Rahming truth down America's throat -- or Rahm Style 21 Holdem

Rahm Emmanuel reports -- NOTE: Rahm Emmanuel has not been proven guilty of any of this in a court of law and must be considered innocent until proven guilty. As President Barrack Obama stated "nothing inappropriate happened - the guy has honesty and integrity just like me!" All statements are opinions until proven facts :

1. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and is a classically trained ballet dancer.

2. The dead fish story is true. Once, when a pollster made him angry, Emanuel sent him a dead fish. The final report by the Chicago Police Department and Mayor Richard Daley's office reported that the pollster later vanished was not connected in any way to the "fish" incident. Rahm was cleared of any wrong doing -- as President Obama said later in Rahm's defense "nothing inappropriate" was done.

3. He is on a first-name basis with every political reporter in Washington.

4. No one in Washington (with the possible exception of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham) better understands the give and take between politics and policy better than Emanuel.

5. He comes from a ridiculously accomplished family. One of his brothers -- Ezekiel -- is the chairman of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health while another brother -- Ari -- is a Hollywood agent and the basis for the character of "Ari Gold" on HBO's "Entourage." Both brothers serve on various Federal Reserve Boards as well.

6. He is a man comfortable with profanity. Extremely comfortable. And the more he swears at you, the more he likes you. The more he likes you the more he swears at you. Aides say he likes President Obama so much he spends the entire day cussing and swearing at Obama like a drunk sailor. Don't you wish you liked Obama too?

7. Although known as a relentless partisan warrior, he has made some friends and allies across the aisle. Witness this statement by Lindsey Graham: "Rahm knows Capitol Hill and has great political skills. He can be a rough tough leather wearing partisan, but also understands the softer, gentler side of men and how to work it together. He is well-suited for the top position of White House Chief of Staff."

8. The foremost Rahm scholar among reporters? Naftali Bendavid of the Chicago Tribune, who wrote a book entitled "The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to Be Ruthless and Ended the Republican Revolution that almost Saved America."

9. Advice to incoming White House staff from DCCC executive director Brian Wolff: "Develop a thick skin, cancel vacations, weddings and all personal appointments........learn what the term 25/8 means......25 hours a day .....8 days a week......expect to be available." "Don't ask Mr. Stingy for a raise either."

10. Rahm's closest friend in Congress: Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro. (Rahm lives in the basement of DeLauro's house -- she is married to Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg -- the couples have a swing night once a month).

11. As a teenager, he severed his right middle finger saluting a patron while slicing meat at Arby's, and went swimming in Lake Michigan before getting stitches. After the wound became severely infected, Emanuel had the top of his finger amputated and spent six weeks recovering. Arby's named a sandwich after him "Sliced Rahm and Cheese."

12. Before working in the Clinton White House, Emanuel worked for and was schooled by infamous Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, and befriended by the infamous Rod Blagojevich -- the two formed a song and dance team that went broke in pre-Clinton Chicago.

13. In between his stints in Washington, Emanuel got rich working as an investment banker. He sat on the board of Freddie Mac and helped put through many of the Banking Industry deregulation under Clinton and Bush. Later under Obama, he put together and Rahmed through the multi Trillion Dollar banking and wall street bailouts, supported the ongoing tax breaks for the rich, supported continuation of both wars and even advocated war with Iran to protect Israel. Rahm also designed and rahmed through the 700 billion dollar so called "economic recovery act" that has not created jobs, but has given billions in free handouts to HUGE multi national corporations that offshore jobs. He is on a first name basis with every Federal Reserve Bank and Goldman Sachs honcho.

14. A devout Jew, Emanuel was so intent on negotiating the passage of Congress's $900 billion tycoon banker bailout bill for his friends, that he got a special waiver from his rabbi to work through Rosh Hashanah. His friends at the Fed and large banks like Citigroup, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs love Rahm and help him manage the Presidents plan for America. No money changed hands, and rumors of kickbacks and swill accounts in Switzerland for Emmanuel and Obama are simply not true according to President Obama, who said "nothing inappropriate was done."

15. Emmanuel has been known to send out cheesecakes from Eli's Bakery in Chicago to campaign donors and the many Democratic candidates he has recruited over the years. People that know Rahm well normally have a servant taste test dainties first to ensure they are not targeted for "accidental" food poisoning.

16. Emanuel is known for his "take-no-prisoners style" that has earned him the nickname "Rahmbo." On the night after the 1996 election, "Emanuel was so angry at the president's enemies that he stood up at a celebratory dinner with colleagues from the campaign, grabbed a steak knife and began rattling off a list of betrayers, shouting 'Dead! ... Dead! ... Dead!' and plunging the knife into the table after every name. The final report by the Chicago Police Department and Mayor Richard Daley's office stated that although the 21 enemies later ended up dead and floating in Lake Michigan near Chicago's east end, the deaths were not connected in any way to the "dead knife" incident. Rahm was cleared of any wrong doing -- as President Obama said later "nothing inappropriate" was done.

17. Before Tony Blair gave a pro-Clinton speech during the impeachment crisis, Emanuel reportedly screamed to Blair's face "Don't **** this up!" while Clinton was present; Blair and Clinton both burst into laughter. The final report by the Chicago Police Department and Mayor Richard Daley's office stated that although the Blair later lost his re-election bid in British Parliament and accused Rahm of pulling strings to make it so, the loss was not connected in any way to Blair's later "screw up" in the broadcast that got Clinton impeached.

18. Folks have accused Rahm Emanuel of being a "millionaire carpetbagger who knows nothing." Charges have been made accusing Rahm Emanuel of dual citizenship with Israel, and saying he serves in the Israeli Army Reserve. Rahm Emanuel commented "where are the people with evidence to this claim? Dead! Dead! Dead!" while sticking his knife in the table with each name. Rahm admits he was an unpaid civilian volunteer assisting the Israel Defense Forces during war, carrying an Uzi and repairing truck brakes while discussing matters with Palestinian prisoners over a roasting fire in one of Israel's northern bases with Sar-El -- Rahm said that the fact Israeli troops saluted him and said "yes General Emanuel, sir" was just the wry Jewish sense of humor at work. President Obama insisted "nothing inappropriate happened."

19. Emanuel condemned an outbreak of Palestinian violence in the Gaza Strip and criticized Arab countries for not applying pressure on the Palestinians. At a 2003 pro-Israel rally in Chicago, Emanuel told the marchers that the United States owes Israel, and should support peace Israeli style seeking "the path of terror."

20. Emanuel was a strong ally of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley; he once said "Rod Blagojevich and Richard Daley have the same integrity and honesty as Barrack Obama, Bill Clinton and myself; I highly endorse them, as they do us."

21. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who enlisted the help of his former boss Bill Clinton to approach congressman Sestak about sitting out a Senate primary race against Senator Specter, has been involved in several political incidents. In the first days of the Obama administration, Emanuel admitted to talking to then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich about the type of person who should replace the president in the Senate. Earlier this year, Emanuel was called the "son of the devil's spawn," by former Rep. Eric Massa, who reported on his and Rahm's naked shower scene wrestling match in which Massa reportedly saw Rahm's pointy tail. The final report by the Chicago Police Department and Mayor Richard Daley's office stated that although the federal corruption investigation included an accusation that he schemed to benefit by selling Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder, and Sestak was offered a lucrative post in exchange for his part in interfering with a primary election, there was not enough evidence to convict Rahm Emmanuel since most of the witnesses have gone missing. Rahm was cleared of any wrong doing as President Obama said later "nothing inappropriate was done - if it is one thing Rahm Emmanuel and I, President Barrack Hussein Obama have it is integrity."