SHAPE OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY- IMPLICATIONS OF EMANUEL
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SHAPE OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY- IMPLICATIONS OF EMANUEL
Has Obama just tipped his hand? Or is there a hand to tip? I suspect that the appointment of Congressman Rahm Emanuel to be President Obama’s Chief of Staff would not necessarily dismay John McCain.
Emanuel’s father was an Israeli before he became a Dr. in the US. From the “NeoCon Express” Website(LINK: http://neoconexpress.blogspot.com/ ) we learn that --
On some issues, particularly foreign policy, Emanuel is reportedly a centrist. This appointment tends to corroborate that assessment. One hopes, for example that when, if ever, President Obama chooses to meet directly with the president of Iran, he arranges for some private face time between that loosely wrapped Islamist fanatic and Mr. Emanuel.“Rahm Emanuel (Hebrew: רם עמנואל) was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father, the Jerusalem-born Dr. Benjamin M. Emanuel, is a pediatrician and former member of the Irgun, an Israeli resistance organization headed by Menachem Begin in pre-Israel 1940's and considered a 'terrorist' group by the British governing authorities at the time.”
So the jury is out on several things. Will Obama manage ... or be managed? And by whom?
The interesting thread I'm picking up is that the Obama worriers on the left are starting to come out of the closet. But the fear theme runs through the whole Democratic Party establishment.
I have this image: The Obama-ites have swooned with uncritical infatuation, then, in a Las Vegas drunken impulse, actually married that good looking someone. And are just now they are awakening from the spell. I can hear that old refrain -- "What have I done?"
On another front: The Palin backstabbers -- all of this is coming from within the McCain campaign circle -- now provide a window into why John McCain lost.
I suspect that the establishment types who surrounded him weren't really interested in a McCain revolution at all.
Disloyalty is evident. Sabotage is suspected.
So much more to come: Stay tuned…
JBG
Comments
Sure glad I'm not part of that "Democratic Establishment," because I have no regrets and no concern that Obama will be managed. He made that speech about race after Rev. Wright was outed, although all of his campaign advisors told him not to.
Rahm Emanuel is one tough cookie, very experienced at Washington negotiating and street fighting, and will keep everyone else on the staff well-disciplined. His Jewish background may well help in the Middle East, but he's no Zionist or NeoCon.
Dennis Green
Alameda
Posted by: Dennis Green | November 7, 2008 11:30 AM
The real question in my mind is whether Obama as POTUS will leave any doubt in the minds of th loosely wrapped Isamist extremists embedded in the governments of Iran and Syria on the question of defending Israel if it comes to that. OB's choice of National Security advisor will be the larger policy signal.
Emanuel as gatekeeper will have similar access, but his actual influence on security and foreign policy issues remains to be seen.
I hear a lot of anti-zionist sentiment from this tiny 10% of yours. I hope it's that tiny!
JBG
Gee, I hope he's a Zionist, given that about 90% of the United States are Zionist. A Zionist is "any person who believes in the right of the Jewish people to a homeland in Israel." I would be concerned if he wasn't a Zionist.
Posted by: Joe | November 10, 2008 06:17 PM