Today, while bippity bopping on the net tonight, I came across a video of brand-new senator Barack Obama roasting Rahm Emanuel at a charity fundraiser for epilepsy in 2005.
With news this week of Barack Obama selecting Rahm Emanuel as his Chief of Staff, this 3 year old video gives some insight to their history and relationship. I'm not sure if Obama wrote the script himself, but I wouldn't be surprised given the jokes he made on the fly during today's press conference.
Obama jokes about Emanuel's history as a ballet dancer, a tough Chicago politician and his missing finger.
I originally discovered it at Huffington Post but the video on that page wouldn't embed for me so I used one from Youtube. I didn't see this posted here today and I don't think it has been diaried here yet.
Enjoy.
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UPDATE
Sorry, there doesn't seem to be a transcript easily available. If anyone knows where to get it, please leave a comment. Also, while looking on C-Span, they have video of the entire roast also featuring Hillary Clinton and Chris Dodd if anyone's interested. It's almost 2 hours long.
UPDATE 2
Wow, first time on the Rec List. Thanks, everyone. Very humbled.