‘A Rigged Deal’
Dec 24th, 2006 at 12:53 am by Susie
Very enlightening piece on Rahm Emanuel in GQ. Go read it all, it’s an eyeopener:
The “shit†Carville was referring to was the long-running feud between Rahm and Dean, which boiled down to Rahm’s wanting Dean to give him more money—a lot more—and Dean’s refusing to do it. Normally, the chairman of the DNC is installed by party leaders, but after the Democrats’ 2004 debacle, there were no party leaders, and Dean won the chairmanship by winning over the anonymous state-party chairs and much neglected members of the DNC, the folks who actually vote on the matter. The state parties became his base of support, and Dean promised them two things: more money and more power.
It drove Rahm and Carville nuts. “The thing that stuns me,†Carville says, “is that this is supposed to be a rigged deal—chairman of the party! The congressional leadership, the fund-raisers, people like that are supposed to decide. You [the state-party chairs and DNC members] are supposed to get a call and are told who to vote for! You’re not supposed to really vote on this shit!â€
You know what drove us nuts Carville? Airing this shit in public.
Good riddence to Carville. No one voted for him, yet he has been calling the shots for years, and losing elections for years.
His stupid schtick with his lying, scheming wife has gotta go.