How Utterly Proper

It appears that Joe Biden's nomination of Rahm Emanuel to be ambassador to Japan will have to rely on Republican votes to get confirmation.

Let's see, Rahm:

• Does not speak Japanese.
• Has never spent much time in Japan.
• Is completely unfamiliar with the concept of "Diplomacy".
• Is so toxic to the Democratic Party rank and file that a significant number of Democratic Senators will vote against him. 

The Democrats hate him because he covered up a police murder to win reelection, and got caught.

He's too toxic for the voters of Chicago, but Biden wants to find a place for him in his administration, despite the policy and political incompetence that he has generated over the years.

Emanuel should be in the dock for obstruction of justice and abuse of office, not up for Senate confirmation:

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, whose nomination to become ambassador to Japan has angered liberal activists, has clinched the votes of at least three Republican senators, giving him an important buffer against possible Democratic defections and boosting his chances of winning confirmation in the evenly divided Senate.


Emanuel, who has held powerful positions in government for three decades, is waging an aggressive behind-the-scenes effort to secure votes from Democrats and Republicans, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Among his earliest coups are Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), a close ally of former president Donald Trump; Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the fourth-ranking GOP senator, who has opted not to seek reelection next year; and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a centrist fresh off winning a fifth term.

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The fight over Emanuel’s nomination offers a fresh glimpse into the nation’s reckoning on race and police violence, given his wrestling with those issues as Chicago mayor. It will also test the power of personal relationships in Congress, given Emanuel’s longtime relations there.

It will test the power of corruption in Congress, both generally, and among the Democratic Party establishment (There is no Democratic Party establishment).

My money is on corruption winning.

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The Washington Post contacted the offices of all 100 senators this week to ask if they plan to support Emanuel, in some cases speaking with the lawmakers themselves. Most did not respond or declined to take a position ahead of Emanuel’s hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which has not yet been scheduled.

Among those who did not weigh in were a handful of Democrats whose votes Emanuel’s critics and champions believe could go either way. They include Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who has clashed with Emanuel, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), another prominent liberal.

Neither of the chamber’s African American Democrats, Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Raphael G. Warnock (D-Ga.), who have been outspoken critics of police violence against people of color, disclosed a position on Emanuel.

At least one Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), has suggested that McDonald’s killing could be relevant to his decision. Activists were furious that dashboard-camera video of the shooting was not released until 13 months after McDonald’s death; [and just after Emanuel's reelection as Chicago mayor] Emanuel attributed the delay to an ongoing federal probe, but critics accused him of playing politics.
[because it clearly was a reelection ploy]

Emanuel is absolutely wrong for this position, and absolutely wrong for ANY position of authority.

Make him ambassador to the Grand Dutchy of Fennwick, because his fictitious diplomatic skills are well suited to a fictitious country.