And - Mr. Emanuel Calls Us "F—ing retarded"

[kpete]

By PETER WALLSTEN

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama's liberal backers have a long list of grievances. The Guantanamo Bay prison is still open. Health care hasn't been transformed. And Wall Street banks are still paying huge bonuses.

But they are directing their anger less at Mr. Obama than at the man who works down the hall from him. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, they say, is the prime obstacle to the changes they thought Mr. Obama's election would bring.

The friction was laid bare in August when Mr. Emanuel showed up at a weekly strategy session featuring liberal groups and White House aides. Some attendees said they were planning to air ads attacking conservative Democrats who were balking at Mr. Obama's health-care overhaul.

"F—ing retarded," Mr. Emanuel scolded the group, according to several participants. He warned them not to alienate lawmakers whose votes would be needed on health care and other top legislative items.

more:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703808904575025030384695158.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5

[BeyondGeography]

1. That was in August

Now he thinks we're really fucking retarded.

[cali]

2. to be accurate, he called the idea fucking retarded not the people proposing it

still mightily offensive.

[TwilightGardener]

3. No, he didn't. He called a strategy (of attacking fellow Democrats in public) "fucking retarded".

Unless you can show where he says, "You liberals are all fucking retarded".

[rudy23]

25. Which is itself, an attack on fellow Democrats

But no one ever accused Rahm of being smart.

[Toasterlad]

29. Yeah, Because THAT'S Okay.

FAIL.

[Bluerthanblue]

35. it's not "ok"- but it is also pretty true- we continually complain about

how the right-wingers always stick together, and seem to get what they want in the end. Isn't it possible that the inability we Dem's have to disagree without disparaging each other alienates us all even further?

Mr. Emmanuel's comment is kind of an oxymoron then- imo. yet still accurate.

:shrug:

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[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. They should rename the famous Boston landmark "Faneuil Hall" to "Emmanuel Hall"

to commemorate the Brown victory.

[jefferson_dem]

6. Not cool. Nobody deserves that insult but...

if true...he didn't call *us* "F—ing retarded."

Just saying...

[cali]

7. unrecced for misharacterization

I hate that crap.

[jefferson_dem]

9. WSJ and RawStory tag-team distortions.

n/t

[cali]

10. what's distorted about the Raw Story piece?

[jefferson_dem]

14. Well, "Under fire, Obama’s chief of staff calls liberal strategy ‘fucking retarded’"

is the headline.

"Calls"? Like yesterday?

At least, in the text they report that the WSJ reports Rahm supposedly said that ... in August.

[peace13]

8. Say what you will but even Palin would not use that term....

and I have never supported one thing she says! These guys must really be feeling it to speak out in such an uneducated manner. So sad. I hope Obama is listening to his people. Maybe a head should roll. It has been over nine years since anyone has been fired in DC. I think it's time.

[leveymg]

11. I'm not offended by his language. Just that he's been wrong on so many things, and still has his

office down the hall from the President.

That tells me that there's something really f---ed up at the White House.

[TexasObserver]

12. He's incompetent.

[Mari333]

13. another Karl Rove in the WH

Obama's brain. fuck Rahm Emmanuel.

[global1]

20. There's A Difference - Karl Rove Most Times Tried To Make Bush Look Good.....

Rahm does just the opposite to Obama.

[tritsofme]

15. If running ads against vulnerable Democrats isn't fucking retarded

I don't know what is.

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[cali]

19. what capitulation to liberal groups on the part of Reid?

[Leopolds Ghost]

21. Hi, Harry.

[Brickbat]

17. A double whammy! I hate what he says, and I hate how he says it.

Stay classy, Rahm!

[Bluenorthwest]

18. What a crass creature he is

Really a crude choice of words.

[EFerrari]

31. Crass is a generous description. n/t

[closeupready]

22. And Mr. Emanuel is a Democrat why? Anybody know? Why doesn't he just switch parties?

Since the pukes' conservatism would undoubtedly be much more to his liking.

[rudy23]

26. He can advance conservative principles more stealthily from within the Dem party. DLC in a nutshell

That's what they do.

[closeupready]

27. Also, I sort of doubt Republicans are as unbigoted as they say they are.

Ergo, use the Democratic Party to achieve selfish political ambitions which are less likely to be realized by affiliating with the Dark Side. Sellout doesn't even begin to describe such a person.

[rudy23]

28. Right--the DLC are like the corporatists who aren't let into the R's country club.

But there are plenty of people who couldn't get into the R's country club, who would never let us get within sniffing distance of THEIR country club.

[fascisthunter]

23. Our Actions retarded huh? So what's his Excuse Then

Hey Rahm, it's called civil disobedience, which is essential in a Democracy, so I'm not a bit surprised to see a fascist make such a claim.

The man lives in a bubble built by his own denial... and we all, regardless of political leanings are paying for it.

[wisteria]

24. All of this coming from the Wall Street Journal- a real friend to Democrats-not. n/t

[lightningandsnow]

30. The R-word is NOT OKAY.

It's an ableist slur.

End of story.

[Dinger]

32. Well I Hope He Was Looking In The Mirror When He Said That

the asshole.

[amborin]

33. yes, and another article discussed how Rahm cursed out Reid in

a phone call, to bully him into voting for HCR last month

[Cleita]

34. Mr. Emmanuel needs to look in the mirror. That kind of arrogance to

those who got him where he is because of their money, sweat and votes is really what a stupid person would do and also a person who has not studied history to learn its lessons.

[Terra Alta]

36. I hate the r-word.

It is a slur, plain and simple.. as bad as the n-word! My opinion of Rahm wasn't high to begin with now it has sunk even lower!

[rudy23]

37. What "Rahm"? I hate that word, too! nt

[KamaAina]

38. And -- Mr. KamaAina calls Emanuel "a complete waste of oxygen"

who is sucking the life out of the Obama Presidency. Just go away, Rahm! :grr:

Wonder if the RW noise machine will pick up on the fact that a hated Dem just used a slur that may people with intellectual disabilities equate with the N-word?

http://www.r-word.org

Naaaaah. Remember, it was Rush the OxyMoron who mocked Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's on the air... :eyes: