Reply #7: I don't buy that for a second

[tularetom]

So Obama says to Emanuel, "I want you to make overtures to republicans and right wing Democrats. I want you to assure them that we will do everything in our power to piss off our Democratic base, even though all our efforts will not win us one republican votes and the corporate Democrats will still ridicule us as socialists. And as a result of this, everyone in the country will think I'm an indecisive, wishy washy, ineffective ditherer. This is exactly what I want Rahm, and I think you know how to achieve it."

I think somebody or some group forced this douchebag onto Obama's staff, and he is powerless to dispose of him yet (or maybe ever). He definitely has his own agenda. But the one thing I don't accept is that he does Obama's bidding.