Emanuel's greedy lust for credit and power reminded me of a story about Tom Delay.
Tom Delay's New World Order: "I Am the Government"
By JON BROWN
The story I heard goes like this: Tom DeLay lights up a stogie in a restaurant, and a waiter comes over and says, "I'm sorry, sir, but this is a government building, and no smoking is permitted." To which Mr. DeLay, House majority leader extraordinaire, if I may resort to Freedom English in honor of Tom's until now secret admiration of Gustave Flaubert, barks, "I am the government."
Mr. Government Before:
After: