02/04/2009 11:32:58 AM EST

Maybe We Need More Cut Throat Guys Like Rahm Emanuel

posted by ProgTruth

Though I am in absolute agreement that Howard Dean should get a post of some sort (HHS making the most sense), I am wondering Rahm Emanuel's take no prisoners, "don't cross me" attitude is actually the right way to go.

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Though Obama's statement that he messed up makes a lot of sense to me and I think he should remain real, I think having a hatchet man like Emanuel is necessary based on the complete and absolute out of touch nature that Republican leadership has. Its unbelievable they put forth the same exact policies that caused this recession and, outside of TYT, Randi Rhodes, or Mike Malloy, nobody calls them on it. Post-partisanship is important, but I think if the Republican leadership can't intellectually connect on that level, the stakes are too high. As much as it might appear that Emanuel is the type of guy that holds grudges against those who disagree with him (see Dean and the 50 state strategy), it does appear that, at least for the next few years, that attitude is necessary when dealing with people who are so out of touch with things and yet continue to bully and make such serious issues as the recession and the importance of a stimulus package (as imperfect as it might be) issues to be used for political gain and partisan show.

I am actually cool, despite the shut out of Dean, in saying let loose an Emanuel-style full court press on these folks.

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Whose throat is Rahm cutting - Republicans or Democrats?

I don't mind bulldogs - I mind whose leg cuff the bulldog chews on. Rahm seems to come down on the side of Conservatism (especially in matters relating to Israel) too much for my taste as a Liberally minded individual.

Not disagreeing with your principle, just the object of the affection....

by MedfordTim on 02/04/2009 12:49:53 PM EST

I see your point, Tim (none / 0)

You make a great point, Tim- there are times when Emanuel pushes a little too much to the right for my tastes as well. Its really frustrating that there are progressive fighters out there who are not being used. Dean is a great example, and I do have a problem with the current Dean slight.

The motivation for my post is, like you and most of TYT, I am sick of observing the continuous vitriolic conservative nonsense served up intellectual lightweights that are only heard in the national debate because they yell the loudest and bully those who refuse to engage in their zero-sum machinations (those who actually prefer to have an elightened debate about policy rather than engage in Snake Plisken/Ox Baker, Escape from New York-style wrestling match where bludgeons are used more than brains).

I realize that one could call me hypocritical by my advocacy of fighting fire with fire, but I think the critical distinction is that progressive push back has at its base sound ideas. Post-partisan is cool, but only if Republicans understand how much more enlightened that paradigm actually is. The generation that most of these blowhards spawn from see politics as a game and not something that means something very real to people. Based on the fact that they don't get it, and the fact that this is no time to goof around with that nonsense, waiting for them to connect with things is a futile effort.

Legitimate, intellectual conservatives do have something to bring to the table. Bullies and power-hungry small brains do not.  

by ProgTruth on 02/04/2009 01:53:15 PM EST

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