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mopinko

(69,812 posts)
59. she took it personal.
Sat Apr 12, 2014, 02:38 PM
Apr 2014

she went on the ed show and acted like a 10 year old after a school yard fight. made a lot of personal comments. really, it was childish. i love the teachers union. but i dont think that strike was necessary. rahm can be a jerk, but he also know how to deal. the right person could have gotten the job done without all the division.
she kept it personal, too.

and really. i agree with sirota 99.9% of the time.
but it is really easy to get the wrong idea from a far. somehow the shitstorms get all the news, and the quiet progress is a secret.

sound familiar?

Roberts' Rules. GeorgeGist Apr 2014 #1
Third Way mantra........ socialist_n_TN Apr 2014 #35
And, of course, Rahm has that "D" after his name, so if he was running for anything, djean111 Apr 2014 #2
He Is Running...For Re-Election in 2015 KharmaTrain Apr 2014 #3
"Well funded", aye, there's the rub! Divernan Apr 2014 #4
I have noticed that the fund-raising requests I get now inform me that people like me will djean111 Apr 2014 #7
No Bucks...No Buck Rogers... KharmaTrain Apr 2014 #12
I am quite honestly starting to feel really played, concerning the money. djean111 Apr 2014 #14
I feel your pain. ctsnowman Apr 2014 #20
Invest Wisely... KharmaTrain Apr 2014 #24
Anyone being funded by Corporations doesn't need OUR money. And the more they are getting sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #58
The SC decision was only about federal elections. former9thward Apr 2014 #32
Thank you for pointing that out. Divernan Apr 2014 #36
Toni Prenwinkle is leading Rahm by hefty margins in recent polls alcibiades_mystery Apr 2014 #8
tony is not running. just stop that. mopinko Apr 2014 #9
Let's hope Obama campaigns... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2014 #11
I doubt that. former9thward Apr 2014 #33
Obama wasn't subtle and it wasn't under... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2014 #49
"I think he would be an excellent mayor," Obama said on ABC's Good Morning America. Divernan Apr 2014 #52
Why would this surprise anyone. 99Forever Apr 2014 #5
No, we need to realize he is a Democrat, he may be the worst but is only one of many like him. A Simple Game Apr 2014 #13
If you think that puke is a Democrat... 99Forever Apr 2014 #15
he's my mayor. mopinko Apr 2014 #22
So be it. 99Forever Apr 2014 #30
He's my mayor too, and I think he sucks ASS kysrsoze Apr 2014 #46
i have a soft spot for jerks. mopinko Apr 2014 #60
He calls himself a Democrat and our President believed he was a Democrat when he hired him A Simple Game Apr 2014 #26
I think we are very much... 99Forever Apr 2014 #31
I think we are too. A Simple Game Apr 2014 #40
excuse me, but i do not support his "image" mopinko Apr 2014 #37
His "image" is that he is a Democrat. As for his policies and your loyalty to him, A Simple Game Apr 2014 #41
Well, he IS a Democrat, even the most conservative starve the schools steal the pensions Republican Dragonfli Apr 2014 #71
I agree with A Simple Game. It's important to recognize the enemy. A significant portion of "our" rhett o rick Apr 2014 #42
there really are moderate liberals. mopinko Apr 2014 #64
One can be moderate without being a corporatist. But corporatists can't hide behind rhett o rick Apr 2014 #66
i know. makes it hard on the true moderates. mopinko Apr 2014 #67
math is wrong Phil1934 Apr 2014 #6
sorry, i love david sirota, but this is just a hatchet job. mopinko Apr 2014 #10
Got a cite for any of those laws? FYI, I grew up in "Chicagoland" Divernan Apr 2014 #18
they are called tax increment funding districts. mopinko Apr 2014 #21
Well so far he has made a better case than you have. Do you have specifics to refute what rhett o rick Apr 2014 #43
It's actually a "TIF" fund and is meant to spur business kysrsoze Apr 2014 #57
i would prefer the approach that it was my understanding would be instituted- pb mopinko Apr 2014 #68
If Rahm "doing it right" means screwing poor & minorities, you are right. Divernan Apr 2014 #25
ugh. imho, karen lewis is a very poor union rep. she let it get personal. mopinko Apr 2014 #28
OMG! You criticize a union rep for being confrontational w/ the King of Confrontation! The hubris! Divernan Apr 2014 #45
she took it personal. mopinko Apr 2014 #59
Rahm Inherited A Mess... KharmaTrain Apr 2014 #27
reducing a city of 3 million mopinko Apr 2014 #39
Like his hypocritical education policy- opposite of his kids' elite private school. Divernan Apr 2014 #50
but mopinko Apr 2014 #65
...You seem to know a lot about Rahm Harry_Scrote Apr 2014 #56
he couldn't pick me out of a line up. never gave him a dime. mopinko Apr 2014 #61
You really are living in a dream world of your own making. former9thward Apr 2014 #38
Perhaps he/she lives in one of those posh enclaves on the Gold Coast or in Hyde Park? Divernan Apr 2014 #51
i live in a gritty neighborhood. mopinko Apr 2014 #62
i'll just say this mopinko Apr 2014 #63
Rahm's Shock Doctrine. marmar Apr 2014 #16
! + $1000000000.00 nt adirondacker Apr 2014 #44
Rahm in 2016? Puzzledtraveller Apr 2014 #17
What's he think he is running for, governor of NY? nt adirondacker Apr 2014 #19
it's a takeover...... blue mane Apr 2014 #23
They already are turning their backs on the poor. L0oniX Apr 2014 #48
Sounds like Rahm knows Gov. Kasich, R Ohio, following the same play book.nt Ninga Apr 2014 #29
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Apr 2014 #34
This is where democracy fails. L0oniX Apr 2014 #47
. Wilms Apr 2014 #53
Birds of a feather, as they say, corporate-wise. Divernan Apr 2014 #55
But of course... its the DLC/Third Way. HooptieWagon Apr 2014 #54
And to think this swell fella was for several years the chief of staff for the President of the indepat Apr 2014 #69
I want to see the folks that Aerows Apr 2014 #70
Rahm Emanuel gives the Democratic Party a bad name. This corrupt jerk needs to go! emsimon33 Apr 2014 #72
Your source's maths is as screwed up as their insinuations. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #73
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