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Does it bother anyone else that Rahm Emanuel has had to apologize to "advocates for the disabled" for using the word "retarded," but he hasn't had to apologize to his own political base, to whom he was referring when he used this slur? It is also bothersome to note that Prudence Palin has seen fit to liken use of this word to the use of another certain pejorative term historically used in reference to African-Americans. We're sorry, Prudence, but there is no word in the American lexicon that carries more cruel weight with it than that one. Or did I miss it when they turned hoses on the developmentally disabled?