According to an Associated Press report last week, Obama has approached Cong. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) about possibly serving as the White House chief of staff. Emanuel — nicknamed “Rahmbo” for his hyper-partisan tactics — is a very close friend of David Axelrod, Obama’s campaign strategist. According to a Newsweek report, Emanuel “grew up, somewhat weirdly, to study ballet and practice Chicago politics.” He once sent a dead fish to a pollster who displeased him. If Obama is elected, this may be the man who conducts the liberal orchestra for Obama’s “post-partisan” administration.
WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new high-stress, low-reward position, Obama will be charged with such tasks as completely overhauling the nation’s broken-down economy, repairing the crumbling infrastructure, and generally having to please more than 300 million Americans and cater to their every whim on a daily basis. As part of his duties, the black man will have to spend four to eight years cleaning up the messes other people left behind. The job comes with such intense scrutiny and so certain a guarantee of failure that only one other person even bothered applying for it. Said scholar and activist Mark L. Denton, “It just goes to show you that, in this country, a black man still can’t catch a break.”
The coal industry in the United States employs 82,959 people 1. (PDF file), (as of 2006). Obama plans on putting all of them on the unemployment line. However, with his wealth redistribution plan I guess they have nothing to worry about, right?
From NewsBusters
Obama: “So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.”
Amazing that this statement by Obama about bankrupting the coal industry has been kept under wraps until this time.
Obama: “So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can.
It’s just that it will bankrupt them.”
UPDATE: NewsBusters’ Tom Blumer has found out that the San Francisco Chronicle story published on January 18 based upon this January 17 interview did not include any mention of Obama’s willingness to bankrupt the coal industry which you can hear on the audio. You can read the story here when you scroll down to the “In His Own Words” section. Way to cover up for The One, SF Chronicle! More here.
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