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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:02 PM
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Rahm Emanuel says Report He's Quitting is "B.S."
Source: CBS

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel today dismissed a report from a British newspaper claiming he will soon leave his job after growing tired of President Obama's "idealism."

Citing unnamed "Washington insiders," the London Telegraph reported that Emanuel is expected to quit within six to eight months.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20008308-503544.html


Straight from the horses...er, mouth.
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:04 PM
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1. Well there you have it then.
'e 'as spoke.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:35 PM
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15. I knew it was too good to be true. n/t
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AlphaCentauri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:04 PM
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2. .
:-(
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:07 PM
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3. Of course it is.
I knew it was BS the second it was reported. I mean, wasn't it only a few months ago we were heading down this exact same path with the exact same results - you know, premature exclamation?
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:07 PM
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4. Could have been RW disinfo to deflect from yesterday's truth telling
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K8-EEE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:52 PM
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16. Yep!! KKKarl is that you? nt
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:09 PM
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5. "...Or as the English like to say, 'baseless'."
:rofl:
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peace frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:09 PM
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6. I knew it was too good to be true
DLCers rejoice! Your hero will remain in the catbird seat.
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:28 PM
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12. Take heart
Rahm says reports he's leaving because he's tired of "Obama's idealism" aren't true. Personally, I've never thought of Obama as an idealist and maybe Rahm is leaving but for other reasons. Not that his staying or going will make a lot of difference as he'd probably be replaced with clone.
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peace frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:35 PM
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14. Thanks but I've lost my religion
lost heart, lost faith. But your comment is appreciated.
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lamp_shade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:11 PM
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7. Good. I didn't believe it anyway. I don't want him to leave.
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Tarheel_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:14 PM
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So the thread that got a hundred rec's is a baseless lie, complete with
more "unnamed sources" and all? Make up a lie, consume 2 or 3 news cycles, make the WH confirm or deny, and move on to the next lie. Wash, Rinse, Repeat. :rofl:
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:27 PM
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 01:50 PM
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Tarheel_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 02:37 PM
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26. Why are you snarking at me? You're the one who got punked.
I blame the internet. These days of instant media can create lots of issues, some real & some imagined. This latest rumor could've been started by some fat nasty ass middle aged man, sitting in his Momma's basement, unwashed, unshaven, licking pizza sauce off his peekaboo bathrobe, covered in cat hairs, and smelling like the East river. But sources? 'We don't need no steenking sources.'

:rofl:

Hey, if you don't have a real story, just make shit up, and someone will fall for it. What's shocking to me is that "seemingly" intelligent people keep falling for this crap, at least that's what "my sources tell me".
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 01:10 PM
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19. The recs were mere wishful thinking.
Through all the truth and lies, most people will continue to dream.
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Tarheel_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 01:46 PM
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22. My comment was less about Rahm, and more about the media's willingness...
to report lies & innuendo as fact, to keep this WH swatting at rumors and blatant falsehoods. I really could care less whether RE stays or goes, but I wish DU could view reports with "anonymous sources" with a modicum of skepticism. I'm just surprised it wasn't Politico this time.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 04:09 PM
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30. Annoying, no doubt about it,
But like I say, the recs were given because people want to believe their wishes will come true.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:14 PM
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8. But the bouncing ball was so shiny - chasing it was irresistable!
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jaysunb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:16 PM
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9. LOL !
aint it the truth....
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iandhr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:22 PM
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10. I am sure...
Rahmbo said somthing besides B.S.
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Pab Sungenis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:33 PM
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13. Shit.
That is all.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 12:58 PM
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17. Why should he? He's a fine representative of the President's policies n/t
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Iowa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 02:16 PM
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25. Yep.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 01:01 PM
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18. Anyone actually think the story was real? In a RW English newspaper of all places.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 01:21 PM
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20. Didn't CBS also pick it up? We really need multiple sources
for most important stories because our media is a joke.
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TacoD Donating Member (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 01:25 PM
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21. Apparently so
It is the lead story on the front page of this website, with well over 100 recs.
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 01:51 PM
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24. Would YOU Believe Rahm Emanuel Over your Lying eyes?
I think he's going.
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Abq_Sarah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 02:41 PM
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28. It wouldn't be even remotely unusual
For the Chief of staff to leave after the midterms. The President's focus becomes reelection, not pushing legislation through the congress.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 02:39 PM
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 03:11 PM
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29. yes, his quitting over obama's idealism does sound like BS to me. nt
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 06:41 PM
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33. I'm sure he won't be there much longer, but not for that reason.
White House Chiefs of Staff tend not to last more than a couple of years. The stress of the job coupled with the strain on his family life makes it unlikely he will be there through the end of Obama's first term.
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 04:35 PM
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31. That's ok. I'd much prefer he be fired, jailed or hung for the traitor he is.
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robertpaulsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 06:27 PM
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32. It it "B.S." that he will leave his job over President Obama's "idealism".
As far as whether he will leave his job over http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0621/report-obama-chief-staff-emanuel-quit-midterms/">trading favors with Rod Blagojevich, however, that might be a different story.
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Hawkowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 03:42 AM
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36. Ha! That's what I thought
He's definitely leaving. This was a major leak by some of Rahm's many enemies. The only friends he has are corporate lobbyists.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 08:06 PM
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34. Of course it's BS
Edited on Mon Jun-21-10 08:07 PM by rocktivity
If Rahm hated Obama's idealism that much, Obama would FIRE him!

:headbang:
rocktivity
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Major Hogwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 09:35 PM
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35. He'll be there until hell freezes over.
And that's not scheduled until 2012 according to the Mayan calendar.
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