[lbo-talk] Obama picks Rahm Emanuel, free trade fanatic & welfare "reformer"

Dennis Perrin dperrin at comcast.net
Thu Nov 6 12:00:39 PST 2008


Max --


> All this Emanuel chatter is silly. RE is not a policy guy. Somebody
> else will cook up policies, as they did with welfare deform. RE's job
> is to ramrod it, BAMN. That's what he does.

The COS has the ear of the prez, essentially controls Oval Office flow, oversees staff, etc. And Obama's is the son of an Irgun-gun runner with close ties to AIPAC, as well as being a proponent of neoliberal-corporate rule. Silly to vent about Emanuel? Depends on one's comfort level with such things.

Dennis



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