Obama jokes about disabled- HUUUUUGE mistake

[Deliximus]

i personally take care of a few 'special kids' from time to time. I have no problem with that as it was self-depracating, not directed towards 'special' people. Honest, all this phoney outage is all bullshit by critics to find something about obama to say shit about. His joke was fine and it's like that pic that people post aruond saying that arguing on the internet is like the special olympics, even if you win, ur still retarded. It's funny, i won't take offense to that. Special people ARE special for a reason.

 

[alphatarget1]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_special_olympics

Don't make fun of special olympics mr president! This guy can bowl a 300 instead of your pathetic 129!

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: marincounty
This reminds me of the funniest joke I ever heard about Bush, by Wanda Sykes.
It goes something like this:

But you can't root against President Bush, it's like booing at the special olympics.

Here's another by Wanda:


Wanda Sykes on Jay Leno (hey, I'll watch anything) was very funny about Katrina.

Jay: "But President Bush took responsibility."

Wanda: "I don't think the President should have taken responsibility.... I don't blame the President. I blame the American people. Y'all knew the man was slow when you voted him in. You can't blame the blind man for wrecking your car when you're the one who gave him the keys."

LOL, I :heart: Wanda.

 

[Lanyap]

/close thread

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: Zedtom
If you are at the bowling alley and see an inexperienced adult bowler throw a gutter ball, is it now politically incorrect to say, "what a retard!".

Think about it this way: If there was an actual retarded person present at the bowling alley, would you still "what a retard!", or at least feel bad for saying it?

Whenever Obama speaks, he has a national audience, which includes all mentally and physically disabled people. I can see righteous shock/anger by these people and their relatives.

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: Mursilis

Originally posted by: retrospooty
That comment was probably not the best thing to say, but it was not really a big deal.

I didn't even vote for Obama, but I have to agree. This dumb remark is about No. 9453254 on the list of things we should be worrying about.

This is also true.

 

[Kevin1211]

if the "Tonight Show" is pre-recorded, how come they couldnt have just edited out that segment?? Airing that specific part was obviously beneficial to noone.

 

[sciwizam]

What about the live audience then?

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: Kevin1211
if the "Tonight Show" is pre-recorded, how come they couldnt have just edited out that segment?? Airing that specific part was obviously beneficial to noone.

Probably because they wanted the segment with him answering personal questions. If you cut out the question, it might look awkward or you'd have to scrap the whole section, unless you want to re-shoot it. And if they did any of that, the people bitching would be bitching louder "OMG MSM CONSPIRACY!!?!?!?!!FDSJ"

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: Chris

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Think of how handicapped you would have to be to make an issue of what Obama said.

Or high on the hopium to ignore it...

I know all about the relationship between self hate and hope hate. As a defenseless little child you were full of hope and slaughtered. And I know about the Stockholm syndrome that turned you in to the same kind off monster that destroyed you.

 

[daniel49]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Think of how handicapped you would have to be to make an issue of what Obama said. This thread is like a short bus of hideous vultures screaming throw him under. Talk about the inferior........

I would throw him under the bus , but there is no room. To many AIG execs and members of congress there.
So I'll give him a pass. It was after all just a joke.

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: Kevin1211
if the "Tonight Show" is pre-recorded, how come they couldnt have just edited out that segment?? Airing that specific part was obviously beneficial to noone.

So you need someone to make sure certain things are not published?


You are what we are afraid of.

 

[sunzt]

Fox news already all over this even though Obama apologized to the special Olympics chairman

http://www.foxnews.com/politic...rs-obama-bowling-tips/

 

[villageidiot111]

Meh, wasn't a big deal. Maybe everyone should focus on important issues rather than discuss a minor slip of the tongue.

 

[trenchfoot]

Chicken Little and the Boy who Cried Wolf should join P&N to get schooled by our resident experts.

 

[Drift3r]

It may be a hard pill to swallow but it's a big deal in a sense (media wise ) because Obama is part of the political party which spawned the whole aggressive PC trend.

 

[Synomenon]

Wow, it's like he's the first person ever to make a joke about handicapped people.

 

[Fear No Evil]

Obama is supposed to be the greatest orator to ever hold office. Surely he can avoid mistakes like this.

 

[Moonbeam]

Obama refers to himself as handicapped and all the shit throwing apes in the world rush in to tell him how retarded he was for saying that.

 

[L00PY]

Originally posted by: RedChief
Why is this a one-day story yet Allen's macaca comments were a 2month+ story?

On one hand you have a person using retarded stereotype to make fun of himself. On the other, you have a person using a racist stereotype to make fun of a 20 year old volunteer.

[edit] There's also the matter of timing. One on hand, you've got the newly elected President making those remarks. On the other, you've got a candidate the August before the election making those remarks. People aren't going remember Obama's remarks three years from now. 2+ months later the election was still in full swing and it cost Allen dearly (perhaps even the 2008 Republican nomination). [/edit]

A better joke Obama should have made might have been something along the lines of:

"I bowled a 129," he told Leno.
"That's very good, Mr. President," Leno said sarcastically.
"It's like there was a black guy out on the lanes that day," the president said.

 

[DealMonkey]

Retards can't bowl?

 

[dwell]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
I know all about the relationship between self hate and hope hate. As a defenseless little child you were full of hope and slaughtered. And I know about the Stockholm syndrome that turned you in to the same kind off monster that destroyed you.

As an adult you were full of hope in a presidential candidate and slaughtered within 60 days when you realized he was just another full-of-shit politician with an over-reliance on the teleprompter. At the end of the day your the same kind of ass you were when GWB was in office.

 

[Drift3r]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Obama refers to himself as handicapped and all the shit throwing apes in the world rush in to tell him how retarded he was for saying that.

When you become the president of the Untied States and leader of the free world the bar is raised just a little higher for a reason.

 

[cKGunslinger]

What's that? The OP hitched his wagon to another dead horse? :laugh:

 

[trenchfoot]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
What's that? The OP hitched his wagon to another dead horse? :laugh:

If you look real close you'll notice the horse is wearing lipstick and if you lift up it's tail you'll see it's been branded from the Bush Ranch. j/k