The Daily News is reporting on Emanuel's father's racist comments re Arabs. They called the congressman's office. No response yet. But who else in the press is touching this ugly declaration that involves the next White House chief of staff?
It is interesting to compare the lack of attention being given to the congressman's father's racist comments to the situation of Cynthia McKinney, the Georgia congresswoman, whose father Billy McKinney made antisemitic comments during her congressional races in the late 90s and then in 2002-- when she was defeated in part because of her stance on Palestinian human rights. That link is to a time he called an opponent of McKinney's a "racist Jew." When McKinney was defeated, in good measure by the Israel lobby, in '02, her father blamed the "J-E-W-S." Not very nice. He should read my blog to know how to say these things!
Rahm Emanuel is in a far more important position than Cynthia McKinney. She renounced her father's statements. Emanuel must be held to account here... Seems unlikely, though...
No she didn't.
Billy McKinney was full of colorful quotes regarding non-Jewish whites, and those comments never harmed Cynthia or Billy. I wonder why?
We have a president-elect whose father was Kenyan, and his chief of staff whose father is Isreali. I think the left and multiculturalists are walking a tighter line than they let on, and haven't yet won the victory they claim. If Obama slavishly follows Jewish ethnic interests, he could come off as hollow as a post-racial healer on an international level, and become so entangled abroad that he has no chance to be the healer many claim he is at home.
What did Benjamin Emanuel say? The first reports said: "Why shouldn't he be?" The Daily News has it, "Why shouldn't he do it?" In the first, "he" appears to refer back to Obama being proIsrael, while in the second, "he" appears to refer back to Emanuel using his influence. Totally different statements, both racist, but one refers to Arabs cleaning the White House, the other to Blacks. One asks if Obama is an Arab, the other if Emanuel is.
Look only to Obama. He's the elect-CEO. His Chief Of Staff is an underling, merely going to carry out the will of the decision-maker.
We don't need to look closely at any policy-makers, that is, those
appointees and think tanks who give the CEO his paper justification for what he decides.
Quit clouding up this simple formula or Palin might ask, what exactly does the VP do?
And, if a VP can channel Chaney, so can the Chief Of Staff.
Who will fill the empty suit? Watch those appointees Obama makes.
The USA democracy is getting more and more unaccountable to its own citizens–and Obama knows it.
What will he with this awareness?
Again, watch his appointees, as they come to light.
PS: Even Hitler, the ultimate decider, was heavily influenced by his
own appointees–everybody at the blog probably knows this–except Witty. (And he knows it too, but it's not convenient for the
coldcakes he sells.)
Cynthia McKinney felt compelled to renounce familial racism.
The Chief Of Staff, as an appointee, not elected, can just stay mum
and (unlike McKinney) rely on the MSM not to pursue the matter
for effective public exposure.
Its still Obama who is responsible.
Emanuel has publicly stated marching orders of presenting variety of opinion.
Obama will NOT get one-sided presentation, on any issue.
He will resist the micro-managing of the left.
Witty, how about the micro-managing of the right?
Nice to see you are so sure about everything. Many Berlin jewish rabbis congratulated Hitler when he came to power, and many more in
Fascist Italy did so when Mussolini came to power.
You are intentionally ignorant. OK. But you are also a propagandist.
You are the bottom of the barrel.
He'll resist the micro-managing of the right as well.
Here though, there is the presumption that he is, or even should be, a progressive.
He's not. He's in the intelligent middle, a weigher of issues, not a dogmatist.
Its hard to know why every post of yours contains a name-call anon. Is that an example of your inability to address the content of my posts?
What is it that you think that I'm stating anyway, that is so repulsive to you, that every reference is an insult?
"Is that an example of your inability to address the content of my posts?"
WHAT CONTENT?
"What is it that you think that I'm stating anyway, that is so repulsive to you, that every reference is an insult?"
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE PECULIAR, DISINGENUOUS WAY THAT YOU TRY TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE. YOU ARE NOT A "I'M OK, YOU'RE OK" KIND OF A PERSON. (NOTE: LIKE STUAT SMALLEY, I AM NOT A LICENSED THERAPIST.)
THAT'S STUART SMALLEY!!!!
Actually Cynthea Mckinney did not apologize for her fathers comments. Rahm 100% DID, and apologized also in a phone call to Arab groups. Did Cynthea do the same? NO. Funny how you have it the other way around.
The last I remember Louis Farrakhans son never apologized for his fathers words and he was a respected relgious leader that even the Bush WHite House invited over. Can you imagine if we made every black religious and political leaders CHILDREN apologize for everything they said and did? We can't even get them to take responsibilty for their own behavior, let alone their relatives.