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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:15 AM
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Rahm's Parting Shot Foretold by My Dry Cleaner

Rahm's Parting Shot Foretold by My Dry Cleaner

by LarsThorwald

It looks Rahm Emanuel is done. My dry cleaner in Georgetown is the same place Rahm Emanuel goes to to get his shirts pressed, and he told me that he left a business card in one of the pockets of his Oxford button-downs that was from Dana Milbank, and on the back was written this note: "Eggs, brd, milk." Never has a note been more clearly written to signal the end, the veritable demise, of the vile, mouth-breathing Rahm Emanuel.

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To confirm my suspicions, I consulted a small dish of water, which would provide me with visions of the truth. I just finished reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, so please undertand and believe me when I tell you I know what I am talking about. And then it all became clear! By knowing Rahm Emanuel, stealer of light, Milbank gets a cherished inside source so he can seem like he's got the scoop on what's happening in DC! Which--and you must admit this to be true--is completely unfathomable given the fact that Milbank is a political reporter! What business does he have knowing or speaking with Rahm Emanuel?! And conversely, by knowing Dana Milbank, Rahm Emanuel, defiler of all that is good, gets access to a reporter and columnist that very few Chiefs of Staff ever get. I mean, how many Chiefs-of-Staff do you know that just gets to talk to reporters and columnists? I mean, personally know? Exactly! And thus, as the irrefutable evidence disclosed by my dry cleaner reveals, Rahm Emanuel, thief of souls, gets a "hatchet man" that will literally write whatever he tells him to!

My second thought was, "Wow, I wonder if I should ask for light starch this time? My collar seems to be chafing me around the neckal region. Maybe if I go a mediium starch that would--oh, wait! What was that bit about 'Eggs, brd, milk'? That note by Rahm, destroyer of worlds, was odd, don't you think, self? The abbreviation of the word 'bread' is illuminating!. I read a thing one time in an article in Psychology Today, or maybe it was in a product description in SkyMall magazine, doesn't matter which, which I think said that people will abbreviate notes when they are busy! And if Rahm is busy, that must mean he's busy looking for a new job. That means you're already finished there, that note. 'Eggs, brd, milk'. That's what that means!"

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And thus, indisputable evidence that I was right all along, and these guys were wrong. Maybe it's a last minute attempt at a Hail Mary to do something to counter something-something and to avoid something else. I'm not sure, I haven't had my coffee. Or maybe I should have gone with a light starch. But either way, the evidence is overpowering that Rahm Emanuel -- may the forces of darkness forever crap upon his head – means he thinks he is very close to being on his way out the door.

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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:18 AM
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1. the pattern repeats itself over and over
Blogger (Cenk) writes silly opinion piece disguised as hard-hitting journalism. Netroots assume blogger must have some inside information. Article becomes truthiness in two days time.
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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:31 AM
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2. Funny...
I thought it was Milbank who wrote a silly opinion piece disguised as hard-hitting journalism. :shrug:
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:33 AM
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3. They both did. Can we get someone who actually reports reality and not speculative
gossip?
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:34 AM
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4. funnier
Millbank is an op-ed writer not claiming otherwise. The difference is Cenk invented his own facts to support his point. :shrug:
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:48 AM
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:38 AM
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5. +1

:rofl:

I think this is actually better written that that other thing.
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 03:52 PM
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23. I know! I couldn't believe the typos in that other post. The first damn sentence!
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lamp_shade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:46 AM
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6. This is wonderful. K&R.
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 11:12 AM
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8. HaHa.
I appreciate your dry cleaners sharp political acumen but I'll await guidance from my neighbor's lawn man. He used to cut grass for someone who's sister is married to a fella who once lived in Georgetown, SC. I know...it's not near DC but it's still "Georgetown"...
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rudy23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 11:28 AM
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9. It's funny to see what Rahm's PR team will overreact to
I saw one planted article that "polled" readers of a particular site as to what Rahm's sexiest trait is. I shit you not.

I guess it's good to be in power whenever you feel the need to quell your fears about what people think of you with the best PR money can buy.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 12:45 PM
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10. it's even funnier to see "progressives" believing the administration would put a PR team on DU
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rudy23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 01:15 PM
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12. This is old news. Political PR teams are all over the web, on every site.
Why wouldn't it be that way? Discussion groups offer the opportunity for free, anonymous PR. "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" hires trolls to pose as "satisfied customers" on websites, and make snarky comments about their competitors. Politicians would be stupid not to do the same. They do, it's well documented.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 01:40 PM
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14. really. Cite 5 examples and show me where it's documented
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rudy23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 02:09 PM
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18. Not doing all your homework, but here are a few links that cleary outline the practice
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 02:14 PM
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19. oh, not this "I'm not doing your homework" business again. It's YOUR claim, it's YOUR homework.
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rudy23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 02:56 PM
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20. Hey teach--I gave you three links. Pulling 5 out of the air was aribitrary
and a form of stonewalling. I know you have no response to what was actually IN the links, so feel free to carp about other irrelevant stuff instead as a distraction.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 03:12 PM
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21. you gave me links of people saying it happens
But we both know I asked for specific examples.
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rudy23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 03:47 PM
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22. Okay, let me just find 5 examples of trolls saying "I am a troll."
Of course, they have other ways of saying it without coming right out and admitting it. Astute readers can pick up on these signs.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 06:35 PM
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25. Go ahead with your (lol) "astute" self.
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rudy23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 01:16 PM
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13. And it should be noted that your sig is PRO Third Way
I've never met a person in real life who was Pro-Third Way.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 01:42 PM
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15. it has been noted countless times.
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Mithreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 04:55 PM
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24. Newt Gingrich was also Third Way
President Obama would never get close to Newt Gingrich, would he?

http://www3.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Bloomberg+Sharpton+Gingrich+Address+Media+dpQOAMG2Po7l.jpg
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 12:59 PM
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11. Funny article.
:D
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 01:46 PM
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16. Thank you!!! That crack article by Cenk and the news by others was too much.
I'm like don't spread speculations as though it's fact. It doesn't make you a knowledgeable reporter. You can make a commentary and that's fine. But when your saying something that's clearly unsubstantiated but miming it's true because of Dana Millbank---ugh. It's too much. Thanks for the article because it was funny although the topic overall is not
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chowder66 Donating Member (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 01:57 PM
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17. Great Book!!! eom
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