Rahm Emanuel: Mitt Romney 'Turns A Blind Eye' To The Middle Class

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had some harsh words for Mitt Romney Sunday, saying the Republican presidential candidate "turns a blind eye" to the middle class.

The former White House chief of staff said on ABC's "This Week," that Romney has "revealed himself" as someone who doesn't take the values of all voters into account.

"I believe as the campaign continues, more and more people will see who he's willing to stand for," Emanuel said.

It wasn't the first time Emanuel has criticized Romney in recent days. On Saturday, Emanuel made fun of Romney's flip-flops while addressing a group of Democrats In Iowa.

"Mitt Romney says he's a man of steadiness and consistency," Emanuel said at a dinner in Des Moines. "If that's true, then I'm a linebacker for the Chicago Bears."

Emanuel also promoted Obama's handling of the economy and chastised the entire GOP field for touting old ideas on the campaign trail.

"Regardless of the personalities, all of them are espousing the same policies that have been tried before and led to the present economic situation that the president inherited in 2009," Emanuel said. "Not one of them have had a new idea that's different than was tried."

Comments

[mike90069]

08:50 AM on 11/23/2011

Rahm reminds me of a sneeky little ferrot!

[redbuns]

07:36 AM on 11/23/2011

anybody else think rahm looks like one of the devil's imps? scary looking guy.
oh, yeah...he is the face of evil.

[Cossack21]

11:38 AM on 11/22/2011

Okay Rahm, you spout #$@% about Mitt and the middle class, yet this week you just laid off 517 middle class union members, 183 of them public library employees? Who do you think uses the library? Its not your hedge fund buddies but the same middle class taxpayers you say you represent.

[smburwick]

09:28 PM on 11/21/2011

Wingnutz64: Bush is a social progressive and the last term was the object of the democrats hate. How come moonbats never reflect on their own?

[dgosha]

05:34 PM on 11/21/2011

I suppose I should mention here that Rahm Emanuel still supports the man who is quickly losing the backing of key liberals.

Pat Caddell and Chris Mathews, to name two.

[coreelectric]

05:04 PM on 11/21/2011

That goes for ALL gop candidates, and the rest of the gop party to boot. They are in the business of selling their souls to the coporate greed machine.

[mike90069]

08:53 AM on 11/23/2011

Get a grip

[ALiberalKidd]

04:39 PM on 11/21/2011

Mitt Romney 'Turns A Blind Eye' To The Middle Class
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aliberalkidd: In addition to Mitt Romeny, Rahm Emanuel, President Obama, Joe Biden, conservative and democratic politicians all start with the middle class and never make it down to mentioning the poor.

[speedydan79]

04:36 PM on 11/21/2011

Rahm certainly doesn't ignore the middleclass here in Chicago. He's nickel and diming us to death from everything to city parking lot fees to the water we drink.

[storgrisdemo]

03:48 PM on 11/21/2011

What is amazingly hilarious, is that the Romney was also on the running ticket of the repubie party and what did the grand ol' repubie boys do?? Mmmmm he wasn't a 'Christian' he wanted too many taxes, etc etc, etc,,, ah remember who they choose... 'The betcha' and Old McCoot, who wanted keep erasing the regulations of Wall Street .... Since the Romney has flip flopped everything on his previous desire list... Will he be elected? Nah... he is like a pancake,, forever flipped until a mysterious desire is shown..

[aspaone]

03:48 PM on 11/21/2011

Oh yea we should believe Rahm ,the snake He and his buddies are screwimg up a good country Go rahm steal from the public You are classless

[storgrisdemo]

04:33 PM on 11/21/2011

Oh my has Rahm been training all of the secret Obama army, that the righties righties told us about before the last presidential election and that before Easter in 2009, Obama woud be dictator and all repubies would be dying in the death camps that were built the first week Obama took office. that were supposed to get rid of the majority of white people..
Well hell, he sure has been too damn lazy to get that job done..
If that was a real ol' grand use of right winger propaganda we sure as hell would not be seeing some of these frenzied right winger posts on HuffPost..

[rrpatreilly]

06:49 PM on 11/21/2011

I just heard Chris Mathews speak of the missing private army that obama promised. Hell, even Chris Mathews the great liberal, is not happy with obama and his total lack of direction for this country. Mathews is mad at obama because obama does not even communicate with the democrats in the comgress and the senate. He appears to be too much above the rest to talk with.

[lpechrisb]

03:41 PM on 11/21/2011

WOW, if this isn't the pot calling the kettle black. He must be missing a crisis to profit on.

[Rminuteman]

03:31 PM on 11/21/2011

Rahm couln't hack it in the White House, where he thought he and Obama could run roughshod over the American People, like they have done in Chicago for past decades...However, the Corrupt Chicago Democrat Machine didn't work as well as in Chicago and he decided to swap his position with ex-Mayor Daley, and go back to Chicago where fear and intimidation has worked so well for them. No one but the Radical Left Proressives care what Emanuel has to say about anything...He is just another propaganda mouthpiece for Obama...

[lumleyq45]

03:08 PM on 11/21/2011

Consider the source of this left wing garbage.

[Rminuteman]

02:52 PM on 11/21/2011

"Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had some harsh words for Mitt Romney Sunday, saying the Republican presidential candidate "turns a blind eye" to the middle class." *************Hey Rahm, if what you say is true, how come Michelle and Joe Biden were Booed at the NASCAR rally the past weekend...NASCAR is the bedrock of Middle America...You Chicago high rollers just haven't been out in Middle America enough to know they are sick and tired of the Corruption in the Obama Regime, and can hardly wait until next November.

[johnebigjohn]

02:58 PM on 11/21/2011

­NASCAR is the bedrock of Middle America.... I believe football is the bedrock of America good sir. Just look at the ratings. We cannot wait until November to get rid of the "less taxes for the wealthy" party mucking up congress. If Mitt is the best the GOP can do President Obama has nothing to worry about.

[Rminuteman]

03:12 PM on 11/21/2011

The recent polls show otherwise, and Romney isn't even the nominee as yet.

[dgosha]

03:23 PM on 11/21/2011

Oh, I see.

Just like you got rid of the GOP in November of 2010.

Just like that huh?

Hehe.

[sammy zoso]

04:35 PM on 11/21/2011

He didn't say hillbillies.

[burnking1]

04:56 PM on 11/21/2011

dumb remark

[cureyourosity]

02:41 PM on 11/21/2011

Darth Rahm please tell me how well the middle class of Chicago has faired under Obama and now your reign.

[johnebigjohn]

02:52 PM on 11/21/2011

They would be alot better off if Congress would pass the jobs bill.

[cureyourosity]

02:57 PM on 11/21/2011

I don't know about the whole jobs bill but certainly many parts to it would help!

[Rminuteman]

02:58 PM on 11/21/2011

Little men, like Rahm, always seem to have a chip on their shoulder. It must be their lack of self confidence among self made men like Romney...

[dgosha]

03:25 PM on 11/21/2011

It's the "Bantam Rooster" complex.