Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obamas newly named Presidential Chief of Staff is as partisan and ruthless as they come. He even once joked that the literal translation of his first name was "Go screw yourself."
Emanuel, who earned the nickname of Rahmbo for his past outbursts and hard line attitude to people, has some interesting story's to tell, one of which involves a famous 1990's Clinton campaign moment when he famously Stood up at a Little Rock, Arkansan restaurant.
At "the end of a Clinton campaign, Emanuel expressed dismay with Democrats he felt had betrayed the team. He picked up a steak knife and shouted "Dead!" as he spiked the knife into the table. Shouting the names of other disfavored Democrats one by one, he stabbed the table shouting, "Dead! Dead! Dead!"
But when Rahmbo accepted the position of Whitehouse Chief of Staff by his new boss' he had more of a re-conciliatory tone toward Washington politics.
"I want to say a special word about my Republican colleagues, who serve with dignity, decency and a deep sense of patriotism," Emanuel wrote. "We often disagree, but I respect their motives. Now is a time for unity, and Mr. President-elect, I will do everything in my power to help you stitch together the frayed fabric of our politics, and help summon Americans of both parties to unite in common purpose."
Emanuel, who earned the nickname of Rahmbo for his past outbursts and hard line attitude to people, has some interesting story's to tell, one of which involves a famous 1990's Clinton campaign moment when he famously Stood up at a Little Rock, Arkansan restaurant.
At "the end of a Clinton campaign, Emanuel expressed dismay with Democrats he felt had betrayed the team. He picked up a steak knife and shouted "Dead!" as he spiked the knife into the table. Shouting the names of other disfavored Democrats one by one, he stabbed the table shouting, "Dead! Dead! Dead!"
But when Rahmbo accepted the position of Whitehouse Chief of Staff by his new boss' he had more of a re-conciliatory tone toward Washington politics.
"I want to say a special word about my Republican colleagues, who serve with dignity, decency and a deep sense of patriotism," Emanuel wrote. "We often disagree, but I respect their motives. Now is a time for unity, and Mr. President-elect, I will do everything in my power to help you stitch together the frayed fabric of our politics, and help summon Americans of both parties to unite in common purpose."
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