Rahm Emanuel is the last person I would pick to read to a group of children.
From the White House Blog:
On August 10, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes joined Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for the Department of Education’s summer reading initiative, "Read to the Top!" During the event, Barnes read "10 Things I Can Do to Help My World" to encourage students to take practical steps to save our planet. Rahm Emanuel read "Duck for President," a story about a duck who overcomes the odds to take the highest office in the country. After the event, the students snacked on popsicles and read their own books in the shade – a welcomed break from the summer heat.
Rahm Emanuel didn't do a straight reading of the children's book, Duck for President. He ad-libbed political commentary along the way.
Really odd.
Andrew Greiner, NBC Chicago, writes:
Emanuel, seated next to two other Chicago political elites, Arne Duncan and Melody Barnes, took liberties with the story about a duck that runs for president and filled in the gaps on strategy.
“Have you seen the other one? Duck runs for Congress? Really good book,” he said to a group of kids who don’t really get the joke.
...Here are a few other gems from the ad-libbed performance.
When the animals in the book put together a voter registration drive:
“Farmer Brown was furious, he ran to the barn to find the animals registering to vote,” Emanuel reads. “… it’s obviously not in Chicago."
When the Duck wins the presidency:
“Big comeback for the challenger. Duck was officially in charge. … Anybody know what his biggest decision was after that? Picking that chief of staff. A lot can go wrong. It’s a tough choice."
After Duck assumes office:
… “And duck is working on his autobiography. … do you think he got an advance for that kids?”
When he finishes the story:
“All yours Arne, beat that,” Emanuel says to Duncan.
When one little girl asks: “Do you actually get to see the president?” Emanuel replies: “We actually do. His office is down the hall from ours … sometimes he thinks he’s doing too much.”
That's creepy. Why couldn't he just read the story? Was he embarrassed to read to kids?
The kids were clueless.
As Andrew Greiner notes, he did manage to get through the book without cussing. That must have been tough for the foul-mouthed Chicago thug, Emanuel.
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