. +10 Same here-

[LondonReign2]

120. +1,000. Sad, isn't it?

[former9thward]

141. When was that?

The Democratic Party has had conservatives and moderates from day one.

[Renew Deal]

51. “moral victory” fallacy

The Nader voters. They really showed us. Everything is so much better now that Bush served two terms.

[rhett o rick]

56. Nader and Nader voters are being used as scapegoats for the failure of the Democratic

Party to provide a candidate that would attract the "Nader voters". But the arrogant Conservative/DLC Democratic Party Machine refused to listen in 2000 and apparently is looking to do it again. Run a DLC'er (Clinton) against a Bush and suffer the same consequences as 2000. I wonder who they will try to blame this time.

[Mnpaul]

77. It's never their fault

just like Republicans, they always blame someone else for their failures.

[JEB]

124. Just like Republicans indeed.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

60. Well that was a lame ass comparison. Who's bush in this scenario? nt

[KamaAina]

53. What will the other candidates do?

If even one or two of them throw their support to Rahmbo, he's in.

[ND-Dem]

55. make it so.

[99Forever]

65. The tide is turning.

Time to run shitheads like that one out of OUR party. I cannot stand that

[UTUSN]

73. Why is "huge embarrassment" about a Dem so bruited on a Dem website?!1 I don't care. n/t

[Phlem]

84. Buh By!

Because a lot of us are Free Thinkers and not burdened by tradition, but by fact.

[Starry Messenger]

87. Garcia is also a Dem.

A labor Dem, not a Wall Street Dem.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

102. You can have him. Maybe he'll shut down schools and city run mental health clinics

in your town. Maybe then "you'll care". Maybe not.

[Jamastiene]

78. Hmmm, so there is hope.

Of course, we will still be told to STFU and vote for the most right wing Democrat the Third Way can find every single time, but it is nice to see liberals making somewhat of a comeback now. I'm so fucking sick of having to hold my nose to vote.

[daredtowork]

80. Go Garcia! Take the Third Way down!

Now if we can just get a Third Way CHALLENGER with serious chances into the Primary...

One thing to note is Garcua came out if nowhere and didn't spend a lot of money, and people still voted AGAINST Third Way Rahm!

Hell, I'll run for President just to give people a freaking alternative. How much does it cost to file stuff and where do I do it?
*hopes this gives people more qualified than I the idea to stampede, if for no other reason to prevent someone not as important as them from accidentally becoming President by soaking up the JUST SAY NO TO THIRD WAY HILLARY vote*

[whereisjustice]

81. Rahm and Debbie Wasserman Shultz - the very model of the loony right wing of the Dem Party

They waltzed in kicking shit all over the place with the same sort of arrogance that Bush had when he waltzed into Iraq.

Now the DNC is saying we will throw roses at Hillary's feet.

Sure. Sure.

Fuck me once, shame on you...

These corporate posers and dilettantes need to be flushed out of the party.

[Phlem]

83. I'm waiting for the defenders and centrist, third way apologists to show up

So far it's crickets!



Oh No's maybe there is new data for the same we've been saying over and over again. Knowledge wrapped in self importance is a fraud.

[blkmusclmachine]

86. http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/9378/10425744_2.jpg?v=8CDBD2ABE243CF0

?v=8CDBD2ABE243CF0

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

89. I blame myself

Last edited Thu Feb 26, 2015, 07:38 PM - Edit history (1)

H U Y!!!!!

[cui bono]

90. "it’s hard to deny that there’s a change happening within the Democratic base"

I hope so. And seems to me that if Garcia got 35% without having been well known he just might beat Emanuel now that people will hear more of him. Although I don't doubt that Emanuel will resort to some ruthless tactics. I don't trust him.

Pragmatists keep saying liberals can't win the presidency but I think that is incorrect.

[Warren DeMontague]

96. Insulting people is not generally a good strategy to get them to vote the way you want

A lesson which seems lost on some groups.

[Fumesucker]

115. That idea is fornicatingly cognitively challenged...

[Vinca]

100. Politics aside, I've always considered the guy a jerk. Kind of a skinny Chris Christie.

[tartan2]

101. oh please Chicago kick Rahm's ass to the curb!!!

I can't stand this prick. He is only out for himself and to hell with the rest of Chicago!!

[Stellar]

103. Rahm...remember when you laughed at us when we tried to rid ourselves of

Blanche Lincoln? You laughed and said 'don't waste your money we will pull her through', or something to that effect. But she was so badly damaged the she lost in the general.

I love that this will make your monkey ass at least think twice.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

105. I'm donating money to García and will volunteer to get the vote out. I still think

chances we'll be stuck with this asshole Emanuel for another 4 years. But at least it's good to see his punk ass sweat and get all crocodile teary eyed because he'll actually have to work for it this time.

[KG]

110. picking rahm to be WHCoS told me all i needed to know about obama.

[PatrynXX]

111. Rahm's a Liberal

hahahaha. he makes Hillary look like a Liberal. he should lose.

[yurbud]

113. when he loses the runoff, I want to know where to line up to piss on his political grave

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

129. It's still an uphill climb for García. We'll do our best but can't guarantee you'll have

a "grave" to piss on any time soon.

[yurbud]

133. if he wins, we'll just have to mail the piss and tell him it's champagne

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

134. In that case we'll need the big bottle for him and his boy Rauner. nt

[yurbud]

114. Obama picking Rahm as his chief of staff was when I knew we had been had

Those on the left knew Hillary would be a corporate tool, but we falsely thought Obama was somewhat better.

The difference between the two is mostly a matter of style.

[Snarkoleptic]

116. Another major factor (not mentioned in the article) is Rahm's support of our new

Governor, Bruce Rauner (R-Pluto).

It's often said of Illinois politics that "there's the Chicago area, then there's the rest of Illinois", which is an oversimplification, but generally, the Chicago Metro is blue and the rest of the State leans red. Rahm supported Rauner and now there is a lot of buyers remorse as Rauner begins the "walkerization" of our fair state.

[KoKo]

127. K&R!