January 6, 2011 in Nation/World

Obama chooses Daley as chief of staff

Associated Press

Brian Jackson photo

In this June 18, 2009 photo, William Daley speaks to the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board in Chicago. Enforcing change at the height of the White House, President Barack Obama is hiring Daley to be his chief of staff, choosing a veteran political manager with Wall Street ties to direct an operation now steaming toward re-election mode.
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WASHINGTON — Ushering in change at the top of his team, President Barack Obama has chosen William Daley to be his new chief of staff, choosing a veteran political manager with Wall Street ties to direct an operation now steaming toward re-election mode.

Daley will step into one of the most important and influential jobs in American government as an adviser and gatekeeper to Obama. He will replace Pete Rouse, the interim chief of the last three months, a behind-the-scenes Obama adviser who did not want the position permanently and recommended Daley for it.

Rouse will remain as a counselor to the president, an elevated position from his former job as senior adviser. Daley is expected to start within the next couple of weeks.

Two senior administration officials confirmed Obama’s decision to The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because it has not been announced.

Obama is expected to introduce Daley on Thursday afternoon at the White House.

Although Daley carries the name of a dynastic family of politics in Chicago, which is Obama’s hometown, he and the president haven’t been personally close. He offers criteria Obama wants: an outsider’s perspective, credibility with the business community, familiarity with the ways of the Cabinet and experience in navigating divided government.

Daley also wants the job. At 62, the move will thrust him into the heart of national politics just as Obama adapts to a new reality in Washington, with Republicans controlling the House, working to gut his signature health care law and pushing for major cuts in spending.

The White House shake up offered eye-catching symmetry to Washington’s first busy week of the new year, change at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue a day after a reconstituted Congress was convened with Republicans in charge in the House and in a position of greater empowerment in the Senate, albeit still in the minority there.

Obama informed his senior advisers of the change in a meeting on Thursday morning.

He made clear that no one is more valuable to him than Rouse, according to one of the officials in the room. The set-up means Obama gets both officials: Daley to run the grueling operation, Rouse to offer a range of advice and his years of experience with the Senate.

The move comes as Obama ushers in change across his senior leadership — the result of internal staff fatigue, a need to shift energy and people to Obama’s re-election campaign, and an adaptation to the fresh limits on Obama’s power. Although many of the names of the players may not be familiar to the electorate, the collective personnel changes will influence not just Obama but the national agenda.

Considered the most consuming job in the White House, the chief of staff shapes nearly everything that Obama deals with — how the president spends his time, how he pursues his strategies on foreign and domestic policy, how he deals with a politically deadlocked Congress and a skeptical electorate.

Rouse has been leading a review of how to restructure the White House since even before Rahm Emanuel quit the chief of staff’s job in October to run for Chicago mayor.

Now the changes are coming quickly.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs announced Wednesday he was resigning by early February, senior adviser David Axelrod will be leaving soon, and both of Obama’s deputy chiefs of staff, Jim Messina and Mona Sutphen, are exiting soon, too. David Plouffe, a key member of Obama’s inner circle as his former presidential campaign manager, will be joining the senior staff of the White House on Monday.

Daley emerged as a natural candidate, particularly after other internal candidates ended up in other positions. He is close to some of those in Obama’s orbit, including Axelrod, Emanuel and senior presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett.

Daley’s brother, Richard Daley, is the mayor of Chicago. William Daley has not sought office himself, but has long been immersed in politics.

He helped President Bill Clinton pass the North American Free Trade Agreement and later served as Clinton’s commerce secretary. Later, he ran Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign and the historic recount effort that ended with Gore conceding the race to George W. Bush.

When Obama launched his presidential campaign, the Daley family put aside its deep connections to Bill and Hillary Clinton and endorsed the young Illinois senator. Until then, Obama and the Daleys had largely operated separately in Illinois politics — not helping each other much but not attacking either. After Obama’s victory, Daley helped oversee the presidential transition.

The choice of Daley, a lawyer and banker who serves as Midwest chairman of JPMorgan Chase, could raise questions about the White House’s closeness with Wall Street just as Obama is eager to enforce reforms that benefit the little guy.

One official close to the president insisted that Daley understands that his job is to enforce and advance the president’s agenda.

Daley has centrist credentials and would join the White House team at a point when Obama is coming off a successful stretch of achievements that required compromises and bipartisan outreach.

White House officials say those accomplishments serve as a template for the months to come. But with Republicans now in control of the House and in a stronger position in the Senate, liberals worry that the moderate signals from the White House suggest more accommodation than confrontation with the GOP.

Daley laid out his political ideology last year upon joining the board of Third Way, a moderate Democratic think tank.

“We must acknowledge that the left’s agenda has not won the support of a majority of Americans — and, based on that recognition, we must steer a more moderate course,” he said at the time.

Daley is surely hoping his official announcement at the White House is less eventful than the last time he joined an administration.

During his December 1996 introduction as Clinton’s commerce secretary, Daley fainted, falling off the stage. Clinton rushed to Daley’s side, and quickly assured the audience that his new cabinet member was “fine.”

78 comments on this story so far. Add yours!

liarsinnews on January 06 at 10:23 a.m.
Well I guess that historically appointing a Daley shall not change the family`s tradition in politics. Who is betting on the next mayor to be elected for Chicago? Anybody think the corruption will cease? For what`s it worth, I don`t. Obama selection is not surprising.
liberal_in_right_wing_land on January 06 at 11:20 a.m.
As a liberal, this is disappointing. Obama just doesn’t seem to get it, the people don’t want a Wall Street guy currently working for JPMorgan Chase telling the president what to do and being his right hand man.
At this point all I can say is, thank god cranky McCain and crazy Palin didn’t win though….just imagine the crap hole this country would be in with those two idiots running the show. Mccain would be screaming and yelling at everyone because they wont listen to him and Palin would be clubbing squirrels on the White House grounds.
TOOBAD2 on January 06 at 11:31 a.m.
more chicago mob friends of oboma. yes it’s oboma it’s the only way i can do something and not be arrested by the feds. or the naacp. on law yet against not spelling “it” right. i pray the usa can last another 2 years. we are going down fast believe it or not.
johnclarke on January 06 at 11:44 a.m.
liberal…no argument but welcome to politics. I see this move just like making Hillary the SecState….smart.
soccermomsusie on January 06 at 11:55 a.m.
I, unlike the rest of you, am happy that Obama hired Tom DeLay. He was the victim of a witch hunt and actually did really well on “Dancing with the Stars.”
He’s a good Christian man who was doing the Lord’s Work during the greatest presidency ever - the reign of George W Bush, whom I assume most of you voted for.
HEAR OUR VOICE!!!
mdriftmeyer on January 06 at 11:59 a.m.
Most of the nation didn’t vote for Bush 2.0 in 2000. They did vote for him in 2004.
What the hell does a felon, Tom DeLay, have to do with this conversation?
Scoutster on January 06 at 12:01 p.m.
Susie…9!
the image of Tom Delay as O’s right hand man is rich.
soccermomsusie on January 06 at 12:30 p.m.
Toobad2, You are right about the feds and the NAACP being in this together. Why do you think they use “black” helicopters…
HEAR OUR VOICE!!!!
Thoreau on January 06 at 12:36 p.m.
Arne Duncan (former CEO of failing Chicago Public Schools)for Education Secretary, and now a Daley in the White House. How about George Ryan (incarcerated former IL Governor) for a spot? Better yet, Rod Blagojevich needs a job. Chicago is the most corrupt city in America, and we’re raising these crooks to higher power? Very disappointing…
greenlibertarian on January 06 at 12:44 p.m.
Sorry lefties, altho Obama was never much part of the Chicago Machine, and despite some scant rhetoric to the contrary, Obama’s record is one of a centrist through and through.
10% of the 50% of the country that votes are know-nothings and will switch their vote based on the last campaign ad they saw or just flip a coin.
These are the people who decide elections in the country. Sad, but true.
Dazzeetrader11 on January 06 at 12:46 p.m.
Good choice! Nice man…genuinely nice man. People like him. Wonder why he’s hanging around Obama??!!??
johnclarke on January 06 at 1:00 p.m.
Hi Daisy ! Are you on Medicare ?
Shadedmuse on January 06 at 1:58 p.m.
Soccer susie, you need to ease off what ever your smoking, Tom Delay has nothing to do with the article.
Bill Daley ran Gore’s Campain in 2000, the campain AL Gore WOn until the Bush Crime family stole the election and the supremes cast the final vote in 2000. the only thing Bush won was a supreme court victory.
I thought Barrack would go with Tom Dashle. because Pete Rouse was his chief of staff.
drsqawken on January 06 at 3:04 p.m.
Daley, another Chicago thug; perfect as a symbol for the Obamanation and the failed liberal left policies. This virtually guarantees that the Kenyan will only serve one term, the lil’ pretender to the throne.
Then the glorious Republican party, the Grand Old Party, can sweep to victory with the hot, hot, hot Sarah Palin as our high priestess. All hail to the hottie!
The tsunami of change in 2012 will make the great victory of 2010 look like a tiny sea change. Go Sarah!
Diana on January 06 at 3:23 p.m.
Chicago! Thugs! Everybody drink!
drsqawken on January 06 at 3:30 p.m.
Ohhh, Diana, leave it to a lazy liberal to be drinking in the middle of the day. That is one reason why the far left lost in the tsunami of change that swept across this great nation, they are a bunch of pot smoking, drinking, losers. Unlike the great John Boehner, who works hard everyday, liberals want everything handed to them while they kick back and get blotto.
hawken on January 06 at 3:59 p.m.
This is good…. even considering that he is a Democrat. He knows and is friendly to business. Not a conservative, but friendly to business. That will do for now.
liberal_in_right_wing_land - Congratulations to you! At least you are consistent! Liberal left… but admirably consistent. Unlike so many other liberals on this blog.
drsquawken: You are CLEARLY a fraud… playing upon my pseudonym… Hawken… If anyone doubts this just click on drsquawken. Here is an excellent example of a lying, fraudulent, hyper-left liberal who is intellectually bankrupt. I’m thinking that it is either John Clarke or Alfredo…. just a wild guess. Who knows?
Hey drsquawken… from this day forward, if I see you misrepresenting me again, I will either flag you or I will contact the SR to have you removed from the blog…. count on it. I am sure they know your email. Actually, I think I will post a notice to the SR right now.
Soccer Susie…. as usual… “priceless!” Go girl!
Daisy… liberals can’t stand it when we give credit, when credit is due. Most liberals are totally lacking of such integrity…
especially Clarke.
LOL… Hawken
misjustice on January 06 at 3:59 p.m.
@ Diana; cheers!
WTF, another sqawken? ARGH!@#$%^&
misjustice on January 06 at 4:01 p.m.
@ Chickenhawken, I rarely agree with you but in this case I must; there is only room for one sqawken on these blogs and that is you…go get ‘em…
; )
hawken on January 06 at 4:07 p.m.
Note to the Spokesman Review Moderator.
Please flag/remove drsqawken…. clearly he/she is fraudulently using my pseudonym by similarity…
Please see my posts above. His/her (drsqawken) only purpose is to malign, lie, misrepresent and discredit my posts, which all other liberals do on a regular basis…. with which I have no problem. I do have a problem with the fraud of drsqawken.
Clearly I am a threat to this fraud which he/she cannot retort with any intellectual honesty… therefore, his/her purpose is only to misrepresent me, not post a legitimate opinion.
Please respond to the blog publically, since drsqawken has committed fraud publically.
thank you, Hawken
hawken on January 06 at 4:11 p.m.
Misjudgment…. thank you.
All of us should be able to disagree, with the integrity of our own opinion… not fraudulent misrepresentation. Thank you for defending this,,, on this blog.
I can take as much as I give… that’s the game… I cannot stand obvious frauds.
mikeln on January 06 at 4:12 p.m.
What Obama does or does not will not matter, a change is on the way. Our economic system is a fraud, a world wide ponzi scheme and we as americans will lose in the end. We will need to localize our resourses in order to survive. We can only look back at what our government and corporate america did and wonder why.
johnclarke on January 06 at 4:21 p.m.
No, it’s not me Hawken. I’m happy to challenge you in the clear. I suggest you act like the educated gentleman you claim to be, and retract your baseless accusation. I’m still waiting for your apology for questioning my military service, but I’m not holding my breath. Again, I’m happy to provide my DD-214 and records of service, but I never heard back from you.
I really don’t think anyone is threatened by you or the drum beat of right wing hyperbole. Look at it this way - you have a fan club. Anyway, good luck getting them silenced.
hawken on January 06 at 4:23 p.m.
Clarke: I will trust and accept that it is not you fraudulently misusing my pseudonym. Please accept my apology.
Diana on January 06 at 4:31 p.m.
But I like drsqawken.
johnclarke on January 06 at 4:32 p.m.
Sure, thanks.
I’m afraid my hero SoccerMom has inspired a copy cat. So, in the interest of our fun crowd here at the Spokesman - drsqwaken please change your handle. Step up and spar with the rest of us.
Hey, how about that new House ! They read the Constitution today…ok fine. Get to work people. We are not paying you for theatre.
misjustice on January 06 at 4:42 p.m.
@ Diana; but you are so nice, you like everyone!
; )
Anyone seen the new Dazee Milken? Her avatar is priceless. She’s been on Huckleberries On-line and a thread on the opinion page…looks like chickenhawken isn’t the only one with a doppelgänger.
hawken on January 06 at 4:43 p.m.
Clarke: Thank you as well…. when you write….
“So, in the interest of our fun crowd here at the Spokesman - drsqwaken please change your handle. Step up and spar with the rest of us.”
Well stated. If more do the same, to defend the integrity of our opinions here, drsqawken and his ilk will retreat to and die in the shadows of lies and deceit, without the intervention of the SR Moderator..
misjustice on January 06 at 4:46 p.m.
Hey, kids, this is one of the threads with Dazee Milken… scroll to the last post, priceless!
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/jan/04/dental-dilemma/
Diana on January 06 at 4:52 p.m.
I like Dazee Milken, too!
So hawken wants to silence someone who’s kind of funny “to defend the integrity of our opinions here”. Priceless. Typical.
drsqawken on January 06 at 4:55 p.m.
I am against change, just like I am against the Obamanation. I will not change, and you can’t make me. I have rights. My name was sqawken long before you lefty nit witts co-opted my name to make fun of that great American Hawken. Suck it, lefties. And quit making fun of Hawken, he is a patriot, a real American. Unlike you leftist American haters.
hawken on January 06 at 5:07 p.m.
Diana: What we can count on with your posts… is that “shallow” is the norm…. even when the rest of us can agree on basic, basic, integrity of our “own” opinions.
You remind of the “Cuckoo Bird”… a bird that inhabits other bird’s nests.
Do you have a single, original, thought of your own? Or, do you only feed on and nest in the opinions of others?
hawken on January 06 at 5:10 p.m.
drsqawken As promised, I just flagged your last post… I have never flagged anyone on this blog before you…. I am happy to do this…. YOU ARE A FRAUD!
hawken on January 06 at 5:18 p.m.
NOTE TO ALL:
If you want to defend the integrity of our personal opinions on this post… May I recommend that you post a notice to the SR Moderator on this string to “flag,” “remove”,,,, drsqawken… a fraud….
This should be something we can all agree upon….. Or, join me in “flagging” drsqawken every time his makes a fraudulent post on this blog representing himself as me….Hawken.
drsqawken on January 06 at 5:22 p.m.
Hawken, kind sir, great American, why would you flag a cohort? I am on your side. Join me and fight the leftist ideology which would gladly tear down our great Republic!
maria on January 06 at 5:23 p.m.
Hawken, I’m in.
maria on January 06 at 5:27 p.m.
You know what, drsqawken, no one likes their identity stolen. There are also laws against it, whether you do it on the internet or another way. Yeah, I may not agree with Hawken, but he/she has a right to their own identity here. Find another name for yourself.
hawken on January 06 at 5:42 p.m.
Maria… thank you for your integrity…. our personal opinions on this blog should not be hijacked, or fraudulently misrepresented, as drsqawken has one with me on many different strings.
I have spent the last half hour posting this notice on the multiple strings where drsqawken has misrepresented hijacked my pseudonym… Hawken, and misrepresented my opinion… Hopefully, this will never happen to you.
NOTE TO ALL:
If you want to defend the integrity of our personal opinions on this post… May I recommend that you post a notice to the SR Moderator on this string to “flag,” “remove”,,,, drsqawken… a fraud….
This should be something we can all agree upon….. Or, join me in “flagging” drsqawken every time his makes a fraudulent post on this blog representing himself as me….Hawken.
drsqawken on January 06 at 5:49 p.m.
Hawken, as a fine American patriot, I thought that you embraced freedom and free speech. Are you now standing with the illogical left which permeates these threads?
Are you, sir, not a defender of the Constitution, of the ideals of the Republic? Or are you a panty waisted, limp wristed, leftist girly man which goes shrieking into the night? Man up Hawken; for God’s sake, get ahold of yourself.
We could be brothers, united in the cause of the Grand Old Party; fighting socialism, Marxism, and the Obmanination which has taken hold in our once great Republic.
Join me.
maria on January 06 at 5:52 p.m.
You may be a Republican, hawken, but your OUR republican. It’s kind of like how Sarah Palin decided to raise Trig at home as opposed to putting him in a “special” home. ; )
hawken on January 06 at 5:55 p.m.
drsqawken….. I flagged drsqawken again… is there no one else who can agree with me on this simple point of integrity? If not, this blog speaks for itself.
hawken on January 06 at 5:58 p.m.
maria,,,, I understand… I’m not a Republican, I’m a Conservative.
misjustice on January 06 at 6:12 p.m.
Okay, obviously, this thread has been derailed…ARGH…
Diana on January 06 at 6:12 p.m.
So hawken has appointed himself voice of integrity on the board and is attempting to unionize the commenters against another. I call that bullying. What’s the matter, hawken, is this the payback for not getting chosen for the dodgeball team?
This is the comment section on an internet newspaper site and you’re looking for integrity?
hawken asks: Do you have a single, original, thought of your own? Or, do you only feed on and nest in the opinions of others? FOUL! I have asked him the same thing! Plagiarism, hawken!
misjustice on January 06 at 6:20 p.m.
Karma? Poor chickenhawken, baying at the moon…while I initially supported his chagrin, I am now wavering. We support him, and he attacks us…with his usual garbage.
I don’t know, maybe Dr. Sqawken is his political soulmate? I haven’t read anything where Dr. Sqawken is claiming to be chickenhawken, so how is that fraud? Sorry, chickenhawken, I withdraw my support of your claim because it seems like you want to suppress free speech. Maybe Dr. Sqawken is another socermomsusie?
At any rate, I didn’t read anything that was against the forum standards or community guidelines so chickenhawken is, most likely, tilting against windmills. That should keep him busy for a while…
maria on January 06 at 6:27 p.m.
Just call him “Trigger”
misjustice on January 06 at 6:37 p.m.
@ Maria, my sista, WHAT? Trigger? I don’t get it…
; )
Dazee on January 06 at 6:45 p.m.
Hawken: Man up. Or call the waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaambulance.
maria on January 06 at 6:46 p.m.
It’s my nickname for our special child.
Dazee on January 06 at 6:48 p.m.
I flagged hawken’s whining.
misjustice on January 06 at 6:51 p.m.
@ Maria; ohhhh, I rode the short bus! Lol! Well, he is “special”, and he is all ours!
@ Dazee; You go, girl! LOVE, LOVE your avatar!
drsqawken on January 06 at 7:04 p.m.
Why is Hawken trying to get my posts removed?
I mean, I could totally understand flagging misjudgement or that hag Dazee, but me? I am his political soulmate, his brother in the fight against the liberal left with its socialist agenda; a total Obamanation. Maybe he isn’t the conservative RepubliCAN that I thought he was? Maybe he is a RINO?
hawken on January 06 at 7:24 p.m.
If anyone has had any doubt about the lies and fraud of liberalism, all you need to do is read this string…. Integrity is totally lacking on the part of liberals.
Moreover, if the SR Monitor does not remove “drsqwaken” and “Dazee Milken”, from his blog…. then we all can assess the integrity of the SR concerning integrity.
Personal opinions as expressed here should not be subject to the fraudulent, misrepresentation of “drsquawken” and “Dazee Milken”, both of whom are liberal lairs, and frauds. The silence is deafening.
If you have any question about what I am talking about, just read this string. Liars and frauds abound on this string… and the SR is apparently, going to do nothing to correct this fraud.
drsqawken on January 06 at 7:38 p.m.
Brother, I can understand wanting to put a ball gag on Diana, misjudgement, and Dazee, that’s the only way to deal with liberals; supress their 1st Amendment “Rights” but to do so to a fellow RepubliCAN is truly a puzzlement. Why would you attempt to silence your brother, your political soulmate? Brother, where art thou?
This blog should be the purview of conservatives and like minded RepubliCANS; not Demoncrats and Libtards. If you would only join me we could tag team them and run them off these threads. Then you and I and the REAL Daisy Minken could frolick and rejoice in our conservative utopia! Join me brother, and these threads could be ours; sort of like the House of Representatives now that the glorious John Boehner is in charge. We could rule these threads. Join me?
liarsinnews on January 06 at 8:00 p.m.
Don`t you just love the Daley family and their history in Chicago. . Chicago thugs here they come again. The Daley`s are so crooked they can`t sleep straight at night.
drsqawken on January 06 at 8:24 p.m.
Dick, you are right. The Daley’s are just as crooked as that Kenyan, Obama; so having a Daley as a chief of staff is appropriate. Remember the Daley mantra, vote early and often. I think that Obama is going to use Daley to try and steal the next election. But not if I can stop it; no dead people should be allowed to vote, unless they intend to vote for that hottie, Sarah Palin.
Voting dead people ALWAYS pull the lever for Libtards, that is the only way the Libtards can win, well that an other fraud by ACORN and “those” people. It’s not like the Supreme Court would award an election to Libtards; which is as it should be, God’s will. 2000 proved that RepuliCANs are God’s chosen ones.
Scoutster on January 06 at 8:49 p.m.
Hawken…get over yourself.
Scoutster on January 06 at 8:58 p.m.
Dazee….love it girl! A great laugh. thanks.
drsquaken…I ignore and/or detest Hawken’s hijacking of these threads as much as anyone, and clearly all other avenues haven’t worked on him. I applaud your initiative. I only fear we now have two obvious and annoying gnats where before there was one. I beg you to compete on wit, not length. It’s a much easier obstacle and will be more appreciated by this colleague and I imagine many others.
drsqawken on January 06 at 9:19 p.m.
I’d like to address a subject that is off topic but one that started on this thread with a Post at 4:07 p.m. and continued with the calls for me to either re-name myself or the calls for my posts to be removed;
I never thought that my “fellow” Americans would try to silence or remove the free speech of a fellow citizen, argue with them, perhaps; argue vociferously, probably. But to call for silence, removal, or to demand that someone posting change their “name” or other aspect of their on screen persona is troubling. Especially on this historic day, the day that the great Constitution of the United States of America was read on the floor of the House of Representatives in our capitol city.
Guess we were all for the First Amendment, before we were against it?
I come not to bury Hawken, but to praise Him.
bszottlinger on January 06 at 9:28 p.m.
drsqawken:
I don’t see anything wrong with changing ones screen name. I’m changing mine to “soccergrampsbrad”
misjustice on January 06 at 9:45 p.m.
Well, Brad, you have changed your avatar several times! I’ll be looking for your new name, gramps. Change can be good!
; )
bszottlinger on January 06 at 9:47 p.m.
I’m always trying to improve my image.
bszottlinger on January 06 at 9:51 p.m.
Hawken:
“this blog speaks for itself.”
And what is it saying to you buddy…it’s okay I hear voices sometimes too.
greenlibertarian on January 06 at 11:45 p.m.
Quite brill, doc.
LMAO!
Ijits haven’t no clue.
Dazzeetrader11 on January 07 at 1:15 a.m.
Silly people. These frauds might mimic your name but they cannot match up with a brilliant brain like mine, Maria’s, Dick’s ,Hawken and of course valleyman and ZagChuck. We have somenew recruits too.. It’s just not in the cards for these lil subs.
Always dithering on the low end…nothing new to say. Just the flight of ideas they hear from Obama and repackaged on MSNBC with Olbermann and Maddow ( the unabiguously gay duo). It’s all in good fun.
Remember in November….it’ll happen again. What will the libs do when forced to go back to the shadows. We’ll be passin out the SSRI’s for them.
Too young for medicare….too gorgeous too:)
maria on January 07 at 2:32 a.m.
Nice going. Now you’ve hurt my feeling.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/stills/BehindTheScenesGlennBeck.flv.jpg
johnclarke on January 07 at 6:33 a.m.
Yeah, you are right Doctor Squawk, I retract my request for you to change your handle. Free speech and all that. Later on, I may retract my retraction, but then I’ll retract that as well.
misjustice on January 07 at 8:47 a.m.
Well, Maria, I ALWAYS thought that you’re brilliant! And now Daisy does too!
; )
Dazee on January 07 at 8:58 a.m.
I’m not worried about Daley, the frauds on this board, or any of the tricks Obama and his fellow communists have in store. We’ve got The Lord on our side and that’s all that matters!
If Obama gets re-elected expect to see Mary Verner get a cushy appointment, probably at HUD in urban planning. She’ll steal tax money from those who earned it through inheritance and purchase y.m.c.a.’s in prime downtown locations all over the states, only to turn them into nature conservancies. I can just see her at the ceremonies, clutching those big ribbon cutting scissors alongside the likes of Al Gore and George Soros. That woman just maddens me!
You really need to be more manly, Hawken, if you want to stay in this exclusive club. I remember when you trumpeted the nasty nature of politics, how anything goes and winning is all that matters. We’ve never really cared about integrity and having you bring it up might finally cement that idea with everyone else. Shhhhhhhhh…. Here, I’ll give you a project that our heros seem to think isn’t a colossal waste of time or huckster style grand standing: Go to the S.T.A. Plaza and read The U.S. Constitution. Once those people are aware of what is contained in that sacred document they’ll get off their lazy, bus-riding rear-ends and as a group bring the economy out of recession with simultaneous swipes of their E.B.T. cards through cash registers in Cowles owned properties.
maria on January 07 at 9:07 a.m.
Dazeeeeee, dazeeeeee, give me your answer, doooooooo
I’m half craaazzzzzyyyyyyyyyyyy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XnY42YJ1AY
misjustice on January 07 at 9:28 a.m.
Maria, you bad!
; )
I like this new, and improved, Dazee gal…
MrNatural on January 07 at 9:41 a.m.
…Huh!?!…this thread is like a page torn out of a Ken Kesey novel…
Bruce (aka thatoneguy) on January 07 at 11:16 a.m.
Yay! This is fun.
Diana on January 07 at 11:29 a.m.
I bring you what hawken wrote about me as an example of his “integrity”:
“You remind of the “Cuckoo Bird”… a bird that inhabits other bird’s nests.”
You gonna flag me now, too, hawken?
misjustice on January 07 at 12:53 p.m.
Re Ken Kesey: as in Merry Pranksters on acid, Mr. Natural? Or as in Cuckoo’s nest, Cuckoo’s nest?
; )
MrNatural on January 07 at 1:09 p.m.
Hey Ya mj…hmmm?…now that you mention it…both!…What a long strange trip…
Actually I was thinking about Cuckoo’s Nest…I must say when I looked at the thread it totally cracked me up…Just imagining everyone sitting around in their bathrobes…but I digress…too ;)
Diana on January 07 at 3:39 p.m.
Hmmm… and who is Nurse Ratched?
maria on January 07 at 4:09 p.m.
Hawken is, I believe