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Hail to the Chief of Staff

by Alexander Cockburn

The first trumpet blast of change ushers in Rahm Emanuel as Obama's chief of staff and gatekeeper. This is the man who arranges his schedule, staffs out the agenda, includes, excludes. It's certainly as sinister an appointment as, say, Carter's installation of arch cold-warrior Zbigniew Brzezinski as his National Security Adviser at the dawn of his "change is here" administration in 1977.

Emanuel represents the worst of the Clinton years. He made brisk millions in Wall Street ...

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Posted by: James A, Sweeney
Comment: #1
Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:50 AM

Sir;... Where do people find the nerve gas to criticize Jewish people and their effect upon politics or American foreign policy... Are you not afraid of being marginalized as an anti semite??? I do not doubt that there is some truth in what you are saying, but isn't answering Emanual easier than answering the telephone???. I find personally, that close relationships are so much easier to negotiate than long distance ones... If some one is pulling my strings, I like to be right there with them, so I can ask if I am supposed to do this trick or that... Now, you know it would not have been any better with Mr. Mccain... He had his loserman, and Mr. Obama has his.... But, if together, they cannot make this old wreck of a country work, it does not matter if every Hebrew on the planet wants to stand on the start button, because we will have to be done with them, and with their infernal buying of office... Some people elect a president, and some buy him off the block... Those are the rules, and it is dangerous to mess with the way things are, or even to shine a light on them... Better to sit back, and see if the combination works than to make enemies no one can defend against.... I mean, you may be talking about my family, and so I don't kid myself about the behavior of lawless, ruthless people in the pursuit of their national goals... I just try to get the cheese in life without getting caught in the trap... And some traps are too easy to avoid, so there is no excuse for walking into them... Does it matter what you say??? Is there some obligation you feel to tell the truth even if it finds you in a pile some day??? Do you think the truth that individuals see bears any relation to the truth all people see??? People see what is going on, and it does not matter, because all people want, -is to get through till tomorrow... If they get there with people like Emanual pulling the strings, all the better for him... If he does not serve the purpose, then people will take him out of the picture.... So success tells the truth, and so does failure... If they succeed then Mr. Emanual will be covered with glory...If not, then he will be a stinker... And nothing you can say now will make any difference. .. So why get your name on a list for nothing???..Thanks....Sweeney

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