Future Shock: Did Rahm Emanuel Create the Tea Partiers?

[ProSense]

Future Shock: Did Rahm Emanuel Create the Tea Partiers?

By Steve Clemons

Given current trends in the country, I can easily imagine "conspiracy theorists" (not me) in the future looking back in history at the Tea Party movement as having been a Rahm Emanuel creation. That would have been, in retrospect, sheer political genius.

After all, looking back in time, one would see that the Tea Partiers were hatched during Obama's time. They successfully hijacked the Republican Party and executed or exiled the best Republican talent. And then, when folks woke to their senses, the Republican Party will have imploded into national irrelevance.

Of course, Rahm did not create the Tea Party movement -- but it is taking pressure off of the Obama administration on a lot of fronts. Obama can achieve nothing and still look like a better option in 2012 than what a 21st century network of pugnacious know-nothings looks like.

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I've helped launch a growing "surge of concern" about Rahm Emanuel and others who may be great patriots and loyal to President Obama but who are badly undermining him and the success of his presidency.

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[Arkana]

1. I...just...what the FUCK?

Seriously, is this going to be a THING?

Are you KIDDING ME?

NEWS FLASH: RAHM EMANUEL IS HUMAN. HE IS NOT A JEDI OR SITH. HE IS NOT EVEN SLIGHTLY FORCE SENSITIVE. HE'S JUST A GUY.

[ProSense]

2. It's becoming

a mark of true desperation.

[FrenchieCat]

3. All things come from Rahm......

as he is obviously the new Messiah/Satan for the Democratic party to concentrate on...
cause of course, we are in such a great position (thank yee media) till we ain't
got shit else to do!

Here's the Tiger Woods Sarah Palin Rahm Emmanuel distraction!
I know the fucked up Corporate Media will so looooove this one....
especially just as we start getting a tiny teeny bit of traction
against Republican hypocrisis!

[wyldwolf]

4. Oh dear. "a growing 'surge of concern' about Rahm Emanuel."

[DRoseDARs]

5. "Of course, Rahm did not create the Tea Party movement..."

Because most people aren't going to read the article, or even the small section ProSense quoted.

[Canuckistanian]

6. That's an interesting concept

Encourage extremists on the opposing side to rebel against their own entrenched leadership.

Naaah.