Rahm Emanuel can go to hell. guess who he has decided to support for 08

[bigdarryl]

http://townhall.com/Columnists/RobertDNovak/2007/01/27/dour_mccain
Townhall.com::Dour McCain::By Robert D. Novak

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

1. This is getting ridiculous...He's Supporting a FELLOW Dem!!!!

Sorry, bd, but for heaven's sakes can't we debate this without attacking Dems? MKJ

[Old and In the Way]

2. I believe whatever Robert Novak says...especially when he is talking about Democrats.

Townhall is a very reputable place to find unbiased news, too.

[peacetalksforall]

6. Can you just verify that you were being sarcastic? Or not? If not,

I must go on a tirade against Townhall.

[Old and In the Way]

13. sorry....I figured it would be obvious.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

18. Yours was obvious, OP's not so much.

:hi: MKJ

[LoZoccolo]

3. I think instead of working to support this or that primary candidate...

...we should just complain about who else is supporting other candidates. I think that is the best way.

[wryter2000]

11. Okay

I'll start...your candidate sucks. (Pssst, who is it, by the way?)

[oasis]

4. And who did you think he'd support, Al Sharpton?(eom)

[smoogatz]

5. And this surprises you because...?

Emanuel is a DLC/New Democrat loyalist. Of course he's going to back Clinton.

[still_one]

7. what do you expect, the clintons helped emanuel get into the political place he is today

Frankly, I am not thrilled by any of the choices. The only announced candidate that has said he would get our troops out of Iraq is in short order is Kucinich, and unfortunately, in reality he doesn't stand a chance

I am hoping Gore runs, I know he has grown tremendously since 2000

Edwards admits his vote on the IWR was a mistake, and he should not have done it. Clinton will NOT admit that her vote was a mistake

Except for Kucinich no one really knows where the candidates stand on Iraq. There is so much nuance it makes your head spin.

I do not know who I will vote for yet, but I will definitely NOT vote for anyone who won't specifically say we MUST get out of Iraq. No more double speak, I want it clear and to the point

[MaineDem]

8. This is going to be a l-o-n-g primary season here at DU

Emanuel is supporting Hillary. Big deal!

I'd tell him to go to hell if he were supporting a Republican.

I think you'll lose a lot of sleep if you worry about who's supporting whom between now and July of '08.

[oasis]

12. Hopefully, as in 2004, there will be a primary forum with special rules for banning posters.

It's terrible the way some DU posters unrelentlessly trash Democratic candidates.

[MaineDem]

14. I'm afraid it may have to start earlier rather than later

I can't fault someone for backing a Democratic candidate. The goal is a Democrat in the White House on January 20, 2009.

[LoZoccolo]

15. I remember when they gave people thirty warnings before they'd get tombstoned.

Then I saw someone post something like:

Fuck you. Go ahead, I've got 29 left.

People know the rules; there's just little incentive for them to follow them. They might get the post deleted. I got called "such a fucking asshole" a few days ago by someone who's been here for years. They know what they're doing, but they also know they won't get in much trouble for it.

And then people would wonder why I had a one-strike-and-you're-out policy for my block list for certain offenses.

[Adelante]

9. He gets to support who he wants, no?

Just like anybody.

[wryter2000]

10. self-delete

Note to self: Do not make self look stupid when self hasn't been drinking and has no excuse.

[hashibabba]

16. Am I missing something?

"Emanuel refuses to talk about his 2008 presidential choice... ."

Obama said, isn't really the same as Emanuel said.

OTOH, at least he's supposedly supporting a Dem.

[mnhtnbb]

17. Interesting tidbit in this article is the Swift-Boaters are ready to focus on Hillary

[JerseygirlCT]

19. This is any kind of surprise to anyone?

He was a Clinton staffer. I'm sure he's got loyalties that go way back there.

And she's a perfectly appropriate candidate, regardless of what anyone here thinks about her. There's no reason he shouldn't support her, and no reason to be surprised that he is.

I would have been surprised if he WASN'T supporting her, frankly.

[AtomicKitten]

20. Funny thing, bigdarryl, I heard he will support Obama.

Of course what I heard is just a rumor, precisely the speculation you've posted here as your "link."

I wonder if he actually does endorse his fellow Illinoisan will you retract your nasty retort? It would probably be easier to withhold the venom launched vis a vis these blog speculations in the first place, but then what would DU have to talk about?

On edit: As long as he is supporting a Democrat, he is entitled to support whichever one he chooses.

[Guaranteed]

21. We need to get Al in there.

Please, please save us from this shit, Al.

[wiley]

22. Locking...

[IndianaGreen]

23. If Emmanuel wants to openly support Hillary, more power to him!

The one thing we can't tolerate is someone supporting a candidate in public while working for someone else in private. We had that happen in the 2004 Kucinich campaign when there was a someone working for it that in reality supported another candidate.

As to an issue that will impact Hillary and all the other Democratic candidates, there is this bit of information in the article referrenced by the OP:

Undermining Hillary

Jerome Corsi, co-author of the 2004 campaign book "Unfit for Command" attacking Sen. John Kerry's war record, joined up Tuesday with the organization intended to similarly undermine Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 campaign.

TheVanguard.org is intended to be a right-wing version of the leftist MoveOn.Org. It was founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, including Gil Amelio, former CEO of Apple and National Semiconductor.

Coming on board Feb. 16 as TheVanguard's full-time editorial and creative director will be Richard Poe, who has served as editor-in-chief of FrontPage Magazine. He has been described as the conservative movement's leading expert on MoveOn.Org's strategy in bringing together disparate elements with a common viewpoint.

I want for progressives to defeat Hillary's Presidential ambitions by focusing on her record. This shit that Corsi is doing is repugnant and must be opposed by all of us.

[AtomicKitten]

24. an argument I fully support

I want for progressives to defeat Hillary's Presidential ambitions by focusing on her record. This shit that Corsi is doing is repugnant and must be opposed by all of us.

It's the vile name-calling I have a problem with.

[DaveinMD]

25. what's the surprise

He's loyal to the Clintons because that's where he got his start. Cursing out people for loyalty makes no sense.

[Hippo_Tron]

26. Rahm worked for Clinton, I'm not particularly surprised

[Orangepeel]

27. what silliness. Anyone who hates H. Clinton already hates Emanuel

He's already condemned to hell by anyone who would condemn him to hell over this.