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[rm]

Rahm Emmanuel is so rocking my world it's a little scary.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/us/politics/25emanuel.html

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[sykii.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the video from a couple of years back of Obama roasting him?
It's amazing on multiple levels, and includes the line "Seriously, has he ever waved that stubby little thing at you?"

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have.

Like I don't even have words for how fucking awesomely bemused I am.

[sykii.livejournal.com]

I realize this is a rare occurrence for you, but in this case, you are far from the only one ;)

[rm.livejournal.com]

I know! And I love that everyone is totally into this guy, which seems pretty ludicrous considering that he's an ex-ballet dancer, foul-mouthed, conservative Jew with apparently abysmal telephone manners and a general penchant for being annoying.

[sykii.livejournal.com]

But do you like his hat?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Fanfiction.

[shipchan.livejournal.com]

So much win! *So happy* He's the most badass Jew in America.

[sykii.livejournal.com]

NOW you've done it: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3513/3223568656_2999522cc3_o.jpg

[rm.livejournal.com]

LOL!

And I thought you'd link me to that Yuletide story....

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

I start to get government-envy.

He's a hot guy, too.

[rm.livejournal.com]

He totally is. And I love the way he dresses. Color! Modern fashion! In the White House!

Rahm!

[torenheksje.livejournal.com]

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/10303787@N06/3222770229/)

Originally uploaded by Patashoqua

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

Dancer? Banter with the President? Is the guy married?

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

"“Well, I was going to do that, but I didn’t want Rahm to mope for a half-hour.”"

Ha ha ha this killed me!

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Two kids, I think.

I just love the doubletake he's got to be making lots of people do, because here's this dude who is short and slight and a former ballet dancer who curses like a motherfucker and is _not_ someone to be fucked with and also seems to be funny as hell.

That's so confronting for Americans. I just love it to pieces.

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

You have a seriously cool government there. Wow. Hard to believe it is actually *real*.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I know! It's like we're living in The West Wing

Some Republican asked Obama the other day why more Republican ideas weren't making into the stimulous plan and his response was, "I won."

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

Stop it! Stop it already! How am I supposed to keep my Old European superiority complex alive with YOUR PREZ BEIGN SO COOL! (And a left-hander! He's a lefty!)

Wow.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I'm a lefty too, so I'm totally into that trivia as well.

Re: Rahm!

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

Shut off the internet. There is nothing greater here.

[sykii.livejournal.com]

McCain, Bush II, Perot, Clinton, and several others I'm forgetting are left-handed, too. There's some sort of freaky thing with the presidents and major presidential candidates of the last 50 years being left-handed much more of the time than one would think given general incidence. And yes, we lefties notice these things more than normal people do. ;)

[rm.livejournal.com]

It's because we're mentally ill. Who the fuck else would want to be president but sick, sick people.

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

Same here ... I had a doubletake at the photo that showed him sign something, and I thought "What, that looks weird", because he so totally writes like us - hand all weirdly twisted and somewhat hunched. Fabulous.

[sykii.livejournal.com]

Srsly!

Re: Rahm!

[torenheksje.livejournal.com]

Fierce and fiercer. :c)