Rahm Emanuel – the First Amendment is highly overrated

rahm-emanuel-3Newbusters found this gem. Apparently at a White House Correspondents Association Dinner back in May of ’09, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told some entertainment reporter:

“When you think about the First Amendment…you think it’s highly overrated.”

While this has been under wraps for almost a year now, the audio of this was made available by Newsbusters.

Emanuel said this to an unidentified entertainment reporter (I did not toil too strenuously to ascertain his identity). But said scribe seemed a little bewildered by Emanuel’s assertion, despite the obvious mirth in Rahm’s face as he delivers the line – at the Correspondents’ Dinner. The irony appears to escape the man with the microphone.

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January 18, 2010 · Filed Under rahm emanuel


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  • Robert Leneker

    Americans have fought and died over decades for their rights, the 1st Amendment is key to getting information to the citizens so they can be informed of people that are not doing things in their interest.

    The comments of Rahm Emanuel about it, is Fascist…that he believes you don’t have the right to dissent. Dissent created this country.