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Emanuel Makes It Official: He’s Running in Chicago

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Posted on Nov 13, 2010
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No stranger: Before his rise to be Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Emanuel served as a congressman from Chicago’s North Side.

Rahm Emanuel has made it official. Six weeks after bailing out as White House chief of staff and returning to Chicago, he has formally announced that he is running to be the next mayor of the Windy City.  —JCL

The Associated Press:

Rahm Emanuel officially announced Saturday what everyone has known since he quit his job as White House chief of staff, hugged President Barack Obama and returned to Chicago: He’s in.

To the surprise of no one, Emanuel, who has long talked about his desire to be mayor, told a packed auditorium at a school on Chicago’s North Side that he is running to succeed retiring Mayor Richard Daley. The election is Feb. 22.

Emanuel represented the city’s North Side in Congress before he went to the White House. He has been actively campaigning in the city since his return about two months ago.

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By fearnotruth, November 14, 2010 at 5:39 pm Link to this comment

investigate this person - look for Mossad connection

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By morongobill, November 14, 2010 at 12:43 pm Link to this comment

Queenie, your comment ending was absolutely perfect!

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By JJ Wolf, November 14, 2010 at 8:25 am Link to this comment
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Wonder how many of those “ret@rded liberals” are going to bother voting for him?

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By Robert, November 14, 2010 at 8:17 am Link to this comment

Rahm Emanuel is an Israeli citizen... he should run for mayor of Tel Aviv.

Rahm was Mossad/Israel’s spy during Bill Clinton’s administration and no doubt in Obama’s too.

So don’t be too surprised if he wins in Chicago. Mossad/AIPAC’s “voting machines gadgets” are scattered all over the US during election times.

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By mitchum22, November 14, 2010 at 7:35 am Link to this comment

Talk about failing upward. The Sammy Glick of modern US politics—much like George W. Bush—turns everything he touches into shit. The Billary healthcare bill, the ‘94 midterms, the 2010 midterms, failing to get through almost all of Uncle O’s appointments etc etc. And as my colleagues have pointed out, we all knew we were had when this dirty fixer was Obama’s first appointment.

Barack Obama makes Vidkun Quisling seem like a stand-up guy.

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By bluewombat, November 14, 2010 at 12:23 am Link to this comment
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Tell me who his strongest opponent is so I can make a big donation.

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By PatrickHenry, November 13, 2010 at 8:15 pm Link to this comment

I’m interested in who is financing his campaign.

AIPAC comes to mind.

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By de profundis clamavi, November 13, 2010 at 7:06 pm Link to this comment

Rahm Emanuel is scum. The fact that Ho’Bama appointed him was one of the first signs that Ho’Bama was a fraud. It took us too long to see it.

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By Druthers, November 13, 2010 at 5:47 pm Link to this comment

At least they won’t be able to say they didn’t know when he is up to his dirty tricks.

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By Queenie, November 13, 2010 at 5:16 pm Link to this comment

Big B:
That’s almost what I thought when I saw that picture! Except I threw in the effing word in front of the “smug”.

What a hairball! And I should know.

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By GoyToy, November 13, 2010 at 3:53 pm Link to this comment

Great! I hope he loses.

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By Big B, November 13, 2010 at 2:07 pm Link to this comment

You know, the phrase “smug cocksucker” is thrown around alot now-a-days…..

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By lasmog, November 13, 2010 at 1:54 pm Link to this comment

If the mayor gig doesn’t work out he can always go back to investment banking and make a dozen million or so trading off his government contacts.  Ain’t plutocracy grand?

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By Hammond Eggs, November 13, 2010 at 1:38 pm Link to this comment

I suppose it’s possible, even likely, that the majority of Chicagoans will elect a back alley thug and piece of utter human trash like Emanuel to be the mayor.  Weren’t the Republicans just given control of the House of Representatives?

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