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1 Transcript Breakdown: Sarah Palin Backs Limbaugh's Use of Word 'Retards' Benjamin F. Carlson, The Atlantic Wire
2 Tea Party's True Character Revealed at Convention Max Fisher, The Atlantic Wire
3 4 Signs that Sarah Palin Is Running for President John Hudson, The Atlantic Wire
4 The New Yorker Discovers Twitter, Scoffs Max Fisher, The Atlantic Wire
5 Old People, Non-Geeks: The iPad's Unlikely Saviors Niraj Chokshi, The Atlantic Wire

Happy Hour Vid: Rahm Emanuel Is Sorry

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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