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Ryan and Rahm. BFF? « Fred Klonsky

Ryan and Rahm. BFF? « Fred Klonsky:


Ryan and Rahm. BFF?


Paul Ryan and Rahm Emanuel – Friendlier than you might think?
That’s what Carol Felsenthal, Chicago Magazine’s political reporter, asks.
My answer is no. I am not the least bit surprised.
Felsenthal taps Emanuel as a Democratic version of a Rockefeller Republican.
She calls Emanuel a Rahm Republican.
The Rockefeller Republican that Felesenthal is referring to is Nelson Rockefeller, former Governor of New York State and appointed VP after Nixon’s resignation.
He is also noted for suffering a career-ending, actually a life-ending, heart attack while in bed with his mistress on the upper east side of Manhattan.
Felsenthal reports:

So what’s the relationship between the two go-getters? My hunch is that they’re