“Read Between The Lines” One of the many gifts the former Representative, Freddie Mac board member, investment banker and White House Chief of Staff is known for is a capacity for profane bluster. He’s even got a strange gift of negative capacity: his right middle finger is half-missing. (President Obama has joked that this makes it difficult for Rahm to talk with his hands.) Emanuel’s not unconscious of the feature: on the cover of the Tribune when he offered their board an extended interview, designer, photographer and subject all offered up a casually crossed-hands pose featuring the void. But cross him? You will be reading between the lines. While there’s an official Twitter account, @RahmEmanuel, the id’s best, swearingest ideas come from the nameless Twitterer at @MayorEmanuel, who noted recently, “the fucking finger fucks me on Skeeball.”
