In this morning’s Congress Daily AM [subscription], the Washington Post’s lefty columnist Richard Cohen examines the upcoming book by the ChiTrib’s Naftali Bendavid, The Thumpin’, about the Democrats’ recent election victory. It is the subject of the subtitle, “How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to be Ruthless and Ended the Republican Revolution,” which draws Cohen’s interest, namely: Rahm Emanuel.

(A Tribune scribes pens a paean to Chicago congresscritter.)

First of all, the book, according to Cohen, “seems to take unwarranted swipes at her [Speaker Nancy Pelosi], evidently with some assistance from Emanuel or those around him.” Perhaps Rahm wants to one day be the [expletive deleted] Speaker of the [expletive deleted] House.

Hey, at least I delete the expletives:

The book doesn’t stint on cataloging Emanuel’s frequent use of the F-word in its many variations. Signing off on a phone call to a candidate, Rahm concluded: “Don’t f[*] it up or I’ll f[*] you. I’ll kill you. All right, I love you. Bye.”

He told some campaign staffers, “In my house, when you say ‘f[*] you,’ it’s a sign of endearment.” On election night, with his kids gone, he told a boisterous celebration that the Republicans “can go f[*] themselves.” Plus, the author noted, Emanuel referred to Washington as “f[*]nutsville,” to opponents as “knucklef[*]s,” and warned a reporter not to “ratf[*]” him.

Oh, Rahm doesn’t like to be seen in that light.

Emanuel also voiced some unhappiness about the raw rhetoric. “You guys are enamored by my language. That’s not all that I do,” he said. His chief purpose as chairman, he added, was “to move a progressive agenda.”

Indeed, a [deleted], [deleted], [deleted] pro-[deleted]-gressive [deleted] agenda, you string of expletives!

The Democratic strategy has four letters. By jove, Jane Hamsher and the folks at dKos really are influencing that political party! Then again, Speaker-to-be Emanuel can come up with such nastiness on his own. He worked for Clinton (Bill), you know.

(If Nancy needs to wash Rahm’s mouth with organic soap, they sell the stuff in her hometown.)