Rahm Emmanuel, Maybe Folks Should Cool It?

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MuslimZ said

I like how the Obama haters are steering clear of this thread.

I didn't steer clear

p.s. I didn't vote, does that make me a hater?

[Timbit]

Variable said

you don't even live in the States

So?
Canada's very dependent on the States.

[mekrob]

I don't think anybody is going "Ah, a Jew" over Rahm Emmanuel, at least from what I've seen. Being Jewish does not equal being Zionist, nor does being Zionist equal being Jewish. Many of the biggest groups opposed to Zionism are Jewish and the largest group of Zionists are Evangelical Christian Americans who've never stepped foot there. I think most people have problems with Emmanuel as a person and a politician, not in which building he prays.

[Kaminyu]

Salika said

So I was talking to my husband about Rahm Emmanuel and he brought up both sides of the coin about this guy. I decided to do some research and came across this:


Source: TPMCafe | Talking Points Memo | Rahm Emanuel Is No Likudnik

I'm not saying we should throw out our fears and concerns, but maybe we should be more optimistic and drop the "AAH A JEW!" mentality.

The article doesn't deny that he's an AIPAC stooge, instead going into the issue of how "left" or "right" he is. It isn't an issue of being a Jew, or being "left" or "right". It's an issue of what he really stands for.

Obama also appointed Zionist war-monger; Dennis Ross, as his Middle East Policy Advisor.

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Timbit said

So?
Canada's very dependent on the States.

You feel just living here is so complicit to American hegemony that you'd consider moving? What would Obama have to do to make you do that? hardcore.

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m_ali_qazi said

you guys are forgetting that our wariness of obama has to do with him being just another democrat, he wont be too far from bill clinton

still from the two major parties, still part of the same system


cautious optimism > delusion

what was wrong with Clinton

[Jamroll]

TrentReznor858 said

what was wrong with Clinton

He did not have sexual relations with that woman.

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m_ali_qazi said

this is them


this is you guys

LOL! Totally.

Look, people, let's get real here. It is amazing that a black man is now the most powerful man in the universe. I totally dig it, welcome it, super duper, five gold stars and all that jazz. But at the end of the day, he's not going to be that much different from his predecessors. Even if he wanted to, he can't sway too far from the course of his predecessors. There's other forces at play, even though he's president. US foreign policy can't change hugely. He can just put a different shine on it. He'll be more smiley and friendly and say the right words, but the overall direction will be pretty much the same.

Anyway, yay for Obama being the first black man to get to the White House. Let's all sing the American anthem, and wipe a tear, and wave our flags, and enjoy them moment. But once we get through that bit, let's realise that's all it really is - a moment. Politics is politics and whether there's a black, yellow, white or red man in the White House, it's the same ol', same ol'.

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Jamroll said

LOL! Totally.

Look, people, let's get real here. It is amazing that a black man is now the most powerful man in the universe. I totally dig it, welcome it, super duper, five gold stars and all that jazz. But at the end of the day, he's not going to be that much different from his predecessors. Even if he wanted to, he can't sway too far from the course of his predecessors. There's other forces at play, even though he's president. US foreign policy can't change hugely. He can just put a different shine on it. He'll be more smiley and friendly and say the right words, but the overall direction will be pretty much the same.

Anyway, yay for Obama being the first black man to get to the White House. Let's all sing the American anthem, and wipe a tear, and wave our flags, and enjoy them moment. But once we get through that bit, let's realise that's all it really is - a moment. Politics is politics and whether there's a black, yellow, white or red man in the White House, it's the same ol', same ol'.

A Black Man has always been the most powerful man in the world.

Samuel L Jackson...he eats babies and shoots lazers out of his nostrils.

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mekrob said

I don't think anybody is going "Ah, a Jew" over Rahm Emmanuel, at least from what I've seen. Being Jewish does not equal being Zionist, nor does being Zionist equal being Jewish. Many of the biggest groups opposed to Zionism are Jewish and the largest group of Zionists are Evangelical Christian Americans who've never stepped foot there. I think most people have problems with Emmanuel as a person and a politician, not in which building he prays.

My status message on FB was about how I am glad Obama won and people need to stop hating on him and I got bombarded with messages about how he appointed Rahm Emanuel chief of staff, and how Rahm Emanuel is an israeli terrorist---but trust me, there are a very good amount of people saying "Ah, a JEW" which is r-e-t-a-r-d-e-d.

[sumi]

November 13, 2008, 3:47 pm
Emanuel Apologizes for Father’s ‘Arab’ Comments
By Sarah Wheaton

Representative Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff, called the president of an Arab-American group today to apologize for comments his father made to an Israeli newspaper.

In the remarks, Benjamin Emanuel discussed the potential impact of his son’s new position on U.S.-Israeli relations.

“Obviously he’ll influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn’t he? What is he, an Arab? He’s not going to be mopping floors at the White House,” the elder Mr. Emanuel told the Israeli daily Ma’ariv, according to English-language reports in The Jerusalem Post and The Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Calling the comment an “unacceptable smear,” the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee had sent the younger Emanuel a letter (copied to Mr. Obama) calling on him to “disavow and repudiate these remarks publicly.”

“All we ask is to be treated in the same way as any other ethnic, racial or minority group,” said Kareem Shora, the A.D.C.’s executive director. “We’re not treating it as simply an Arab-American issue, we’re trying to treat it as an American issue.”

That led to Rahm Emanuel’s apology today.

“Today, Representative 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,” said Nick Papas, a spokesman for the congressman.

Before Mr. Emanuel made his apology, Mr. Shora said the structure of the elder Mr. Emanuel’s remarks made their meaning clear. “The sequence of the statement was very important,” he said, adding that the ‘Arab’ line “was not separated in any way” from the ‘mopping’ line. He said there would be public outcry if “Arab” had been replaced with the name of any other ethnic group.

Benjamin Emanuel is not yet available for comment, according to an associate at the office of Ari Emanuel, a Hollywood agent and the congressman’s brother, to whom a message on the father’s answering machine referred press calls. Mr. Obama’s campaign declined to address the issue.

Emanuel Apologizes for Father’s ‘Arab’ Comments - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

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sumiyia said

Emanuel Apologizes for Father’s ‘Arab’ Comments - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

Interesting. If I had to apologize for all the racist anti-Muslim comments my father's made... I guess it's a good thing I have no political ambitions.

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