Happy Valentine's Day!

So I promise that I'll stop posting Rahm porn (for now) and actually start posting about Italy and stuff. But before I swear off Rahm for, like, a week I might as well give you an update on Retardgate, courtesy of Wonkette. Tim Shelby, the CEO of the Special Olympics, claims that he did not actually accept Rahmbo's apology because he didn't feel comfortable accepting it on behalf of all mentally disabled people (but he clearly had noooooooooo problem refusing it for them!) As penance, Rahm will have to host a roundtable for advocates of people with mental disabilities, join a bunch of promotional stuff for the March 3rd Spread the Word to End the Word campaign, and take something called the R-Word Pledge. Imagining Rahm doing all of this will surely bring tears of laughter to your eyes, dear reader. It must also be noted that, according to Wikipedia, Rahm's wife teaches special needs children. So, clearly, this past week must have been a comedy of manners.

Also, for those of you who don't really know that much about our lovable Chief of Staff, let me throw out a few facts for you: he's a trained ballet dancer and almost went pro, but decided to go to Sarah Lawrence instead--he promised his mother that he would continue dancing while there, but well, we know what happened. He also worked at an Arby's when he was a teenager. He cut his finger on a meat slicer, did nothing about it, went swimming with his buddies in Lake Michigan on prom night, promptly got a blood infection and was in the hospital for the entire summer and had to get his left middlefinger amputated, the stub of which he now proudly flashes to everyone who pisses him off (which is...everyone). Let's see, what else? He's a foul-mouthed motherfucker; his mother calls him Rahmbo; he once sent a rotten fish to a political enemy (with the help of David Axelrod); once, upon hearing about some defectors from the Clinton campaign, started yelling about how they were traitors and stabbed a table with a knife when he mentioned their names; he's a total baller when it comes to fundraising; he's somewhat awkward and totally adorable; and he is insanely sexy, which is a 100% true and objective fact and I don't know how anyone can deny that. If you do, I'll go Rahmbo on you.