... Emanuel has played the central role in much of the Blue Dog dominance in the House and many (if not most) of the worst Democratic capitulations to the Bush agenda. Even in the four weeks that he's been in his current job, Emanuel has been the target of severe criticisms of his management skills from many precincts for his role in the Judd Gregg and Rod Blagojevich fiascoes and the Obama administration's questionable negotiating tactics in the stimulus package. Both Jane Hamsher and Howie Klein yesterday identified just some of the current and past controversies that Emanuel has triggered.
Despite all of that, The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza has written a very lengthy profile of Emanuel -- almost 5,300 words -- that is so reverent, one-sided, and glorifying that it is hard to believe it wasn't written by Emanuel himself. In fact, much of the piece consists of Emanuel praising himself and Lizza writing it all down uncritically. It's almost impossible to walk on the streets of Washington, DC, without bumping into a vehement critic of Emanuel, but Lizza doesn't manage to include any comments from any of them.
I admit to strong bias towards both Rahm and his boss, but Jesus Christ On A Toast Point, we're like 31 days into a new administration and already saying anything less than scathing about the new administration is an irreversible sign of moral rot?
If Greenwald showed the slightest grasp of how change occurs I might be more open to his analysis but you know, after awhile he just sounds like a goth-kid whining about how stupid and vulgar the successful kids are.
I'd suggest to St Glenn that the people voted for action and nothing like this stimulus bill has been accomplished this soon into an administration since the first two weeks of FDR's first term.
It's not perfect but it is done. That is change I voted for.
Where I live, my city survived the 60's and 70's and thrived in the 80's, 90's and most of this decade while all the other rust-belt metropolis's became location for film-makers documenting the death of the American Dream.
Is Chicago pure? Clean? Free of All Corruption? No. But we are fucking beautiful.
We may be one of the most (unofficially) segregated cities in this country but we've given the country three of its four post-Reconstruction African American Senators and its first African American President.
In a year or so we can start to assess how much of his soul Barry has sold. And what he got in return.
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