Sarah Palin was starting to resemble some kind of warped genius, being able to be wrong about so many things in a row. Now, she's broken her 1.000 fallibility batting average by saying something reasonable. (From the Seattle Press Intelligencer 2/2/10)

Emanuel has now drawn an elegant, sanctimonious expression of wrath from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee has gone so far as to suggest that the White House tough guy -- he once trained with the Israeli army -- be fired.

Palin has also drawn blood.

Emanuel has apologized for a remark, quoted last week in the Wall Street Journal, in which he called liberal Democrats "(bleepin') retarded."

With her December put down of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee -- who pardoned a felon who would go on to murder four Lakewood, Wash. police officers -- Palin showed she has combat instincts of a mongoose.

"Just as we'd be appalled if any public figure of Rahm's stature ever used the 'N-word' or other such inappropriate language, Rahm's slur on all God's children with cognitive and developmental disabilities -- and the people who love them -- is unacceptable, and it's heartbraking," Palin wrote.

Of course, she is wrong about any people being "God's children." There is no "God" to have children. But, that is a rather minor point in this case, especially since it is such a common error.

She's still doing worse than a stopped clock, but she isn't quite as scary about being wrong as before.

Part of the reason why Emanuel has been such an ineffectual Chief of Staff for this administration is that he holds the overwhelming majority of Democratic voters in utter contempt. Even worse, he has used the developmentally disabled as cannon fodder in an attempt to intimidate and offend the vast majority of people who voted for Obama in 2008. Hateful and foolish is a rather accurate way to describe this abysmal failure.

The Dissident Voice is calling for Emanuel to go, based on ethics and policy problems.

Where should Obama start? He should start with his first appointment, the White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel embodies corporate power; the former head of the corporate Democratic Leadership Council has been a corporate, militarist Democrat throughout his career and his politics have cost the Democratic Party repeatedly. He was the architect of NAFTA in 1993, resulting in unions staying home in 1994 and the Democrats losing 54 House seats. As anti-war sentiment raged in 2006, Emanuel, then head of the DCCC, recruited pro-war Democrats. The result, only nine of his hand picked 22 candidates won almost costing the Democrats the majority in a year they should have won a landslide. His unimpressive track record has continued with the Dems going 0 for 3 since Obama took office. Keep Emanuel in the leadership and 2010 will be a Democratic Party disaster.

He is wrong on the issues because of his personal and corporate connections. Emanuel is the bankers lobby favorite. He was the top recipient of donations from hedge funds, private equity, investment and securities firms when he served in Congress. Personally, he earned $18 million in 2.5 years between government jobs at a hedge fund firm. He served on the board of Freddie Mac from 2000-2001 when its decision making helped bring on the housing crisis. It is no surprise that health care reform turned into an insurance company giveaway, while banking reform is giving Wall Street everything it wants and the foreclosure crisis continues unabated.

Emanuel is also a hawk. His father was an Irgun terrorist for Zionists. Emanuel volunteered for the Israeli Defense Forces during the first Gulf War while serving in Congress. He endorsed Obama after the candidate gave a hawkish, pro-Israel speech before the right-wing Israeli lobby, AIPAC, and then introduced Obama to their executive board of major donors. In 2006, when the Democrats won with a mandate to end the war Emanuel made sure ending the war was off the table. It is not surprising he is chief of staff of a White House that has broken all war spending records and has escalated militarism around the globe.

When is Obama going to go ahead and fire a political hack who is destroying this administration?