Rosa DeLauro and Rahm Emanuel – Perfect Together

Well it beats having your kids still living in the basement.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro has received some attention lately for the apparent generosity of providing Obama’s chief of staff, former Rep. Rahm Emanuel, a place to crash in the capital. The Web reports have accused him of living illegally in her DC house.

Emanuel’s lodging would seem to constitute a gift, but a quick reading of House ethics rules suggests that members of Congress are not violating any rules when taking gifts from each other. Of course, he’s no longer a member of Congress .

and there’s more here.

Oh, but then, Emanuel is now serving under the supposedly stricter ethics regime of the Obama White House. Free rent from a Democratic pollster? Something doesn’t smell right — and it’s not just that usual basement mustiness.

But forget about any breaches of minor ethics rules. So Emanuel crashed with DeLauro and Greenberg for five years for free — who cares? What this really tells us is how hopelessly inbred Washington is. We just wish Emanuel had gotten fancier digs in the bargain.

Ok … maybe it’s not better than having the kids still living at home. At least you can get them to shovel the driveway.

Once again … H/T to Instapundit.

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Jim Vicevich

Jim is a veteran broadcaster and conservative/libertarian blogger with more than 25 years experience in TV and radio. Jim's was the long-term host of The Jim Vicevich Show on WTIC 1080 in Hartford from 2004 through 2019. Prior to radio, Jim worked as a business and financial reporter for NBC30 - the NBC owned TV station in Hartford - and as business editor at WFSB-TV in Hartford for 14 years while earning six Emmy nominations and three Telly Awards.

3 Comments

  1. Dimsdale on February 9, 2009 at 2:12 pm

    This looks like the perfect setup for a Conan O’Brien “If they mated” sketch….



  2. Bill on February 9, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    The posted picture of DeLauro looks like “Fearless Leader” in the old Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon series.?? Life imitating art?



    • Wyndeward on February 10, 2009 at 3:06 pm

      I was thinking she looked like Bono after a bad weekend in Belfast, but that’s just me…



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