Meet the new boss...Same as the ol' boss.

[Smiling Assassin27]

Talk about audacity. Obama runs on the lie that he wants to clean up the special interests and inbred croney-ism in DC, and then appoints one of his entirely unqualified hand job providers to his senate seat. Granted, the governor does the appointment, but who are we kidding? This guy has Chicago political machine written all over his cabinet and his appointments. Somebody please tell me how this Jarrett woman has ANY business in the senate, based on her (lack of) qualifications? What a sham. Bush brought in half of Texas and everyone went ape. What gives?

Source: Obama wants Valerie Jarrett to replace him in Senate
Posted: 02:02 PM ET

From CNN Chief National Correspondent John King


Valerie Jarrett is one of Barack Obama's closest advisers.
(CNN) — A prominent Democratic source close to Barack Obama confirmed Sunday that Valerie Jarrett is Obama’s choice to replace him in the Senate.

Jarrett is a Chicago lawyer and one of Obama’s closest advisers. She is also one of the leaders of Obama’s transition team.

Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the incoming chief of staff, said Sunday that he had not seen the report from Chicago’s WLS-TV that named Jarrett as Obama’s top pick, but he praised her as a “valuable ally.”

“People should know that Valerie Jarrett is — and people do know — she is a very dear friend of the president-elect and a valuable ally of his, not only prior to running for president, in his Senate life, and just personally for Michelle and Barack,” Emanuel said on ABC’s “This Week.”

The Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich, will make the final decision on who will be Obama’s successor.

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[Spider]

LOL Appa , i was hoping to get out of the WRP forum and go back to football only , but this **** is funny

[BroncoInferno]

LOL Might need to reserve a rubber room for ol' SmilinAss. He is going off the deep end.

Speaking of which, anyone seen Dman posting lately? I don't doubt he is having a rough go of it now that America has rejected his failed right wing ideology.

[footstepsfrom#27]

Good choice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Jarrett

[Garcia Bronco]

Interesting. She's Iranian

[footstepsfrom#27]

Interesting. She's Iranian
She's African American, born in Iran.

Jarrett was born to an African-American family in Shiraz, Iran, where her father, Dr. James Bowman, ran a hospital for children as part of a program that sent American doctors and agricultural experts to developing countries to help jump-start their health and farming efforts. At age 5, the family moved to London for one year, then returned to Chicago in 1963. Her father, who is of African American descent, is a pathologist and geneticist. He is currently Professor Emeritus in Pathology and Medicine, University of Chicago.[3][4] Her great-grandfather was the first African-American to graduate from M.I.T., her grandfather was Robert Taylor the first black man to head the Chicago Housing Authority, and her father, Dr. James Bowman, was the first black resident at St. Luke’s Hospital. Though Ms. Jarrett has never worked in Washington, her great-uncle is Democratic powerbroker Vernon Jordan. [5] Her mother, Barbara T. Bowman, is an African-American early childhood education expert and co-founder of the Erikson Institute for child development.[5][6]

She graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon, a New England boarding school, in 1974. She also received a B.A. in Psychology from Stanford University in 1978, and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Michigan Law School in 1981.


[edit] Career

[edit] Chicago politics
Jarrett got her start in Chicago politics in 1987 working for Mayor Harold Washington[7] as Deputy Corporation Counsel for Finance and Development.[8]

Jarrett continued to work in the mayor's office in the 1990s. She was Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Richard Daley, during which time (1991) she hired Michelle Robinson, then engaged to Barack Obama, away from a private law firm. Jarrett served as Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development from 1992 through 1995, and was Chair of the Chicago Transit Board from 1995 to 2005.[8]


[edit] Business career
She is currently the CEO of The Habitat Company, a real estate development and management company, which she joined in 1995. She was a Member of the Board of Chicago Stock Exchange (2000-2007, as Chairman, 2004-2007).

She is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago Medical Center,[8] Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago and a Trustee of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.[9][10] Ms. Jarrett serves on the board of directors of USG Corporation, a Chicago based building materials corporation.


[edit] Advisor to Barack Obama
Jarrett is one of Senator Obama's longest serving advisors and "closest campaign aide[s] – an insider widely tipped for a top position in an Obama administration."[11][12]

“ Unlike Bert Lance, who arrived from Georgia with President [Jimmy] Carter and became his budget director, or Karen Hughes, who was President [George W.] Bush's communications manager, Ms. Jarrett isn't a confidante with a particular portfolio. What she does share with these counterparts is a fierce sense of loyalty and a refusal to publicly say anything that may reflect poorly on the candidate — or steal his thunder.— Belkin[11] ”


[edit] Personal life
Jarrett was married to William Robert Jarrett from 1983 to 1988. Their daughter, Laura, is a Harvard Law student.[5]

[Garcia Bronco]

She's African American, born in Iran.


Which makes her Iranian. OR would you prefer African-Iranian? I don't like to upset the hyphenated crowd with their racial ways.

[footstepsfrom#27]

She has a long family history of people who accomplished great things. She's a CEO and expereinced business woman active in the Chicago community and a Stanford grad with a law degree. Washington newcomer who he obviously trusts considerably since he's known her a long time. That's a solid choice.

[footstepsfrom#27]

Which makes her Iranian. OR would you prefer African-Iranian? I don't like to upset the hyphenated crowd with their racial ways.
She's born to an AFRICAN AMERICAN family. Her dad's name is Dr. James Bowman...not Mohammad Akbar. She spent a year in England too...does that maker her British?

[Spider]

She's born to an AFRICAN AMERICAN family. Her dad's name is Dr. James Bowman...not Mohammad Akbar. She spent a year in England too...does that maker her British?

Depends if where she was born was US Soil at the time ..... but either way it doesnt matter , she is as American as any other ......

[Garcia Bronco]

Certainly she was born in Iran. It seems Obama has perchant for people born elsewhere.

[Paladin]

Which makes her Iranian. OR would you prefer African-Iranian? I don't like to upset the hyphenated crowd with their racial ways.

That is fugging stupid and racist.......

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

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[Garcia Bronco]

That is fugging stupid and racist.......

No. Now that you have gotten that all out of your system:

What is stupid and racist is dividing up Americans into racial groups using hyphens.

[footstepsfrom#27]

No. Now that you have gotten that all out of your system:

What is stupid and racist is dividing up Americans into racial groups using hyphens.
When you're family is brought here in chains, you have the right to hyphenate.

She's been here since '63 and both parents are AA...I doubt she's considered Iranian by anyone in Iran.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

That is fugging stupid and racist.......

Two adjectives that best describe GB.

[cutthemdown]

To the victor goes the spoils. Of course Obama is going to help his friends now that he is President. It's totally natural to reap these type of benefits when you support a guy, and then he wins. That's why these people support someone to begin with. You think people would help Obama get elected, or any man for that matter, if afterward the guy was just going to forget about you? Of couse no one would.

Just like Clintons, Bush's, Obama will help his friends. That's why who a guy buddies around with is so important. Hopefully Rev Wright and Ayers won't be getting any cabinet positions. :)

[Odysseus]

Good choice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Jarrett

She is an excellent speaker, brilliant thinker and a smart replacement for Barack because she will represent the people she is there for.

Her heritage isn't an issue for me. Back when the Shah was in power Iranians were our close allies in the region. The funny thing is Iran was our friend right up until somebody decided to call them part of the axis of evil.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Hopefully Rev Wright and Ayers won't be getting any cabinet positions. :)

Not to worry - Ayers already got a $49M grant and a position on an Annenberg board from one of your man McCain's top campaign donors.

[Bronco Bob]

She is an excellent speaker, brilliant thinker and a smart replacement for Barack because she will represent the people she is there for.

Her heritage isn't an issue for me. Back when the Shah was in power Iranians were our close allies in the region. The funny thing is Iran was our friend right up until somebody decided to call them part of the axis of evil.

When I was in the Navy the Shah came to our ship to watch an airshow
we put on. Basically an advertisement to get him to buy some US warplanes.
He did end up buying a lot of F-14s instead of F-15s.

[watermock]

The funny thing is Iran was our friend right up until somebody decided to call them part of the axis of evil.

http://goatmilk.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/khomeini.jpg

Remamber this guy? "Death to America"? 1979

[Bronco Bob]

Remamber this guy? "Death to America"? 1979

Valerie Jarrett was born in 1956.

[cutthemdown]

Two adjectives that best describe GB.

What exactly is your definition of racism. You will probably just put some joke up and not a real answer but who knows.

IMO to be racist you have to think your race or group is superior to the other. You have to be someone who commits acts that are directed at other races. It's not just a comment on a board that may or may not show you have prejudices or maybe don't fully understand where the other group is coming from.

You call me a racist but I see black people as really talented. Parts of the black culture are among my favorites and I would never do anything to to try and thwart a black mans happiness. I only feel superior to Raider fans of any color.

You should really save racists for the guy who says blacks just aren't smart enough to do anything but pick cotton. Or some white skinhead that goes out and beats the crap out of someone because they are gay, black, or whatever. If we water down racism to someone who says something you don't agree with then we lose something in the process. We lose the stigma the word has and the weight it carries. Save it for the real racists and give the it rest why don't ya?

[cutthemdown]

Not to worry - Ayers already got a $49M grant and a position on an Annenberg board from one of your man McCain's top campaign donors.

good for him!!!!!

[footstepsfrom#27]

Her heritage isn't an issue for me. Back when the Shah was in power Iranians were our close allies in the region. The funny thing is Iran was our friend right up until somebody decided to call them part of the axis of evil.
I'll repeat this again since it's being ignored or missed; both her parents are black Americans, not Iranians. She's American but was born while they lived in Iran. I'm sure this thread will load up with 40 posts about how Obama's picking a sleeper cell threat however.

[Drek]

Certainly she was born in Iran. It seems Obama has perchant for people born elsewhere.

Yeah, not being a narrow minded bigot tends to lead you down the path of choosing worldly, multicultural individuals when needing advice with world issues involving multiple cultures.

[Garcia Bronco]

When you're family is brought here in chains, you have the right to hyphenate.

She's been here since '63 and both parents are AA...I doubt she's considered Iranian by anyone in Iran.

When you're family is brought here in chains, you have the right to hyphenate.

She's been here since '63 and both parents are AA...I doubt she's considered Iranian by anyone in Iran.

I didn't argue that she is unqualified, but she is from Iran and born there. It's obvious a part you has a problem with the notion that see is from Iran.

Hyphenated-America is a racial segregation tool that's anti-country. We are one country. That's Obama's message and I agree with it. I think it would be awesome if you agree with it too. Especially since we all come from the same place...which...LOL is mesopotamia...aka a part of Iran. It's also good that we celebrate our diversity. It's not my point that we shouldn't, but not above our nation. Using hyphenated terms to describe someone is exactly that: Putting ones group above our interests as a nation.

Hyphenating yourself is also racist in nature. As if your race is so important that you must put it to the forefront. As if it's superior.

It's time to drop it and be a part of something better.

[Garcia Bronco]

Two adjectives that best describe GB.

Not true at all, sad little man.

[Garcia Bronco]

I'll repeat this again since it's being ignored or missed; both her parents are black Americans, not Iranians. She's American but was born while they lived in Iran. I'm sure this thread will load up with 40 posts about how Obama's picking a sleeper cell threat however.

Grow up.

[footstepsfrom#27]

I didn't argue that she is unqualified, but she is from Iran and born there. It's obvious a part you has a problem with the notion that see is from Iran.
I have a problem with propogating the notion that she is Iranian in order to make some misguided point. She's no more Iranian than I am. Her heritage is BLACK and her parents are AMERICAN. She has no ties to Iran and left as a child...why do you care that she was born there?
Hyphenated-America is a racial segregation tool that's anti-country. We are one country. That's Obama's message and I agree with it. I think it would be awesome if you agree with it too. Especially since we all come from the same place...which...LOL is mesopotamia...aka a part of Iran. It's also good that we celebrate our diversity. It's not my point that we shouldn't, but not above our nation. Using hyphenated terms to describe someone is exactly that: Putting ones group above our interests as a nation.
You mean like we put white people's interests above those of the nation for over 200 years? Please...don't even try to pretend that blacks are having their interests put ahead of the nations when it's been the other way around. Africans were brought here against their will. They had their culture stolen from them, their names changed, their religious beliefs denied, their family histories crushed and their families separated. Even after slavery was outlawed it took 100 years for them to even begin to be seen as having rights. In MY lifetime my own marriage would have been illegal up till about the time we landed on the moon. If black people want to be called AFRICAN Americans...they've damn well earned the right to have it that way.

It takes a lot of gaul to kidnap people and then tell them what they have to call themselves.

[footstepsfrom#27]

Grow up.
Grow up? That doesn't even fit in this conversation.

[Garcia Bronco]

Even after slavery was outlawed it took 100 years for them to even begin to be seen as having rights. In MY lifetime my own marriage would have been illegal up till about the time we landed on the moon. If black people want to be called AFRICAN Americans...they've damn well earned the right to have it that way. It takes a lot of gaul to kidnap people and then tell them what they have to call themselves.


Not ahead of the nation. With the nation.

As far as rights:

You don't even know the right that they had after the civil war. Blacks held elected Senate and House postions from the 1870's until the 1900's when the Democrats regained power in the south. Further more Africans kidnapped Africans, amongst others, and sold them into slavery. But all of that is niether here nor there. No one alive did any of that. In short, get over it. It's a new day and the past is gone. Leave the hyphens for something else and look to the future.

[Garcia Bronco]

I have a problem with propogating the notion that she is Iranian in order to make some misguided point. She's no more Iranian than I am. Her heritage is BLACK and her parents are AMERICAN. She has no ties to Iran and left as a child...why do you care that she was born there?



It's interesting to me that he chooses people that are not born here. Especially when for all intents and purposes he left here as soon as he was born.

[Pseudofool]

I just learned that George W. Bush wasn't really born in Texas! String the Yankee up!

[footstepsfrom#27]

Not ahead of the nation. With the nation.

As far as rights:

You don't even know the right that they had after the civil war. Blacks held elected Senate and House postions from the 1870's until the 1900's when the Democrats regained power in the south.
Yeah...actually I did but I was up 34 consecutive hours when I posted earlier and just thinking about the voting rights act...so what? What's that got to do with anything? Are you saying they were full participants in our electoral process? Because that's absurd if that's what you're saying.
Further more Africans kidnapped Africans, amongst others, and sold them into slavery. But all of that is niether here nor there. No one alive did any of that. In short, get over it. It's a new day and the past is gone. Leave the hyphens for something else and look to the future.
As I said...it's their right to call themselves whatever they want...not your right to decide that. Why should you care anyway?

[footstepsfrom#27]

It's interesting to me that he chooses people that are not born here. Especially when for all intents and purposes he left here as soon as he was born.
What difference does it make? None. And how many people has he picked so far? Two?...call me when his cabinet is in place. Besides...he has nothing to say about his replacement anyway, that's the governor's job to fill this spot. It's only a recommendation.

[Garcia Bronco]

What difference does it make? None. And how many people has he picked so far? Two?...call me when his cabinet is in place. Besides...he has nothing to say about his replacement anyway, that's the governor's job to fill this spot. It's only a recommendation.

It's probably a good recommendation. It will be interesting to see all the choices.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

The story of GB and the Bush Youth

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/Left_Behind_DVD_cover.jpg

[Paladin]

I just learned that George W. Bush wasn't really born in Texas! String the Yankee up!

Yeah, what is he? Maine-Texan? Or whatever? Is that even American?

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

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[Garcia Bronco]

Yeah, what is he? Maine-Texan? Or whatever? Is that even American?

He's from Maine, which is why I have never understood people calling him a Texan.

[Garcia Bronco]

The story of GB and the Bush Youth

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/Left_Behind_DVD_cover.jpg

You already used this picture on another thread and another poster. I demand original propaganda.

[Odysseus]

I'll repeat this again since it's being ignored or missed; both her parents are black Americans, not Iranians. She's American but was born while they lived in Iran. I'm sure this thread will load up with 40 posts about how Obama's picking a sleeper cell threat however.

I don't really get stuck on race like most folks. You are right. I did not catch nor care that both her parents were black. I see black people all the time in Arabic countries but never assume them to be one thing or another. I think that culture is what matters. Thanks for the heads up.

She strikes me as very weird looking like Pelosi. She has a very sharp mind and seems very tuned to people. I have never seen a woman politician who carried herself this tough and still maintain a feminine air about her. I guess all the training in psychology. I would not want to play her poker.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

I don't really get stuck on race like most folks.

You know, it just amazes me that we're even still talking about race in the year 2008.

But I guess a lot of dinks in the red states (the few that remain) are still dealing with the outcome of the civil war or some sh*t.

[Pseudofool]

(CNN) — Two Democratic sources close to President-elect Barack Obama tell CNN that top adviser Valerie Jarrett will not be appointed to replace him in the U.S. Senate.

[NaptownChief]

It is always good to get as many politicians from Chicago as possible. They run a great ship up there with absurd taxes, rotten schools, high crime and one of the richest histories of corruption.

She should fit in nicely with this congress that specializes in high taxes, big spending and few positive accomplishments.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

It is always good to get as many politicians from Chicago as possible. They run a great ship up there with absurd taxes, rotten schools, high crime and one of the richest histories of corruption.

She should fit in nicely with this congress that specializes in high taxes, big spending and few positive accomplishments.

A Bush supporter/Republican suddenly concerned about corruption?

Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious!

[NaptownChief]

A Bush supporter/Republican suddenly concerned about corruption?

Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious!



An Obama supporter would probably be uncomfortable in the abscene of corruption. Thankfully for you it should be a very comfortable 4 years.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

For the last eight years, I've tenaciously supported a party and a president who specialize big borrowing, big spending, massive corruption, crime, and few positive accomplishments.

Fixed.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

An Obama supporter would probably be uncomfortable in the abscene of corruption. Thankfully for you it should be a very comfortable 4 years.

Hilarious!

This from a guy who has been comfortable with Bush and that organized crime syndicate masquerading as political party that is the GOP for the last eight years?

Priceless! :D

[Spider]

It is always good to get as many politicians from Chicago as possible. They run a great ship up there with absurd taxes, rotten schools, high crime and one of the richest histories of corruption.

She should fit in nicely with this congress that specializes in high taxes, big spending and few positive accomplishments.

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[NaptownChief]

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Spider why don't you spend a little less time on the internet and get another job so you CAN actually save some money in a retirement account. At least now we all know why you were such a big pusher of Obama. You and Peggy the Moocher "won't have to pay your mortgage or buy gas anymore..."


:oyvey:

[Spider]

Spider why don't you spend a little less time on the internet and get another job so you CAN actually save some money in a retirement account. At least now we all know why you were such a big pusher of Obama. You and Peggy the Moocher "won't have to pay your mortgage or buy gas anymore..."


:oyvey: i dont have a mortgage , I own my house out right , but thanks so much for your concern :rofl:

LOL naw I will wait for the welfare checks to come rolling in

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

At least now we all know why you were such a big pusher of Obama. You and Peggy the Moocher "won't have to pay your mortgage or buy gas anymore..."

Derrr....Obama's a socialist!

:mullet1: :mullet2:


Naptown: Paw?

Naptown's dad: Yes, son?

Naptown: What's a socialist?

[NaptownChief]

i dont have a mortgage , I own my house out right , but thanks so much for your concern :rofl:

LOL naw I will wait for the welfare checks to come rolling in




That is a good thing because I think the banks stopped lending mortgage money towards homes on wheels.

[Spider]

That is a good thing because I think the banks stopped lending mortgage money towards homes on wheels.

you say that like lending loans on homes with wheels is a bad thing ........
I wish I had a mobile home , I would move off this block and get in on the good side of town when the welfare checks came rolling in , get in on the good life ..... you wouldnt mind putting in an extra 10 hours a week over time to help a buddy out like me would ya ?