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Rahm Emanuel sat for nearly 12 hours on Tuesday, fielding absurd questions from characters out of a farce, charitably, or an insane asylum, more accurately. He never lost his temper or uttered a single profanity. He showed impressive patience with citizen objectors who droned on about wacko conspiracy theories and asked such questions as, “Have you ever heard the term, ‘Smiling like a butcher’s dog?’ ”

The TV cameras, the print reporters monitoring this hearing â€" the question is whether Emanuel meets the requirement that he be a resident of Chicago in the year before the election â€" focused nonstop on Rahm. He placed a framed photo of his family on the table in front of him, and, as reporters repeatedly noted, would look at his wife and three children for sustenance. Such tender moments, and so many of them.

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