Rahm Sticks Up for Barack: ‘President Obama Never Tailored What He Believed to the Moment’
- Posted on November 19, 2011 at 5:49pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Current Mayor of Chicago and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is set to stump for his old boss this Saturday night. In what will be his first national speech since being elected to Mayor this past February, excerpts of Emanuel’s speech for the Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Dinner have been released in advance, showing the Mayor’s headstrong defense of the President whose first term policies Emanuel was largely behind implementing. Several excerpts from Emanuel’s speech:
“The President did not make choices based on politics. He made them because of his principles. He did not make choices for the next election, he made them for the next generation.”
“President Obama never tailored what he believed to the moment.”
“In the next four years there will be more challenges and more crises that will determine the economic vitality of the middle class and the economic future of this country. Whose character, whose judgment, do you want in that office?”
“Over the next four years, there will be a series of choices. It won’t be clear what the outcome will be. We will need leadership; we will need values as guideposts.”
“To create true middle class security, we can’t just cut our way to prosperity. We must out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the world.”
“President Obama believes in an America where hard work pays off, where responsibility is rewarded. He believes in an America where everyone, from Main Street to Wall Street, does their fair share. He believes in an America where we don’t have two rule books, one for those at the top, and another set for everyone else. President Obama believes in the idea that our country prospers when we’re all in it together.”
The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner is the premier pre-caucus fundraiser for the Iowa Democratic Party. Rahm will be just be across town in Des Moines from six Republican challengers to Obama, speaking to social conservatives at the Family Leader Forum.
Speaking on “an America where hard work pays off,” and Wall Street contributing their “fair share,” Emanuel appears to be harping on a populist message pushed by Obama in recent weeks to rally activist Democrats. The Chicago Tribune notes that Emanuel’s comments come after the Mayor has recently expressed frustration with Washington inaction and has repeatedly faced off in Chicago with unions that form the backbone of Democratic political activism.
“I had the good fortune of being the president’s chief of staff, watching him up close, watching him exert the leadership that was necessary to stabilize a country that was spinning toward far-worse economic conditions than the ones he inherited if that wasn’t stopped and abated,” Emanuel told the Tribune before the speech. “And I think that’s a testament to character and I will address that from the unique role of having been both the chief of staff and now a chief executive.”
Obama’s win in the 2008 Iowa Democratic Caucus legitimized his primary campaign and set him on course for the White House, as the Illinois Senator went on to carry the swing state in the general election.
There has been a recent staff shake-up in the White House touching Emanuel’s new job, and old job. Bill Daley, son and brother to past Chicago Mayors, was demoted earlier this month from Emanuel’s former position as White House chief of staff.
(H/T: Burns & Halberman POLITICO)
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Comments (118)
Rayblue
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 8:09pmHis mouthwash ain‘t cuttin’ it.
Report Post »SkiTuna
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 8:43pmTurds of a feather flock together…
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 8:43pmnor his evil heart.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 9:02pmHey, Rahm. How’s that terrorist daddy of yours doing these days?!? Did you take his place in the Irgun and sponsoring terrorist attacks like on the King David Hotel? or has your version of terrorism matured into sponsoring jihad martyrs, you worth piece of fake ass Jew.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 10:13pmthe other way to read that quote is “the president doesn’t care what you think about anything”.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 10:28pmThis is P-R-E-C-I-S-E-L-Y what O’-D-i-p-s-h-i-t does. How did Rahm know, only to lie about it? Big surprise.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 11:38pmTo QUOTE Rahm Emanuel: “He [Obama] believes in an America where we don’t have two rule books, one for those at the top, and another set for everyone else.”
Eric Holder?
Report Post »Timothy Geithner?
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
General Motors?
American International Group?
Twinspeedr
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:05amRahm is simply confirming that Obama is an ideologue, not a politician. This is why he left the Administration. He couldn’t take the Marxist dogma anymore. He just wanted to be a dirt-bag politician like half of the gangsters that came to DC w/ Barry and Co. from Chi-Town.
Report Post »mwhaley
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:09amThe only bright side of this nightmare, all the money Obama and his band of merry crooks are stealing is going to be as worthless as the money we do not have.
Report Post »Ella
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 8:02pmTese guys are as thick as thieves. Wait a minute, they are thieves….and liars and cheats and hell
Report Post »bent on destroying America. No surprise here.
garyM
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 7:22pmThe fact that Ramh Immanuel was Obama’s COS and endorsed him should be enough for someone to make an intelligent decision to go the other direction! Former COS and Potty Mouth Mayor!
Report Post »Bakko Bomma
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 7:20pmTailored what he believed LOL He believed one thing and said a whole lot that was entirely different.
Report Post »flyoverbob
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 7:07pmThe modern day Frank Nitty and Al Capone
Report Post »Bobby D
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 7:06pmWhat happened to my pointed, open and truthful posting, hmmmm?
Report Post »Bobby D
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 7:02pmThis guy is a Jew hating Jew, by virtue of his support for the Socialist/Pro-Islam half-breed 0bama.
Report Post »My prayers are for the downfall of their evil, personal and “PROfessional!”
The10thAmendment
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 10:02pmYou sir are EXACTLY right.
I still LMAO at his “changed name to Emanuel. His first name Rahm means “High or Lofty”. No idea what what his real last name is (could be Auerbach) because his terrorist daddy Benjamin changed it to his brothers name (Emanuel) who was killed in one of their terrorist campaigns.
That makes Rahms current name mean? High or Lofty God With Us.
Curious that Rahms grandaddy was born and raised in communist Soviet Moldova.
In 1873 B’nai Israel (out of the Russian Congregation) was born. Rahm Emanuel and many of the pigs surrounding him, including many in the White House associate with them. B’nai Israel is REPLACEMENT theology (some believe to be Kaballist but I haven’t found that connection) and believe they have replaced the Biblical Jews in Gods eyes, and the current populace of Israel there is illegitimate. At best they are Reform Jews (even though they claim to be Orthodox Jews), exactly what Soros is.
Their mission? Passing on the Faith: Transforming Traditions for the Next Generation of Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Anyone smelling the rat yet?
Report Post »RobertGadfly
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:52pmThe choice will be: Do we want more cronyism and corruption from the Chicago gang, or do we want to try something else?
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 7:09pmAnyone else ever notice how Emanuel and his old boss have that “dirty under the collar” look about them? They just look like what they are…(((((sleazy)))))!
Report Post »FREDD The WILSON
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 7:54pmActually. his picture looks like he could be Bwanie Fwank’s younger baby brother,
Report Post »HPC172ERTAV
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:47pmActions speak louder than BS
Report Post »rickroland
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:38pmNever tailored what he (Obama) believed to the moment? Are you kidding me? Rahm is either A) horrifically delusional or B) completely oblivious.
Just take a gander at how many different “top priorities” Obama spoke about having in various speeches over his less than three years in office now. All of these “top priorities” were *exactly* tailored to the audience he was addressing, every single one. Last time I counted them up there were about 23 *different* “top priorities” for Barak “Bench Warmer in Chief” Obama.
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 7:41pmPlus a different dialect or accent for each group to whom he spoke. (I laughed for days after he visited Ireland) He’s a chameleon.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 9:35pmLipstick on a pig
>is still a pig.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:37pmAnybody looking to buy a bridge reply to this comment .
Report Post »olddog
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:33pmRahm standing up for Barry, neither one have any credibility both are liars and crooks.
Report Post »The people of Chicago Truly deserve Rahm… Birds of a feather…
ares338
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:32pmI would have expected this individual to say exactly this drivel he spouted. This guy is a psychotic freak who terrorized people all over the white house and here he was trying to sound all reasonable, calm and collected. He has “little mans’” complex.
Report Post »kcinco
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:28pmHe never tailored what he said or is saying today, he just didn’t come flat out and use the words to describe who he is. A radical marxist, islam sympathizer who wanted to fundamentally transform this country, he wants everyone to have health care at taxpayer expense, he wants control of banking, auto industry, etc. If he were any kind of real man, he just can’t come flat out and say it. But then actions always speak louder than words. I’m just glad that people like Rick Perry are coming out and using words like socialist to describe obama in his campaign ads.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:25pm.
Report Post »‘President Obama Never Tailored What He Believed to the Moment’, he just Tailored the Moment to he believed………..
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:33pmOr its more like the moments were tailored to be what he believed at that moment, which also changed from moment to moment as the First Telepromptor of the United States would fall over, malfunction or get stolen…
Report Post »jim
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:21pmRahm’s underhanded way of saying, “Obama is an elitist dreamer with his Marxist head in the clouds, totally out of touch with the reality of a capitalist democracy.” And… he’d be right.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:34pmAlso it could be said “Mr Obama and Mr Emanuel are so narcissistic and radical Chicago Socialists that neither of them understand what reality is, let alone hard work, freedom, having a real job, etc.”
Report Post »NotPoliticallyCorrect
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:17pm*makes the talking motion with her hand and rolls her eyes* 99% of America couldn’t care less what you think or say, Rahm.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:17pmRahm stuck WHAT up obama? Never mind, I don’t want to know.
Report Post »Roywalling
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 5:25pmI heard Rahm can be found under bama’s desk in the oval office with nancy, taking turns when bama’s at the desk.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:10pmDead Fish says Barry made these decisions for the NEXT generation.
Actually BARRY placed a TAX Burden on our generation, The NEXT Generation, and the NEXT Generation. If 9% unemployment is Barry’s new norm, it could never come back.
Fillet Barry Nov 2012
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:07pmRahm Sticks Up for Barack
Report Post »SHOCK SHOCK!
jcessna
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:05pmNo, Obama’s a Marxist Fascist from the get go!
Report Post »DeltaHawk
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:04pmAnything goes! Thee is no HONESTY in the Democrat Party ! The party of treason!
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 5:58pmThe United Socialistic States of America
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 5:56pmRahm same shyt in different places .
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 5:54pmWhy should I believe this him. He is part of the culture of corruption within the obama regime.
Report Post »jadedinkc
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:04pmI read the headline and thought exactly the same thing. No way do I believe anything any of them say.
Report Post »obamabirthcertificate.net
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:16pmBo is always campaigning but the party is over!
Obama’s birth certificate contains many anomalies justifying further investigation by law enforcement, as does his social security number. Both are alleged to be fraudulent by numerous experts. However even if the alleged fraud had gone unnoticed and it’s assumed he was born in HI, Obama is still not Constitutionally eligible.
Article 2, Section 1, requires the President to be a natural born citizen. This involves two equally important prerequisites. The first is being born in the USA or sovereign US jurisdiction. The second is being born to US citizen parents (plural). Both prerequisites must be satisfied. Obama absolutely failed to meet one prerequisite at birth and maybe both. He does not have TWO US citizen parents! Therefore he is not eligible.[1]
Patriots love the truth! Progressive socialist democrats… not so much.
1. Well researched referenced explanations of both prerequisites: http://www.obamabirthcertificate.net
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 3:03amobamabirthcertificate.net
Report Post »Far from being well researched and properly referenced, the nonsense on your website is just a mass of circular reasoning that never addresses the essential questions. On what law, court decision or other authoritative source do you base the belief that natural born citizen is not synonymous with citizen by birth? What authority has ever endorsed the belief that the term natural born citizen excludes citizens other than naturalized citizens born in other countries? What law court decision or other authoritative source after 1898 when the Supreme Court addressed the issue of citizenship by birth has ever held that anyone born in this country is not a natural born citizen? What source do you have for the belief that being the child of two citizens is a requirement for establishing natural born citizenship other than your deliberate misinterpretation of an irrelevant Supreme Court decision that both predates their 1898 ruling, and specifically says that it is not setting a precedent or establishing a complete and exclusive definition of natural born citizenship?
obamabirthcertificate.net
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 4:51pm@ Chet Hempstead
Aka: Chester the Molester of truth (and creepy stalker).
Motto: “The Constitution, don’t examine it too closely.”
As I’ve demonstrated by well researched properly referenced facts presented in the context of accurate American history, a careful logical reading of Article 2, Section 1, of the Constitution, contrasted 1790 1st Congress law repealed and replaced by the 3rd in 1795, Amendment 14 and Supreme Court findings, all confirm that a natural born citizen is one born within US jurisdiction of US citizen parents (plural).[1]
Proving there is a difference between a natural born citizen and a citizen, beyond excluding naturalized citizenship, proves Obama is an ineligible usurper!
America won’t be dissuaded from learning the truth by your inept Alinsky attacks obscuring facts with absurd unsupported contentions and previously answered perpetually preposterous questions. A recent thread offers extensive proof of your habitual misleading fraud: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/love-lost-obamas-personal-assistant-reggie-love-quitting/?corder=asc#commentsAlinsky
Dr. Savage, Ph.D., was certainly right when he wrote:
“Liberalism is a Mental Disorder”
Lamentably truth seldom accompanies subversive liberal bias by progressive socialist democrats.
1. TPC, “Obama is Not an Eligible Natural Born Citizen” http://www.ObamaBirthCertificate.net (July 4, 2011)
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 6:41pmobamabirthcertificate.net
I want people to examine the Constitution, that’s the only way they will know that nothing in it supports your claims about what it means. You should get a motto of your own, like “The Constitution, I’ll tell you what it should say.”
The “1790 1st Congress law” that you refer to was the NATURALIZATION Act. A more literate reader would have been able to figure out from the title alone that it had absolutely jack squat to do with the definition of natural born citizenship or the status of people born IN this country.
Report Post »obamabirthcertificate.net
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:41pm@ Chet Hempstead
Aka: Chester the Molester of truth (and creepy stalker).
Motto: “The Constitution, don’t examine it too closely.”
That issue was addressed, even under the minimal character restrictions of this site, in one of the comments included in the linked thread. Anyone interested in seeing the depths of your Alinsky lies and depravity can see the comment posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:36am.
Obviously, like every progressive socialist democrat, you can’t handle the truth!
However provided you even are an American citizen, if you have any interest in understanding the Constitution written to establish and preserve American liberty, try actually reading the article “Obama is Not, an Eligible Natural Born Citizen.”[1]
I’m not condensing pertinent aspects of the site point by point for you anymore. You just ignore the answers and then pretend your purposefully misleading contentions or questions haven’t previously been addressed. Just stop your deceit. You’re finished here.
You have been weighed, measured, and found wanting. In what world could you possibly justify such deceit? Begone, foul Obot. Your very name screams ignorance and treason.
1. TPC, “Obama is Not an Eligible Natural Born Citizen” http://www.ObamaBirthCertificate.net (July 4, 2011)
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 1:43amobamabirthcertificate.net
Report Post »I read your article and it doesn’t say anything meaningful. First it wastes a lot of space establishing that there must logically be some difference between a citizen and a natural born citizen, even though nobody ever said there wasn’t. Proving this, which nobody ever denied, is not the same as proving that there is any difference other than the exclusion of naturalized citizens born in other countries. Then there’s a lot of irrelevant gobbledygook about the Naturalization Act. The one thing I don’t see is any law or court decision establishing that anyone born in this country is not a natural born citizen. You have never been able to cite any such authority for this weird belief, and you never will, because there is none.
Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 5:08amBeckIgnoresConstitution
Report Post »I am not a follower of Mr. Alinsky as I am not a radical. I took another look at your arguments on that previous thread, but I’m at a loss to find the part where you factually refute anything I said. All I see is circular logic, irrelevant references to statutes dealing with citizenship status of people born in other countries, and increasingly pompous and overblown insults and abuse.
Troll Patrol
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 2:37am@ Chet Hempstead
Troll Patrol is watching you and is not happy with your Alinsky lies and libel.
Patriots are advised not to feed this anti-American progressive socialist troll.
“The worth of your opinion is in direct proportion to the number of people who have asked for it.”
How to quickly and correctly understand Article 2, Section 1, of the Constitution. Now you can easily share the facts with fellow patriots who can handle the truth!
Report Post »“Obama is Not an Eligible Natural Born Citizen”
http://www.ObamaBirthCertificate.net (July 4, 2011)