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1. #1
   On March 19th, 2009 at 10:02 pm, granite said:

   OK.

   Who’s gonna bet that that remark never gets on the air?

   Now…who’s gonna bet that the MSM will allow that remark on the air? Anyone? Bueller?

2. #2
   On March 19th, 2009 at 10:04 pm, rplatt said:

   This guy was born with that rare “screw up bigtime” gene.

3. #3
   On March 19th, 2009 at 10:04 pm, Mookie said:

   Oh, so NOW being PC is in style…

4. #4
   On March 19th, 2009 at 10:06 pm, Romeo13 said:

   On March 19th, 2009 at 10:04 pm, Mookie said:
   Oh, so NOW being PC is in style…

   Just holding them to their OWN standards.

   Heck, he musta been wrong, they already appologized.

5. #5
   On March 19th, 2009 at 10:14 pm, CoastalConservative said:

   Is that what Michelle Nobama meant when she said that America is a mean country??? Just asking…

6. #6
   On March 19th, 2009 at 10:15 pm, inspiredhome said:

   Sort of OT but not: This afternoon Yahoo! News had this headline…
   “Obama asks Americans not to expect too much from government”

   I should have screen captured it. Irony, thy name is…

7. #7
   On March 19th, 2009 at 10:16 pm, bjc said:

   *Did he forget his teleprompter or what?
   *Step aside P-BO and the special olympics; I hear that lady’s chimp once bowled a 131.

8. #8
   On March 19th, 2009 at 10:16 pm, englishqueen01 said:

   Oh, so NOW being PC is in style…

   Tell me, Mookie, what do Obama’s shoes taste like?

   As someone else said – we’re just holding them to their own standard. Now, I know liberals are the masters of the double standard (okay for me, but not for thee…), but if Bush made a joke about the Special Olympics, the media would call him “insensitive” to the special needs community…

9. #9
   On March 19th, 2009 at 10:16 pm, behiker said:

   Ok NBC what are you going to do… prove to everyone how you are covering for Obama and cut it from the telecast or let it roll?

10. #10
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:17 pm, moonshot said:

    March 19th, 2009 at 10:04 pm, Mookie said:

    Oh, so NOW being PC is in style…

    I’m trying to remember which famous Conservative loves the word retarded? Can you help me out here?

11. #11
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:17 pm, yonjuro said:

    The entire Obama presidency is like the Special Olympics.

12. #12
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:18 pm, Mookie said:

    Tell me, Mookie, what do Obama’s shoes taste like?

    Arugula.

13. #13
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:20 pm, Mookie said:

    I’m trying to remember which famous Conservative loves the word retarded? Can you help me out here?

    “But as long as the nation is obsessed with historic milestones, is no one going to remark on what a great country it is where a mentally retarded woman can become speaker of the house?”

14. #14
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:21 pm, 24Klady said:

    Yet, somehow if this had been said by President Bush ’43//Bush ’41 they’d have been run out of town on the nearest rails.

    This is probably one of the worst gaffs I’ve ever witnessed by anyone that is supposed to be educated, sophisticated, worldly, and wise beyond years.

    Instead, we have to deal with a sitting president that makes moronic jokes about those that through a twist of genes and DNA has to deal with problems on a daily basis. I’m sure Sarah Palin feels better now about the trash talk you inflicted on her too.

15. #15
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:23 pm, Mookie said:

    Instead, we have to deal with a sitting president that makes moronic jokes about those that through a twist of genes and DNA has to deal with problems on a daily basis. I’m sure Sarah Palin feels better now about the trash talk you inflicted on her too.

    Oh for Christ’s sake. Should Coulter apologize to Palin as well?

16. #16
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:24 pm, moonshot said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:20 pm, Mookie said:
    “But as long as the nation is obsessed with historic milestones, is no one going to remark on what a great country it is where a mentally retarded woman can become speaker of the house?”

    

17. #17
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:25 pm, Salt said:

    PC or not, the joke was rather tepid at best.

    The self-deprecating schtick is getting old and no one buys it.

18. #18
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:26 pm, 24Klady said:

    Last time I checked Ann Coulter hasn’t been elected to anything. Palin on the other hand is a very accomplished woman and felt the kneejerk of every person in this country that somehow wants to see these children locked away in closets.

    Mookie, we are witnessing a sitting president make jokes like he was in a backroom locker room. How noble.

19. #19
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:27 pm, Salt said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:18 pm, Mookie said:

    Tell me, Mookie, what do Obama’s shoes taste like?

    Arugula.

    That was funnier than Obama’s lame joke.

20. #20
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:27 pm, Surveyor said:

    We can’t say “mentally retarded” anymore? When did that happen?

21. #21
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:28 pm, corona said:

    I’m disappointed – nothing about this so far on
    the telemprompter’s blog.

22. #22
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:28 pm, jencab said:

    Interestingly, Palin made a strong remark yesterday saying that Obama may want to take credit for the pipeline and that is fine with her as long as the pipeline gets done. She also came out strong today against the stimulus by rejecting nearly half a billion.

    He has Palin on the mind and this stupid joke came out (Freudian Slip). The same thing with the “lipstick on a pig” comment.

23. #23
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:30 pm, PhredE said:

    Well, Mr. President, this is one ‘average Joe’ that spent last weekend at a Special Olympics basketball tournament / pizza party, and I can say unequivocally that any person there outclasses you by leaps and bounds. Stuff it pal.

    If he’d ever have been to an SO event, he would NEVER had made such a disparaging comment.

24. #24
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:31 pm, hadsil said:

    It’s cliche now, but …

    Imagine if Bush said it.

25. #25
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:31 pm, Mookie said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:26 pm, 24Klady said:

    Last time I checked Ann Coulter hasn’t been elected to anything. Palin on the other hand is a very accomplished woman and felt the kneejerk of every person in this country that somehow wants to see these children locked away in closets.

    Mookie, we are witnessing a sitting president make jokes like he was in a backroom locker room. How noble.

    I think that’s being incredibly overdramatic. Was it a stupid thing to say? Of course. Was it an intentional personal affront to Sarah Palin? Hardly.

26. #26
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:31 pm, CantCureStupid said:

    “But as long as the nation is obsessed with historic milestones, is no one going to remark on what a great country it is where a mentally retarded woman can become speaker of the house?”

    Did the President of the United States go on a national television program and make this quote? No? Did a duly elected official make that remark? No?

    He’s the freakin PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!! He goes onto a dopey late-night talk show and steps on himself, and you don’t see the problem? You attempt to deflect his unbelievable stupidity, but the effort is pathetic and a waste of useless effort.

    Oh that’s right, he’s The One, for whom the Sun shines out of his every orifice. Go get a room.

27. #27
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:33 pm, jangar said:

    What an a$$hole. I can think of no better word.

28. #28
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:33 pm, Salt said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:28 pm, corona said:

    I’m disappointed – nothing about this so far on
    the telemprompter’s blog.

    Not surprising. He was left at home. That’s how this happened.

29. #29
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:37 pm, moonshot said:

    This is an outrage! Let’s impeach the bastard!

30. #30
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:37 pm, 24Klady said:

    Thank you PhredE for your support of these programs. You can stand up and be called a grownup, with the maturity and compassion to help those that need it most.

    Guess that through all his years as a community organizer, ‘Bambi never had to attend any “dreary affairs”….but he’ll be strutting his stuff to AF1, giving flippy salutes, on his way back to the White House.

31. #31
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:41 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    African-Chicago roots coming out–kill the weak. A taste of things to come and I do not mean arugula (sounds like spinach gone bad or such)

    And it is Speaker Pelosi’s own fault she is mentally retarded–she ODed on the botox. Any of you see the Village of the Damned (1960)? Pelosi eyes everywhere-evil, cruel, San Francisco Pelosi eyes.

    —
    Keep the change-I’ll keep my guns

32. #32
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm, Mookie said:

    Hey Michelle! People on your blog are making fun of the mentally retarded. Where’s your outrage?

33. #33
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm, PhredE said:

    24Klady – Thank you
    I’ve met some of the absolute neatest people I’ve ever met in my life in SO events. Truly amazing people doing amazing things.

    ‘Back at ya!’

    PS. Never take even the simplest things for granted.

34. #34
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm, frontierguy said:

    I think that’s being incredibly overdramatic

    But, somehow it is not overdramatic when the media reports on Republicans and their “intent behind their words”. Or maybe the deflection when someone points out possible intention when that intention is what you don’t like? Hypocrites, your party is democrat.

35. #35
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm, Gabe said:

    Ed Morrissey calls it the stupidest thing Obama’s said today (after the AIG/suicide bomber analogy). Allahpundit says it’s politically incorrect, but lay off.

    Please. AllahPundit is social liberal that evidently can’t take any criticism of the Messiah, even if the MSM bashed President Bush for eight years straight. It is hard to believe that Michelle would even hire him to write on her blog. At least Ed is on Hot Air.

36. #36
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:46 pm, CJ said:

    Par for the course, or make that, par for The Party. Remember Al Gore and his “extra chromosome right wing” comment back when he was VP?

    If I’m offended, does that make Obama guilty of hate speech?

    (And as a matter of fact, I have a son with an extra chromosome, and he does bowl with Special Olympics. Going tomorrow night, in fact.)

37. #37
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:50 pm, moonshot said:

    Hey Mookie, who was that other famous Conservative leader who physically mocked another famous person who has Parkinson’s disease?

38. #38
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:52 pm, beenthere said:

    I don’t mean to be negative, given all that has happened this past week, so let me simply state that should a large meteor land on Washington when Congress is in session, I for one could not help but contemplate, following the event that is, the majesty of the heavens and how much we have yet to learn about the nature and origin on the Solar System and perhaps the universe itself.

    With that in mind, let us dutifully remind ourselves that tomorrow brings us, good citizens all, to Decade III of the reign of Pharoah Obamzandius I, God Emperor of He-Gypped (Us).

    Well, it sure seems like we have been through two decades already.

39. #39
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:54 pm, bjc said:

    *Hey Michelle!People on your blog are making fun of Mookie. Where’s your outrage?
    **This message brought to you by the NAAPC!

40. #40
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:55 pm, d1carter said:

    Talking about tone deaf…this guy is so out of touch with reality…is this what a community organizer does?

41. #41
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:55 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm, Mookie said:

    Hey Michelle! People on your blog are making fun of the mentally retarded. Where’s your outrage?

    So we’re only supposed to be outraged because of mental retardation?

    How about financial retardation?
    Or physical retardation?
    Or political retardation?
    Or social retardation?
    Or legal retardation?
    Or racial retardation?
    Or cultural retardation?
    Or education retardation?
    Or constitutional retardation?

    When are we going to outlaw the short bus due to the stigma it holds?

42. #42
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:56 pm, moonshot said:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zMw1y5M2xE

43. #43
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:57 pm, jsr said:

    I think everybody should give PBO a break on this one. After all, he didn’t have his teleprompter and he just isn’t used to speaking in public without it. Any other mediocre politician in-training could easily make the same mistake.

44. #44
    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:59 pm, right_on said:

    Stop trying to hold Obama to a higher standard…please! He is who he is.

    How well could you have done, with no real American father to teach you about such things? He had to depend on drugs, and unseemly characters to guide him throughout his formative years. He was also raised by socialist grandparents, and had fleeting moments of clarity when his mother helped guide his choice of reading material. He was forced to attend an Indonesian madrassa, and surely no one there conveyed the true meaning of being an American. Even his birth father’s roots, borne of poverty, yet able to afford an American education, did him no favors.

    If he had only been fortunate enough to be of true slave blood, things might have been put in a better perspective. Sure, he has tendencies to belittle others, but understand, it is simply a defense mechanism his low self-esteem. Don’t begrudge him this little bit of narcissism, as he clearly needs it. He is, after all, the POTUS.

    So leave the poor guy alone! He’s been through enough, and everyone says he’s trying….

45. #45
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:00 pm, jangar said:

    is this what a community organizer does?

    Only a self-absorbed, spoiled, pompous ass.

46. #46
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:02 pm, Mookie said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:50 pm, moonshot said:

    Hey Mookie, who was that other famous Conservative leader who physically mocked another famous person who has Parkinson’s disease?

    I think that was Rush but it’s ok because he was making fun of a liberal.

47. #47
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:03 pm, jangar said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:57 pm, jsr said:
    I think everybody should give PBO a break on this one. After all, he didn’t have his teleprompter

    So this is the real Odumbo that has come to the surface? It has been my understanding that this is the messiah of our day…how can this be?

48. #48
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:07 pm, Khyris said:

    This is a “meh” for me… yeah, there’s a double standard, but no real shock in that regard either.

    I mean… everyone understands that special olympics involve lower performance RELATIVE to the normal olympics. So as a cultural euphemism, yes, it’s a reference to sub-standard performance, and not necessarily a mockery of any disabled person’s individual worth as a human being.

    If I were to say Obama’s governing style has been 100% Special Olympics time, that sure wouldn’t be PC, but it’d sure as heck be accurate.

    Non issue.

49. #49
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:07 pm, frontierguy said:

    I like Michael J. Fox and hope that he is very successful in helping fundraise for muscular diseases. In that instance, if I remember, Fox admitted that he had not taken his meds for effect, at least when he was talking before Congress. Also, he admitted that he had not read the bill, the one that caused his support for the politician. The bill was the one that really had nothing to do with stem cells, it was about cloning. Fox had been duped, and I don’t remember much backlash from Fox, it was all the media. The unbiased ones.

50. #50
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:09 pm, moonshot said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:02 pm, Mookie said:
    I think that was Rush but it’s ok because he was making fun of a liberal.

    Thank you, Mookie for setting me straight. I get confused sometimes.

51. #51
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:09 pm, Dave Turson said:

    Obama jokes about Rahm Emanuel’s constant foul-mouthed riffs. Blogavich’s phone recordings show what he is like behind the scenes. Bad manners and attitude rub off. Biden was recently caught dropping the f-bomb–must be from all those chummy Oval Office meetings.

52. #52
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:09 pm, Master Shake said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm, Mookie said:

    Hey Michelle! People on your blog are making fun of the mentally retarded. Where’s your outrage?

    What’s the matter, Mookie? People making fun of you and moonshot?

53. #53
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:14 pm, zyzzyg said:

    Bad form on Pres Obama’s part.

54. #54
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:14 pm, Joy said:

    Ah yes, Mookie never misses a chance to to miss the point.

55. #55
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:15 pm, Mookie said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:14 pm, Joy said:

    Ah yes, Mookie never misses a chance to to miss the point.

    Ah yes, Joy never misses a chance to bitch and complain.

56. #56
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:16 pm, Mookie said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:14 pm, Joy said:

    Ah yes, Mookie never misses a chance to to miss the point.

    Ah yes, Joy never misses a chance to be clueless.

57. #57
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:18 pm, Joy said:

    Lousy comeback Mookie… very disappointing.

58. #58
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:18 pm, jangar said:

    everyone understands that special olympics involve lower performance RELATIVE to the normal olympics

    Kinda like an Obama birth certificate is of lower quality than a REAL birth certificate?

59. #59
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:21 pm, Khyris said:

    @Jangar: EXACTLY!!

60. #60
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:21 pm, John Deaux said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:04 pm, Mookie said:
    Oh, so NOW being PC is in style…

    So is hypocrisy. All the popular political figures are doing it!

    Seriously, it’s not like he said he wanted the president to fail or anything.

61. #61
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:22 pm, jangar said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:14 pm, zyzzyg said:
    Bad form on Pres Obama’s part.

    Can’t think before he opens his mouth. This should be a real hoot when dealing with real crisis issues and terrorism (often spontaneous and without a teleprompter).

62. #62
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:22 pm, Mookie said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:18 pm, Joy said:

    Lousy comeback Mookie… very disappointing.

    Sadly, my real comeback was filtered.

    Joy, it’s obvious you don’t like me and that’s fine. Why respond to my posts then?

63. #63
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:22 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    If you want to contact the White Mosque House, here you go.

    Phone Numbers
    Comments: 202-456-1111
    Switchboard: 202-456-1414
    FAX: 202-456-2461

    TTY/TDD (specially listed for those Obama hates so much)Comments: 202-456-6213
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64. #64
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:25 pm, moonshot said:

    Mookie is a decent and very observant person so don’t expect her to be nasty. She’s trying to offer a different prospective…not fit in. That’s a liberal for ya!

65. #65
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:27 pm, love2rumba said:

    As someone else said – we’re just holding them to their own standard. Now, I know liberals are the masters of the double standard (okay for me, but not for thee…), but if Bush made a joke about the Special Olympics, the media would call him “insensitive” to the special needs community…

    Exactly my point as well,Mookie.

    The best way to combat poilitical correctness, is to enusre that is always applied to both sides in a manner equally poignant, lest political correctness blather becomes taken as truth amongst the uninvestigative souls within our nation.

66. #66
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:28 pm, Mookie said:

    Exactly my point as well,Mookie.

    And I think fighting stupidity with stupidity is, well, stupid.

67. #67
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:37 pm, BOB said:

    I detest Obmama and everything he and his handlers stand for…….but saying something about the Special Olympics in the way he did is not really any part of why I can’t stand the sight or sound of him. Too PC for me to make a big deal out of that.

68. #68
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:40 pm, frontierguy said:

    And I think fighting stupidity with stupidity is, well, stupid.

    Then why are you pointing out moral equivalency? If you really believed that you would have just stated that rather then linking to a you tube link set up to disparage someone you do not like. I think you are not being honest.

69. #69
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:41 pm, frontierguy said:

    My bad, that was moonshot….I take it back. Trying to watch the office and blog at the same time, they should put warnings out.

70. #70
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:44 pm, Joy said:

    Mookie – I’ve never liked flaming hypocrites. And as long as you insist on being being so hypocritical, I’ll be one of several who will call you on it.

    Palin and Rush were PILLORIED by the left for those comments… so people on the left should now PILLORY hussein for this. It would be consistent and intellectually honest…

    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:04 pm, Mookie said:
    Oh, so NOW being UN-PC is in style…

    There, fixed that for you.

71. #71
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:46 pm, rcool487 said:

    I really don’t even believe this is about being PC or not. It’s about respect. This guy is supposed to represent America and should stand up for all Americans. Those in SO are some of the most courageous and determined individuals around.

    Really though, I’m not surprised given his views on life.

72. #72
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:47 pm, SPCOlympics said:

    I bet in the near future, he’s going to try to assuage the gun ownership rights faction (after the AG says something scary again) and go to the range to get some PR pics of him shooting.

    He won’t hit a thing and say, “Heh, heh. I guess I shoot like a girl.”

73. #73
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:47 pm, Mookie said:

    Then why are you pointing out moral equivalency? If you really believed that you would have just stated that rather then linking to a you tube link set up to disparage someone you do not like. I think you are not being honest.

    I have a lot of respect for Rush and I’ve said that here numerous times. The point I’m trying to make is that selective outrage is a joke and it’s turning the right into a carbon copy of the last eight years of the left.

74. #74
    On March 19th, 2009 at 11:56 pm, undresiege said:

    I have a lot of respect for Rush and I’ve said that here numerous times. The point I’m trying to make is that selective outrage is a joke and it’s turning the right into a carbon copy of the last eight years of the left.

    And that’s the point that folks here are purposely trying to miss. Plus, Obama just left the show what, like 2 hours ago? Nothing has hit the fan yet, and he will be forced to issue an official apology to whoever the retarded rep version of Al Sharpton may be. Then this will all go away by Monday. Politics are stupid. The media is stupid. We are stupid for indulging this circus. It was a silly unPC gaffe. Oh golly gee. I’d say the same if it was Bush. Yawnnnnnnnn. Back to the games.

75. #75
    On March 20th, 2009 at 12:19 am, frontierguy said:

    The point I’m trying to make is that selective outrage is a joke and it’s turning the right into a carbon copy of the last eight years of the left.

    I agree, however, we have learned that taking the moral high road, gets you no where. The last 2 elections have proven that nice guys finish last. We are getting soaked through the aid of a media/government coalition. Double standards won the far left total power, we need to hold them to their own rules and stop allowing these guys to make up the rules as they go. If that means we make up our own rules, so be it. Our futures are at stake here.

76. #76
    On March 20th, 2009 at 12:31 am, mjk said:

    My response:
    What if Bush would have said/done that?

    Yeah, I’m guessing “it’s no big deal” isn’t quite how most liberals would react.

77. #77
    On March 20th, 2009 at 12:33 am, F15mech said:

    I cant wait to hear the spin the TOTUS/MSM gives on this one.

    Obama was only saying that, even children with special needs can do better in oratory skills then the POTUS.

78. #78
    On March 20th, 2009 at 12:35 am, F15mech said:

    and bowling

79. #79
    On March 20th, 2009 at 12:38 am, SpeakEasy said:

    Don’t feed the trolls. They know somewhere deep within the unused logical places of their brains that Obama’s comment was tacky and stupid but they just can not go against their savior. So they attack the other side to distract. Ignoring them is easier than trying to follow their twisted logic. Thinking people know politicians of any party can be stupid and are not afraid to call it what it is instead of making excuses.

80. #80
    On March 20th, 2009 at 12:40 am, rightisright said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm, Mookie said:

    Hey Michelle! People on your blog are making fun of the mentally retarded. Where’s your outrage?

    Mookie, no one was making fun of you, they were trying to enlighten you.

81. #81
    On March 20th, 2009 at 12:51 am, thegreatbeast said:

    Wow! Do you suppose the Kennedys will pillory Obama like they do everyone else who steps on the cat’s tail?

82. #82
    On March 20th, 2009 at 12:58 am, drivingjack said:

    Did that comment help their kids?

83. #83
    On March 20th, 2009 at 1:08 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On March 19th, 2009 at 10:28 pm, corona said:

    I’m disappointed – nothing about this so far on
    the telemprompter’s blog.

    Okay, I see the bus coming right at me, so let’s be clear: this was His ad lib.

    I tried to stay to watch the “Tonight Show” taping, but I was given the bum’s rush like everyone else.

84. #84
    On March 20th, 2009 at 1:15 am, RetFireman said:

    Well it appears that Der Fuhrer has not gotten the word that you should not mock those with disabilities, especially those with learning disabilities. Apparently he never got the word “To End The Word” on the 31st of this month

    Oh don’t worry Obama. We all know and understood what it is you meant. You meant that your bowling was so bad, that it made you appear “retarded”. We all know that you were making it perfectly clear that you find those who participate in the Special Olympics to be really funny to watch. Or do you just think they are pathetic for trying?

    Yes, we all know that the apologists are already out in force, even going so far as trying to have us believe that he has made his feelings towards The Special Olympics and those that participate in them known to the point that when asked, the White House was able to put forth a statement that clearly came straight from Der Fuhrer’s heart, and was NOT just standard boiler plate response to cover up you true feelings.

    We all know that you will, once again, be given a pass on insulting those you find to be beneath you. In this case, those with disabilities, and not just your standard poor or “redneck” or gun owners, or religious, or any of your usual gaffe fodder.

    We all know you really and truly love us all, as any messiah would, and it is our fault for ever thinking otherwise.

    We know that you aren’t really an embarrassment to yourself and this nation and that it is merely us idiot types who find you to be the biggest mistake to ever come into public service.

    It’s our bad. We’ll work on it.

85. #85
    On March 20th, 2009 at 1:59 am, PKAmmoTroop said:

    You just can’t make this stuff up! If I took all the gaffes, lies, hypocrisy, and manufactured outrage uttered by the Unholy Trinity (Obama, Biden & The Pelosi Ghost)in the past 2 weeks and tried to publish it uncredited there’s no publishing house that would touch it – it’s too unbelievable.

86. #86
    On March 20th, 2009 at 2:07 am, Terry_Jim said:

    I was a volunteer one weekend at a Special Olympics some years ago, and I can tell you,
    Obama’s bowling night on the campaign trail WAS like the Special Olympics.

    Everyone cheered his effort at bowling a 37, and his attending press corps gave him lots of hugs.

87. #87
    On March 20th, 2009 at 2:22 am, Schweggie said:

    During Chin’s show tonight, noone’s popcorn tasted better than Dubya’s. Noone’s.

88. #88
    On March 20th, 2009 at 2:26 am, Terry_Jim said:

    Russian mistranslations, tax cheating cabinet nominees, teleprompter addiction, snubbing old allies, embracing enemies…

    …it’s “like the Special Olympics ” Presidency.
    
    Disclaimer: this is an offhand remark typed after several hours with a family friend in an ICU, and is meant to disparage the Obama Administration, not anyone involved or eligible for the Special Olympics. Now, it would be incorrect of me to suggest that Air Force One be replaced with a short bus, so I won’t.

89. #89
    On March 20th, 2009 at 3:17 am, fgmorley said:

    With all the tasks that lay before him, Obama is working on his bowling average?

90. #90
    On March 20th, 2009 at 3:45 am, pgtips said:

    While it was a stupid comment that reveals a lot about Obama’s character, we should lay off him. He’s utterly useless and he should be judged on the ridiculous policies he pushes for. This whole incident just adds noise to the issue.

91. #91
    On March 20th, 2009 at 5:38 am, dj said:

    On March 20th, 2009 at 3:45 am, pgtips said:

    While it was a stupid comment that reveals a lot about Obama’s character, we should lay off him.

    No, we shouldn’t. If a Republican said something like this they would be sent for sensitivity training, sued by the ACLU and humiliated into resignation. This is just one more drop in the giant ocean of hypocrisy in the current political environment. And how does anyone claim this guy is brilliant? Proof, please.

92. #92
    On March 20th, 2009 at 5:43 am, RetFireman said:

    That’s right kids…

    Is there a single section of this society that he has NOT insulted in some blatant form? Has there been a single time that he has not been excused with a myriad of excuses?

    So what will he blame THIS gaffe on? Will it be jetlag from his trip to Los Angeles? Will it be all the exhaustion from fighting people’s right to make a living and expect payment for services rendered per contractual agreement?

    Maybe it is all the partying he was doing on St. Patrick’s Day. After all, there were at least 4 parties, two of which were at night and at least one of them involved drinking.

    Maybe he will try to turn it around on all of us and try to say how he was actually giving the athletes of the Special Olympics a boost of encouragement and it was OUR bigotry that made it appear that he was making fun of them.

    Whatever it will end up being, you can rest assured that it will receive minimal press, and the fact that he is, once again, recreating and vacationing while this “enormous crisis” is going on will be completely downplayed if not outright ignored.

    Bowling, partying, flying all over the country to eat out at restaurants, vacationing nearly every weekend at Camp David, insulting foreign leaders, embracing the enemy of Freedom and Democracy, turning Russia into an enemy again, allowing them to put bombers 90 miles off the Florida coast, adding 3 trillion dollars to our debt, selling out our grandchildren…

    And it is only 2 months since he ORIGINALLY took the Oath of Office. Yes ladies and gentlemen, the man truly is a history making machine. And yet, the majority of the people are still allowing him to carry on in this Comedy of Errors. He still, while rapidly dropping, enjoys a high approval rating, which only proves that the people of this nation, by and large, are completely ignorant of current affairs. My own 9 and 11 year olds know more about what is going on and what this fool is doing to our country than 60% of the public.

    How much more will he destroy before something is done to stop them?

93. #93
    On March 20th, 2009 at 5:46 am, RetFireman said:

    Good thing he is going to spend thousands, if not millions, of tax payer dollars to remove the White House bowling alley in lieu of putting in a basketball court.

    Maybe he can work on his dunks. Yeah…that will make everything better for everyone.

94. #94
    On March 20th, 2009 at 6:32 am, WarTip said:

    But he is a liberal so we just have to “understand and adjust” to his way of thinking. It would have only been a crime if this had been a conservative speaking … teleprompted or not!

95. #95
    On March 20th, 2009 at 7:18 am, MrOlympia said:

    Any Republican at any level would be forced to resign with a comment like this. I sure wish some official from Special Olympics would DEMAND AN APOLOGY.

    An incompetent insensitive racist thug fool is POTUS.

96. #96
    On March 20th, 2009 at 7:46 am, vsatt said:

    Hey we’re just following along with what Russell Brand said at the VMA’s. First we gave the retarded cowboy a chance and now we’re giving the retarded black man a shot at it. We’re all about equal opportunity here.

    I’m sure Megan McCain thought the joke was hilarious.

97. #97
    On March 20th, 2009 at 8:00 am, gco said:

    I sure wish some official from Special Olympics would DEMAND AN APOLOGY.

    Surely there are already thugs on the way to help Special Olympics officials understand why they should stay quiet. Given the choice, I’d prefer that they stay quiet, rather than allow themselves to be trotted out to read a White House-prepared script.

98. #98
    On March 20th, 2009 at 8:01 am, CO2 Producer said:

    A lot of people freaked out when Miley Cyrus – who is still legally a child, mind you – did her slanted-eyed thing. Will they be just as freaked by Obama’s Special Olympics crack? Anyone going to try to sue the president on behalf of the mentally disabled?

99. #99
    On March 20th, 2009 at 8:25 am, HomeoftheBrave said:

    My sister, who is now 36… and married, lives in her own home and works full-time, was born with Down’s. She is also a Gold Medalist in BOWLING. Prez Odumbo – you can kiss my conservative A$$!!!!

100. #100
     On March 20th, 2009 at 8:27 am, Lars said:

     THE AUDACITY OF A DOPE!