By DocReality:

“We can’t expose a Mossad operative whose loyalty is to Israel can we now?
We can’t draw attention to the fact this guy is a dual Israeli citizen, whose father was an Irgun terrorist can we?
You will be begging for the Bush years after these deceptionists start their own objectives which have nothing to do with the welfare of the USA. “

Doc,

None of that is much of a secret. It’s been all over the MSM…not least of which his public apology for his Dad’s wacky diatribe. But, how many legislators do you think owe AIPAC for contribtions? There are alot of Israel supporters in this country on the left and the right. I think that you can’t have an effective US policy with regard to Israel without having these people at the table. I imagine Obama has no illusions that Rahm is one of their most vocal and influencial members. So where would you put him? He doesn’t go away if you ignore him. He would be practically running the house.

For the record, I don’t think Israel’s creation was a very good idea; western hubris at it’s worst. But that’s not a bell you can unring. For better or worse there it is. And for better or worse US/Israeli interests have not been separate affairs for forty years. If that’s ever going to change we’re going to need to see an an end to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Keeping that conflict going has served the interests of hardliners in Israel and neocons here. But the world wants to see an end to it. I don’t see how you can get there from here without geting the parties to the table. Maybe with pitbulls like Emanuel and Clinton in Barack’s corner we can get that done.

And if you seriously believe that about Bush I’d like to hear more about how you came to that conclusion. How do you see an Obama Israeli policy being worse than Bush?

The reason it isn’t funny is simply because Rahm isn’t particularly funny. A little scary perhaps, but certainly not funny.

(Any accurate depiction of the man, even in the context of a comedy skit, could spell trouble for Obama in his attempt to keep us all in a perpetual state of ecstatic hypnosis.)
We surely can’t have any of that.

That was !@#$%&ing;brilliant!! Get a sense of humor people.

Perhaps it was spiked just because… it wasn’t funny. Imagine that. What a concept.

... At least I doubt that was the reason.  The gratuitous references to politically motivated violence within the context of actual violent political tensions simmering just beneath the surface, and a record number of recorded threats against any President-Elect are most likely the reasons this skit was cut - and rightfully so.