The Rahm Emanuel Fan Club
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We've been looking - Rex and I have both Googled it and we've come across a Barack Obama Fan Club (of course, no surprises there), a Sarah Palin Fan Club (mildly surprised, but I'm sure it has nothing to do with her political leanings) and even a George W. Bush Fan Club (which, Rex suggested, is probably akin to the Hitler Youth).
Friends and foe alike have described Barack Obama as a rock star. As a public speaker, Rex and I would have to concur, so it comes as no surprise that he has such a large fan following. But where we come from politicians don't get fan followings. The general attitude where we come from is that all politicians are dirt-bag slime-balls and that only an asshole would want to become a politician. Generally, most people where we come from vote because they feel they have to, not because they find anything genuinely likable about the candidate.
Is this why we don't see many fan clubs for politicians? Oh sure, there are political campaigns and campaign offices. People put bumper stickers on their cars to demonstrate their support of a particular candidate. But then there are those political jobs where, really, the guy is doing a hell of a good job - he's a force to be reckoned with and, let's face it, he's just a likable character who once sent a dead fish to a political opponent.
That's where Rahm Emanuel comes in. A former senior adviser to President Clinton and the current White House Chief of Staff, Rahm, not only had the balls to threaten British Prime Minister Tony Blair (and, while we originally liked Tony, his stature has been diminished inestimably by his unwavering support of that incompetent brain-dead douche bag, George W. Bush) but showed his enthusiasm by repetitively stabbing the dinner table with a steak knife while pronouncing a list of people he wanted dead.
This is not the type of person you would want to actually hold the office of a leader of a country (any country, not just the United States) but this is the type of person you want on your side when you do hold the office. Unfortunately, because of the nature of his job, he doesn't get the fan press that he deserves.
Sure, we're all members of the Barack Obama Fan Club (or, at least, anyone with half a brain who doesn't hold a death wish for the world) but how many of us can say that we're members of the Rahm Emanuel Fan Club? Sure, we won't be plugging Rahm for President (unless of course, the Universe implodes and he manages to win the Democratic nomination) but really, a man with this much style - by all accounts as close as a Jewish politician can get to being a mafiosi - deserves some respect.
Join with Rex and me as we present the founding of the first, original (and, hopefully, official - Rahm, just email Rex your blessing) Rahm Emanuel Fan Club. |
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seven hurricanes
July 2, 2009 12:25 PM
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| i concur. rahm emanuel is absolutely delicious. |
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japan4
March 22, 2010 2:41 PM
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I just wanted to give this man, Rahm Emanuel, his due. What an ally for the American people and for President Obama. I admire that he speaks his mind, employs some choice vocabulary and gets it done. Would that there were more like him. I lack that certain instinct which Rahm seems to have in abundance. Best that it is left to someone, as he, that can manage it with aplomb. I'm grateful that Mr. Emanuel is on-board in the White House.
Nice work, Rahm. |
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