Emanuel is Hussein's Chief of Staff

[Vito]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081106/ap_on_el_pr/obama

CHICAGO – Barack Obama's fellow Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel, the hard-charging No. 3 Democrat in the House, has accepted the job White House chief of staff, Democratic officials said Thursday.

One of Obama's first decisions as president-elect was to ask the Illinois congressman to run his White House staff. The selection of the fiery Democrat marked a shift in tone for Obama, who chose more low-key leadership for his presidential campaign.

Emanuel, who served as a political and policy aide in the Clinton White House before running for Congress, weighed the family and political considerations before accepting. He will have to resign his seat, relinquish his position in the House Democratic leadership and put aside hopes of becoming House speaker.

Democratic officials who disclosed Obama's acceptance did so on the condition of anonymity to avoid angering Obama's team; it had not planned to announce the chief of staff position on Thursday.

In offering the White House post to Emanuel, Obama turned to a fellow Chicago politician with a far different style from his own, a man known for his bluntness as well as his single-minded determination.

House GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio called Emanuel "an ironic choice for a president-elect who has promised to change Washington, make politics more civil, and govern from the center."

Before accepting the job, Emanuel told Chicago's WLS-TV that he was honored to be considered but needed to weigh the impact on his family.

"I have a lot to weigh: the basis of public service, which I've given my life to, a career choice. And most importantly, what I want to do as a parent," Emanuel said in an interview aired Wednesday. "And I know something about the White House. That, I assume, is one of the reasons that President-elect Obama would like me to serve. But I also know something about what it means to a family."

As word of Emanuel's acceptance spread Thursday, Obama was meeting privately in Chicago with U.S. intelligence officials preparing him to be commander in chief and transition team leaders tasked with building his entire administration in 10 short weeks.

The president-elect planned his first public appearances since his victory for Friday.

Aides said he planned to meet with economic advisers to discuss the nation's financial woes that Americans listed as their top concern on Election Day, and also was slated to talk to the news media afterward. They also said Obama and his wife, Michelle, will visit the White House on Monday at President Bush's invitation.

Obama advisers said he was selecting the leaders of the new government with a sense of care over speed, with no plans to announce Cabinet positions this week.

Aside from Emanuel, several Obama aides said other White House officials were being lined up, including Robert Gibbs as the likely pick for press secretary. Gibbs has been Obama's longtime spokesman and confidant and was at Obama's side from his 2004 Senate campaign through the long days on the presidential campaign trail.

Obama planned to stay home through the weekend, with a blackout on news announcements so that he and his staff can get some rest after a grueling campaign and the rush of their win Tuesday night. He is planning a trip to Hawaii in December to get away with his family before their move to the White House — and to honor his grandmother, who died Sunday at her home there.

Obama began Thursday as he usually does, with a workout. Later, he planned to visit with the transition team he officially announced Wednesday but had been under way for weeks. Officials had kept deliberations under wraps to avoid the appearance of overconfidence in the weeks leading to Tuesday's election.

He also spent time at the FBI office in Chicago, a secure location for him to receive his first president's daily brief. The document is mostly written by the Central Intelligence Agency and includes the most critical overnight intelligence. It is accompanied by a briefing from top intelligence officials that typically lasts 45 minutes to an hour, although Obama's first is expected to be longer.

[SavetheWest]

So I guess Obama has to go back to Hawaii to make sure his birth certificate has been altered correctly or to make sure he threw out the pillow at his grandmother's hospital.

 

[MasterWolf1]

Never in the history of this nation has there been such a miscarriage of justice

[Zelhar]

The Israeli news media has enthusiastically reported about this great 'honor'. This X-Israeli is highly praised for his invovement in arranging peace negotiations between PLO and Israel. This is clearly a bad start which serves to show that Sadam Hussein Obama intends to be heavily involved in Israel's matters right from day one.

[SavetheWest]

Apparently Rahm Emanuel used to be a ballerina dancer and his brother is a major Hollywood producer.

[schrodinger's cat]

I read Rahm Emmanuel is an 'orthodox Jew.'  He is one of the most far left pieces of drek in the Congress.

My cat is more orthodox than he is. 

[zachor_ve_kavod]

Never in the history of this nation has there been such a miscarriage of justice

I don't know about that.  I can think of several examples that might top this. Might...

1.  The betrayal and bombing of Serbia.
2.  Camp David.
3.  Deposing the Shah and bringing in the Ayatollah.
4.  The "New Deal".
5.  Going to war in Vietnam only to refuse to take the offensive.  More than 50,000 boys died because American leaders refused to take the fight to the communists.
6.  The conviction and sentencing of Johnathon Pollard.
7.  Stripping Rabbi Kahane of his citizenship.
8.  Affirmative action.
9.  Sanctions against South Africa, the only civilized country on that entire continent.
10. And the greatest miscarriage of justice of them all---not bombing the rail lines to Auschwitz.

The election of Obama cerainly ranks among these, but I don't know if it is a greater obscenity than these.

[muman613]

Shalom my friends,

Please let us refrain from speaking Lashon Hara against Mr. Emmanuel. I have some bad feelings about this but I just spoke with my Rabbi and he doesnt share our pessimism about this. We had a very wonderful talk and I learned my Orthodox Rabbi who is a liberal American is actually supportive of Rabbi Kahane and Kahanism. I am very inspired to hear this because I spoke with another 'famous' Rabbi whom I have quoted here who was dismissive, even rude about Kahanism.

muman613

[Masha]

Apparently Rahm Emanuel used to be a ballerina dancer and his brother is a major Hollywood producer.

Can an orthodox dance ballet? Is it allowed? 

(As an aside: we are going to see some balletic moves in the next 4 years  ).

[Zelhar]

Shalom my friends,

Please let us refrain from speaking Lashon Hara against Mr. Emmanuel. I have some bad feelings about this but I just spoke with my Rabbi and he doesnt share our pessimism about this. We had a very wonderful talk and I learned my Orthodox Rabbi who is a liberal American is actually supportive of Rabbi Kahane and Kahanism. I am very inspired to hear this because I spoke with another 'famous' Rabbi whom I have quoted here who was dismissive, even rude about Kahanism.

muman613

He already has a bad record of deeds as a Clinton minion. Now he is going to be Obama's henchman. Even today's Haaretz reports how scared the Israelis of Rabin's administration where near him since he is a ruthless bastard who reads them better than gentiles. And moreover I read he is a member of a conserved community.

[Muck DeFuslims]

Shalom my friends,

Please let us refrain from speaking Lashon Hara against Mr. Emmanuel. I have some bad feelings about this but I just spoke with my Rabbi and he doesnt share our pessimism about this. We had a very wonderful talk and I learned my Orthodox Rabbi who is a liberal American is actually supportive of Rabbi Kahane and Kahanism. I am very inspired to hear this because I spoke with another 'famous' Rabbi whom I have quoted here who was dismissive, even rude about Kahanism.

muman613

With all due respect to your Rabbi, I think he is wrong. Considering Emmanuel's involvement with Oslo and numerous other 'early warnings'--we have every reason to be pessimistic about his appointment.

By the way, I read the comment you posted concerning Emmanuel at the A7 news site, and agreed with it more than the one you posted here.

Keep up the good work muman613 

[muman613]

Shalom my friends,

Please let us refrain from speaking Lashon Hara against Mr. Emmanuel. I have some bad feelings about this but I just spoke with my Rabbi and he doesnt share our pessimism about this. We had a very wonderful talk and I learned my Orthodox Rabbi who is a liberal American is actually supportive of Rabbi Kahane and Kahanism. I am very inspired to hear this because I spoke with another 'famous' Rabbi whom I have quoted here who was dismissive, even rude about Kahanism.

muman613

With all due respect to your Rabbi, I think he is wrong. Considering Emmanuel's involvement with Oslo and numerous other 'early warnings'--we have every reason to be pessimistic about his appointment.

By the way, I read the comment you posted concerning Emmanuel at the A7 news site, and agreed with it more than the one you posted here.

Keep up the good work muman613 

Shalom Muck,

Yes, the more I am reading about him the more I am disappointed. I think my Rabbi just doesnt read the same sources I do and is more inclined to give the benefit of the doubt. The question is what exactly was his involvement in the Oslo process? My rabbi seemed to think he only was responsible for orchestrating the handshake between Rabin and Arafarse. I am inclined to believe that he must have been more involved than that... I am not so happy about this appointment...

muman613