It's On… Palin Takes On Rahmbo– Wants Him Fired For Caustic Remarks …Update: Rahmbo Apologizes
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 6:27 AM
“Say your sorry, Rahmbo. And mean it.”
Sarah Palin today demanded that Rahm Emanuel be fired for his recent slurs against mentally challenged Americans.
From her Facebook page:
The newly-released mind-boggling, record-smashing $3,400,000,000,000 federal budget invites plenty of opportunity to debate the merits of incurring more and more debt that will drown the next generation of Americans. Never has it been possible to spend your way out of debt. So… let the debate begin.
Included in the debate process will be opportunities for our president to deliberate internally the wisdom of this debt explosion, along with other economic, military and social issues facing our country. Our president will discuss these important issues with Democrat leaders and those within his inner circle. I would ask the president to show decency in this process by eliminating one member of that inner circle, Mr. Rahm Emanuel, and not allow Rahm’s continued indecent tactics to cloud efforts. Yes, Rahm is known for his caustic, crude references about those with whom he disagrees, but his recent tirade against participants in a strategy session was such a strong slap in many American faces that our president is doing himself a disservice by seeming to condone Rahm’s recent sick and offensive tactic.
The Obama Administration’s Chief of Staff scolded participants, calling them, “F—ing retarded,” according to several participants, as reported in the Wall Street Journal.
Just as we’d be appalled if any public figure of Rahm’s stature ever used the “N-word” or other such inappropriate language, Rahm’s slur on all God’s children with cognitive and developmental disabilities – and the people who love them – is unacceptable, and it’s heartbreaking.
A patriot in North Andover, Massachusetts, notified me of Rahm’s “retarded” slam. I join this gentleman, who is the father of a beautiful child born with Down Syndrome, in asking why the Special Olympics, National Down Syndrome Society and other groups condemning Rahm’s degrading scolding have been completely ignored by the White House. No comment from his boss, the president?
As my friend in North Andover says, “This isn’t about politics; it’s about decency. I am not speaking as a political figure but as a parent and as an everyday American wanting my child to grow up in a country free from mindless prejudice and discrimination, free from gratuitous insults of people who are ostensibly smart enough to know better… Have you no sense of decency, sir?”
UPDATE: That didn’t take long. Rahmbo apologized this morning.
Ben Smith reported:
A White House official emails that Rahm Emanuel has acknowledged calling liberal Democrats “retarded” and apologized for the remark.
“Rahm called Tim Shriver Wednesday to apologize and the apology was accepted,” the official said.
Shriver is the Chairman and CEO of the Special Olympics, which has launched a campaign against what it calls “the R word.”
The remark was first reported last week in the Wall Street Journal, and drew an extended attack from Sarah Palin.
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newton commented:
Bad idea.
The best thing that could happen for us is for Rahm to stay on until November.
Remember two words: maximum effect. Another four: bang for your buck. The longer he opens up his mouth, the better it will be for us when we take back control in November!
Nope. Let him keep talking, and leave him at his job. He will be fired in due time. But not this time.
No Man commented:
Maximum effort 24/7 to fire the entire congress. This tool is not worth the time.
BillyBob56 commented:
I haven’t run across a Democrat in my 56 years that had even one shred of decency, so this comes as no surprise. Palin would say such a thing.
Are there ANY moderate democrats left out there?
If anyone needed to be fired, it’d have to be Rahm. I would like to be a fly on the wall when hussein’s handlers are discussing the next big screwup they can involve they’re man in.
Next to go should be Robert Gibbs. He is like the smart-assed guy in HS I always wanted to go up to and slap the s**t out of.
Chisum commented:
Why in the world would BO fire Rahm? He agrees with him!
Remember his comment about his “Special Ed Bowling Score”?
Two peas in a pod.
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Darwin Akbar commented:
Wouldn’t the title “Mentally Challenged Americans” include most Democrats in Congress, not to mention Keith Olbermann?
manateespirit commented:
If he won’t fire Kevin Jennings, the “fisting” czar, there is no hope he will fire Rahm.
The O is surrounded by those who best reflect his values, so he sees nothing wrong with their behaviors, statements, or beliefs.
olm commented:
Frankly, I’m a fan of the word and do not think anyone should be fired for using it. Retarded means retarded for gosh sake’s it is a politically correct nightmare word that frankly should not be associated with the developmentally disabled. Yes, their brain function may or may not be impaired but my teenager’s brain function is retarded based on the fact that he is a teenager.
For God’s sake, Palin can do alot of good, going after the rude, crude and socially unacceptable Rahmbo is not it.
WW commented:
He can’t fire Rahmbo, he knows where all the secrets are. Rahm would come out swinging and tell everyone where to look. It would be the begining of the end for Owe-Bama
non_dhimmie commented:
Point one….O’s Czars agree that those among us the old and the infirmed and handicapped should be eliminated…..
Why is Sarah the only pundit that actually has a spine…And such a lovely one too…….
Nancy commented:
Decency? The Left doesn’t know the meaning of the word.
czekmark commented:
What’s that saying i.e. ‘You are known by whom you associate with’. If Obama fired Rahm he would also have to dispose of himself as he is no different from the evil creatures with which he associates.
iconoclast commented:
I just hate the the GOP is participating in the politically correct word game. As another poster pointed out–retarded means retarded. Retarded does describe most Democrats (malignant describes them too–tho not all of them are malignantly retarded).
Sorry, Sarah. You are not helping with this one.
Jeff commented:
So Rahm should just get off scot free on this one ? Is that what some people are saying ?
We didn’t go a day during the Bush years without hearing about the evil Karl Rove. So turnabout is fair play. Rahm is barely qualified to hold Roves ballet slippers much less advise a president.
Now is not the time to allow the Democrats to retrieve their wounded. Rahm needs to be hammered everyday from now til November. Even if O-6bama busses him I say make Rahm the poster boy for this White House for the entire 4 years, he set the tone now they should live with it.
Let his snarl be Obama’s snarl.
greenfairie commented:
Had Karl Rove said that, the MSM would go ballistic. But Rahm-bo will get a pass.
In any case, it’s the sort of callous disregard “progressives” have for the inperfectible. Let them all die on shelves or in camps.
bg commented:
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Rahm Emanuel: Liberals Are “F–king Retarded”
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olm commented:
Absolutely because frankly, I think Rahm is retarded.
To be honest, I have more experience with developmental disability than Sarah Palin. This not about the developmentally disabled. Obama’s bowling comment was infinitely more offensive to special populations.
Rahmbo’s comment just showcases his own character.
kate commented:
The Emanuel family seems determined to shame Jews worldwide. They behave counter to the most basic beliefs of their religion. Don’t forget his brother Dr Zeke “Let ‘Em Die” Emanuel.
Militant Conservative commented:
Keep up the heat, they are fighting amongst themselves the media and thier constituants. LOL
We surround them and we are the majority.
Progressives not getting a pass on anything while I’m around.
ml commented:
I am a Republican conservative. We need a break to not hear from Sarah Palin for awhile. What is Sarah thinking? Is she another Rino’s just like Sen McCain? The Republican conservatives are not happy with her now because she has endorsed Rand Paul who is running US Senate in Kentucky. Dr. Paul is not conservative. It is something to do with the Tea Party.
Militant Conservative commented:
We are running things here. Give to the conservative candidate directly and bypass the RNC. Stop worring about the endorsements and take the fight direct to the opposition. This is how you get distracted.
Buffalobob commented:
Surprise, surprise the progressive liberals are racists and bigoted. Who would have thunk?
Poopsicle commented:
God must be cruel then…. making people with such conditions.
avery commented:
I read the Heath Bill,yesterday it does cotain the Death Panel for the old and Mentally challenged.It also cover Illegal.They still plan to pass it they plan to slip it through.
BertoGem commented:
Yes, “retarded” is offensive, but F—— is even worse. Since when is ot OK to use the F— word in any kind of professional discouse? The answer is, since never. This is the another example of the immaturity and ignorance of the current administration and Congress who are running the country like a Mel Brooks movie, running it into the ground, in fact.
bg commented:
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Poopsicle @ 11:50 am #24
yes, imagine thinking your so much better than your fellow
man that you call them names in such a derogatory fashion..
God is not of Hitler’s ilk..
being retarded isn’t something “bad”..
i mean, look at what you call yourself..
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TheScribbler commented:
Just another instance of the Right being the only people who have to watch their P’s & Q’s. Political correctness is for Conservatives not for Liberals and definitely not for Progressives. They wrote the handbook on what is and what is not politically correct. And they are the chosen to oversee and defend political correctness. It’s all smoke and mirrors when it boils down to it.
Personally, I think it’s about time that we start holding their feet to the fire about political correctness. It’s one of the reasons we are where we are today. People let others take away their freedoms all in the name of being PC. One person being offended can take away those freedoms from millions. It needs to stop and it is high time we stop cowering to hypocrites!
bg commented:
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List of 51 Senate Democrats Who Support a
Public Option: What’s Stopping Them Now?
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olm commented:
The funniest part of this is Rahmbo apologizing. How odd.
Elly commented:
The entire remark is classless… you know I never thought I’d say these words at my age but back in the day neither word would have been acceptable. It still isn’t now.
Sojourner commented:
… Stand back and watch as they hoist with their own petards…the beginning is near.
wanumba commented:
Another yea vote for hammering these noxious people daily, hourly. They did it with rank hypocrisy against conservatives, they do it daily now with the co-enabler media. They’ve gotten away with it, and have actually poisoned the national debate with it while decent people shrugged and ignored them saying they weren’t worth the powder.
No. Palin is absolutely right to call Emmanuel out on it, but he’s only the most visible face of a White House that is full of fellow-travelers so he won’t get fired. But, “small strokes fell great oaks.”
Most people hadn’t heard this because the media hid it from the public. Palin is getting this out to the American People. The more Americans learn about the quality of Obama and his entourage, the more they will be empowered to make informed decisions.
BigAlSouth commented:
Okay Sarah. You won. Rahm just apologized to Tim Shriver, the Special Olympics Chair for using the word “retarded.” I thinK it went something like this:
“Yeah, Tim, I’m sorry I called those F*ckin’ mental midgets retarded.”
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0210/Emanuel_apologized_for_retarded_remark.html?showall
Joanne commented:
Children and adults with mental disabilities are ‘mentally challenged’ – liberal democrats are ‘retarded’.
And good luck to Sarah Palin to want people to look at her baby and not think or say things she would find objectionable. People look at children who aren’t mentally challenged and think and say rotten things, so thinking you can control peoples’ thoughts and actions is quite futile.
bg commented:
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TheScribbler 12:03 pm #28
this is what is wrong with America (coupled with the
OA’s penchant for IslaMarxism aka: political Islam)..
thank God there’s so much more right with US!!
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bg commented:
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Joanne @ 12:18 pm #35
i highly doubt that the average person looks at
a baby like Trig & thinks what a “F’n retard”..
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NVA Patriot commented:
Newton:
I suspect Sarah has a keener insight on how this whitehouse works than most. She tangled with these people in the Alaska’s governor’s race that she won. Severl individuals who work in the political arm (Rahm’ shop) worked in that race for teh Democrat. She beat them, without Alaska Republican institutional support.
She’s attacking directly, and personally their decision cycle. By attacking Rahm with his own words – she raises his profile in a harsh light. Can Obama stand much more of his personnel picks embarassing him? Rahm is from Chiocago, other in the whitehouse are from California. That means thee are factions, she’s sowing dissent inside their environment. Rahm has to take time to respond. Every hour Rahm is defending himself, is an hour he’s not hurting the country. Don’t understimate this part of the deal – the most precious commodity in the whitehouse is Time. Other reasons for attacking Rahm – he’s emotional. His emotional reaction will be to dig in harder to stay in place. Obama can’t be seen as responding to Sarah’s recommendation. She’s following her own set of Rules for Patriots – fix the target, take the target out. The more Rahm & O are together the better it is for the Republic.
To the trolls whining about us being politically correct, we’ll stop using your standards against you when you stop calling us Tea Party folks racists, nazi’s, hatemongers, teabaggers, trolls, dumb, etc.
olm commented:
People have very strange ideas about the developmentally disabled. But Joanne is right, people say terrible things about all children, people, ect.
The libs have difficulty obviously jiving their words and actions with the lofty ideals they assign themselves.
However, Rahmbo has never been known for his manners or appropriate speech. But hey, he’s Obama’s friend, advisor and partner in the destruction of America. Let’s focus on that.
down with dems commented:
When you wait a week to apologize, and then only apologize because someone calls for your dismissal/resignation, the apology doesn’t mean sh!t.
bg commented:
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olm @ 12:49 pm #39
people can & do say terrible things about many things.. i’m 65, and have never heard anyone call a mentally challenged child a “f’n retard”, even when the mentally challenged were referred to as being “retarded”..
seems to me more so called “normal” people are the ones who call other so called “normal” people “f’n retards” (just like Rahm did) without so much as a passing thought given to mentally challenged people..
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wanumba commented:
It’s dismissable when someone acts a bit boorish and blurts something offensive. It’s another thing altogether when a man talks like that and is one of the cogs of a governing machine that is trying to force onto society that resources shouldn’t be wasted on people he thinks aren’t productive enough or have no perceived value.
Death panels.
wanumba commented:
bg
February 2nd, 2010 | 12:35 pm | #36
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OA’s penchant for IslaMarxism aka: political Islam)..
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That’s Ghaddafi’s GREEN BOOK
This is a big job, but Obama’s rhetoric needs to be compared side by side with Ghaddafi’s rhetoric for Green Marxism – Islamic Socialism.
Mr. I -am-a-communist Van Jones said Green investment was “redistribution” into the cities. Obama LONG LONG Time mentor Rev Wright and NOI Louis Farrakhan are enamoured with Ghaddafi. Joined at the pocketbook one wonders?
averagemelon commented:
I am amazed the way so many think the liberal mind thinks other liberals are so wonderful. They are wretched to all and serve no one but themselves individually. They are like pit bulls in thought. I can only imagine how they speak when no one “important” is around.
olm commented:
agreed bg #42. Which is why I have a tough time calling out this idiot for using the term.
Call him out on his routinely offensive words and deeds but not on something that could accurately describe…..hm…….him.
What’s that saying? one finger pointed out 3 pointed right back at ya.
bg commented:
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wanumba @ 3:07 pm #44
re: [Joined at the pocketbook one wonders?]
is that a trick question??
The Green Book
Gaddafi’s “Green Revolution” Turns 40
i mean, Obama is the NOI Messiah, (and a lot of black people
also suspect Malcolm X to be BHO’s dad) where you been??
don’t tell me you missed all 1,001 times
i’ve posted this info (just a sample)..
“..Today we have found an opening to enter
the fortress and to confront it from within.”
Gaddafi: Obama is a Muslim
Muammar al-Gaddafi
of course one thing always connects to another, and the beat goes on..
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Ted commented:
What should we expect from a guy who’s boss is a “special-needs” bowler.
Solaratov commented:
Poopsicle
February 2nd, 2010 | 11:50 am | #24
Poop, you’re an idiot. Go away.
Solaratov commented:
What else would anyone expect from a dirt-common, no-class piece of tripe like rahm emanuel? The schmuck has no social grace at all – and it a perfect example of money not being able to buy class.
On another note, however, I find it really amazing that no one at all in the room stood up and called him out for addressing them in that way. I guess that all of the “men” in the room pawned their balls long ago – so someone calling them “f**king retarded” is just another turd to be swallowed in order to go along to get along.
I don’t know a lot of men, though (real men), who wouldn’t have demanded an apology on the spot – and if it wasn’t forthcoming, slapped the crap out of the little ballerina.
Andreas K. commented:
“Shriver is the Chairman and CEO of the Special Olympics, which has launched a campaign against what it calls “the R word.””
And what are we supposed to use instead?
Special?
F*cking retarded political correctness.
And don’t be so surprised about Rahm. Rahm? That’s actually his name? Rahm, in German, means “cream”. Cream Emanuel. Fitting. He has, after all, the backbone and intelligence of a pot of cream.
AuntieMadder commented:
Screw political correctness. I’m not going to stop using the word “retarded” or “libtard” to describe those who labor under the f_cking retardation also known as liberalism any more than the majority of readers and commenters here are going to stop using sexist language to describe libtarded women politicians. To paraprhase what Andreas K. posted a few comments above, this is just f*cking retarded political correctness.
If Sarah wants to use Rahm’s words against him as per Alinsky’s rules – or turn the tables on him, as they say – she can go for it. But just because she’s trying to force them to follow their own rules, don’t expect me to follow their rules, too.
Angelo commented:
Sarah Palin is a tough political leader, has strong common sense and a reformist. She is what Americans need to overhaul Washington. She will be like Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore. Look at Singapore now in comparison with the United States. Singapore is the cleanest country in the world, has one of the most stabled economy in the World, and has the most disciplined society in the world. A nation is in chaos if its top leadership has no balls and is afraid to ruin his international popularity. I believe Sarah Palin can be a tough leader and can rule with an iron fist. This is what America needs right now: a strong leader with an iron fist.