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    Rahm Emanuel on Solyndra: ‘I don’t remember’

    Chicago mayor and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said he doesn’t recall anything about the Obama administration’s $535 million loan to the recently bankrupt solar company Solyndra.

    Speaking to Chicago radio station WLS 890AM at a news conference about a new wellness initiative, Emanuel said he didn’t remember anything about the failed investment loan by the Department of Energy, which critics say was fast-tracked to fit the White House’s political agenda.

    “Ya know, I’m focusing on a major announcement today for the City Of Chicago,” Emanuel said. “I don’t actually remember that or know about it. So, what I’m dealing is with what I’m dealing with here today.”

    Emanuel was Obama’s chief of staff during the administration’s green energy initiative in 2009, when the Solyndra loan was finalized.

    E-mail communications from the White House obtained by the House Energy and Commerce Committee point to more involvement in the deal than perhaps Emanuel would care to remember.

    The vice president was scheduled to announce the closure of the Solyndra deal on Sept. 4, and several e-mails show pressure from the White House to approve the loan.

    In one e-mail, an assistant to Emanuel wrote on Aug. 31, 2009 to the Office of Management and Budget about the administration’s upcoming announcement on Solyndra and asked whether “there is anything we can help speed along on OMB side.”

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    48 comments

    • Grandpa  •  8 mths ago
      Naturally! Duuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh, I can't remember! Here's yer sign (stupid)
    • LanceW  •  8 mths ago
      Spoken like a true liberal. As the man in charge of day to day operations of the White House they spend $500 million and he does not remember.
      • Mr. Roboto 8 mths ago
        Lance, I wanted to comment on this story, but after reading your comment I realized that I couldn't have said it better than you did. great post!
      • termlimitsNOW 8 mths ago
        well put Lance!
    • PD2K  •  8 mths ago
      Wow Obama is as corrupt as the day is long
    • Spirit of Steve  •  8 mths ago
      Rahm Emanuel - sure you don't remember - what a weasel.
    • RR  •  8 mths ago
      Don't worry Rahm, there are all those emails to remind you
    • TD  •  8 mths ago
      Could someone please explain to me why unions aren't screaming at the top of their lungs to close our borders. You would think that would be their piority.
      • x m 8 mths ago
        The unions are now teachers and government workers. They hire more of them and get more money when more illegals show up. You need more teachers and more government to take care of illegals. The unions figured out how to make illegals payoff for them just as the politicians have.
      • Scott 8 mths ago
        You guys are right on the money on that score.
    • John  •  8 mths ago
      I remember hearing those words spoken by another president....WJC....I don't recall, I can't remember, I have no memory of that event....the #$%$ is now starting!!!
    • NObama in 2012  •  8 mths ago
      Solyndragate, fast and furious, flat line on unemployment for 2 1/2 years, Doubled the defecit, lost billions on GM, turned his back on Israel, Id say we can't afford 4 more years of Obama. Michelle you better start packing the dishes and the bling..
    • Jesse  •  8 mths ago
      Gee you don"t think he would lie do ya !
    • Les  •  8 mths ago
      One thing about liberal politicians is that before they are caught, they are the most brilliant person in the room on any subject. Once they get caught, they are the most forgetful person in the room. The difference between a conservative doing this, is that the Conservative is grilled by the liberal media 24/7 until they leave office, where Emmanuel will never be questioned, and the media will simply say "seems like a good answer to us, he must have never known about this", then all the liberals will get on with their lives as if nothing ever happened.
    • Waldo the King  •  8 mths ago
      People without morals have short memories.
    • James  •  8 mths ago
      "I did not have sex with that woman." They will lie when everyone knows they are lying, and they know that everyone knows they are lying.
    • s  •  8 mths ago
      He was Obama's Chief of Staff. Is he as stupid as Obama?
      Somebody needs to check Rahm's blue ballerina tutu...
      this clown is a bigger liar than Clinton
      ... I don't recall?
    • Spirit of Steve  •  8 mths ago
      Emanuel = Crooked Politician
    • Spirit of Steve  •  8 mths ago
      Throw his #$%$ in jail ... corrupt ... "I don't remember" - what a liar you are Emanuel.
    • TD  •  8 mths ago
      "I don't remember."
      Does anyone believe that
    • nobamazombies  •  8 mths ago
      Does he have amnesia?
    • Raleigh  •  8 mths ago
      Does Rahm remember getting the check from Kaiser?
    • Ken  •  8 mths ago
      what would you expect the lyinf #$%$ to say
    • Haywood Jablomie  •  8 mths ago
      Put him on a polygraph.
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