Obama Roasts Rahm Emanuel

In this clip from a 2005 Political Roast, then Senator Obama displays his wit making fun of Rahm Emanuel--now his Chief of Staff at the White House. The relate to each other more like brothers with a unique talent for getting under each other's skin as this New York Times article relates:

Early this month, Barack Obama was meeting with the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and other lawmakers when Rahm Emanuel, his chief of staff, began nervously cracking a knuckle. Mr. Obama then turned to complain to Mr. Emanuel about his noisy habit. At which point, Mr. Emanuel held the offending knuckle up to Mr. Obama’s left ear and, like an annoying little brother, snapped off a few special cracks. (source)

In this clip it's time for big-brother Obama to give a little love. There are some genuinely funny lines in here...



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