Tuesday, November 11, 2008
I guess everyone's father is an embarrassment sometime . . .
The appointment of Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff for Obama has gotten a lot of coverage in the Arab press because of his Israeli ancestry, his father’s membership in the Irgun (an Israeli terrorist organization that launched attacks against British troops during the mandate period) and of course since that isn’t enough his father (Benjamin Emanuel) also took the liberty of characterizing all Arabs as manual laborers. The exact quote is: “Obviously he will influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn’t he be? What is he, an Arab? He’s not going to clean the floors of the White House.” Nice asshole –really nice.
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The suggestion of Emmanuel's father's quote is that because of his Jewish/Israeli roots, Emmanuel will contribute a pro-Israel voice in the White house. If he were Arab, the father suggests, his son would contribute another voice (pro-Arab). Whatever the case, the elder Emmanuel concludes, his son will have influence because he has not been hired to do manual work in the White House. There is no suggestion that Arabs only do manual work in the elder Emmanuel's quote.
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