Tom Friedman: Emanuel Left White House For Chicago Because Of "Unpleasant" Social Media

This is why they pay him the big bucks folks. Thomas Friedman wants the viewers of Face the Nation to believe that Rahm Emanuel decided to leave the White House and run for mayor of Chicago because of some meanies on social media and blogs. I guess all of that went away for him once he was mayor instead of Obama’s chief of staff.

This was during yet another of the countless discussions by our beltway Villagers about how our the Republicans in Congress might have cooperated with President Obama if he’d just learned how to schmooze with them and kiss their butts a little more, like President Johnson did back in the day. Yeah, that would have made all the difference with this crop of Republicans we’ve got in office today. And then we’re treated to this nonsense by Friedman:

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Tom Friedman: Emanuel Left White House For Chicago Because Of "Unpleasant" Social Media

Tom Friedman: Emanuel Left White House For Chicago Because Of "Unpleasant" Social Media

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Tom Friedman: Emanuel Left White House For Chicago Because Of "Unpleasant" Social Media