obama yuks it up with leno by making special olympics joke
#2
Posted: 3/19/09 at 9:19pm
Annnd let the pundit pearl-clutching begin!
When the hell have those people ever given the tiniest fart about the Special Olympics?
When the hell have those people ever given the tiniest fart about the Special Olympics?
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#3
Posted: 3/19/09 at 9:24pm
yeah, who cares about them, right? who cares that the president of the united states of america is on national television comparing his own failure at bowling to the special olympics. yeah, no one should care about that. at. all.
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#4
Posted: 3/19/09 at 9:26pm
OH hell...there's no getting around this one. It was off the cuff and it was stupid...own up to it and move on. Trying to put a pretty face on this comment is the worst thing he can do. STUPID, STUPID remark. OWN IT, apologize for it and remember it the next time you're tempted to be self-effacing and funny.
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#5
Posted: 3/19/09 at 9:29pm
This is the sort of remark you'd expect from Biden, not Obama...
#6
Posted: 3/19/09 at 9:55pm
What JAG said.
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#7
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:04pm
That was retarded of him. It's like something Roxy would say and then after somebody pointed it out to Roxy, he'd say I guess free speech is only for Dems.
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#8
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:06pm
Better a president that makes special olympics jokes than a president that belongs in the special olympics.
#9
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:10pm
What is your IQ? 60? People are "who" not "that".
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#10
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:12pm
nice, kk. you're a true democrat.
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#11
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:17pm
I'd rather my president make jokes that not everyone likes that be so stupid he makes Corky look like a brain surgeon.
#12
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:23pm
Dumb thing to say, to be sure. And he should apologize. But I'm sure Hannity and his ilk will be all over this for weeks, ignoring that just a few weeks ago their darling Ann Coulter wrote:
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?
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?
#13
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:26pm
i'm sorry, is ann coulter the president of the united states? is she? are you saying we shouldn't expect better from the president than from ann coulter? i love the inability of some people to say "yep, he screwed up" without having to say "but the republicans..."
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pray to st. jude
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he was the gimmicky sort
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#14
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:33pm
"yep, he screwed up"
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#15
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:34pm
i'm sorry, is ann coulter the president of the united states? is she? are you saying we shouldn't expect better from the president than from ann coulter? i love the inability of some people to say "yep, he screwed up" without having to say "but the republicans..."
Kind of like how the republicans never acknowledged that Bush was a train wreck and instead cried out a chorus of "but, but, but, CLINTON!"
Kind of like how the republicans never acknowledged that Bush was a train wreck and instead cried out a chorus of "but, but, but, CLINTON!"
#16
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:37pm
mb i should have credited you and jag.
kk i'm starting to think you're the left wing version of hdt2.
kk i'm starting to think you're the left wing version of hdt2.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#17
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:38pm
OH SHUT UP KING KONG.
Obama pulled another Oboner. Time to man up, apolofrigginggize for insensitivity and endure months of discussion of this topic that will distract people from the much bigger problems of the country,
Obama pulled another Oboner. Time to man up, apolofrigginggize for insensitivity and endure months of discussion of this topic that will distract people from the much bigger problems of the country,
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#18
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:39pm
and endure months of discussion of this topic that will distract people from the much bigger problems of the country,
Lead by hypocritical republicans.
Lead by hypocritical republicans.
#19
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:40pm
Of course she isn't. She's a fading joke. That was more pointed toward the crowd who's going to insist this is a news story for weeks and weeks and weeks on even if Obama does the right thing and owns up to his mistake.
#20
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:41pm
lead by hypocritical republicans.
irony.
irony.
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pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#21
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:43pm
This is why I hate political parties. I don't have any specific party affiliation, but I do feel that Obama's comment was not a wise thing to say at all. Still, there's no need to make a blanket statement about Republicans in general or Democrats in general.
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#22
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:44pm
Obama's been pretty good, actually, at owning up to his mistakes.
Neither Bush not Clinton did that at all, but Obama has done it a few times and will likely do it a few more.
But at least he's capable of admitting when he's wrong.
Neither Bush not Clinton did that at all, but Obama has done it a few times and will likely do it a few more.
But at least he's capable of admitting when he's wrong.
#23
Posted: 3/19/09 at 10:52pm
KK, give it a rest. The majority of this board is democratic, and the few republicans here aren't going to change their minds just because you so "wittily" offend an ex-president.
Stupid comment, and as most others have said, he'd do best just owning up to it. I wonder how many disabled people will actually be offended, and how many are pearl-clutchers who want something to jump on. Presidents are people too, and, as history has proven many times over, they also say dumb ****. Trivial, really, what with that failing economy and everything.
Stupid comment, and as most others have said, he'd do best just owning up to it. I wonder how many disabled people will actually be offended, and how many are pearl-clutchers who want something to jump on. Presidents are people too, and, as history has proven many times over, they also say dumb ****. Trivial, really, what with that failing economy and everything.
#24
Posted: 3/20/09 at 9:12am
maybe it didn't actually happen?
how usa today saw the appearance
how usa today saw the appearance
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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Updated On: 3/20/09 at 09:12 AM
#25
no mention on the bbc
Posted: 3/20/09 at 9:14am
no mention on the bbc
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
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