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Rahm Emanuel Storms Out of Interview After Being Asked About Kids’ School

Rahm Emanuel has an historically hot temper. That was evident yesterday during an interview with NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern, when he got testy with a local reporter who decided to push him about his decision to send his kids to private, not public, school.

“Mary Ann, let me break the news to you. My children are not in a public position,” he said in a stern way. “I am.  You’re asking me a value statement and not a policy. … No, no, you have to appreciate this. My children are not an instrument of me being mayor.  My children are my children, and that may be news to you, and that may be new to you, Mary Ann, but you have to understand that I’m making this decision as a father.”

After Ahern continued to press him on the issue, Emanuel got so flustered he stood up, took off his mic, dropped it on the floor, and walked away, even though though the Ahern implored him to stay and talk:

But that was just the beginning. Ahren goes on to explain that once the cameras stopped rolling, Emanuel became furious, even getting within inches of her face:

Then, the Mayor of Chicago positioned himself inches from my face and pointed his finger directly at my head. He raised his voice and admonished me. How dare I ask where his children would go to school!

“You’ve done this before,” he said.

This was the Emanuel we had heard about, and it was one of the oddest moments in my 29 years of reporting.

My two interns followed out of City Hall and back to the station.

Several hours later I called the mayor directly since I happened on his cell number and saved it.  I thought it might be best to clear the air.  But no air was cleared.

“My children are private and you will not do this,” he said into the receiver.

He said other children of public figures – Chelsea Clinton and the Obama girls – have been kept out of the public eye, despite media attention on the admission to the Sidwell Friends Academy in Washington D.C.

I tried to explain he had a point, but their parents too had to answer the question of what school they would attend. No one is trying to have lunch with the first children.

I also let him know that I felt wronged and bullied during his earlier tirade.

“You are wrong and a bully,” Emanuel fired back.  “I care deeply for my family. I don’t care about you.”

With that, he hung up the phone.

To be fair, Emanuel isn’t the only politician who feels like his personal school choice for his kids is inconsequential. Last month, GOP NJ. Gov. Chris Christie chastised a woman for suggesting he couldn‘t make decisions regarding public schools because he didn’t send his kids to them:

One thing is clear: political fathers don’t want you asking about their children.

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  • lisa2994
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:56am

    Yeah but you didn’t see Christy point a finger at anyone.

    He knows how to handle a situation like that.

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    • CamoJan
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:05pm

      That’s so true. Chris Christy knew exactly how to handle the question, whereas Rahm threw a temper tantrum and stormed out. Same question for two people and only one presented himself gentlemanly.
      I love that big teddy bear Christy!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:34pm

      Lisa — you have shown the sum difference in the philosophies of the “Career Politician” of the “what can you do for me” personality (like Emanuel); and the “Serving Politician” of the “how do I do the best for them” personality (like Christy).

      I honestly find the term ‘Career Politician” distasteful, as there should be a limit, as deemed by the will of the people who elect them, on how long they serve…and if they are not doing the job elected for then move them out the next term.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:46pm

      There are YouTube tapes of Christie chastising and bullying a senior gentleman at a Meg Whitman Rally. It definitely included “finger in chest” pointing and overbearing down-speech.

      Later it turns out the humiliated senior was an influential Orange County Republican, a respected retired Millionaire who was very active in the local party. He went on TV to voice his dissatisfaction with Christie’s style.

      Whitman lost.

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    • simplyme
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:47pm

      I think Christie could have handled it a little better, too. There‘s no reason to show any emotion when answering and no need to say that it’s none of the person’s business. By saying that he wants his kids to have a religious education, he completely escaped the criticism that he doesn’t think public schools do a good job of educating kids. He should have left it at that.

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    • NWalters78
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:55pm

      @ Moncine….STHU you slathering moron. Christie did this, Christie did that. This is about Rahm-bo acting like a pissy little girl.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:56pm

      There seems to be a pattern of Tea Party darlings who behave badly in public, and become tea-heroes.
      This would include West, Christie, Henry, Chaffetz and many others (the freshmen class is real rowdy)

      Meanwhile, you call Rahm a Pushy Jew. WTF
      I know most of the posters here will just say they were “joking around” (because they know they are not being fair) but WTF

      TEA

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    • Mountain Dew
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 1:11pm

      @ Monicine. Whitman lost because she was a lousy candidate in an extremely Democrat state. Christie couldn’t of got her elected if he had thrown hundred dollar bills to the crowd instead of having his outburst. You are right to point out the ill-temper of some of these guys. The lady who questioned him had a point and he contemptously brushed it aside like an arrogant politician. That having been said Emanuel is an ego-maniac. It’s at level that is frightening in a man with that level of influence and power. I can‘t believe I’m saying this but I believe Chicago was better off with Daly (I probably didn’t spell his name write).

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    • Mountain Dew
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 1:15pm

      oops ^ I mean *wrong*

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 1:16pm

      On the subject of children…well we’ll ask Sarah how she feels about her kids being dragged through the mud, I’m actually surprised a reporter ask him about his kids, it seems the libral/democrat’s kids are indeed off limits!

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    • getalong
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 1:57pm

      This guy bought his mayorship. He is a red-blooded elitist that has been in politics way too long. When he threatened the reporter by getting up in her face – she should have slapped him. What a jerk!

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    • Thomas
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 2:06pm

      Yeah and Rahm Emanuel is one of these progressives who are always talking about how evil having money is and yet he send his kids to private schools. All progressives should have to send their children to public schools.

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    • joe3
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 2:27pm

      rambo comes from a long line of thugs, his old man specialized in blowing up british buses back in the day, and rambo is a commando. pitt bull. at least he is not that weinerite wasserman schiltz.
      i can tolerate rambo next to weiner, chucky schmuckey, or debra schultzzzz. they make rambos antics look tame.

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    • Favored93
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 2:36pm

      He is responsible for “every” child in his state?
      NO!!!!!!!! I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MY OWN KIDS THANK YOU BIG BRO BUT STAY OUT OF MY HOME!!!!!!!!!!

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    • Lawlcat001
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 3:36pm

      people still respond to monicne?

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    • RIGHTHOOK
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 4:00pm

      The “short guy syndrome” lives on. You are a Progressive, Marxist, wimp Mr. Emanual. And with your forced entry into the Mayoral position in Chicago you really do believe you are a tough guy and wagging, pointing of a finger.
      Pathetic……..

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    • Marci
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 4:03pm

      Rahm is a loose cannon and I wonder how he got elected if NOT for the Daley connection. Chicago elections are not even real anymore. It’s okay for him to not want to answer the question, but to act like this is stupid and bordering threatening. I don’t have a problem with the choice of politicians to send their kids to private school–it’s their right. However, fighting for teachers unions and railing against private institutions for political fodder and then sending your kid to a private school does beg a few questions. Either way….I agree leave the kids out of it, but the question isn’t about the kids. It’s about your position. As for Chris Christie, he thinks the public education system is crap, furthermore, let’s see how teachers would treat HIS kids after they perceive him to be a teachers union buster! Rahm has a temper, poor reporter will probably end up with a dead fish in her mailbox.

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    • Just Right
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 4:43pm

      Just another example of a liberal acting poorly, and then the reporter sucker punches a republican at the end by trying to show how ‘they all do it’………….although with a poor example. The reporter had her feeling hurt by Rahm, but at the end of the day she’ll still vote for him!!

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    • Live_Free_orDie
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 5:33pm

      This guy is a loon…Chicago deserves him!

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    • Zer0
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 5:45pm

      @Moncine,

      Who called Rahm a “Pushy Jew”?

      Again, the difference between Rahm and Christie is that Rahm opposes private education and any measure that would make it easier for low-income families to send their children to private school, while Christie opposes the incredibly corrupt teacher’s union, who have collapsed the public education system, nationally. Rahm appears to be a blatant hypocrite in this education debate, while Christie appears to practice what he preaches, refusing to send his children to a public school. (Reminiscent of how Obamacare supporters want exemptions from the law and the politicians who passed the law do not want to be subjected to it, isn’t it?)

      In Miami, a city that’s like 90% liberal, no one, and I repeat NO ONE, sends their children to a public school if they have money and care about their kids’ future. Only the most impoverished families send their kids to public school.

      As far as, this school yard sissy debate, who’s the biggest bully (Christie or Rahm), who the f*** cares? I sure as s*** don’t. Dems/Progs have been using heavy handed, thug-like, intimidation, tactics for decades. I’m glad these “freshman” Conservatives/Republicans are pushing back, and not fallen into that “we have to act like gentlemen, and not behave like low-brow Democrats” mentality shared Bohner and McConnel. Rahm gets mad for being called to the mat by a reporter, good for him. Allow him to reveal who he truly is…a hypocritical Progressive.

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    • Alucard
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 6:23pm

      @ZERO
      Thank you for making that point, it was exactly what I was thinking. Apples and Oranges to compare the two as equal.

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    • pajamash
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 7:04pm

      I dislike Rahm immensly but he was calmer than Christie was. He didn’t storm out of the room. He just got tired of the same type of question that Christie got tired of. Seems to me that Rahm was respectful to the reporter and just said the interview was over. This isn’t a story Blaze.

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    • Pelling1020
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 7:16pm

      WOW! How about those NBC reporters? They should be be given remedial education in interview procedures. Nasty huh?

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    • DonaldH
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:33am

      IF I had of been Christy when asked–I would of told the truth; PUBLIC SCHOOLS suck!! end of story!! and untill we get them back in order of teaching the 3 r’s instead of being just an indoctrination camp for mindless liberal zombies my children will continue going to private schools….

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    • jcknccmret
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:40am

      Poor Little twinkle toes (Rahm) He is such a baby.

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    • Libertyluvnmomma
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:09am

      avoid the anger and just admit that public schools suck the big one. (toxic t*t of the government?
      Every single school pre-K -12.
      No one here at the Blaze can convince me otherwise. I’ve too much public school crap for 2 lifetimes. They molest more kids than all the churches combined too.
      Does anyone know the difference between a reason and and excuse?
      ……………….There isn’t one!

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    • Libertyluvnmomma
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:14am

      to Lisa, When it comes to Gov. Christy take off those rose colored glasses.
      He is still a gluttonous,institutional GOPer with a loud mouth.
      Gluttounous- same class of sin as homosexual.It is like personal physical fornication except you can do it in public.
      teddy bear my rear end…….(like roosevelt?)

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    • oneshiner
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 12:53pm

      Rahm isn’t 1/2 the man that Christy is. He didn’t like the heat for sending his kids to private school, why didn’t he tell why? He knows public schools are for the Union’s benefit, not the kids.

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    • G.W. Dobbs
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:00pm

      Everyone in America who HAS SUFFICIENT MONEY sends their children to private schools. WHY? Because public schools are danderous, gang infested, drug dealing, rap-singing, cursing God, seductive dressing, uncontrolable low-life who are “baby sat” but not taught. HOME SCHOOLING is the best alternative at present. http://www.jhm.org (John Hagee Ministries).

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  • geonj
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:55am

    i have no use for emanuel, he is chicago’s problem. but i agree with the issue of children of public officials being left out of the political discourse. if it had been me, i might have punched the interviewer in the mouth.

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    • ILConservative
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 1:03pm

      I am actually surprised with Rahm in Chicago! He‘s been doing good things and makes me wonder if he’s really a closet Repulican. However, he’s still a BO puppet, so I don’t trust him.

      Either way, it’s nobodys business where the politcians send their kids to school. They, like anyone else, do what they feel is best for their children.

      As for the way they act, what do you expect someone to act like when they are pissed off. Everyone has been mad and said things in a way that may not be the best choce of words, but that’s part of being human!

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 1:49pm

      @Ilconservative
      It may not be anybody’s business where public officials send their kids to school but it points to the hypocracy of them. “Yeah, those public schools are good enough for the miscreant serfs, but not my kids”. In other words. “your brats don’t matter to me at all”. The only reason for public schools is to channel the power of the teachers union (The NEA) to the Dem prog commie cause- to indoctrinate the masses, not teach them reading, writing and arithmetic, like is done in the private schools.

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    • Hiswill
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 4:57pm

      Emanuel knows what the rest of the nation knows. Public education at the majority of our schools is a disaster. The Unions own the schools; bad teachers will never be fired. We are dumbing down our children and giving them no chance to compete with other countries in the future. If you want a good cry, rent the movie, Waiting for Superman. You’ll think we live in a third world country after viewing it.

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    • Libertyluvnmomma
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:20am

      Asking about Rahm’s school choice is not exactly talking about his kids. The reporter didn’t ask their names ages, likes or dislikes.
      it was why Rahm chose private over public school.
      It was a question all about Rahm.
      Didn’t you get the memo?
      Mr. ‘punch the reporter in the mouth”
      nice mob mentality.

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  • BuckOfama
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:55am

    I can only picture him pointing his stub finger at her and it only makes me laugh………

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    • jkjk
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:04pm

      Weasel, just like the rest of the dumbycrats. Whenever they don’t like the question or feel cornered, they either talk over someone or scurry like cockroaches. And it sucks that he’s my mayor!

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    • Brad Wesselmann
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:14pm

      Love the name, hahahahaha…BuckoFama, haha. :-)

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:38pm

      Well, Rahmbo, now you know how Sarah and Michelle feel. I wonder if he would have bullied a bigger, male, reporter?

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  • sparkspeaks
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:54am

    This MATTERS because this is man in a position to call the shots concerning policy & procedures for public schools where his children DO NOT attend. When you have no skin in the game, you are less likely to make emotional decisions that would be good for all. He is making decisions apart from what affects his own personally. No skin in the game….no play!

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:59am

      Exactly, similar to the politicians who don’t, or never will, allow their kids to join the military but are all about going to war. No skin in the game. If the public schools are so great, why are they not good enough for his kids?

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    • 8jrts
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:12pm

      What?? That is ridiculous. Emanual is obviously a jerk, always has been. But according to you if you never had kids you could not do the job as Gov. either. Christie at least is trying to fix what is broken about the public schools here in NJ. That would be union influence and funds going to waste not to the real education of the kids. If he or anyone else can send their kids to private school and choose to, fine. We need a voucher system so every parent could have that choice.

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    • Mtroom
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:14pm

      Emotional decisions shouldn’t be part of it……it should be a sound decision that benefits all……the choice of where anyone sends their kids to school is not an issue…unless they use their power to sway influence to the private school their kids attend….is this the issue?…has he done that?…..even though i don’t really care for this guy….where he sends his kids to school makes no difference in making a sound decision on any issue….no need for skins in the game on this.

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    • USACommoner
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:22pm

      …and nowadays, public school children are so indoctrinated with total BS, it seems he would WANT his children to learn the stuff he is perpetrating on the American people. It’s who he is! Why wouldn’t he want his children to follow in his footsteps?? Obama takes his girls to those anti-American churches so they can learn to hate America just as much as he does….“Family Quality Time”. It’s tradition.

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  • TomFerrari
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:54am

    Christie did it WAAAAAY BETTER ! !

    Christie OWNED the agitator who was just attacking him.

    Emanuel snipped like a chihuahua at the heels of a burglar. LOL

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:50pm

      Emanuel is indeed a snippy ankle biter like Scrappy Coco (R – Plantation), the manly man who could probably handle Debbie Wassermann Schultz if it was a fair fight.

      TEA

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    • NWalters78
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:56pm

      @ Monicne- Wasserman Schultz is no victim. She’s a sniping character assassin, just like you. Call her and you the waaaaambulance you effin’ poser.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 6:15pm

      My money would be on West, just sayin. he would destroy Debbie big nose.

      TEA

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    • MHP
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 7:22pm

      encinom,

      still a shithead.

      Wasserman-Schultz is another Weiner.

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    • MHP
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 7:24pm

      encinom,

      It wouldn’t bother me if he did

      MONICNE
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 6:15pm
      My money would be on West, just sayin. he would destroy Debbie big JEW nose.

      TEA

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  • olddog
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:54am

    After all his children Are much more important than ours…. He is the Perfect person for Illinois, Perfect.

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  • chips1
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:53am

    If he had pointed his finger in my face, he would need a doctor to complete the sex change operation I started. His children are as fair game as they make mine. That also goes for trying to tell me what foods my kids eat, or the History of America as told by Communist Libs.

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  • dlferch
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:52am

    But when you think about it the taxpayers are paying his salary so his money comes from the people of Chicago.

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  • bhelmet
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:51am

    Another example of socialism is for the people, not the socialists. Those who make the policies ensure they are NOT affected by them.

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  • streetrodder
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:51am

    She should have just punched the little balerina out for invading her space.

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  • kapnkd
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:51am

    AHA!! …This little village idiot has an “Achilles Heel”!

    How does one win an argument with Rahm Emanue? Turn the tables by using dirt y tricks on him instead: just pick on his kids and watch him go off like a 4th of July rocket!!!

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  • Micmac
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:50am

    He just knows what are the better schools (private) and he doesn’t need to have his kids indoctrinated as he can do it himself at home.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:52am

      Public employees should be required to send their kids to the school systems they have created.

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  • jedi.kep
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:50am

    LOL. It’s not like Rahm can say “Chicago schools SUCK which is why I send mine to a private school” EVEN IF that is exactly the truth and how he feels as a father. Too funny to watch politicians squirm at tough questions.

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  • NOBELSPORT
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:50am

    He is correct in his assertions as a father. Now if the Feds and the states would just look at our children the same way!!!!!

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  • ZZero
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:49am

    I agree he can send them where he desires. It’s a free (kinda) country and you should be able to send your kids to any school you choose. As such he has no vested interest in making the schools better or safer, except for his own reelection. Didn’t he help kill school vouchers in DC? Just asking………….

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    • 8jrts
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:18pm

      Yes he did help kill school vouchers in DC. A program that was working extremely well….ahhh chalk up another “kill” by the Obama administration.

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:48am

    Rahm is right.
    Bit I‘ll wait until he speaks out about Palin’s children then I’ll give a damn about this entitled Obama-bot.

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  • Gypsy123
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:47am

    Yeah he is rich and his children go to private school and to hell with the poor children who have to suffer under his rule. This is so liberal. I am smart and enlightened you do as I say.

    good for that reporter stand up to this slimeball

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  • Jack2011
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:46am

    Time to DITCH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

    Give all parents vouchers to send their children to the school of their choice.

    Public schools are NOT GOOD ENOUGH for the Obamas, the mayors or governors BUT THEY FORCE THEIR RULES upon the poorer people who cannot afford a PRIVATE school so our kids learn about homosexual history etc.

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    • flagbearer
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 1:36pm

      Exactly! And, I don’t care which side of the aisle they are on. There needs to be an amendment that makes it mandatory for legislators to live by the laws they pass. If it effects our children, it needs to effect theirs. If it effects our health care, it needs to effect theirs. Then, and only then, will they think a little harder about social justice and all the crap they’re ramming down our throats. They get a mighty testy when things get directed at them.

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  • welovetheUSA
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:45am

    I can’t stand the man myself……….but, its none of anyones business where he sends his kids to school…Reporters, never ask real questions.

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:58am

      But it is our business. His public policies based on public education does not reflect his personal decision to send his kids to private school. If he’s a big fan of public schools and believe they are quality institutions for education, why is it not good enough for his kids?

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    • melmatmic
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 4:19pm

      to American Soldier
      It is not the public’s business. Millions of kids go to private schools for different reasons, quality of education (sometimes debatable), security, got kicked out of public school, etc.

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  • HUGGINGMYBABIES
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:45am

    See I’m sorry once you take public office everyone you know becomes fair turf…..is that right, not really, but its the way of the world. Suck it up Rambo…….say it like it is….you can‘t get a good education in Chicago public schools and you value your children’s brains….nothing wrong with being truthful.

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    • HairOfTheDogSob
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 4:21pm

      Who really employs a democrat?…a subsidy receiving co.that can not compete..

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  • agameofthrones
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:45am

    Who would want to send their children to public schools? They are just propaganda mills where the focus is on getting kids to pass tests with certain scores to get the grade of the school higher so they get more government money to spend on “education.” I can’t blame the guy for not wanting his kids have classes in social justice or gay, lesbian, and trangender history, or feeling left out if their school is one that some kids get to leave class for Muslim prayers. (Heavy sarcasm, folks!)

    These clowns are the first to talk about how our schools need more money and we should all support public indoctrination, I mean education. They are hypocrites, not for wanting to send their kids to public schools, but for telling us how great the schools are and how we as tax payers need to pay more toward public education. We spend more per student in this country on education than any other country and have the worst educated kids in the world. How about these guys respect the way we feel about our own kids and work to abolish the Education Dept. Private schools do a better job so let’s either have massive school reform or privatize the system. And Emmanuel is an ill-tempered jerk!

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:43am

    In all fairness, someone in the public eye, especially a politician, cannot send their kids to a public school anyway.

    If I were the reporter I think I would have tried to provoke him into throwing a punch then I would have sued his azz off. Not really my MO but in this case it would be satisfying and just.

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  • romadave
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:43am

    Maybe the reporter could have got an answer by asking ‘Are you sending your children to a private school out of a concern for their saftey or because of the quality of the education they are receiving?’ Keep it general.

    I think that is the heart of the question, and what the reporter wanted an answer on. The specific school and street address you might not want to ask about to respect the kid’s privacy.

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    • HairOfTheDogSob
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 4:28pm

      Yes but what if the reporter here attended public schools?..should ‘nt we subsidize the repoters question also…the only answer left is..“ Segregation”

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  • BIGJAYINPA
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:43am

    Christie at least had a bit more class when confronted by the same question. But then Christie is not a Lib Thug from Chicago. To be fair where anyone sends their kids to school ain’t nobody elses business. As long as Rahm is paying the bill and not the public it is not the publics business. However it does tell you just a bit about his opinion of the Chicago Public School system, too bad other parents in Chicago aren’t able to do for their children what he can do for his. Oh well it sucks to be poor in a city run by Liberal/Progressives….Just sayin’

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    • selloursouls
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:31pm

      Technically, the public is paying for him to send his kids to private school. Not sure where he has got his money in the past other than ballet, but the taxpayers have been funding him for awhile now.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:40am

    I really hate to side with Rahm but, as long as he’s paying for it, it’s nobodies business where he sends his kids to school.

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    • drattastic
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:49am

      What you say is true BUT don’t forget the hypocrisy of these progressive/socialist who believe in one set of rules for you and I and another for the elite. So that makes them deserving of any and all scrutiny.

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    • Blazer123
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:49am

      I agree with Gonzo and I’d probably respond similarly in the same situation.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:50am

      Quite so.

      That said I’d love to meet this little thug some day. It would be fun to get him riled up, just so I could look down, way far down where the top of his pointy little head is, and laugh at him with good humor. His pitiful little ego would explode. :)

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:54am

      It is up for public scrutiny. When liberals believe that the public school system is so great, why aren’t they willing to send their own kids to them? That is the problem. The reporter wasn’t wanting to know his kids class schedule but to know whether his kids were going to public or private school. Public school is failing. I’ll admit, I went to a private school for middle and high school. I received a great education. I appreciate that my parents decided to send me to a good school. When politicians push for public education where they can control the curriculum, there’s a problem.

      If Emanuel thinks public education is great, why won’t he send his kids there? That’s the underlining question. I understand not wanting their kids in the public but life choices are up to public scrutiny.

      PS BLAZE EDITORIAL STAFF

      “an historically hot temper.”

      Really?

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:03pm

      I hear you but, I guarantee every mayor of every major city puts his kids in a private school. There are security concerns. Now, that may not be his true motivation but, I have to give him the benefit of doubt when it comes to his own kids. He’s paying taxes that support public schools like everyone else (I assume). It’s up to him how he spends his money. Under age kids should be left out of any political debate unless they are arrested for something. Don’t make me defend Rahm any more, I can’t take it.

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    • drattastic
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:15pm

      @GONZO
      Don’t get to hasty on the “he pays his taxes like everyone else” thing . he is after all a democrat politician. Taxes are another thing that only the little people should have to do.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:24pm

      Note the (I assume). That‘s because it’s Rahm we’re talking about.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:54pm

      @ American

      “an historically” is correct actually. The “h” can be voiced or unvoiced depending on context and speaker (say it quickly in normal cant and not trying to say the “h” and many times you’ll find you unconsciously omit it, or rather, most people do anyway unless it is the word that starts a sentence). In traditional English (which we still speak mostly) it is fully unvoiced most of the time, except at the beginning of a sentence (it varies). In American English an “a” or an “an” would equally suffice.

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    • melmatmic
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 4:13pm

      I agree with Gonzo. The man IS the mayor not his Children. As long as he is paying for it, it is nobody’s business what school he chooses.

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