Did Rahmbo bring down Blago?

Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 14:20 EST

Think Progress notes that at least one Chicago reporter thinks that future White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel might have had something to do with the arrest of his fellow Democrat, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. And no, not because he's been caught up in the investigation, but because he may have gone to the feds and told them about the governor's alleged attempts to sell President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat.

The reporter, Jack Conaty, said Tuesday:

We did receive a tip this morning that perhaps all of this came together so quickly because the Governor may have reached out to Rahm Emanuel, the president-elect's chief of staff, in attempting to leverage filling the Senate seat. And it may have been Rahm Emanuel who tipped the scale and made this move as quickly as it did.





http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/12/09/rahm_blago/index.html


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Rahm Emanuel's Father Makes Embarrassing Ethnic Slur

Perhaps Rahm Emanuel should have been required to disclose his father's extreme views. (as applicants for lower level jobs in the new administration are required to do) But since they are well known, perhaps Barack Obama should have known about them. JC

Emanuel Apologizes for Father's Comments
Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:21 PM

President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, apologized to an Arab-American group on Thursday for comments disparaging Arabs made by his father.


The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee sent a letter to Emanuel calling on him to distance himself from remarks made by the elder Emanuel in an interview with an Israeli newspaper following his son's appointment last week.

In the interview, Benjamin Emanuel was reported as saying: "Obviously, he will influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn't he? What is he, an Arab? He's not going to clean the floors of the White House."


Although some political analysts have said Rahm Emanuel, a veteran Democratic congressman, should not be held responsible for his father's actions, there was also a sense that an apology was unavoidable.


"Today, Rep. Emanuel called Mary Rose Oakar, president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, apologized on behalf of his family and offered to meet with representatives of the Arab-American community at an appropriate time in the future," a statement from his office said.


The committee said in a statement on its Web site that Emanuel told Oakar it was unacceptable to make such remarks against any ethnic or religious group.



http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/emanuel_apology/2008/11/13/151128.html?s=al&promo_code=713A-1



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