‘Tough’: Rahm Emanuel Releases First Video Ad in Chicago Mayoral Race
- Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:56am by
Scott Baker
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It shouldn’t be a surprise that the first Rahm Emanuel campaign video would be called “Tough,” right?
I guess that’s a soft kind of tough. With a great Obamanian straw man moment — yeah, there is a big contingent arguing to make Chicago a “second-tier city.“ But this whole ”tough” thing doesn’t seem to square with the current Politico take: “Nicer Emanuel woos Chicago voters”:
CHICAGO — Rahm Emanuel has a message for the voters of Chicago: No more Mr. Tough Guy.
The brash Beltway dealmaker—who was toiling as President Barack Obama’s chief staff six short weeks ago—officially announced his bid for mayor Saturday in a packed elementary school gym on Chicago’s north side, showing his softer, emotional side in an event that sought to downsize one of Washington’s biggest personalities for a local audience.
It’s not a problem that two “prominent African-American officials” just announced their candidacies, is it?
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Posted on November 15, 2010 at 3:08pmRahm Emanuel may not be a full fledged gangster but he knows a few. Rahm Emanuel may not be a communist but he knows more than a few. Chicago, in tradition, is corrupt and Rahm Emanuel will continue the tradition of almost gangster and almost communist. Axelrod will join him very soon and Chicago and it’s good people will suffer the red-scare right in Chicago.
Report Post »jagr1850
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 3:08pmlet the snake run for mayor !!!! chicago will be sorry if that dude gets the power
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 2:04pmSOOOOO glad I don’t live there, that’s all I can say, although it probably won’t exempt us taxpayers from the EARMARKS, BAILOUTS, GRANTS and LOANS that I see in their future.
Report Post »TucsonTerpFan
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:30pmGee…so inspiring (not)…so bland…so lame…so Obama-like.
Report Post »jscottu
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:04pmSo Rahm wants to f*c*ing become mayor of f*c*ing Chicago. That’s f*c*ing great.
Report Post »maxedout
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:55pmAdd your comments
Report Post »LukeAppling
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:34amIllinois is such a corrupt state it elects Pat Quinn as governor, barely, and what does this nitwit do-he raises taxes-just as Illinois sinks into the financial abyss. Rahm Emanuel is nothing but a sleazy, Chicago politician and if they elect this creep Chicago will get what they deserve. They need Chris Christie type person to come in and clean up the cesspool that is Chicago-start with the bribes, the payoffs, the crooked judges, the rigged elections, the black-white divide that is the “elephant in the room”, the union payoffs after each election which are bankrupting the city, state and country. Some selection Emanuel or a list of others on the take-can’t they do better?
Report Post »txfirehawk
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:26amWolf in Wolf’s clothes..
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:03amthis little guy is one real spooooky dude on his own.
how did they ever manage to pay off the RULES, he didn’t live there for the required time before campaigning.
Chicago is either ghetto thug blacks or its rich white along the coast. those blacks are going to be torn in half who to vote for, as he‘s obama’s boy and there are actual true Chicago blacks running against him.
Report Post »ClockKing
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 9:06amThis is going to be interesting: What will Black people do: Vote for Obama’s man (whom he WILL endorse, b/c you can’t turn your back on your buddies) or the Black man, Rev. Meeks (who is well known and liked).
Report Post »wilshar97
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 8:58amTo spend a few minutes alone with this PUNK————IMAGINE!!!!!!!
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 8:34amThere are plenty of people here in Chicago that don’t want him!!!! Talk about a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”. This man would not truly soften up if you threw him in a dryer with a box load of Downy!. He is from the Obummer admininstration and did everything he could against America. The terrorist trials, New York mosque, hearings on corruption, letting off the Black Panthers, etc. He is evil and should not be elected DOG CATCHER!!! The dogs deserve better and so do we in Chicago. The Daleys were bad enough.
Report Post »JamesR
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 8:25amAn ad that lame only proves that Chicago is a “second city”. If this guy is voted in, well then, Chicago remains a second city.
Report Post »dwh320
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 8:17amThe drones in Chicago will vote him in. If they don’t then the Unions will have the dead vote him in.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 8:15amWeird. What is the going stimulus-payout for a handshake these days? Were these people paid extra to smile and and act like they know who this creepy goon is?
Report Post »VotersOfNY
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 8:05amIf these morons in Chicago vote for a crook, they deserve to have therir money stolen from them. I will be LMAO if this bum gets elected and so will the rest of the country.
Report Post »MommaGrizzly
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 7:24amI live 1 hour from Chicago – I am sick of these people ruining that beautiful city with their corruption. I hope this times the corruption does not win. Chicagoins need to wake up! Kick this idiot out!
Report Post »kindling
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 6:13pmWouldn’t it be amazing if he actually had to work for a living? What will he do when his money is worthless just like the rest of us and he has no food stored? They are pushing us all to the edge and they think they are not going to suffer what they have brought upon us. The bigger they are the harder they fall……..he will fall hard.
Report Post »HouseNegro
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 6:48amOK, Chicago if ya’ll will just drop your pants, bend over spread your legs and grab your cheeks Rahm can be mayor…….
Beckofile
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 2:04pmOr on MSNBC would say “Lean Forward” and take it from Rham now.
Report Post »benrush
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 6:33amThis ad sounded like an Obama campaign jingle. All talk, no substance.
Report Post »Mary M. Tebbe
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:02pmbenrush: Aren’t democrats/progressives good at redefining themselves to hood-wink the people? What…no curse words?! I thought he was the king of curse words in Washington. Hmmmm!!! A reform I’m sure. Must be he’s p-r-o-g-r-e-s-s-i-n-g…but the question is…toward what?
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 5:56amI was thinking what this group would look like if a frag was thrown in the middle of that party. Ha! Oh ok, s-o-r-r-y.
Report Post »justice
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 5:05amDead fish Emanuel, OMG. Do they ever go away. More Chicago thugs on the loose again. If you vote him in, good luck. Oh how mild mannered he has turned. Now he loves you..
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 3:27amThis little twerp just nauseates me yuk yuk auggg.
Report Post »bestartist
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 2:41amI guess that Man’s Country (Man’s Country, one of Chicago’s “grand old bathhouses” and located at 5015 North Clark Street in Chicago’s “Boystown,” was a frequent hangout for State Senator Obama and Rahm Emanuel ) lifetime membership did help take care of that pesky residency requirement, after all!
Report Post »http://preview.tinyurl.com/369td3p
I wonder if Rahm will mention this in his campaign…..or maybe transparency was just for Washington…..ha
maxedout
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 2:27amSuch a little man, that Rahm. Wonder how much Soros will be investing in the tadpole.
grandmaof5
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 6:28amYou can bet those are union people surrounding him, or maybe some of his thugs. Votes will be bought, no doubt, and I hope they spend a fortune and he loses. If you read “The Case Against Barak Obama”, they will probably follow their usual m.o. of finding (or making up) dirt on his opponent so he/she can’t win. Hope his opponent is prepared.
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 2:15amIf Chicago elects him, they deserve him.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 2:44amChicago doesn’t “elect” anybody. There hasn’t been a legitimate vote here in my lifetime. The people aren’t to blame for the state of politics in Chicago. The failure of the justice department to properly investigate and prosecute corruption is at fault.
Which is exactly why I think the first act of the newly elected house should be enacting serious laws regarding voter fraud and election manipulation. Until we start seeing serious action in this direction then voters in places like Chicago have no redress. Their votes are invalidated by fabricated votes to counteract them.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 3:15amCHICAGO — Rahm Emanuel has a message for the voters of Chicago: No more Mr. Tough Guy.
Well guess that means the cat is out of the bag – and the rats are about to devour it completely fur and all. Once again the Obama administration demonstrates total cluelessness in the ability of their image perception. Mr Emanuel is basically calling himself Mr Whimp.
Go for it Whimpy, go for it!
Report Post »Forest Gump is outdoing you, and outrunning you, oh…and outwitting you…
Big Bob
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 7:00amOh that commercial would really make me want to vote for dead fish……NOT
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 7:06amIf Chicagoans want a second tier city, just elect this dude! He has been involved in Chicago city politics for as long as I can remember and is partly responsible for many people moving out of the city to the suburbs! Lived there too long in the suburbs because only the very wealthy could afford to live in the city while they supported the poor as well as themselves! Used to be an amazing city, but it ceased being so because of politicians like this “nutcase”! WHEN WILL YOU PEOPLE WAKE UP!
Report Post »Shurmus
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 8:07amHumans of Chicago…Google the word “solenodon”…we’ve dealt with them as long as we can remember. We can smell one coming from quite a distance, and this is a solenodon.
http://www.slugbuddies.com
Report Post »Promotefreedom
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:29amRahm Emanuel is in the club. He’s the next mayor whatever it takes… Even if some illegals have to register some of those “lost souls” at Burr Ridge.
Report Post »ConstitutionalPatriot
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:09pmTrue, true. . . He can make Chicago look like Detroit City, or Cuba (outside the camera angles anyway)
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:58pmCan you say“second tier city” in a THIRD RATE COUNTRY that Rham helped create. You deserve your leader if you do not reject the continuation of the Daley regime.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 6:34pmWhat no eggs being launched at him in the add? I want reality TV adds!
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