Thoughts & Commentary on the Obama Administration

[Crazed Rabbit]

So Obama made a joke about the special Olympics, in relation to his bowling skills:
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=301603

A bowler for the special olympics, who's bowled five perfect games since 2005, says he can beat the president "easily":
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

But really, a special oylmpics joke? That's pathetic.

CR

[Seamus Fermanagh]

So Obama made a joke about the special Olympics, in relation to his bowling skills:
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=301603

A bowler for the special olympics, who's bowled five perfect games since 2005, says he can beat the president "easily":
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

But really, a special oylmpics joke? That's pathetic.

CR

All too common as a kind of joke actually. Parent's joking at the bus stop when the "short bus" drives by; comments made when the local "donate your car" charity that provides services for such folks comes on the radio; etc.

Obama's joke was tasteless, but far from uncommon.

It does serve to reinforce that, when off "script," he is prone to a few malapropisms and verbal gaffes. Dubya was even more cumbersome with the off-the-cuff stuff, but Obama seems determined to catch up.

[Xiahou]

It does serve to reinforce that, when off "script," he is prone to a few malapropisms and verbal gaffes. Dubya was even more cumbersome with the off-the-cuff stuff, but Obama seems determined to catch up.

Give him time- it's only been a couple of months.

In other news, the CBO now says the Obama deficit projections were way off:

Deteriorating economic conditions will cause the federal deficit to soar past $1.8 trillion this year and leave the nation wallowing in a sea of red ink far deeper than the White House had previously estimated, congressional budget analysts said today.

In a new report that provides the first independent analysis of President Obama's budget request, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted that the administration's agenda would generate deficits averaging nearly $1 trillion a year over the next decade -- $2.3 trillion more than the president predicted when he unveiled his spending plan just one month ago.

More and more, I'm beginning to look back wistfully at the Bush administration... I never thought that would happen.

[Strike For The South]

He made a retard joke. Everyone makes retard jokes. Get off your horses.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

But really, a special oylmpics joke? That's pathetic

Ahaha! The republicans are the PC party now!

[KukriKhan]

He made a retard joke. Everyone makes retard jokes.

With all due respect: that's not true. Children, who don't know any better, do. Some adults, who should know better, do. But at least 50% of America doesn't. Certainly parents and relatives of retarded persons don't. Millions of Special Olympians and their supporters don't.

The Most Powerful Man on Earth, the Leader of the Free World, The President of the United States, shouldn't. And so should not, we.



Sorry for the diversion.

[Strike For The South]

With all due respect: that's not true. Children, who don't know any better, do. Some adults, who should know better, do. But at least 50% of America doesn't. Certainly parents and relatives of retarded persons don't. Millions of Special Olympians and their supporters don't.

The Most Powerful Man on Earth, the Leader of the Free World, The President of the United States, shouldn't. And so should not, we.



Sorry for the diversion.

He made a gaffe, a dumb joke. There is plenty to crucify the man over besides his one off color joke. 50% You and I both know thats wrong. Kurki I want you to think back all of your 50 odd years and think hard.

Very dumb in front of a live audience? Yes. Is Obama holding some grudge against the mentally retarded? No he's not.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Clapping for a bowling score of 129 is like giving someone "olympic gold" for running not particularly fast. That's the joke...

[KukriKhan]

He made a gaffe, a dumb joke. There is plenty to crucify the man over besides his one off color joke. 50% You and I both know thats wrong. Kurki I want you to think back all of your 50 odd years and think hard.

Very dumb in front of a live audience? Yes. Is Obama holding some grudge against the mentally retarded? No he's not.

I take all your points, and nod agreement. Even my President does - realizing his insensitivity, he phoned the head of Spec Olympics personally from AF1 to make amends, and the WH issued a statement in less than 24 hours. Afterall, it's obvious he was trying to make fun of his own self, a worthy goal.

I don't wanna crucify him. I just don't want us - you and me, and our readers, thinking that "tard jokes" are OK, cuz, heck even Obama does it, on national TV.

I don't get up on my soapbox very often (at least, I hope not); this seemed like a good time to do it though; because making fun of folks because of their mental capacity, physical capacity, skin color, where they were born... all seems un-American to me, in this place where we've proved last year that anybody can become the head guy, or get rich, or invent a new religion or whateverthehell they wanna do or be.

I know this site is international, not just American. It just bugged me a bit to have the gaff disregarded as "everybody does it, so get over it."