Discussion: Rahm Emanuel: New High School Won't Bear President Obama's Name

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Rahm weasels out of this one without any good explanation. Shame on him.

Is someone giving money to build the new school and insisting on a name change?
Inquiring minds want to know.

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I’m for Saul Alinsky High School. Anyone else?

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Knowing this man’s proclivities, I suspect it’ll be named for a corporate sponsor.

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Is there no end to insults to this President? Ridiculous, classless…

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Knowing Rahm, the residents wanted the name, but he’s taking it away because they wanted too much input into the planning of the school.

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I don’t think it’s a good idea to name things after people who are still in office anyway. Or, for that matter, above ground.

They’re liable to do something to make you regret it.

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I agree. At least, not while they’re still in office.

I also think it’s safe to say there will be plenty of schools, roads, and other public buildings named after President Obama in the years to come.

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ACE Payday Loans Senior High School.

jw1

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Even not in office. There are enough racists and bigots like our pal Ransdell around. People are not going to suddenly become less racist when he leaves the White House. Torching/defacing a school named for him would be right up their alley.

Sad.

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What’s really the shame is that it’s gonna be on the near north side. Chicago has 10 awesome, kick-ass Pubic High Schools (the rest are the world’s most expensive and dysfunctional teen daycare facilities). The great schools are really hard to get into and the facilities, faculty, and students are as good as anything anywhere.

But none of these great, elite public HS are on the south side. Go figure.

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Where’s Darcy. I would have sworn that he would have found some way to blame Obamacare for not having a school named after him

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Bill Ayers High School!

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If you’re going to name a school after Barack HUSSEIN Obama, why not just name it Kenyan/Socialist/Communist/Muslim/Atheist/Usurper He-Thinks-He’s-A-Dictator High?

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So I guess George Soros High is also out of the question?

Too bad because the “Fightin’ Fist Bumpers” would be a terrific nickname.

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Trying to get himself into the running for another “Profiles in Courage” award, I see.

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And a damn fine dictator he is!

and you have just won today’s “stupidist posting of the day” award! Congrats!

Thank GOD for President Obama. I would gladly vote for him again.

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