Obama insults Special Olympics? Update: Obama thinks Special Olympics are “wonderful”
posted at 9:59 pm on March 19, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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You know how you can tell when a President has a bad day? When his comparison of an American corporation to terrorists is the second-stupidest thing he said:
The first appearance by a sitting president on “The Tonight Show” may well end up being the last.
President Obama, in his taping with Jay Leno Thursday afternoon, attempted to yuk it up with the funnyman, and ended up insulting the disabled.
Towards the end of his approximately 40-minute appearance, the president talked about how he’s gotten better at bowling and has been practicing in the White House bowling alley.
He bowled a 129, the president said.
“That’s very good, Mr. President,” Leno said sarcastically.
It’s “like the Special Olympics or something,” the president said.
Maybe he should have brought his Teleprompter with him. The Anchoress wonders whether the press will treat him like Bush:
One almost gets tired of saying it, but one must say it, still: Can you IMAGINE what the press and the Dems would do with that, had Bush said it. Can you IMAGINE what the press and the Dems would have done with the Irish PM Teleprompter gaffe (the press has helpfully embargoed the video, so Obama doesn’t have to see it playing 24/7, as Bush would have – had Bush so gaffed). Can you IMAGINE what the press and the Dems would have done if Bush had given the Prime Minister of Great Britain a lousy pack of 50 “Classic” DVD’s that didn’t work in the UK?
Eventually, even the media will have to realize that Obama is in over his head. They may be the last ones in on the joke, but eventually they’ll catch onto the fact that Obama is floundering.
Update (AP): The Anchoress’s point is well taken, but honestly, I tire of this politically calculated outrage. We all know what he meant; it was politically incorrect, but more political incorrectness among our political elite is all to the good. Lay off.
Update (Ed): Not if only one side gets away with it, AP.
Also, let’s remember that Obama is supposed to be leading, not campaigning or working as a stand-up comedian. He’s been insisting that we’re in the worst financial crisis in 70 years. Going on Leno to discuss his policies could have been a smart step; going on Leno to make quips and one-liners, and doing it badly, hardly builds confidence in his leadership or his priorities. When he stops with the crisis mentality, then he can show us why his stand-up career would have gone nowhere.
Also, wasn’t it Obama and his team that was screeching about the “political incorrectness” of Rush Limbaugh in hoping he’d fail, and insinuating that it amounted to treason?
Update (AP): Outrageous outrage warrants furious walkback!
“Good afternoon. The President made an offhand remark making fun of his own bowling that was in no way intended to disparage the Special Olympics. He thinks that the Special Olympics are a wonderful program that gives an opportunity to shine to people with disabilities from around the world.”
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Oh! Bomb, eh? FIFY.
As POTUS, and since the word needs a new target in its definition, Da Bama is a true terrorist as he scares so many in America with his cluelessness.
DannoJyd on March 20, 2009 at 6:15 AM
As much as I appreciate an Ed vs. AP kittenfight, this dustup won’t have any legs because the MSM will dutifully ignore it or spread frosting on it and say, “mmm, tasty”.
SKYFOX on March 20, 2009 at 6:41 AM
One of hist first non-teleprompter statements was a gratuitous insult of Nancy Reagan. This guy is an absolute idiot. For all those parents whose kids didn’t get into Columbia or Harvard, be thankful that you didn’t have to waste all that money.
casel21 on March 20, 2009 at 6:43 AM
That is why we must go out and tell everyone we meet about this disgrace.
Ask any business owner. Word of mouth is the best advertising. ;o)
DannoJyd on March 20, 2009 at 6:47 AM
It never ends,a different hour, a new gaffe,
another day,multiple new distractions,
and it seems,maybe Obama’s ‘Sweetie’
remark,started the Outrage of Obama!!!!!
canopfor on March 20, 2009 at 6:47 AM
Yes, he did, and you know it. Any time you call someone a “retard” because they did something stupid, you insult children who have the diagnosis of mental retardation.
It has less to do with PC crap than it has to do with defending a group of people who work utterly hard for every achievement they attain.
I have no hope of having you see my point of view and I don’t have the luxury of your point of view.
http://community.specialolympics.org/_John-C-McGinley-and-R-word/video/547860/82244.html?b=
Candy Slice on March 20, 2009 at 6:54 AM
Ed only you and the far right wackos think Obama is in over his head. The other 60% think he is doing fine under grueling circumstances. I bet you though Bush was a great president too. Our side knows all you guys do is try to tear Obama down, you have no true leaders on your side except Jobba the Hut (Rush). So keep on whining , Obama will continue to work hard. Yours is a party without a soul.
athensboy on March 20, 2009 at 7:09 AM
President Bush was a great president, Athensboy, especially under grueling circumstances.
SCOOPTHIScarlos on March 20, 2009 at 7:15 AM
Spare us all this “retard” angst. Obama’s just trying to keep up with his VP, bozo the clown, in the dumbass statement contest…
jsanderssr on March 20, 2009 at 7:15 AM
Yours is a head without a brain.
AZCoyote on March 20, 2009 at 7:15 AM
Yeah, working so hard filling out his NCAA brackets and appearing on late night talk show.
loudmouth883 on March 20, 2009 at 7:19 AM
Greco-Roman Kid your blue eyed boy called on Imus to resign based on nappy-headed hos….get bent.
sven10077 on March 20, 2009 at 7:20 AM
Sarah’s got to be loving this!
ProudPalinFan on March 20, 2009 at 7:20 AM
don’t foget the bowling and conga line…
luckily we have the prompter to keep things on an even keel 99.95% of the time…
sven10077 on March 20, 2009 at 7:21 AM
Yours is a party without a soul.
athensboy on March 20, 2009 at 7:09 AM
Without a soul? Who wanted to dump the care of wounded veterans onto insurance companies to save 1/2 the money he sent to Palestinians?
Without a soul indeed.
loudmouth883 on March 20, 2009 at 7:21 AM
Oh – and interesting thing about Simon Cowell – he’s often analytically correct when it comes to the singers he’s critiquing. So what is Obama saying about his critics in Washington?
Candy Slice on March 20, 2009 at 7:22 AM
Actually, less than 60% [56% as of yesterday], and of them only 37% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty percent (30%) now Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of +7.
With 68% of Americans believing the Bailout Money is going to those who caused the economic crisis his polling numbers are certain to only go down.
Care to compare the current administration to the Special Olymipics? A bomb, eh? certainly does.
DannoJyd on March 20, 2009 at 7:22 AM
Barry O’bama willing to mortgage your kids future to bail out Goldman-Sachs and fund Pali terrorists, squeezes Abe Lincoln so hard he screams for Vets.
sven10077 on March 20, 2009 at 7:23 AM
So why isn’t the Left showing their outrage over this? If Obama was a Republican they would be screeching that he should to resign and then be forced into sensitivity training.
Maxx on March 20, 2009 at 7:29 AM
I had a hard time following you. So I’m with AZCoyote:
I caught a bit of Willie Geist (sp?) on MSNBC’s Morning Joe this morning. While ultimately willing to let the crack go, he made the important point that Obama’s crack was a joke one of us might have told when we were eight years old.
Obama was childish. The guy is 47 years old. It’s not a PC thing. It’s a maturity thing.
BuckeyeSam on March 20, 2009 at 7:30 AM
Who listened to testimony about a newborn with Down syndrome left to die on a shelf without any medical or palliative care and then voted to allow it to continue legally?
Who just stereotyped a group of athletes with disabilities as low achievers for the sake of a joke on a late night talk show. For the record – a Special Olympic athlete here in Detroit has bowled at least three perfect games. So, yes, it was a bigoted stereotype and not a fact.
To what kind of “soul” were you referring?
Candy Slice on March 20, 2009 at 7:30 AM
Liar. How do you make fun of your own bowling without making fun of the Special Olympics?
pearson on March 20, 2009 at 7:34 AM
As someone said over on NRO’s blog, TOTUS can thank his lucky stars on a daily basis he’s not a Republican. And Newsbusters is reporting this afternoon’s schedule is full as he is going to accept some newspaper publisher’s award for being , for being him I guess.
Marcus on March 20, 2009 at 7:41 AM
Perky Katie Couric: Senator Ogabe just how tough is it being you?
sven10077 on March 20, 2009 at 7:42 AM
The kind of soul that believes impersonal government entitlements should replace the personal assistance that is available from immediate and extended families, friends, affiliate organizations (churches, parishes, synagogues), and local charities–if only people would step away from the mailbox and seek it.
Institutionalizing and concentrating entitlements in the federal government is his ideal of a soul.
Grassley chose his words very poorly this week when he urged AIG execs to consider suicide. But he had one thing right about bailouts and, by extension I’d submit, entitlements. These represent nothing more than the act of lining up to suck on a teat.
athensboy, decent parents know that at some point, they must move their children from sucking on mommy’s teat to standing on their own two feet. Perpetual entitlements, without a plan to wean people off them, is not a show of compassion–it’s enslavement.
BuckeyeSam on March 20, 2009 at 7:45 AM
His concept of disadvantaged excludes the actual disadvantaged.
What a curious President we have.
jeff_from_mpls on March 20, 2009 at 7:50 AM
My hope is that he leaves the teleprompter at home more often. That is when is absolute stupidity is amplified. My God even Clinton could memorize a speech and deliver it without anyone knowing that the teleprompter wasn’t working. Not a fan of “hey little girl wanna polish my gavel” Clinton but I give him credit for that.
milwife88 on March 20, 2009 at 7:50 AM
I’m not entirely convinced he’ll be in office at the end of his 4th year, because this “historical” President may be the first to cry “I don’t wanna be it anymore!”
One can hope.
Marcus on March 20, 2009 at 7:54 AM
I thought it was very offensive of Obama to say this. He is no comedian and he had no business being on Leno. He is as gaffe-prone as Biden. The thought of those 2 dealing with an international incident is scary and he is waaaay over his head.
Whoever thinks he is working hard is a fool.
becki51758 on March 20, 2009 at 7:55 AM
I wish Obama could spent one day with a friend of my family who has Down Syndrome. This young man can write but not speak clearly, and he adores his job as a bagger at a grocery store and is never late for it.
When his grandfather died last year, he couldn’t express his feelings in words, but he was a great blessing to everyone in his family through the picture he drew: He depicted his loved ones sitting around crying, but overhead was a rainbow, sunshine, and “JESUS” in big, colorful letters.
He has participated in the Special Olympics several times, and his sport is bowling.
I don’t think he would ever make a mean joke about Obama. There are many things this young man hasn’t learned to do, that’s true; and I’m glad that being unkind like Obama is one of them.
By the way, as many as nine out of ten babies who are believed to have Down Syndrome are now killed before birth, through abortion. I’m glad I have gotten to know this special young man, because the world would be a much poorer place without him.
KyMouse on March 20, 2009 at 7:55 AM
which is what the PARTY OF SLAVERY and the KKK, the democRATs want!!
right4life on March 20, 2009 at 7:55 AM
Insulting the mentally challenged is way worse then insulting the color of one’s skin. imo
It is very childish too.
becki51758 on March 20, 2009 at 7:58 AM
this just shows what kind of ’soul’ obama has…and its dark as hell…to him children are a ‘punishment’
right4life on March 20, 2009 at 7:58 AM
I’m sure he was just tired
tomas on March 20, 2009 at 8:02 AM
Without Teleprompter telling him what to say, Obama exposes himself – no class, little grounding in the fundamentals (a word he is so fond of). That’s what happens when you are abandoned by a selfish mother. You call Jessica Simpson “weight-challenged”. Or a reporter “sweetie.” Or you diminish the office you represent by attacking a talk radio host and appearing on late-night TV.
Nobody taught him to be chivalrous or gallant; no one taught him not to make fun of the disabled even in an off-hand way, and no one gave him the grounding to avoid being a petulant, thin-skinned adult. This is our President, leader of the free world.
CarolynM on March 20, 2009 at 8:04 AM
I cannot believe the faux outrage over this.
This is what political correctness does to your brain.
It was funny. Get a sense of humor.
No, I’m no Obama fan, but this is just pathetic..all of this screaching over it.
geez. A country of little brats is what we’ve become.
bridgetown on March 20, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Good one, Tomas. Isn’t today his two-month anniversary? Ain’t it scary that he’s too tired to watch his mouth this early in his “service” to our country?
KyMouse on March 20, 2009 at 8:08 AM
but meanwhile, he is making overtures to Iran. not only is he a communist, he has no raising.
kelley in virginia on March 20, 2009 at 8:10 AM
900+ PC dorks on HA
comedy
sesquipedalian on March 20, 2009 at 8:13 AM
If someone said this at a barbecue, yeah, I’d shrug it off. But he is our President. He has to be held to a higher standard. You can’t have it both ways, where on the one hand he is “The One we ahve been waiting for” with the righteous wind at his back who will lower oceans etc so let him spend trillions of bucks on his vision, and then on the other give him a pass for making a remark I’d give my 14 year old a hard time about.
Nothing faux about this outrage.
CarolynM on March 20, 2009 at 8:14 AM
Heh, DU and Kos have rallied the troops on troll-patrol to cry “PC!”
Now, that is comedy!
Marcus on March 20, 2009 at 8:15 AM
CarolynM on March 20, 2009 at 8:14 AM
And so I’m supposed to Pretend that Obama actually meant Harm by his little joke?
I’d like to try and be a little more intellectually honest and not kneejerk freak out like I’ve watched the left do for the past 8 years.
bridgetown on March 20, 2009 at 8:16 AM
Political correctness is an arbitrary speech code that’s not governed by the inherent dignity of actual human beings, rather it’s an arbitrary dictum not to diss friends of the democrat party, namely the militant identity groups like gays and “women” and minorities.
You don’t see the difference between an arbitrary command to leave “certain groups” alone, which is an exercise of coercion, and a moral obligation to respect the inner dignity of the most vulnerable in a society?
Political correctness is frivolous. Respect for human life is not.
jeff_from_mpls on March 20, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Always remember… Arguing on the internet is like running in the Special Olympics, even if you win you are still retarded!
wdlp1965 on March 20, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Yup, the Kos crowd has arrived, you can smell the slime in the comment thread.
jeff_from_mpls on March 20, 2009 at 8:21 AM
I FINALLY AGREE WITH OBAMA.
HE IS RETARDED.
seejanemom on March 20, 2009 at 8:22 AM
jeff_from_mpls on March 20, 2009 at 8:18 AM
I simply do not think he meant any disrespect.
He may have chosen a ‘bad’ joke, but still..I don’t think it’s worth all of this hype.
There is plenty to dog the man on, when it comes to his JOB, without hanging onto a bad joke.
People in the special olympics aren’t lesser people. They don’t need me to defend them. They are Quite capable. Stop insulting them.
bridgetown on March 20, 2009 at 8:23 AM
But, don’t get me wrong, I think the Special Olympics are just GREeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaT.
seejanemom on March 20, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Yeah, Obama should not make fun of the Special Olympics.
But Obama did say “Tim Geithner, you are doing a heck of a job!”
Nuiance!
It is not faux outrage over stupid things Democrats say, is is real outrage over their hypocrisy that needs to be called out.
Maybe Allah will go back to Patterico (or maybe even Protein Wisdom) and no be so outraged as explain what Obama’s intent was.
Mr. Joe on March 20, 2009 at 8:24 AM
HOW ‘BOUT YOU STOP INSULTING US!!!
Your “boy” is a rube, and if Bush had made such a F-ing HUGE gaf….you;d be all over him like flies on poo.
Shut up.
Sit down.
seejanemom on March 20, 2009 at 8:26 AM
I’m sure somewhere in the 7 thousand comments somebody has noted this hate crime… but isn’t the word “disabilities” unacceptable these days?
mankai on March 20, 2009 at 8:26 AM
seejanemom on March 20, 2009 at 8:26 AM
If you actually read and comprehended, you’d know that Obama is NOT my ‘boy’…but the fact that you use that word and then pretend to be outraged over what he said….
What a freakin’ Joke!!!
bridgetown on March 20, 2009 at 8:27 AM
wdlp1965 and his president our incompetent, arrogant, foolish little men.
jbh45 on March 20, 2009 at 8:27 AM
No he wants it both ways when he knows the kool-aid drinkers are the only ones believing their half of his statements,the half with the votes. He’s a phoney.
See this through Hillarys eyes. SHe’s just waiting.
johnnyU on March 20, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Aside from the obvious — he’s one of their own — there’s maybe another reason. I don’t have time to read 1000 posts (1000?!?), so I may not be the first to make this point, but remember what the left thinks is really the RIGHT response to the mentally retarded: abort them. Many have even gone on record as being in favor of euthanizing them if they do happen to make it into the world. We got a really good look at what the left thought of Sarah Palin’s choice to bring a Down’s syndrome baby to term.
Love for terrorist; love for criminals; love for illegal aliens; but love for the mentally disabled? Nah.
I don’t so much think he “meant harm” as he lacks sensitivity. It’s like one-time Texas gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams, who was blowing out Ann Richards ’til he remarked about an unwelcome rainstorm that “it’s like being raped; you can’t do anything about it, so you might as well just lie back and enjoy it.” He wasn’t condoning rape, but it was an incredibly insensitive thing to say, and he rightly paid a political price for saying it.
RegularJoe on March 20, 2009 at 8:32 AM
I see what you mean about the knee jerk freak out that defines the left. And I don’t think he meant harm in his remarks about the Special Olympics or Simpson or the reporter. But there is something to be said about the slip ups he’s making. It reflects his core character and what is missing. He isn’t very dignified. Or respectful. But, damn, he is elegant, isn’t he?
CarolynM on March 20, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Err…‘if i was disabled i wouldn’t want to punish myself with an Obama!’
Mattmax on March 20, 2009 at 8:35 AM
RegularJoe on March 20, 2009 at 8:32 AM
Point taken.
But, I still wish we could remove the ‘politics’ and the ‘correctness’ and have adults actually governing. I know..I’m a dreamer.
bridgetown on March 20, 2009 at 8:36 AM
GAWD, the never ending AWESOMENESS of the foolishness of Barack Obama. It’s been said before, but I just feel it needs to be repeated: Obama is actually as dumb as the media and liberals accused Dubya of being.
Don’t underestimate the coming backlash of “what if Bush did it.” The thing about “what if Bush did it” is that, because Bush is such a regular guy compared to Obama’s elite prig persona, such sentiments are only half a step away from “what if i did it?” Mocking the Special olympics and the mentally disabled is such a no- no in the “regular” world and normal people get caught up in it all the time. I will give two examples from people I know.
A co- worker had a MySpace page in which another user posted a little cartoon to his comments thread that said: “What’s better than winning a gold medal in the Special Olympics? Not being retarded.” Very tasteless and it was found out by admin types at work (I’m in law enforcement) and the co- worker was subsequently disciplined for “conduct unbecoming.” Pretty harsh.
My second story: I have a friend who worked for awhile at a social service type agency that did a lot of contract work with group homes for the mentally challenged and stuff like that. They were preparing to throw a party for some of their “clients” and my friend jokingly suggested that they could use the Black Eyed Peas song “Let’s get retarded in here” for the theme. Mildly tasteless and this friend doesn’t have an evil bone in her body. BOOM. Straight to her boss’s office to get bawled out to the point she was in tears.
Now, I suspect, but have never directly asked this friend, that she voted for Obama. She will not be amused with this, especially if he gets a free pass on it. I suspect that there a lot of people like her who will become angrier and angrier as the gaffes pile up. And they will pile up. Because Obama is as dumb as george Bush was supposed to be.
Dukeboy01 on March 20, 2009 at 8:36 AM
I just asked a kid with a severe handicap who lives in my home if it’s okay for me to defend him, and he said yes.
So I’ll write your comments off as you lacking maturity or experience in life, but I’m gonna continue defending them.
jeff_from_mpls on March 20, 2009 at 8:38 AM
CarolynM on March 20, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Oh, I totally agree. I can’t stand the man. I know he’s in over his head. He wants to be a star. He should have gone the Hollywood route. I’d have more respect for him.
But, I’d rather smack him on how he ‘governs’ than stupid jokes he makes or things he says. Kind of like watching Bush….not the greatest speaker, but I never concentrated on his ability to talk in public.
bridgetown on March 20, 2009 at 8:38 AM
YES, I use that word.
He is the Dem’s “boy”. They treat him like a monkey on a string, and Joe Biden , or fill-in-the-blank Dem handler is The Man in the Yellow Hat. The Modern Democrat Party is the ULTIMATE Plantation.
And you are SADLY AWARE of that, defensive as you are.
Jerks like yourself could watch Obama shove Special Olympians into the Potomac with his own hands and make excuses that he is merely teaching them to swim.
You, sir, are a rube’s rube.
seejanemom on March 20, 2009 at 8:39 AM
jeff_from_mpls on March 20, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Well, that’s just silly. I have asked two people with handicaps…and they laughed and said please feel sorry for Obama, not for us.
So take your ‘maturity’ and ‘life experience’ comment and…oh wait, I better stop before I offend!
bridgetown on March 20, 2009 at 8:40 AM
One thing is absolutely clear . . . this country is in the hands of an unthinking idiot.
rplat on March 20, 2009 at 8:40 AM
seejanemom on March 20, 2009 at 8:39 AM
LOL, “THEY” treat him like a boy so you assume it’s okay to use that term. Just like a teenager. Think, please.
And I’m not a ’sir’, and you assume way too much.
bridgetown on March 20, 2009 at 8:42 AM
If I have misunderstood your angle, bridgetown, then I heartily apologize (no sarcasm).
When I am wrong, I say I’m wrong….. but ANY MINIMALIZING OF THAT WINDOW DRESSING’S MISSTEPS offend those of us on this board who remember the grilling Bush got for much, MUUUUCH less.
And we eat RINOs for lunch.
***deep curtsy***
seejanemom on March 20, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Yeah…my husband lays in the dirt of a hostile land to defend my right to use any dammned term I wish.
He IS a BOY. A BOY doing a MAN’S job….
So I use that term.
OFTEN.
GET.OVER.IT.
seejanemom on March 20, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Obama responds to the controversy: “You know, I didn’t mess with those people’s chromosomes. This administration has inherited these genetic anomalies.”
There are more, many more…
Mr. Joe on March 20, 2009 at 8:47 AM
As the father of a special young lady, I don’t think Obama was being intentionally mean. Rather, I believe we glimpsed through a window into his soul. He is arrogant, callous, and not as intelligent as he thinks he is. He needs a Teleprompter to say, “Good Evening”. He is so uptight because of all the “distractions’ to his remaking of America, you could drive a railroad spike with his rear end. There will be more gaffes and arrogant mistakes to come. He can’t help it. By the way, where’s Biden? Do they have him tied up and duct taped in the basement?
kingsjester on March 20, 2009 at 8:51 AM
A. “handicaps”?… HATE CRIME!!! Don’t you know they’re “handi-capable!”
B. Two? Well, who can argue with such extensive research.
mankai on March 20, 2009 at 8:52 AM
Its not the political incorrectness of the comment, it’s the fact that if any republican (especially Bush) said this they would be crucified in the media.
ouldbollix on March 20, 2009 at 8:52 AM
I have to laugh when I see that pic of him bowling. He bowled that lousy game in Altoona, which is 15 miles from where I live. The bowling alley has a bar in the basement and I was there shortly after that and the bartenders were making fun of him, the patrons were all laughing.
It’s pretty bad to embarrass yourself in Altoona.
becki51758 on March 20, 2009 at 8:52 AM
With the bowling joke now being acceptable as a casual off handed remark, does it mean that the days of PC speak are over?
mechkiller_k on March 20, 2009 at 8:53 AM
running the teleprompter or writing cue cards I guess…
sven10077 on March 20, 2009 at 8:53 AM
seejanemom on March 20, 2009 at 8:47 AM
My husband, a marine as well.
Okay, if you meant it as boy:immature man, but I think we both know what I was referring to when the term Boy is used talking about a black man.
No worries, I’m over it. Would never lose sleep over comments on the internet.
I’m with you in thinking that Obama is a dumbass. I’m just so tired of political correctness.
bridgetown on March 20, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Only in Hymietown.
mankai on March 20, 2009 at 8:54 AM
Mere mortal I am simply not beholden to your rules of decorum nor even the rules my acolytes inflict on you….
-O-pollo
sven10077 on March 20, 2009 at 8:54 AM
mankai on March 20, 2009 at 8:54 AM
ouldbollix on March 20, 2009 at 8:52 AM
I know it…..it’s just a matter of time. How long can the media coddle their darling before it’s just not possible to do so any longer? I wonder..
bridgetown on March 20, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Captain Teleprompter engages in full contact Political Correctness….
he simply cannot be nailed hard enough on his hypocrisy.
sven10077 on March 20, 2009 at 8:55 AM
mankai on March 20, 2009 at 8:54 AM\
exactly. I was making a point. See how that works?
bridgetown on March 20, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Captain Teleprompter!!! I like that! lol~
bridgetown on March 20, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Wow, he has time to “practice” his bowling while the country is falling down. And it’s so nice he gets to spend this time with his girls. I’m sure all of us working multiple jobs would love to have this extra time to lounge around.
Maybe he could have used this extra time to read some of the bills he’s signed……….
sherryande on March 20, 2009 at 8:56 AM
I’ve worked in higher for over a decade… PC was the creation of the Left and I can’t even say I’m going to the “Men’s” room without being written up for using “insensitive and sexually degrading language.”
mankai on March 20, 2009 at 8:57 AM
and miss his conga lessons for his part-ays?
nah he’ll let SanFran Nan work out the details…er oops she didn’t read it wither to hear her tell it.
sven10077 on March 20, 2009 at 8:59 AM
The scary part is that he bowls better than he governs.
Hammertime on March 20, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Yes, I’d be very much in favor of adults governing. Maybe in four years we’ll get that. But someone so impetuous as to make such a statement as Obama made, in front of a large audience guaranteed to include many Special Olympic participants and their families, is not the guy I want going in to talk to Putin or Ahmadinijad. This makes me wonder if it was Obama’s idea to present the Russians with a big red button. It’s as though there is NO thought to the implications of the message. It’s also the guy who gave our closest ally a bunch of DVDs that could have been picked up at Sam’s club — in a format that won’t work in his home country! He clearly gave more thought to his NCAA tourney picks than to that gift.
He’s a pretty smart guy, but he’s a danger because he thinks he’s even smarter than he is. That causes him to be incautious, and as a result he makes big mistakes. On the Leno show, that’s embarrassing; in international diplomacy, it can be deadly.
RegularJoe on March 20, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Along with “American Idol” and “The Real World” viewers, Leno’s audience are the type people who lap up Oslime-a’s bile without considering the feelings of superiority he has toward them. He is the typical limousine liberal who uses the backs of the underprivileged to elevate himself to the heights of power over the rest of us.
csdeven on March 20, 2009 at 9:00 AM
It would be relevant if he was one.
TwinkietheKid on March 20, 2009 at 9:01 AM
And just imagine the outcry if Bush ever said this…
ErinF on March 20, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Can we just ignore him now?
Rockygold on March 20, 2009 at 9:05 AM
I would rather have him on Leno making stupid up-pc jokes than in the White House doing more damage to the economy.
Ann NY on March 20, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Ed only you and the far right wackos think Obama is in over his head. The other 60% think he is doing fine under grueling circumstances. I bet you though Bush was a great president too. Our side knows all you guys do is try to tear Obama down, you have no true leaders on your side except Jobba the Hut (Rush). So keep on whining , Obama will continue to work hard. Yours is a party without a soul.
athensboy on March 20, 2009 at 7:09 AM
COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO’S PARTY LIVES AND DIES TO KILL INNOCENT BABIES.
Ghoul aid on March 20, 2009 at 9:07 AM
I see… The President of the United States can make a “retarded” joke but I can’t?
What’s the world coming to?
wdlp1965 on March 20, 2009 at 9:08 AM
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