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Emanuel to Resign House Seat on Friday
Fox News ^ | 12-29-08

Posted on 12/29/2008 1:10:12 PM PST by STARWISE

Congressman Rahm Emanuel will resign his congressional seat on Friday in anticipation of joining President-elect Barack Obama's administration.

Emanuel delivered the news in an automated call to constituents on Monday.

"This is Congressman Rahm Emanuel. As you may have heard, President-elect Obama has asked me to be his new chief of staff and I have accepted this offer. Therefore, in the near future, I will be resigning from Congress. ... I also want you to know, it has been a privilege and an honor to serve as your representative for the last six years," he says in the taped call.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 110th; 16m2yrs; bho2008; blago; blagojevich; bleepgate; democrats; emanuel; il2008; ilsenate; machinepolitics; obama; obamatransitionfile; obamatruthfile; rahm; rahmbo; rahmemanuel; rahmrod; resignation; tammanyhall
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To: STARWISE

He ignored my advice...”Don’t quit your day job”.


21 posted on 12/29/2008 2:08:23 PM PST by conivorous
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To: STARWISE

So how much is a House seat going for these days?


22 posted on 12/29/2008 2:10:17 PM PST by Between the Lines (I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
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To: Syncro

If he had some bright purple hair in that picture, he’d look like one of those little naked troll dolls we had as kids.


23 posted on 12/29/2008 2:12:09 PM PST by PistolPaknMama (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
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To: al baby

Actually, if Obama is truely ineligible for the position, you can’t impeach him. He has to be removed.

I don’t understand what I just posted. I’m repeating what the lawyers are saying that have suits in play.


24 posted on 12/29/2008 2:13:19 PM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: PistolPaknMama
>>>If he had some bright purple hair in that picture, he’d look like one of those little naked troll dolls we had as kids.

Hee, hee, like this?


25 posted on 12/29/2008 2:16:23 PM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Calpernia

maybe we need to get some heavy duty oxy clean to remove him and i never know what the heck i post so were even


26 posted on 12/29/2008 2:17:24 PM PST by al baby (Hi mom Mr. Obama, are you aware that Sarah Palin took on her own partyÂ’s establishment in Alaska a)
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To: antiRepublicrat

I thought it was puke face


27 posted on 12/29/2008 2:18:36 PM PST by al baby (Hi mom Mr. Obama, are you aware that Sarah Palin took on her own partyÂ’s establishment in Alaska a)
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To: STARWISE

When I first saw that headline, I thought he was resigning his Chief of Staff appointment. I guees the buck stopped at Blogojevich when it came to the “pay to play” Chicago machine. Hello Chicago politics in Washington. Very sad for the country.


28 posted on 12/29/2008 2:25:02 PM PST by Girlene
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To: al baby

That would work for a blemish, :)


29 posted on 12/29/2008 2:28:52 PM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Calpernia

Like that! :-)


30 posted on 12/29/2008 2:36:36 PM PST by PistolPaknMama (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
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To: STARWISE
He's keeping his fingers in several pies...


31 posted on 12/29/2008 2:38:44 PM PST by TonyStark
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To: antiRepublicrat

* “Rahm” is the German word for “cream.”

I don’t even want to imagine how his father came up with that name.....


32 posted on 12/29/2008 2:56:19 PM PST by RedDogzRule (God bless America...because God knows we need it, especially now...!)
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To: STARWISE
Here's The Plan:

"Big Ideas for Change In America"
33 posted on 12/29/2008 3:02:59 PM PST by XR7
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To: STARWISE

... should be “in anticipation of serving time.” How confident he is! I guess his position is not subject to a confirmation hearing, is it?


34 posted on 12/29/2008 3:04:27 PM PST by NonValueAdded (once you get to really know people, there are always better reasons than [race] for despising them.)
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To: STARWISE

Oh Go Oh Go Emanuel.
Your state is now corruption Hell.


35 posted on 12/29/2008 3:19:21 PM PST by sono (Proud Member of the NY NYETS!)
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To: STARWISE

Lot of things that involve Obama are really adding up. His birth record is sealed, which does arouse concern. Also, there is Blagojevich. I don’t trust that Obama one bit. His wife was a practicing lawyer and no longer is. There should of been hard questions about what they do as a community organizer. We already had Black Presidents.

http://www.geocities.com/cureworks1/5blkpres.htm
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=13698

The last Black President was Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower. Granted, they did not look Black and passed as White, but they are Black. Also, we have a Black president on money, Andrew Jackson, which is on the $20 bill. He is often seen as very anti-Indian. Only difference between Obama and those Presidents are, that Obama looks Black, despite the fact that he is biracial.


36 posted on 12/29/2008 3:22:45 PM PST by Ptarmigan (God Hates Bunnies. God Loves Ptarmigans)
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To: Ptarmigan

In the 1920 Election, Blacks were urged to vote Republican and at the time it was Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge.


37 posted on 12/29/2008 3:27:28 PM PST by Ptarmigan (God Hates Bunnies. God Loves Ptarmigans)
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To: al baby
Note to Al BABY read the article before posting a reply

Why start now ;o)

38 posted on 12/29/2008 3:34:42 PM PST by glock rocks (What's black, white and red all over? The Halfrican.)
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To: glock rocks

Get a jump on my new years restitution :)


39 posted on 12/29/2008 3:36:48 PM PST by al baby (Hi mom Mr. Obama, are you aware that Sarah Palin took on her own partyÂ’s establishment in Alaska a)
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To: STARWISE

I wonder how much he’s getting for it? You would think there’s been some appreciation in value in the years since Emanuel bought it from it’s previous owner, Rod Blagojevich.


40 posted on 12/29/2008 3:38:15 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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