Rahm Mocks Reporters' Questions in Yiddish Accent

(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Reporters asked Mayor Rahm Emanuel his thoughts on the city clerk's plans to start issuing fines for unlicensed dogs, and he responded by mocking the question with in Yiddish accent like a stand-up comedian, doing his best impression of Jackie Mason or Rodney Dangerfield. The Sun-Times writes:

“The unlicensed dog. Oooh. Who knew? Oy. I can hear it now. Oy vay. Who knew about the licensed dog? What happened here? Vat are you doing?” the mayor said as trade show and hotel officials standing behind him at McCormick Place laughed out loud.
“My press staff is now like, `Get him off. It’s too loose already.’ We have a 9.8 percent unemployment, and I’ve gotten two questions on the unlicensed dog.”

"I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your editors." Well, the man has a point. A "mandatory" dog license is so trivial it only costs $5, and the law has never been enforced. Plus, the questions were asked at a press conference about job creation.

But then Rahm's good-natured ribbing gets a little weirder. Emanuel then told the unnamed Jewish reporter who asked the question, “I’m trying to save you from yourself if you haven’t realized that, OK,” Emanuel said. “This is my generosity before the Sabbath for you, OK.”

Can't get no respect!

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By Samantha Abernethy in News on October 28, 2011 4:00 PM 0 Comments

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chee1rs

Rahm ..... self-hating Jew

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remyngtin

when the liberal press abandons the liberal politicians , all hell breaks loose

Charlie Meyerson

> Plus, the questions were asked at a press conference about job creation.

Sam, the questions were asked at a news conference at which reporters were told the mayor would take questions (on other topics). Submitted for your consideration: My account, the latest in a series of reports under the umbrella topic, "Who's Mayor Emanuel Ridiculing Now?" http://soundcloud.com/meyerson...

art shay

I'm not a big Jackie Mason or Rodney Dangerfield fan, and my attention span for waving hands that converse uncleverly , especially with one speaker being pointedly handicaped, waved with junior- high gusto, is not great. But as a long-time bystander / consumer of Yiddish-based humor , I gotta give Rahm's missing finger a respectable win over the seven or eight high school humorists who boringly yclept him an insensitive dick and the others who called him out for alienating those sacred dog owners. I've seen many of the latter untouchables tapping a foot, looking at their watches, then dumping their pet's excreta on the street or under a tree they feel needs fertilization, often putting the plastic container back in pocket, purse or car for future use or as a keepsake in their pet's scrapbook for all I knew. Matter of fact I once tried a story for Life Magazine on the body language of slavish human crapologists. It was rejected because of the number of non-dog-lovers who'd barf up breakfast while looking at cooling dogshit on the page. Neither I nor my wife, Florence, think Rahm is as sexy as Nicole Blackrose does- melting her pants "right off", but the tradition of failed mayoral humor is a long one in Chicago. What was Mayor Thompson's cowardly threat to the sacred-in-most-quarters-of -Chicago - Kaiser, again?

Nicole Blackrose

Chicago is so lucky to have him. He's a one-of-a-kind character with a good heart and an unmatchable form of sexiness that's hot enough to melt my pants right off.

jayburd2020

Rahm-- Here's the deal. We'll leave the tax-and-spinning to an expert to you, and you leave the humor to us. For instance, here's a far funnier YouTube video about you attempting to change the subject away from aggravating issues: http://tinyurl.com/44msscl And don't forget to tip your (process) server. You're gonna be here all the next four years.

whiteiris

Once a dick.....

jayburd2020

Not sure if he is trying, but Rahm continues to cement his reputation as quite a jerk. As he said, there is 9.8% unemployment in the city, and his administration is trying to find more ways to tax, fee and fine to death those with a job (Red light cameras, increased fees for water, reclassifying jeeps as SUVs). And he doesn't feel the citizens -- or the half million with a pet -- deserve an answer to a question about fining them upwards of $200? Well if he wishes to distract from the issue using real humor, he should take a few tips from this humorous YouTube video starring himself and Derrick Rose: http://tinyurl.com/44msscl