>>>I am proud to live in a country with a black President. I am proud to live in (near) Chicago, which has a new mayor who was born in Israel. Not because they are black or Jewish per se, because it proves anyone can make it here. Your birth is not your destiny. Brains and drive will take you anywhere.
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>>>Not sure how much you know about Rahm Emanuel but he is an interesting character. He was a key aide to Bill Clinton, famous for his profane tirades. Supposedly he once stabbed a steak knife into a restaurant table when when the name of an opponent came up. "Dead! Dead! Dead!" One of his brothers is a doctor and the other one is a Hollywood agent who is the basis of a character on "Entourage." It won't be boring. The Daley years passed into a coma years ago so we can use a breath of fresh air.
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>>Yeah, I'm familiar with Rohm, but I don't think y'all deserve him, even if y'all are a bunch of yankees! lol I think if he had done the things I've heard of down here, he would have ended up missing. Knowing what I know about the mob, if he isn't a part of them, he must be invisible when he wants to be. We've had a black mayor here in Memphis for decades, NBD. I don't look at skin. Experience has taught me that "good old boys" come in every flavor. Obama is one, and so is Rahm. God I miss Ronald Reagan. But, if you think about it, those kind don't come around but every few generations.
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>I received an email telling me Rahm was born in Chicago, not Israel. My mistake.

I too, was mistaken. I thought he was hatched! lol