http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rahmemanuel/ en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:24:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414437/posts Ideological opposites Jane Hamsher and Grover Norquist have found common ground in a common enemy: Rahm Emanuel, the influential White House chief of staff. In one of the strangest odd-couplings since James Carville and Mary Matalin married, Ms. Hamsher, a prominent liberal blogger, and Mr. Norquist, a longtime conservative activist, jointly wrote to the Justice Department on Wednesday demanding an investigation of Mr. Emanuel’s past dealings with Freddie Mac, the failed housing finance giant, and calling for his immediate resignation. The action is less surprising for Mr. Norquist, a familiar provocateur in a Republican Party that would like nothing better... ny times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414437/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:24:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414261/posts Today, Grover Norquist and I are calling for an investigation into Rahm Emanuel’s activities at Freddie Mac, and the White House’s blocking of an Inspector General who would look into it. The letter follows: December 23, 2009 Attorney General of the United States of America U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Dear Attorney General Holder: We write to demand an immediate investigation into the activities of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. We believe there is an abundant public record which establishes that the actions of the White House have blocked any investigation into... firedoglake http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414261/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:03:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414082/posts This is a huge story, go sign the petition! Jane Hamsher, Grover Norquist Call for Rahm Emanuel’s Resignation The Natural Family Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414082/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:07:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412157/posts What politicians say to get elected can come back to haunt them and vilifying the lobbyist profession to score campaign points is going to do that to President Barack Obama, according to MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-anchor Joe Scarborough. Scarborough appeared on BBC Radio 4's Dec. 20 broadcast of "Americana" with host Matt Frei and explained how Obama's 2007 pledge to not hire lobbyists isn't necessarily a good policy. "Listen, the Obama administration is in trouble right now," Scarborough said. "We got a lot of friends in the Obama administration right now and they're in trouble because Barack Obama made promises... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412157/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:29:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412072/posts A quick search of the Interwebs for the term “political suicide” will return a significant number of stories on the pending Democrat-pushed healthcare “reform” legislation and their seemingly inexplicable political death spiral. Virtually every poll says that the public rejects the bills in the Senate and House, Barack Obama’s popularity is tanking, and virtually no one on the Right OR the Left is happy with them. So the natural question is: Why are the Democrats pushing this? The characterization of the Democrats’ actions as “political suicide” is somewhat inaccurate. It would be more apt to call it “political hari-kari”, as... redstate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412072/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:55:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410864/posts On Tuesday, the Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb, citing an unnamed Senate aide, wrote that "the White House is now threatening to put Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC list if Nelson doesn't fall into line." Translation: Goldfarb is reporting that, according to his source, the Obama administration is suggesting to Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska (left), who has been hesitant to support the Senate health care bill due to his concerns over abortion, that it will close the base if Nelson doesn't back the bill. It was, the source said, a "naked effort by Rahm Emanuel and... DNCBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410864/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:14:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397107/posts Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 46% who are Very Angry. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 27% are not angry about the government's policies, including 10% who are Not at All Angry........ The data suggests that the level of anger is growing. The 71% who are angry at federal government policies today is up five percentage points since September. Even more stunning, the 46% who are Very Angry is up 10 percentage points from September. Rasmussen Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397107/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:02:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386741/posts I just realized the AUDIO on my previous post cut off just before the most important part of this conversation. He says "rather then think about if you take a "train ride" or a barracks" Then couples that with National Disaster and Terrorist Attack. Get ready to get on the train if something happens. http://myfreepress.net/blog/post/Jason/2009/11/rob-emanual-explains-national-security-force/ FULL AUDIO AT LINK THIS TIME MyFreePress.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386741/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:04:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385207/posts Control: The House and Senate climate bills contain a provision giving the president extraordinary powers in the event of a "climate emergency." As chief of staff Rahm Emanuel says, a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. If you thought the House health care bill that nobody read has hidden passages that threaten our freedoms and liberty, take a peak at the "trigger" placed in the byzantine innards of both the House-passed Waxman-Markey bill and the Kerry-Boxer bill just passed by Democrats out of Sen. Barbara Boxer's Environment and Public Works Committee. As Nick Loris of the Heritage Foundation points... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385207/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:54:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378761/posts A powerful subcommittee chairman working on financial regulations didn't appreciate Rahm Emanuel's role in trying to change his bill — and he pointedly reminded members of his panel that President Barack Obama's chief of staff isn't in the House anymore. Rep. Paul Kanjorski sounded annoyed when freshman New Jersey Democrat John Adler invoked Emanuel's name while pushing a controversial amendment to Kanjorski's investor protection bill. “What seat does he occupy here?” Kanjorski demanded about freshman Rep. John Adler (D-N.J.), pointing around the half-empty Financial Services Committee room. Kanjorski is chairman of the capital markets subcommittee, and he didn't like the... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378761/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:25:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376125/posts One Republican's political action committee on Sunday suggested Democrats enticed former Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava with "favors" in return for her endorsement of the race's remaining Democratic challenger. In a fundraising pitch to supporters this afternoon, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) through IssaPAC railed on Scozzafava for choosing to support Bill Owens over Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate who effectively forced her out of the race on Saturday. Issa also called on Republicans to donate promptly to Hoffman's war chest so that the party writ large could "send a message to Barack Obama that he can't buy this election." "Just... TheHill.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376125/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 23:44:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374583/posts Obama fans are in a tight spot. As the White House turns ever harsher and more divisive, supporters are scrambling to explain why President Obama sounds so very different from Campaigner Obama. There are two possible explanations, neither of which is flattering. The first is that Obama was insincere on the campaign trail. The second is that his advisors – David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel -- are in control. The latter view is bound to take hold and it will not boost the president’s flagging popularity ratings. Many who voted for President Obama feel deceived. When he said in Florida... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374583/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:28:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2373192/posts The lies exposed. Verum Serum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2373192/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:50:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371264/posts Slam dunk, or nothing-but-net three-pointer? Either way, Chuck Todd has surely scored some points in the battle over Pres. Obama's all-male White House basketball games. The NBC News political director/chief WH correspondent got off his shot while discussing the issue with Andrea Mitchell—whose sympathies were clearly with the distaff side—during the 1PM hour slot on MSNBC today. View video here. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371264/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:25:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2371209/posts It’s a standard move, in the game of politics, for each new administration to blame its predecessor for whatever ails the country. The blame game, however, can only be stretched so far and only for so long. At a certain point people get sick of it and expect solutions. The most pressing problem right now, the one that affects the average man on the street regardless of political affiliation is the economy. Instead of offering workable solutions, this administration – under skillful puppet masters, Pelosi, Reid and especially Rahm Emmanuel – is still engaged in finger pointing, using Obama’s charming... Freedom's Cost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2371209/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:15:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2370913/posts The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel headline for Sunday, October 25th screams:  "Swine flu a national emergency." Oh, really. Looks like President Obama has gone ahead and declared that the swine flu outbreak is indeed a national emergency.  And we know that Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel,  has stated in the past that "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste."   Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius now has more power and authority to bypass federal rules regarding the operations of hospitals and alternative care sites.   And the government has taken another step towards grabbing more power in controlling the population of America because of Obama's... Lake County Reporter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2370913/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:28:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369948/posts WASHINGTON -- Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster. Now he's put a horse's head in Roger Ailes' bed. Not very subtle. And not very smart. Ailes doesn't scare easily. The White House has declared war on Fox News. White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Fox is "opinion journalism masquerading as news." Patting rival networks on the head for their authenticity (read: docility), senior adviser David Axelrod declared Fox "not really a news station." And Chief of Staff Emanuel told (warned?) the other networks not to "be led (by) and following Fox." Meaning? If... REAL CLEAR POLITICS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369948/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:06:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369048/posts Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel are never far from each other’s side, according to detailed daily schedules obtained by The Wall Street Journal Thursday through a Freedom of Information Act request. From January to July, Geithner and Emanuel met in person, spoke on the phone, or left messages for each other at least 108 times—interactions that don’t include broader meetings with White House officials or informal contacts such as hallway chats. Contact between the two senior administration officials picked up after Feb. 10, the day Geithner delivered a widely panned speech outlining his... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369048/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:11:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2368757/posts As if we needed more validation that liberals have no understanding of how business works, the White House has decided to deploy its resources to launch a comprehensive war against the Number One Enemy of the State, Fox News Network. Learning nothing from the Harry Reid v Rush Limbaugh debacle, Obama has announced a hawkish anti-Fox surge. The ostensible mission is to degrade Fox News for it’s inexorable refusal to genuflect to the Narcissist in Chief. To the irascible commander in chief’s shock and awe, Fox thoughtlessly allows commentators to impugn Obama’s policies. joytiz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2368757/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:54:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2367811/posts "Propaganda is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. If the means achieves the end then the means is good.........the new Ministry has no other aim than to unite the nation behind the ideal of the national revolution." Joseph Goebbels President Obama is a bully, he doesn't like being questioned or crossed. Like most of the bullying kind, if you disagree with him he will go after you with personal attacks full guns blaring. Just look at some examples of the people who have crossed the President and got smack down by the Bully-in-Chief or his... Politico/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2367811/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:31:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367092/posts Sending Anita Dunn—who is probably not enjoying her proverbial 15 minutes of fame—out onto the north lawn of the White House to attack Fox News is serving its purpose. The responsibility for determining which of the national news networks are legitimate and which ones are not is something the founders did not include in the executive powers section of the Constitution. One might even argue that the inclusion of the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights is a pretty clear sign they thought that giving any part of the federal government the power to do so would not, to... U.S. News & World Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367092/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:12:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2366708/posts Buried in the administration's multiple inflammatory statements on Fox News may be their strategy in all of this. In fact, Anita Dunn, David Axelrod, and Rahm Emanuel made hints at it in their statements. Here's the pertinent portion from Axelrod. The bigger thing is that other news organizations like yours ought not to treat them that way, and we’re not going to treat them that way. We’re going to appear on their shows. We’re going to participate, but understanding that they represent a point of view. The Provocateur http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2366708/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:58:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366648/posts White House press secretary Robert Gibbs singled out specific shows on the Fox News network for criticism ... ... Tuesday morning, continuing a public feud between the White House and the cable network that gained new momentum over the weekend. Meeting with reporters in his office for an off-camera question-and-answer session, Gibbs parried questions about the White House's harsh criticism of the cable news network, leveled on several Sunday shows by officials including White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and senior adviser David Axelrod. Asked if it was fair for the White House to label Fox an illegitimate news... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366648/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2365966/posts Here is video of Karl Rove reacting to accusations by Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who claimed virtually nothing has been done in Afghanistan in eight years of U.S. presence there. Emanuel claimed they were having to start from scratch in Afghanistan. Rove pointed out in a picture of Obama's "War Council," that David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs are present at the meeting. Rove said that is "highly unusual." In his years in the Bush White House, he said he never attended a war cabinet meeting. He also said it is unwise to put your press secretary in a... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2365966/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:39:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365363/posts WASHINGTON — White House advisers pledged on Sunday to book administration officials on Fox News despite claims by the president's inner circle that the cable network is a GOP mouthpiece whose programming “is geared toward making money.” Last week, White House communications director Anita Dunn said Fox News operates “almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party.” On Sunday, Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama's chief of staff, said, “It is not a news organization so much as it has a perspective.” In response to the criticism, Fox News executive Michael Clemente on Sunday accused... ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365363/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:45:39 GMT