Emanuel Accepts Position
Emanuel Accepts Position
#1Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 1:02pmhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081106/ap_on_el_pr/obama;_ylt=AsbDga6h4Foq_GbmFRWHnz.s0NUE
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#2re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 1:03pmThis is great news for the beginning of a great team!
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#2re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 1:05pmI have met Rahm many times and he is very charming and gracious! Congrats!
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#3re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 1:09pmA ballerina as Chief of Staff. Now that's real change.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
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#4re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 1:12pmOMG! Obama has made a decision and GOTH disapproves! STOP THE PRESSES! I am shocked, shocked! He might as well step down and let Biden take his turn. When you've lost Goth, you've lost America.
#5re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 1:15pmAll of my knowledge of Emanuel is (at least) second hand, but he seems perfectly suited for this position. If Obama's administration will be run like his campaign (and why wouldn't it be?), Emanuel should be an advocate for discipline and consistency of message.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#6re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 1:20pmThe only thing that really went wrong in the National Election was not getting a filibuster-proof Senate. I really don't trust Republicans to work with Obama's policies. I guess that's a goal for the next election.
#7re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 1:21pm
Gothampc
That remark is pretty witless and not very clever. Do you have any idea how many people in the world have studied something and work in a completely different field? Being a trained dancer doesn't make his political career any less valid - any more than Palin being a self-professed hockey mom.
But you overlooked her self "deprecating" didn't you?
And given that this is a Broadway website, I'll add that to be a ballet dancer you need incredible concentration, discipline, focus and skill.
You can say my glass if half-full - but I'd say those are all GREAT things for any politician to have.
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
Updated On: 11/6/08 at 01:21 PM
#8re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 1:27pm
"The only thing that really went wrong in the National Election was not getting a filibuster-proof Senate. I really don't trust Republicans to work with Obama's policies. I guess that's a goal for the next election."
The senate count was and is an overstated issue. The Dems do not want to push through a lot of legislation with straight party line 60/40 splits. Also, the Democrats are not monolithic, so unanimity can't be assumed.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#10re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 1:29pm
Very cool news. It will be interesting to see who else fills out Obama's yitters.
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FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#11re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 1:37pm
Goth is channeling Reagan's disdain for his son being a ballet dancer.
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blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#13re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:02pm
Anyone else see homophobia is Goth's use of the word "ballerina"?
Is this a reference to a pre-Stonewall manner of gender-reversal?
Is this to impute homosexuality on the part of Rep. Emmanuel?
Or is this to use the feminine form of the word as a put-down? In which case it's misogynistic not homophobic.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#14re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:23pm
Rahm Emanuel Fun Facts:
He was the inspiration for the Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford) character on The West Wing.
He has an older brother, Ari, who ia a Hollywood talent agent, and is the inspriation for Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) on Entourage.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#15re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:27pm
Craig, your response is also witless, and poorly written as well.
"Being a trained dancer does make his political career any less valid" Huh???
Self-deprecating should have a hyphen and your quotes should be around the entire word, not just "deprecating".
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#16re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:31pm
So there are two degrees of separation between Rahm Emanuel and Jeremy Piven?
Hot.
#17re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:32pm
I'll grant you the fact I typed quickly and didn't make does-doesn't.
As for the second correction - I disagree since I'm intentionally calling attention to the deprecating.
Is that really all you have? Spelling and grammar?
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
Updated On: 11/6/08 at 02:32 PM
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#18re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:36pm
Spelling and grammar are important for communicating written ideas.
And you spelled intentionally wrong.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#19re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:38pm
Thanks. I corrected it.
Now I guess you have nothing to add.
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#20re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:39pm
"Spelling and grammar are important for communicating written ideas."
Like calling someone a ballerina?
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#21re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:42pm
Don't be so pedantic Gothampc , this is the internet and people often write fast and short-cut. Have you ever travelled abroad? Do you criticize everyone you run into who says a statement grammatically wrong? Or do you only accept Oxford-Cambridge English?
#22re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 4:42pmPerfect choice...it's on!
#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.
BDrischBDemented
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/05
#23re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 5:03pmI love that he's the inspiration for Josh Lyman. Now if we can just get Kristin Chenoweth a staff job for a little bit in Obama's second term, perhaps all my wildest "The West Wing" fantasies will come true.
"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#24re: Emanuel Accepts Position
Posted: 11/6/08 at 7:22pm
Well, we know that DeeDee Myers was C.J. Craig, and George Stephanopolous was Sam Seaborn.
I'm thinking David Axelrod is the Toby Zeigler of the Obama administration.
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