On WBEZ’s afternoon talk program from one of the announcers: “Rahm Emanuel doesn’t know how to handle people.” Which is a conclusion I came to long ago. Too bad more people didn’t realize it before he got elected mayor.
On WBEZ’s afternoon talk program from one of the announcers: “Rahm Emanuel doesn’t know how to handle people.” Which is a conclusion I came to long ago. Too bad more people didn’t realize it before he got elected mayor.
I have to admit I got snookered. I have no use for him or his politics, but I thought he was tough enough to deal with Chicago. I thought he was saying the right things.
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For the last 15 years my take on him has been that he’s a little psychotic guy with a big mouth and no moral center. This is a family blog so I can’t say what I really think.
More importantly in a Chicago context: he has no constituency here. He’s a national political figure not a Chicago political figure. He was elected with out of town money.
More importantly in a Chicago context: he has no constituency here. He’s a national political figure not a Chicago political figure. He was elected with out of town money.
He’s your appointed representative from Washington and NYC. We’ve got one of those in the Orlando area, Alan Grayson. At lest Rahm can pretend to be from Chicago, even if he isn’t OF Chicago.
I was surprised that he wanted the job. Who the hell wants to be mayor of Chicago? What’s his end game, Governor? And who the hell would want that job? I wouldn’t take either if they were offered gratis. Do these people ever stop and ask themselves why? He could have joined a law firm or think tank and hit the lecture circuit and made a whole lot more money for a whole lot less work. It can’t even be about power – power over what and to what end? The awesome power to worry about snow removal?
I think he wants to be the first Jewish president of the United States. The scenario goes something like this. Get elected mayor of Chicago; straighten out all of the city’s problems meanwhile acting as kingmaker; use that as a platform for running or the presidency. I don’t think it’s a realistic scenario but I think that’s the scenario.
The mayor of Chicago is potentially the most powerful Democratic elected official (and, let’s be frank, the mayor Chicago will be a Democrat) other than a Democratic president in the country.
But that’s only if he’s a mayor of Chicago who can deliver. To deliver you need a constituency.
He will never be president. He’d have to be nuts to think otherwise. He’s about as likable as Mitt Romney but without the business success.
“This is a family blog so I can’t say what I really think.”
Oh, c’mon, man. Never stopped me……..
But I think Michael is correct. Too unlikeable.
Now, about my run for mayor………..