Ok I thought Rahm was a good guy? No? Please explain why yall dont like him..

[southernleftylady]

I dont know too much about him at all thanks du :)

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. DLC

nuff said

[billyoc]

2. DLC

[HamdenRice]

3. He's a hawk on the middle east...

war on terror, iraq, etc.

We need a new paradigm.

[dmallind]

4. He worked for Clinton

Who is loathed by the fringe left almost as much as Bush is.

[tekisui]

8. Fringe left?

whatever.:eyes:

[bobbolink]

19. "Fringe left".... gotta luv those RW talking points.....

Kissies to ya....

[Individualist]

5. DLC

[tekisui]

6. He's DLC, but that doesn't mean much for Cheif of Staff.

He knows how to strong arm people, and that is a good thing, he will be working for Obama.

[Phred42]

7. I don't - He's Republican-lite DLC

The Dems must now purge the DLC and Blue Dogs and replace them with Progressives

Conservative ideology is 20th Century DEAD.

[qanda]

9. People are going to complain about everything Obama does

It's what we do around here. Wait until Obama reaches across the aisle and appoints a Republican or two, then they're really going to lose their minds. Obama ran on a platform to reach out to people on all sides and I'm afraid that's what he's going to do-- it's going to be a long four years on DU.

[Phred42]

11. It will take us a couple of GENERATION to clean up the mess that the last 8 years alone have caused

That assumes that we have Liberal and Progressive Majority thinking and policies guiding us for that period.

Conservative Ideology is old school crap

Ya see, it's like THIS:


"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein

[rch35]

24. real conservative ideology hasnt had any bearing on bush's administration nt

[PalinHater]

14. "across the aisle"

Check the latest Rude Pundit, who I agree with:

http://tinyurl.com/67vmyx

(not for the faint of heart!)

If Rahm Emanuel is truly a take-no-prisoners kind of Dem, I think I like him!

[upi402]

15. If you're an actual Democrat, this is NOT a good selection.

Rahm was a NAFTA guy as well. How has that worked out? Any complaints?

[PalinHater]

17. I'm catching up fast, see "oh, never mind..."

SSIA

[madfloridian]

18. Not true. I don't mind his appointing Republicans.

I do mind his appointing Rahm. He is divisive.

[bobbolink]

20. Yup, that's all we Dems are... just a bunch of "complainers"

Must be nice to be so confident of being "above it all"

[DebbieCDC]

10. OK, screw the DLC

It's dead and buried. Rahm knows it. He's not going to waste his time beating a dead horse. There's a new sheriff in town now, and if Rahm wants to be on the new team he'll have to get with the program.

The DLC is over with. Get over it.

[noamnety]

12. Some people don't appreciate

that he has done volunteer work as a civilian for the Israeli army during desert storm, that he's a strong Zionist, that he's a big supporter of AIPAC.

[leftchick]

13. Rahm and his part on "AIPAC's Hold" on the US Congress

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060814/aipacs_hold/print


AIPAC's Hold


By Ari Berman

August 4, 2006


In early March, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) held its forty-seventh annual conference in Washington. AIPAC's executive director spent twenty-seven minutes reading the "roll call" of dignitaries present at the gala dinner, which included a majority of the Senate and a quarter of the House, along with dozens of Administration officials.

As this event illustrates, it's impossible to talk about Congress's relationship to Israel without highlighting AIPAC, the American Jewish community's most important voice on the Hill. The Congressional reaction to Hezbollah's attack on Israel and Israel's retaliatory bombing of Lebanon provide the latest example of why.


<snip>

AIPAC not only lobbied for the resolution; it had written it. "They were given a resolution by AIPAC," said former Carter Administration National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, who addressed the House Democratic Caucus on July 19. "They didn't prepare one."

AIPAC is the leading player in what is sometimes referred to as "The Israel Lobby"--a coalition that includes major Jewish groups, neoconservative intellectuals and Christian Zionists. With its impressive contacts among Hill staffers, influential grassroots supporters and deep connections to wealthy donors, AIPAC is the lobby's key emissary to Congress. But in many ways, AIPAC has become greater than just another lobby; its work has made unconditional support for Israel an accepted cost of doing business inside the halls of Congress. AIPAC's interest, Israel's interest and America's interest are today perceived by most elected leaders to be one and the same. Christian conservatives increasingly aligned with AIPAC demand unwavering support for Israel from their Republican leaders. (In mid-July, 3,000-plus evangelicals came to town for the first annual "Christian United for Israel" summit.) And Democrats are equally concerned about alienating Jewish voters and Jewish donors--long a cornerstone of their party. Some in Congress are deeply uncomfortable with AIPAC's militant worldview and heavyhanded tactics, but most dare not say so publicly.

<snip>

Democrats, as they did during the Dubai ports scandal, used the crisis to score a few cheap, easy political points against the Bush Administration. The new prime minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, found himself engulfed in a Congressional firestorm after he denounced Israel's attacks on Lebanon as an act of "aggression." Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Rahm Emanuel, who volunteered in Israel during the first Gulf War, called on Maliki to cancel his planned address before Congress. Asked Senator Chuck Schumer, who skipped Maliki's July 26 speech: "Which side is he on when it comes to the war on terror?" Howard Dean one upped his colleagues, labeling Maliki an "anti-Semite" during a speech in Palm Beach, Florida.

[Sebastian Doyle]

22. ARI BERMAN IS A JEW HATING ANTI-SEMITE !1!1!!!!1!!

Hey, it's only a matter of time before someone said it. At least I'm only kidding.

[PalinHater]

16. oh, never mind, don't like the guy

Not a big fan of the marriage of American politics and Israeli Zionism. Not in the least. Now what?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel

[upi402]

21. That and his last gig, Investment Banker where he scooped in $18 mil

Is not one of my favorite things either! oi
:hug:

[JJ]

23. He doesn't pass the Purity Tests...

required of all Democrats in our New New World Order.

[Taverner]

25. As long as he and Dean are on the same page, I'm for it

Dean is responsible for this win

50-state strategy

Genius

Rahm was against it - but look - it paid off

If he can get on the same page as the good Doctor, than I'm good