Continual f-bombs, disparaging comments that even Bo the dog is a recipient (Rahm)

[mod mom]

Emanuel’s continual F-bombing is also well documented, if not exactly surprising. During the campaign, according to the book, Rahm told Bill Clinton to "stop acting like the fucking hack-in-chief." Even Bo, the Obamas’ dog, was a recipient of Rahm’s rage. "A few weeks after the first family got a dog, Rahm Emanuel ripped into Bo, whose household accidents were consuming valuable presidential time in cleanups." Alter reports Rahm saying, "I’m going to kill that fucking dog." In one meeting with a junior male staffer, Rahm apparently yelled: "Take your fucking tampon out and tell me what you have to say."


Read more: Newsweek Columnist Alter’s White House Book Details Obama on ‘Teabaggers,’ Rahm’s Rage, Summers’s Nickname -- Daily Intel http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/03/newsweek_columnist_alters_whit.html#ixzz0ijwu9tLr

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/03/newsweek_columnist_alters_whit.html

NOT. A. NICE. GUY.

[tridim]

1. 90% of my colleagues and friends use the F-bomb in normal conversation.

What's your point?

Have you ever worked in an average office?

[Moochy]

3. Take your fucking tampon out when you are talking to us

on edit, made sure to re-add the f-bomb

[tridim]

5. Mom, this fucking soap tastes like shit!

[Moochy]

6. Mmmrph

[jkshaw]

32. A non sequitur --

"Take your fucking tampon out and tell me what you have to say." Did she have the tampon in her MOUTH for Hell's sake? That was a deliberate insult reminding her she was a woman and so she should stand at attention.He's lucky to have lived through that one.

[stevenleser]

42. It was said to a male staffer, which is just as bad really. Because in this context...

i.e. "Stop being a woman" where woman="meek coward"

[mod mom]

7. Yes but I would never tolerate such verbal abuse, it unprofessional & uncalled for:

In one meeting with a junior male staffer apparently yelled: "Take your fucking tampon out and tell me what you have to say."

Read more: Newsweek Columnist Alter’s White House Book Details Obama on ‘Teabaggers,’ Rahm’s Rage, Summers’s Nickname -- Daily Intel http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/03/newsweek_columnist_alters_whit.html#ixzz0ijzXeHbARahm

There should be decorum in the Presidential office not derogatory verbal abuse. Regarding Bo, it's Obama's children's dog, for God's sake and it's a puppy. Give the dog a break.

[Cirque du So-What]

10. Is killing the fucking dog part of your normal conversation?

Then I guess it's not a big fucking deal.

[tridim]

13. No. I'm also not a reactionary based on third-party hearsay.

[Moochy]

15. But rather an anti-reactionary loyalist

[tridim]

17. No, I just accept the reality that adults curse.

They always have and always will.

[Moochy]

20. Rahm is not nice

He's an asshole. This piece is lame, it targets what he said about the dog, and is manipulative.... but Rahm is still a fucking asshole.

[tekisui]

39. Bada ding! Correcto.

[Cirque du So-What]

19. I imagine everything you write

being repeated in Stewie's voice. It's quite disconcerting...and amusing.

[tridim]

21. Hehe, kind of like how people have this image in their heads of Rahm running around the WH..

Unloading barrages of F-bombs one after the other, 24/7. Fantasy is fun. :)

How many Rahm f-bombs have been reported to date? A half-dozen maybe? That really isn't a very shocking number, especially for Rahm.

[Cirque du So-What]

31. Yes, on any given day my speech is peppered with f-bombs at appropriate times

My beef wasn't with the use of the word. I like that he employs it liberally - especially if he uses it when addressing the fucking repukes. It was the insinuation that he would kill Bo that I considered beyond the pale. In retrospect, it's not like he actually harmed the dog, but if I find out he did so much as raise his voice to Bo, I'm gonna be pissed.

[emilyg]

16. Sad.

[tridim]

18. Naw, it's just life.

Doesn't bother me in the least.

[hlthe2b]

2. Be an ass to as many staff as you will, but when you go after the dog,

you moved from nasty towards insane... If the magnitude of this crap is true and he can not contain his stress any other way, he may well be moving towards a massive heart attack.

[mucifer]

4. depends if he was doing it in a playful way.

He probably has an odd sense of humor. I can respect that. He's not a UN ambassador or the Secretary of State.

[mod mom]

8. With Jonathan Alter calling it "Rahm’s Rage" it doesn't sound playful.

[hlthe2b]

12. I like dry wit, bawdy wit, sarcasm, irony and the like...

I have to think if there is all this discussion of his temperament, that much is said in anger, not jest. I too can forgive a lot for those driven to get things done and done right... Maybe it is just the pitchfork wielding anti-Rahm crowd doing their best to undermine him. Who knows...?

[City Lights]

9. He sounds like a real gem.

:puke:

[treestar]

11. Aren't there servants in the WH?

Why would the President have to clean up after the dog?

[mucifer]

14. That's why I think Rham was joking and Alter wants a story.

[mod mom]

27. The Obamas don't seem like the type of people who would make their "servants"

(kind of a derogatory term) clean up after their dog. I'm sure Michelle, the President , Malia and Sasha all take turns.

[treestar]

33. Well I have not problem with leaving the POTUS out of it during

working hours.

The kids, the servants, whoever.

[mod mom]

35. I believe Barack Obama is SMART enough to know when he has time to attend to Bo's poops.

:eyes:

[Enrique]

38. good point

that's what Biden's there for. ;-)

[PopSixSquish]

22. Seriously? Seriously?

Ok the comment to the staffer was uncalled for and I hope somebody in the room told Rahm to shove it. I would have had I been there.

But I love my little furry one as much as my life and even I've threatened to sell her to the circus (and worse) when she misbehaves and I'm venting my frustration.

This just smacks of more stupid shit that the media focuses on...

[jesus_of_suburbia]

23. He seems like a horrible person.

[TankLV]

24. You should hear our boss - he's a fucking jerk...

see - it's contaigeous...!!!

and I don't like it when HE does it all the time...

My boss could die tomorrow, and I will rejoice - he's such a low-life uncouth person - no class - total egotistical maniac...sounds just like the asshole Rahm is...

[bnymellon sucks]

25. The Should Let Him Loose

Obama should let Rahm loose on Republicans. Maybe it would put things into perspective for them (Repubs).

[Phx_Dem]

26. Whatever.

The tampon comment was inappropriate, but the rest . . . who cares?

[WeekendWarrior]

28. Who the fuck cares? nt

[Sebastian Doyle]

29. I wonder if he calls Bo a "fucking retard" too?

If he does, I guess the poor puppy is in good company. :evilfrown:

[Radical Activist]

30. "But Obama needs to get tough and just push stuff through like Bush did!"

Too mean, not tough enough... some people will find a reason to complain no matter what Obama does.

[Cali_Democrat]

34. Exactly

Threads like this always make me chuckle.

If Obama or Rahm wiped their ass the wrong way, someone on DU will complain.

[Enrique]

36. Rahm eats puppies!

or swears at them anyway.

[Jennicut]

37. Rahm Emmanuel is an asshole. Tell me something I didn't already know.

[rucky]

40. Does the Chief of Staff always have to be a psychopath?

do they seek out that trait?

Seriously, shit:

Halderman, Haig, Rummy, Cheney, Rove, Baker, Baker, Sununu, Baker, Card, Bolten

for fuck's sakes. What a rogues gallery.

[wyldwolf]

41. the Rahm-hate posts just don't have the bite they used to have, huh?

yeeeep yep yep yep.

[Moochy]

43. another 'rahm bites dog' story

yeeeeep yep yep yep is a shit statement. :+

[wyldwolf]

44. another irrelevant reply from you, yeeeeep yep yep yep

[Moochy]

46. tickle fight

kicking the threads u h8.

[wyldwolf]

47. no thanks, I'll pass. Oh and that tired "kicking the thread" bit?

Good.

[otohara]

45. Disgusting Tampon Remark

Booo Rahm - you sound like one of those teabaggers