Happy Hour Vid: Rahm Emanuel Is Sorry

Benjamin F. Carlson Feb 8, 2010
It must have been hard for foul-mouthed White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel to swallow his pride and apologize when Sarah Palin called him out for using the word "retarded." (Only to shrug at Rush Limbaugh's use of the word later.)

Fortunately for Rahm, through the miracle of parody, Saturday Night Live is letting him say publicly what he can't.


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