During his comfortable sit-down with Matt Lauer on Wednesday’s “Today” show, former President George W. Bush was visited by the pre-taped image of a contrite Kanye West, who was all ready to make nice after his Bush-is-a-racist claim of yesteryear, declaring that “in a situation of high emotion like that, we as human beings don’t always choose the right words.” Over to you, W. –KA

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