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CHRIS FRATES
Sarah Palin slammed White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel last week for calling liberal activists "f---ing retards" in an August meeting. But on Sunday, she declined to ask conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh to apologize for using the term "retards" on his nationally syndicated show, saying Limbaugh used the term as satire.
"I didn't hear Rush Limbaugh calling a group of people who he did not agree with f---ing retards and we did know that Rahm Emanuel, it's been reported, did say that. There's a big difference there," said Palin, whose youngest son Trig has Down Syndrome.
Palin made the comments on "Fox News Sunday" after host Chris Wallace asked her about this Limbaugh quote: "Our politically correct society is acting like some giant insult's taken place by calling a bunch of people who are retards, retards. ... I mean these people, these liberal activists, are kooks."
"Should Rush Limbaugh apologize," Wallace asked.
Palin responded, "They are kooks, so I agree with Rush Limbaugh."
