Incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel gestures prior to the inauguration ceremony

[underpants]

Incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel gestures prior to the inauguration ceremony of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, in Washington, January 20, 2009.
REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/mostemailed

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. towards BushCo?

or Roberts?

[TwilightGardener]

2. What the hell--is he three?

[spinbaby]

3. This photo on the same page also caught my attention

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Most-Emailed-Photos/ss/17... ;_ylt=AmDO3Y_2IluoFehz0ke4DEZPXLoF

[NV Whino]

4. Oh good, adults in the White House again.

[mtnsnake]

5. That photo is obviously a photoshopped figment of someone's imagination

[karynnj]

10. It's actually on the website of the Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/inauguration/galler...

(There are some really incredible photos at - http://www.boston.com/news/multimedia/gallery/obamas_in... / and at http://www.boston.com/news/politics/inauguration/galler... /

What isn't known is to whom Emanuel is focusing on - it may well have been towards a friend.

[mtnsnake]

16. Well, then I'm sure he was just busting a friends jewels with it

Either that, or it was a message to Bushco on their way out.

[Blue_Roses]

13. no, I actually saw him do it and Diane Sawyer even said,

"he'll probably receive an email about that..."

I think it's funny. It was probably to a friend.

[rvablue]

17. No it's not ... I saw it happen with my own eyes ... but what's the fuss? I think it's funny! n/t

[mtnsnake]

19. Thanks. My bad, and yes, it is funny. Emanuel has a good sense of humor

[karynnj]

25. No big deal - though roughly on the par of Jenna Bush sticking out her tongue

This is embarrassing behavior on the part of a chief of staff, but it really should not make him less effective.

[LynnTheDem]

6. Gee how horrible that we have adults with a sense of fun.

Oh gee now all Dems will be mocked and made to look bad.








Hey Rahmbo...

[moriah]

7. Here's this one in that listing that I thought was funny, too.

[countingbluecars]

8. That one really got me laughing! n/t

[Balderdash]

9. So what? Dem's having fun, I like it! nt

[Blue_Roses]

15. exactly

it's no big deal and it got a laugh out of the commentators

[ComtesseDeSpair]

11. I love it!

[Clio the Leo]

12. HA HA HA HAAAAAAA! I only wish he'd done that...

... with the other hand!

[CitizenLeft]

22. that photo reminds me of the joke Obama told at Rahm's roast...

...a few years ago (CNN, I think it was, ran the footage when he was announced as COS) - Obama described the accident Rahm had as a teenager working in a deli... and the punchline was that the accident "rendered him mute."

[firedupdem]

14. He's joking around probably with someone as equally giddy

about yesterday. It was a great day for Democrats! I must say, he looked very handsome yesterday!

[theboss]

18. Does anyone think Rahm Emanuel's mothers life was hell raising Rahm and his brothers?

Can you imagine living in a house with those three boys? There must have been blood on the floor nightly.

[ronnykmarshall]

20. OH MY GOD!!! THIS IS SHOCKING!!!!!

[Terran]

21. Rahm is so serious, normally

He reminds me of a raptor on his perch looking for prey. I think it's great to see he has a sense of humor. Most of Bush's people, that was one of their problems--not that they acted like children, but that they took themselves (and their crazy ideas) far too seriously.

[Bucky]

23. He's a goofy guy. I kinda like his oddball sense of humor

[Uncle Joe]

24. That reminded me of the character Sam from "It's A Wonderful Life,"

he would make that sign and yell hee haw.

[AspenRose]

26. Rove did something similar