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Rahm Emanuel: Mitt Romney 'Turns A Blind Eye' To The Middle Class

www.huffingtonpost.com11/20/11

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had some harsh words for Mitt Romney Sunday, saying the Republican presidential candidate "turns a blind eye" to the middle class.

Priest and nun tag-team Rahm Emanuel – Tim Mak – POLITICO.com

www.politico.com12/1/11

He reportedly takes some ribbing over a decision to cut off a Chicago nonprofit's free water.

Obama’s choice of Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff is in some ways mind boggling.

Emanuel is a combative Chicago congressman supremely versed in the ways of the White House and Capitol Hill and he will have one of the biggest voices in the new administration. He is a bare-knuckled Chicago politician who is not only well known for his ability to say ‘no’ but also for his often expressed vulgarity and Obama once joked at a charity dinner that when Rahm Emanuel severed his middle finger, “it almost rendered him mute”.

In a statement announcing Emanuel’s appointment Obama said, “No one I know is better at getting things done than Rahm Emanuel”, to which Emanuel replied that he was heeding Obama’s call because “I want to do everything I can to help the new administration”.

Lots of Republican’s have a problem however with how Emanuel gets things done and he has sparked numerous conflicts with many of them causing the House Republican leader John Boehner to comment, “This is an ironic choice for a president-elect who has promised to change Washington, make politics more civil, and govern from the center”.

Emanuel, who reportedly once sent a Democratic consultant a dead fish issued a statement saying “I want to say a special word about my Republican colleagues, who serve with dignity, decency and a deep sense of patriotism,” Emanuel said in a statement. “We often disagree, but I respect their motives. Now is a time for unity”.

So ‘what’s mind boggling about this?’ you may well ask.

Well a quick look at Rahm Emanuel’s roots and history reveal things that may startle many in the middle east and probably all around the world.

Rahm was born in Chicago, Illinois and his name Rahm Emanuel is Hebrew.

The name Rahm means “high or lofty” and Emanuel means “God is with us”. He was named ‘Rahm’ after a slain Lehi combatant and ‘Emanuel’ after Rahm’s paternal uncle, Emanuel Auerbach, who was killed in a skirmish with Arabs in Jerusalem.

* Lehi -= “Fighters for the Freedom of Israel”, was a militant Jewish underground movement during the time of the British mandate.

Barack Hussein Obama has been elected the 44th president of the United States of America.

Mr. Obama led his party in a decisive sweep of Congress, putting Democrats in control of both the House and the Senate for the first time since 1995, when Bill Clinton was president.

Mr. McCain called Mr. Obama to congratulate him and said, “We’ve come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation’s reputation. I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us. I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president and I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair in our present difficulties but to believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit”.

After which Mr. Obama announced to cheering crowds, “I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he’s fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.

I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead”.

In addition to the unresolved issues of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, N. Korea and many other places the president-elect and his expanded Democratic majority now face the daunting task of governing the country through one of the most difficult economic periods in its history and we wish them well.

“Because of what we did on this day, in this election, in this defining moment, change has come to America,” Obama told 125,000 supporters gathered in Chicago’s Grant Park to celebrate his victory and ended with “Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America”.

This site continuously urged caution with regard to Mr. Obama because of his connections with Jihadist and communist groups and because so much of his past was intentionally concealed, but we congratulate him on his victory and hope his promised changes will make the entire world a better place.