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Jon Awbrey says:

May 23, 2013 at 3:15 pm

There are so many politicians from whom we had no reason to expect anything but fear and loathing — and they never fail to meet those expectations.

But, yes, relative to the expectations that many of us less-clued-in observers may have had, Rahmses the Grate is certainly winning the Race To The Top of the loathsome scale.

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Katie Osgood says:

May 23, 2013 at 3:32 pm

Oh, I guessed right! After the despicable decision to murder 50 school communities here in Chicago, I promise you we will not REST until this man has been dethroned, debunked, delegitimized, destroyed politically. As far as I am concerned, this man, with his hubris and cruelty, has just ended his political career. We are fired up, can’t take it no more…

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- mathcs says:
  
  May 23, 2013 at 5:17 pm
  
  Mayor since May 16, 2011, and his term is four years, so unfortunately, Chicago has him as Mayor for another two years.
  
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M. Schneider says:

May 23, 2013 at 3:40 pm

Just one, eh?

Rhee, but she is on the downward slope.

Emanuel now.

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- geauxteacher says:
  
  May 23, 2013 at 3:50 pm
  
  Rhee isn’t a politician though. I would nominate Jindal!
  
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  - Dienne says:
    
    May 23, 2013 at 4:54 pm
    
    She may not be an elected official, but she’s one of the canniest politicians I’ve ever seen.
    
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Ellen Lubic says:

May 23, 2013 at 4:06 pm

Ah so, there are so many, where to begin. All of the above, plus Sessions, Ryan, King, Boehner, McConnell, and all their Rightie cohorts who refuse to serve America before serving themselves, and who brought us the sequester, deserve to be listed. But sadly there are way too many Dems who also fit this category. They know who they are…even those who glorify drone strikes on faceless foreign women and children whom they call collateral damage.

And every single person who enters Congress middle class and leaves as a wealthy plutocrat.

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- Joanna Best says:
  
  May 24, 2013 at 7:28 am
  
  I have a sincere question here. Isn’t it illegal to be on a private interest payroll as an elected official? Do you mean they come out a wealthy plutocrat because a job is waiting for them after they serve?
  
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  - sethkahn says:
    
    May 24, 2013 at 9:05 am
    
    Very few of them enter middle class anyway, but almost all of them have big money jobs waiting for them as lobbyists or “consultants” when they leave, yes. In my estimation, the revolving door between Congress and corporate lobbies is an even bigger problem than campaign contributions.
    
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Joe says:

May 23, 2013 at 4:11 pm

One can only hope that Emanuel at long last has burned up all his bridges and will be unelectable for any position in Chicago for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile in the NJ alternate universe, Christie has high approval ratings while the Democratic party is committing suicide. Some leading Democrats are not supporting Barbara Buono, are openly knocking her and 14 state Democratic officials of all levels have come out in SUPPORT of Chris Christie!! Not that Democrats have been good on public education but at least they are not as crude and hostile to public school teachers and their unions (here in NJ) as Christie has been (excepting that Democratic thug in Chicago) . Christie and Emanuel, perfect together, a pair made in hell.

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- Dienne says:
  
  May 23, 2013 at 4:17 pm
  
  Rahm has rather fierce support among the middle and upper classes, especially whites who credit his “get tough” stance with finally “getting things done”. Not to mention he has a huge warchest (although, as Monica Ratliff showed us, that doesn’t always do the job). The CTU and their allies have a long, hard road ahead of them organizing the poorer communities which are already so demoralized. The first step, however, is finding a viable candidate. I joined part of the West Side 3-day march and found myself thinking that Jesse Sharkey (CTU vice president, also on the West Side march) would be a viable choice, although I don’t know how crucial he is to the union and I’d hate to see the union destabilized (which is one reason I don’t think Karen Lewis should be the mayoral candidate – she’s very much needed right where she is).
  
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- Jersey Jazzman says:
  
  May 23, 2013 at 4:40 pm
  
  Christie’s support is a mile wide and an inch think.
  
  http://jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2013/05/nobody-like-public-school-destroyers.html
  
  If the Dems step up and support Buono, she can win.
  
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Joanna Best says:

May 23, 2013 at 4:13 pm

Satan. Embodied wherever he can find a host.

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- retiredbutmissthekids says:
  
  May 23, 2013 at 8:08 pm
  
  Joanna, this would be funny if it were not, unfortunately, true.
  And hosts he has aplenty, looking at the all the aforementioned
  politicians.
  
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  - Joanna Best says:
    
    May 24, 2013 at 7:20 am
    
    I meant it in all honesty. He lurks.
    
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Katie Osgood says:

May 23, 2013 at 4:17 pm

Sorry everyone, as horrible as all those other loathsome politicians are, for this week…Rahm wins the prize. I don’t usually cry because of Edreform policy, but yesterday, after our Board of Education made that disgusting cowardly vote to close 50 schools, I sobbed. Rahm did that. #Loathsome #RahmEmanuel #Loathsome #RahmEmanuel #Loathsome

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jeffbloom67455960 says:

May 23, 2013 at 4:23 pm

Loathsome seems to come with the job of politician. We’ve had so few who weren’t loathsome. When do we come to our senses and realize our government is dysfunctional?

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jim says:

May 23, 2013 at 4:24 pm

Scott walker

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ronee groff says:

May 23, 2013 at 4:31 pm

There is no one villian or single person, male or female, to hang this tag on. Rather,
it would be better to investigate those that have plotted, planned, and implementated this initiative of destroying and unraveling our education system and the laws that have been enacted as supposed protectors of children. This is as elitist and arrogant a restructoring of our country as could have ever been devised. It took tens of years and many thousands of people to implement and it incorporates the most influential of leaders in our political, corporate, and military systems. The people who are out front and visible are far less threatening then the puppeteers pulling the strings.

Keep in mind that these people believe what they are doing is for the welfare and well being of the country and all of it’s citizens. That is called denial!! It is also called betrayal!! It is not either the R’s or the D’s but both. It is not just the tech corp. but a huge asstd. cluster of global business interests. It is not just the White House but the Military Defense Complex and university/think tank elites.

It is also the public in their ignorance and disinterest in what was and is happening around them and particularly in the shift of education priorities that are right in their faces. Their kids are being measured beyond reason or caring. They are being sorted and destroyed by the callous and insensitive people in the field of education and outside. There appears little courage to in mass stand against this miserable mean
and destructive change of educations promise for future generations. If parents and teachers would stand down together in concert and in mass there might be some redirection to have some input to this no longer imagined fiasco. The wake up call is now but the will and tenacity to continue to resist the plan is must take hold. At least there coud be the satisfaction that people tried.

It is gratifying to see some of this in the cities but it would be better if the outlying
districts stood with them. This is a displacing of human beings without regard for their survival or concern for their futures. It is a take over of mega proportions at the lowest point in time since the great Depression. It is dispicable on every level of a supposed civilized society!!!

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mom/educator says:

May 23, 2013 at 4:52 pm

Boy I often think of those brave lawmakers in WI who had to walk out.

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Cee Mor says:

May 23, 2013 at 6:13 pm

Almost every Governor or Mayor of a big city is the worst.
As Jessie Jackson said on NPR today (and I paraphrase here), they are systematically destroying public education, public transportation, closing hospitals, jobs have left the area…he then wondered what the plan was for all these people who live in this VERY under-served neighborhoods.
What is the master plan? Because it seems there is a confluence of shut downs going on across the nation in every big city.

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Stu says:

May 23, 2013 at 7:34 pm

Unfortunately the contest for “most loathsome” is not a slam dunk…despite the loathsomeness of the Emanuels and the Walkers, there’s this one…

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/pathetic-oklahoma-senator-tom-coburn-says-cuts-must-be-made-before-hell-support-tornado-relief/

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Michael Fiorillo says:

May 23, 2013 at 7:59 pm

Wow, the most loathsome politician of this degenerate era? That’s not an easy thing to accomplish.

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retiredbutmissthekids says:

May 23, 2013 at 8:13 pm

However–some hope & cheer–the Monica Ratliff victory. A PAA (Parents Across America) Newsletter stated today that one of their own is running for school board
in her town. Big voter registration drive by CTU. And–this just in–in response to parent/CTU lawsuits, federal judge orders hearing in July before CPS can close schools.(Have I got that last part right? If not, someone please correct me!)

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Robert Rendo says:

May 23, 2013 at 8:32 pm

The question has been poorly posed.

There is no such thing as the “number one most”. . . .

Here’s a list of vampires to start:

1. Randi Weingarten
2. Joel Klein
3. Mke Bloomberg
4. Rahm Emanuel
5. Barack Obama
7. Paul Ryan
8. Wayne LaPierre
9. Dick Ianuzzi
10. Arne Duncan
11. Dennis Walcott
12. Penny Pritzker
13. Koch Brothers
14. Eli Broad
15. the Waltons
16. Michelle Rhee
17. Bill and Melinda Gates
18. Steve Brill
19. Christina Quinn
20. Arnold Schwarzenagger
21. Andrew Cuomo

These people leave much to the imagination . . . .

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Robert Rendo says:

May 23, 2013 at 8:42 pm

I forgot Scott Walker, #22.

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concern parent in NYC says:

May 23, 2013 at 9:02 pm

How could you forget Merrly Tisch? She’s vampire #24!!!!

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Sheery says:

May 23, 2013 at 9:12 pm

And John King…eduvampire for sure..

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tjgaff (@tjgaff) says:

May 23, 2013 at 9:21 pm

Don’t leave out John Kasich. Loathsome on a good day.

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Robert Rendo says:

May 23, 2013 at 9:38 pm

Tisch and King! You’re right! It was gross negligence for me to have ommitted them. My apologies.

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- retiredbutmissthekids says:
  
  May 23, 2013 at 11:51 pm
  
  Robert–you’re forgetting someone who should most definitely be in the top 5–Bobby Jindal.
  
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  - Robert Rendo says:
    
    May 24, 2013 at 11:41 pm
    
    Right on!!!!!!!
    
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Mom/Educator says:

May 23, 2013 at 9:51 pm

Wow Seeing our unions’ heads’ name on Robert’s list is shocking. Feeling ambivalent about marching on June 8th. WIsh we had a Karen Lewis.

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Robert Rendo says:

May 23, 2013 at 10:08 pm

I’d do anything to ditch Weingarten and Ianuzzi and replace then with Karen Lewis. Not that Lewis is perfect, but she’s a huge upgrade. More power to her if she continues as such.

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schoolgal says:

May 24, 2013 at 1:52 am

So Randi is backing Tish’s BFF Thompson. And there were reports that attended a function with Rahm right before the strike. But I would like to see a news report that states Rahm’s representatives said black parents don’t know how to raise their children. That should be a major headline that would run him out of office and I hope get the ire of Obama.

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- Michael Fiorillo says:
  
  May 24, 2013 at 5:32 am
  
  Actually, Schoolgirl, it would probably get Obama’s approval, since his concern for Black Americans centers around scolding them for their presumed self-pity (a la his recent speech to Morehouse grads) or chiding them for borderline anti-social behavior.
  
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Cmurphy says:

May 24, 2013 at 8:41 am

Christie is right behind Rahm. He would do the same things if given the opportunity. And if we don’t start to get behind Buono, we will be facing that here. I hope that the NPE will support her!

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ME says:

May 24, 2013 at 9:24 am

Duncan or Rhee? Are we allowed a tie?

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