<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Emanuel, tapped as Obama’s chief of staff, has a respectable green record]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by GreenMom http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-free-to-rahm/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:17:18 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-free-to-rahm/1 Two reactions...


I think Rahm Emanuel could be very useful in providing some needed spine to Dems in Congress (see my comment on Joseph Romm's thread).

But just as a point of clarification, I don't know about giving him too much credit for 2006 - I noticed you were careful to say "many credit him" (not you personally?)...
In 2006 wasn't he still pushing back against Howard Dean's 50-state strategy? Hopefully he's learned from those mistakes...

]]> Two reactions...


I think Rahm Emanuel could be very useful in providing some needed spine to Dems in Congress (see my comment on Joseph Romm's thread).

But just as a point of clarification, I don't know about giving him too much credit for 2006 - I noticed you were careful to say "many credit him" (not you personally?)...
In 2006 wasn't he still pushing back against Howard Dean's 50-state strategy? Hopefully he's learned from those mistakes...

]]> Comment #2 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-free-to-rahm/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:05:23 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-free-to-rahm/2 Those Fabulous Fire Island Parties!


This guy looks like the cloned son of Roy Cohn.

]]> Those Fabulous Fire Island Parties!


This guy looks like the cloned son of Roy Cohn.

]]> Comment #3 by Wolverine http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-free-to-rahm/ Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:02:50 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-free-to-rahm/3 Don't Get Too Excited

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is very conservative, and is myopic in it ratings.  For example, Rahm Emanuel is a big time war monger, and as we used to say in Earth First!, war is bad for all species.  Votes for wars or for funding them should cause a major loss of points in LCV ratings, but unfortunately they don't.  If they did, Emanuel's rating would not be nearly so high.

Emanuel is generally in the right wing of the Democratic Party.  This is a very discouraging choice, but it is perfectly consistent with what I've been saying about Barak Obama all along.  While he seems to be a decent enough human being, which per se is a big improvement over the current administration, his politics are not generally very good.

]]> Don't Get Too Excited

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is very conservative, and is myopic in it ratings.  For example, Rahm Emanuel is a big time war monger, and as we used to say in Earth First!, war is bad for all species.  Votes for wars or for funding them should cause a major loss of points in LCV ratings, but unfortunately they don't.  If they did, Emanuel's rating would not be nearly so high.

Emanuel is generally in the right wing of the Democratic Party.  This is a very discouraging choice, but it is perfectly consistent with what I've been saying about Barak Obama all along.  While he seems to be a decent enough human being, which per se is a big improvement over the current administration, his politics are not generally very good.

]]> Comment #4 by democracyisdissent http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-free-to-rahm/ Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:06:58 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-free-to-rahm/4 Don't believe the hype

Emanuel is bought by the Nuclear and Clean Coal Lobbies. If one wants real change, meaning real change to alternative renewable energy, Emanuel is a huge step backwards.

The LCV is not a good litmus test for judging a politician's green policy. LCV only judges votes  moderately favoring environment friendly policies. It does not factor in votes for clean coal, nuclear energy, or natural gas into its ratings.

]]> Don't believe the hype

Emanuel is bought by the Nuclear and Clean Coal Lobbies. If one wants real change, meaning real change to alternative renewable energy, Emanuel is a huge step backwards.

The LCV is not a good litmus test for judging a politician's green policy. LCV only judges votes  moderately favoring environment friendly policies. It does not factor in votes for clean coal, nuclear energy, or natural gas into its ratings.

]]> Comment #5 by Dave Ewoldt http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-free-to-rahm/ Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:14:07 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-free-to-rahm/5 Emanuel and green in the same sentence?

Rahm Emanuel has a respectable green record? C'mon boys and girls, it's time to shake off the consensus trance and start learning how to connect the dots. A pro-industry, pro-growth agenda is the opposite of green.

Emanuel was responsible for ramming NAFTA down our throats for Clinton. In fact, when you look at who Obama has surrounded himself with, the new administration is poised to become Clinton 2.0. While this might be a kinder, gentler form of domination and imperialism, it isn't going to provide the fundamental help our suffering planet or her children desperately need.

Peace _on_ Earth requires peace _with_ Earth.


]]> Emanuel and green in the same sentence?

Rahm Emanuel has a respectable green record? C'mon boys and girls, it's time to shake off the consensus trance and start learning how to connect the dots. A pro-industry, pro-growth agenda is the opposite of green.

Emanuel was responsible for ramming NAFTA down our throats for Clinton. In fact, when you look at who Obama has surrounded himself with, the new administration is poised to become Clinton 2.0. While this might be a kinder, gentler form of domination and imperialism, it isn't going to provide the fundamental help our suffering planet or her children desperately need.

Peace _on_ Earth requires peace _with_ Earth.


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