Rahm Emanuel
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah, I think a parent is the most powerful role because they shape the next generation.
I really mean, I know you wanted me to take a title position.
If you want that.
Oh, no, okay.
I'll come back to parenting.
Because I take that seriously, and it's the longest-serving institution we've had in human history.
Family.
Family.
And it's the only way you learn how to do what's next is from two people in your life.
So I've been fortunate in my life.
Not only have I been elected by the people of the city of Chicago, either on the north side as congressman or as mayor.
The mayor of Chicago is the most powerful mayor position, both historically as well as constitutionally in the United States of America.
So no mayor has prior to what they did afterwards which was
You had schools, community colleges, parks, libraries, transportation, and housing all report to the mayor.
You appoint the boards and the person.
You had the two, the biggest airports, O'Hare, the biggest airports, and you also had Midway.
You had police, fire, all sanitation, streets and sand, everybody reports to the mayor.
You're also, as mayor, president of the city council, so you're the speaker of the house.
So you are literally...
It is an incredible, both historically as well as constitutionally, the most powerful.