thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/13/2008
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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.
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 11/12/2008
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com —
Democrats who survived the transition from George H.W.
Bush to William Jefferson Clinton are a bit in...
awe these days of what Barack Obama is doing and how he is doing it. Of the Clinton transition, one very senior and longtime Clinton adviser said: ...
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The Biggest Lesson Obama Learned From The Clinton Transition
huffingtonpost.com - 11/15/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
White House chief of staff-designate Rahm Emanuel took
some time off from the transition Friday night to...
hurl barbs at his longtime pseudo-nemesis Stephen Colbert (as well as Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Joe Lieberman, et al...) Colbert was roasted as ...
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Rahm Emanuel Roasts Stephen Colbert (VIDEO)
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Throw Abba From the Train: Like Barack, Like Rahm--Obama Chief of Staff Throws Dad Under the Bus
Debbie Schlussel —
... In fact, in this case, as Barack Obama did with his "Typical White" granny, Rahm Emanuel just threw his father, Dr. Benjamin Emanuel, under the bus. ...
Rahm’s Dad Lands Him In Hot Water
Firedoglake —
I think we had enough of this from the Bushies:
Representative Rahm Emanuel, left, 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 OBAMIAN FASHION, BIG BAD RAHM EMANUEL THROWS HIS FATHER UNDER A BUS AND APOLOGIZES TO ARABS
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
... Emanuel also offered to meet members of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. In the interview last week with the Israeli daily newspaper Ma'ariv, Israeli-born Benjamin Emanuel talked about his son's new job. Anger at remarks He said: "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." REUTERS/NYTIMES HERE. THIS BODES ILL FOR THE USA, ISRAEL AND THE FREE WORLD. IT'S A BAD ...
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