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Warren DeMontague

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36. That 5 million in hush money leaves a rather inconvenient paper trail.

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Rahm Emanuel is in Deep, Deep Trouble [View all] fleur-de-lisa Dec 2015 OP

"...a series of misteps..."? They were not "misteps". nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #1

Agreed. eom fleur-de-lisa Dec 2015 #6

I am shocked the GOP isn't using this situation to advance their nastiness yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #29

They're holding off until after the nomination. jeff47 Dec 2015 #173

Must be the new word for crimes. nt valerief Dec 2015 #32

Rahm is having trouble: but it will blow over: The Police did the Killing lewebley3 Dec 2015 #40

But the rampage he has done on the school system is a gaping bloody wound he can't fix now. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #99

The School system is a different issue: Police crime is another issue lewebley3 Dec 2015 #188

They are different issues yes, but the privatization of all of it is the same issue. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #210

And in the end he will be riding into the sunset... BeanMusical Dec 2015 #112

Anyone who is that much of a sheer asshole hifiguy Dec 2015 #116

NO:, but the police with be held accountable: and lewebley3 Dec 2015 #184

...And he covered up the killing for over a year, to help his re-election. jeff47 Dec 2015 #174

You have no evidence of a cover up: You just are attacking Rahm lewebley3 Dec 2015 #181

You think Rahm gives a shit about anything being illegal? Pfffft! nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #183

You don't know Rahm: I don't know what he thinks: but Facts matter lewebley3 Dec 2015 #185

Yes, he does. That's why he has at least 3 cover-ups right now WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2015 #198

Emails Suggest Mayor’s Staff Knew About Laquan McDonald Video During His Re-Election Campaign jeff47 Dec 2015 #187

"Suggest" and this information may or may not be reliable lewebley3 Dec 2015 #190

We have facts. You've chosen to pretend each of those facts lives in an isolated bubble. jeff47 Dec 2015 #192

No, facts; your word is "payoff": We need an investigation lewebley3 Dec 2015 #193

What would you prefer to call $5M paid to the family without even filing a lawsuit? jeff47 Dec 2015 #194

Those pay (off) are happening in every city in American: Nothing Special lewebley3 Dec 2015 #200

No, they are only happening after a lawsuit was filed. jeff47 Dec 2015 #202

He signs: but he is not legally able to inter-fer: The Police lied to him too! lewebley3 Dec 2015 #208

Rahm blocked McCarthy's efforts to reform CPD in 2013 WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2015 #195

Rahm's hand picked pro-tobacco, pro-pulluter lawyer ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2015 #201

A lot of people giving the ultra micro-manager Emanuel a pass WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2015 #209

Well put. ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2015 #211

Precisely. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #83

In the sense of "Ooops! I didn't expect to get in Dutch!", they are. WinkyDink Dec 2015 #177

I hope this puts him out of commission forever montanacowboy Dec 2015 #2

I've always wondered why Obama put him on his staff . . . fleur-de-lisa Dec 2015 #10

Post removed Post removed Dec 2015 #12

Nice swipe at POTUS .... sunnystarr Dec 2015 #19

Hmmm... murielm99 Dec 2015 #21

Yup Plucketeer Dec 2015 #77

I never liked him from the start. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #85

Alas, yes? <EM> Treant Dec 2015 #104

What does it say that he was on PBO's staff? Instead of hurling AllyCat Dec 2015 #165

oh please. anyone who questions another persons loyalty to their party is a repiblican roguevalley Dec 2015 #23

Looks like you didn't follow the thread ... sunnystarr Dec 2015 #47

i voted for the President twice. hifiguy Dec 2015 #30

I agree with you. I have never been a fan club member Tipperary Dec 2015 #68

But I still really like him Ned_Devine Dec 2015 #140

as would i hopemountain Dec 2015 #157

I agree with you... Thespian2 Dec 2015 #142

Good catch, while I despise Rahm, I am sick and tired of these attacks on Obama randys1 Dec 2015 #31

Why would Obama appoint a despicable chief of staff, with center-right policies? villager Dec 2015 #37

Go somewhere else and bash President Obama, please. randys1 Dec 2015 #46

It's still a good question, despite your refusal to answer it. And in democracies, questions are ok. villager Dec 2015 #55

You have no answer, I see, to a perfectly valid question. hifiguy Dec 2015 #57

I dont spend my time bashing Obama, sorry. randys1 Dec 2015 #69

Ahh, now I understand hifiguy Dec 2015 #73

Right was Yoda. hifiguy Dec 2015 #109

"I am a voter, not a fan-club member" malokvale77 Dec 2015 #129

No, you're cluelessly, rudely trying to broadbrush with ignorant cheap pot shots.. and Cha Dec 2015 #212

I didn't see any "bashing" here. cwydro Dec 2015 #97

It's our DUTY to question. n/t cui bono Dec 2015 #127

So I take it you're okay... gregcrawford Dec 2015 #117

You've got an odd idea of what bashing is... cui bono Dec 2015 #126

I think Obama owed a lot of favors to a lot of people. I think it is only the last LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #62

This is my belief, too. dmr Dec 2015 #100

You could be right Art_from_Ark Dec 2015 #101

I have thought for a long time that becoming a politician has to be a lot like LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #102

That's one think I like about Bernie Art_from_Ark Dec 2015 #103

Yea, he started almost the bottom and worked his way up. That is the way it used to be done. LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #107

The 1980 election against Frank White may have been a turning point Art_from_Ark Dec 2015 #108

I think at some point he got some big money from the Stephens and the Tysons, I LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #111

He got Stephens and Tyson money for his 1992 presidential bid Art_from_Ark Dec 2015 #114

Try this guy out.. I know he has part of Systematics down, just not all of it. LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #115

It's a VERY good question. People are judged by the company they keep, which is not at all kath Dec 2015 #94

What you mean is that we don't act like republicans Scootaloo Dec 2015 #48

Excellent. Well said. hifiguy Dec 2015 #60

Huge +1! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #88

Actually, the problem is non-Bernie supporters not acting like Dems. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #66

All of this. hifiguy Dec 2015 #71

I'm getting pretty grumpy. nt Enthusiast Dec 2015 #89

^ Dis right here. AzDar Dec 2015 #82

Oooh, please tell me what makes a good Dem? Jackilope Dec 2015 #78

One must be an unquestioning Belieber hifiguy Dec 2015 #91

So we must kiss every nominally conservative democrat's hairy ass Trajan Dec 2015 #79

An honest progressive will take swipes at who ever deserves it. It's on the conservatives that rhett o rick Dec 2015 #123

+1 k&r n/t bobthedrummer Dec 2015 #203

Emanuel was his chief of staff. Sorry, but that says something. Marr Dec 2015 #124

So what do you think it says? I think it says that he owed Rahm for helping him get elected. nm rhett o rick Dec 2015 #138

and Bernie supporters sure don't act like Dems. AlbertCat Dec 2015 #139

Close but not quite right. I don't like DINO's. Anyone can call themselves a Democrat. rhett o rick Dec 2015 #207

You are always attacking Dem party members: You need to attack the GOP lewebley3 Dec 2015 #42

Don't you just hate it when that happens. ornotna Dec 2015 #119

Oopsie, nice catch. malokvale77 Dec 2015 #132

The Dem's are the only ones standing between us and GOP lewebley3 Dec 2015 #186

Not true ornotna Dec 2015 #196

Yes, and I am a Dem supporting a very strong leader Hillary lewebley3 Dec 2015 #199

I really like Obama (except for his excessive use of drones and a few other things) fleur-de-lisa Dec 2015 #50

I was more excited about voting for him in '08 hifiguy Dec 2015 #67

Royally chumped is right. kath Dec 2015 #154

me too. redwitch Dec 2015 #110

^^^this^^^ ViseGrip Dec 2015 #72

Obama put Emanuel on his staff sulphurdunn Dec 2015 #26

Penny brought Obama to the dance Facility Inspector Dec 2015 #33

Yep sulphurdunn Dec 2015 #39

Didn't know about Penny's role. So Obama had his own billionaire backing him. AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #51

Dirty Chicago shit Facility Inspector Dec 2015 #215

That depends on the Food being offered.. Volaris Dec 2015 #54

I have always assumed it was Chicago-Illinois politics. We jwirr Dec 2015 #136

President Obama called Rahm to be his COS, an offer Rahm couldn't refuse. LuvLoogie Dec 2015 #153

Rahm was Obama's PERFECT Consigliori. bvar22 Dec 2015 #197

I don't see him as savvy, smart of a chess player. I see him as a short man syndrome, big mouth roguevalley Dec 2015 #22

Right. Beause that always works. eggplant Dec 2015 #53

Yeah, some of our greatest serial murderers were beaten to a pulp fasttense Dec 2015 #162

He also told us to STFU. cui bono Dec 2015 #125

Wish this would have put him out of commission BEFORE the election. AllyCat Dec 2015 #146

He called us FUCKING retards Pastiche423 Dec 2015 #147

Good. Someone should throw this smarmy mfer an anchor. hifiguy Dec 2015 #3

Gee, hifiguy. What's obstruction of justice between friends? Octafish Dec 2015 #4

There is a reason why I voted twice against his Joe Pesci character wannabe crooked ass. Fuck Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2015 #5

A man on MSNBC before said he should resign and go work somwhere else. I agree, he... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #9

The eternal cynic in me tells me he'll be able to ride this out. But I've Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2015 #11

He'd fit in perfectly at Eaglevale hedge fund. Divernan Dec 2015 #86

The Mob can always use a good crooked chiseler. hifiguy Dec 2015 #14

Come on. The Mob knows better than to embrace Rahm merrily Dec 2015 #38

Well, there IS that. hifiguy Dec 2015 #49

Kick Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #7

He will be an aid in the New Clinton WH bahrbearian Dec 2015 #8

Yes. He is part of the Clinton/Obama in-crowd. He epitomizes the Democratic Party's in-crowd. JDPriestly Dec 2015 #45

If we have that misfortune, he will turn up in HRH's administration hifiguy Dec 2015 #52

Man has been an intregal part of two administrations that started with large congressional rpannier Dec 2015 #106

...! n/t KoKo Dec 2015 #180

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2015 #13

Yeah, that's kinda weird Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #35

There are daily protests downtown often in front of the mayor's office mucifer Dec 2015 #134

They're here, and have been for some time... there must be a lack of media coverage. MerryBlooms Dec 2015 #58

There is no lack of media coverage in Chicago. mucifer Dec 2015 #135

Yes, I meant nationally. MerryBlooms Dec 2015 #158

he knee capped black voters by closing nearby schools ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2015 #15

career shitbag. KG Dec 2015 #16

His problem lies in his tough politial operative abilities. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #17

he has no soul and he has no character. That is the root of his problems. No one with roguevalley Dec 2015 #24

You know that video of Hillary in your signature line. JDPriestly Dec 2015 #56

Yo need to take this to GDP and keep it out of GD. eom MohRokTah Dec 2015 #63

Wow. Why do you think you can tell others what to do? Rhetorical. nm rhett o rick Dec 2015 #149

GD SOP. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #163

That condescending little gif has irritated the hell out of me, too. hifiguy Dec 2015 #74

Also, she's imitating Obama wiping off the shit she threw at him in 2008. jeff47 Dec 2015 #176

There's no IL legal mechanism for a mayoral recall... MerryBlooms Dec 2015 #76

"...IL legal..." Iggo Dec 2015 #171

heh, I didn't even notice until you pointed it out. MerryBlooms Dec 2015 #213

IL doesn't have a recall mechanism. jeff47 Dec 2015 #175

Restoring faith in goverment? Baitball Blogger Dec 2015 #18

Did Chicagoans really have faith in their government before this? hughee99 Dec 2015 #20

It isn't like everyone else isn't corrupt as hell either. AngryAmish Dec 2015 #113

Our last mayor covered up police torture link below. mucifer Dec 2015 #152

He's a POS, simple as that. Phlem Dec 2015 #25

Is he fucking retarded? deutsey Dec 2015 #27

I would pay good money to see someone ask him this at a presser. n/t reflection Dec 2015 #65

he was on Farrakhan's TV show: he feels justified no matter how many braincases his cops empty out MisterP Dec 2015 #98

I tweeted the other day that his political career should be over, permanently randys1 Dec 2015 #28

Excellent news. nt bemildred Dec 2015 #34

That 5 million in hush money leaves a rather inconvenient paper trail. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #36

Caught up in his own political maneuvering. blackspade Dec 2015 #41

"Already, an Illinois state lawmaker is starting the process to recall him." KamaAina Dec 2015 #43

no, it doesnt. this is a misstatement. mopinko Dec 2015 #144

So you're stuck with both of them?! KamaAina Dec 2015 #148

actually, thanks to bloggo mopinko Dec 2015 #179

rahm had seen the tape before the 5 million buck payout questionseverything Dec 2015 #206

Couldn't happen to a nice guy! highprincipleswork Dec 2015 #44

Couldn't happen to a more deserving person!! Doitnow Dec 2015 #59

I agree with this. About the only way he can get out of this mess is with support from some MADem Dec 2015 #61

Hopefully this has ruined it for him- if had any Presidential aspirations notadmblnd Dec 2015 #64

Missteps? He purposely hid the video until he could no longer. ViseGrip Dec 2015 #70

I would not piss on Rahm FlatBaroque Dec 2015 #75

Well. most of us knew what he was about so I am not surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised. nt silvershadow Dec 2015 #80

Shaedenfreude DonCoquixote Dec 2015 #81

He just needs to go Truprogressive85 Dec 2015 #84

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He richly deserves every single bit of the "trouble" he is in. Should be prosecuted for obstruction kath Dec 2015 #90

End of his Boss Tweed ambitions marmar Dec 2015 #92

Anyone counting on him to resign in disgrace or be recalled are probably spinning their wheels. RichVRichV Dec 2015 #93

His arrogance is stunning. Time to go. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #95

if h was republican he would not be in trouble because all those certainot Dec 2015 #96

The Chicago Tribune will be very upset rpannier Dec 2015 #105

Good. nt truebluegreen Dec 2015 #118

I can picture this egomaniac telling Hillary he's available to be her running mate..... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #120

Rahm Emanuel is performing a new emotion: sadness Nevernose Dec 2015 #121

Pssst...everybody alcibiades_mystery Dec 2015 #122

maybe but DonCoquixote Dec 2015 #128

She won't put him in the VP slot, but there's plenty of positions filled after an election. jeff47 Dec 2015 #178

He knows where the "bodies" are buried...she's on his leash. libdem4life Dec 2015 #214

Hey Rahm! Karma is not just a b*tch: Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #130

I expect that Hillary will choose him as VP before it comes to the matter of re-election or recall. JVS Dec 2015 #131

That made me vomit a little. She still supports him. morningfog Dec 2015 #151

Birds of a feather. They are well matched. Divernan Dec 2015 #160

A VP slot beltanefauve Dec 2015 #156

Ambassadorships for politicians are pretty much dead-ends for a national career HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #166

I would hope to god she is not that stupid DonCoquixote Dec 2015 #205

Good cop, bad cop. ...... Hotler Dec 2015 #133

O Rahm O Rahm Emaneul... Blue Owl Dec 2015 #137

He covered up. zentrum Dec 2015 #141

He's got a reputation awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #143

no, the lawmaker is not starting the process to recall him. no such mopinko Dec 2015 #145

I notice all the smug "Rahm won because he was inherently superior to his opponent" posts Ken Burch Dec 2015 #150

When he left th White House, Rahm saltpoint Dec 2015 #155

Raging egomaniacs are incapable of admitting error, let alone resigning Divernan Dec 2015 #159

/\_/\_This_/\_/\ Scuba Dec 2015 #161

Bingo. He's got the same narcissistic personality disorder thing going on bullwinkle428 Dec 2015 #167

Looks like it's a bad season to be a Third-Way DLC New Dem. NorthCarolina Dec 2015 #164

Never liked him. appal_jack Dec 2015 #168

Barack won't let this happen...mark my word. ileus Dec 2015 #169

I'm not defending Rahm, here, but... SpankMe Dec 2015 #170

Nothing's gonna happen to Rahm d_legendary1 Dec 2015 #172

"No one could have imagined (this happening to him)" Roland99 Dec 2015 #182

Remember how Obama's DOJ went after Wall Street WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2015 #189

Good. That city needs someone who will serve the people arthritisR_US Dec 2015 #191

Good riddance ibegurpard Dec 2015 #204

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