Opinion: Medical Marijuana Could Help Rahm Mellow Out

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Yo, dude, chill out.

We all know that our mayor is kind ofintense. He gets wound up easily. He says things he shouldnt say. He swears at people. I just finished reading Salon.com editor Joan Walshs new book, Whats The Matter With White People?, which contains this Rahm Emanuel anecdote I hadnt heard before, from the days of the Obamacare debate:

Battling over the health-care bill opened a rift between the administration and the left that never healed. When progressives told Emanuel they wanted to run ads in the districts of Blue Dog Democrats to urge them to back the administrations bill, Emanuel famously exploded, calling the idea f---ing retarded.

First of all, thats really politically incorrect. He should have left out people with cognitive disablities altogether.

Marijuana is a proven cure for excessive drive and ambition. All Rahm has to do is walk into his doctors office and say, I work 14 hours a day. Im always raging at people. I think of nothing but money and power, and I never do anything that wont help me obtain one or the other.

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Opinion: Medical Marijuana Could Help Rahm Mellow Out