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- Rahm Emanuel: Once an ambitious, calculating political operative, always an ambitious, calculating political operative.
Having nothing better to do on a lovely Friday, I’ve spent the better part of my day taking a trip through the hidden caverns of Mayor Emanuel’s brain.
Apparently, there was a 12-year embargo on releasing documents—like the Emanuel memos—as part of a larger federal initiative to keep Americans ignorant about the crummy stuff their government is up to.
“Since Nixon’s Law and Order campaign, crime has been a staple in the GOP platform,” Emanuel wrote. “Over the past four years, your policies have redefined the issue and allowed Democrats to achieve parity. The question you now face is how do we build on the last four years?”
That would be former army general Barry McCaffrey, Clinton’s drug czar, who continued the war on drugs that began under President Nixon and was ratcheted up by Presidents Reagan and Bush.
“I would recommend that INS secure key metropolitan areas along the border. The National Guard role should be expanded beyond its present functions.”
Wait, there’s more to the memo: “We must change the story line concerning the magnitude of medicare cuts.”
