Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Diagnosing Rahm Emanuel: Does he have 'affluenza'?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Diagnosing Rahm Emanuel: Does he have 'affluenza'?:

Diagnosing Rahm Emanuel: Does he have 'affluenza'?

No citizen is a second-class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way. -- Rahm's tearful apologia

Don Rose, a long-time activist/critic/observer of the Chicago political scene, thinks Rahm Emanuel is suffering from some kind of learning disability.

I’m not saying he is dumb, but rather what we used to call a “slow learner.” He just doesn’t get things as quickly and easily as most folks. It’s also possible that he suffers from the fashionable malady called adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)–though I’m not qualified to make a clinical diagnosis.

 Instead of condemning Emanuel, perhaps he deserves our compassion and pity as a slow learner and possible ADHD patient. At Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Diagnosing Rahm Emanuel: Does he have 'affluenza'?: