Good thing Obama isn’t a Republican or he would be strung up and quartered for this one:
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.
When asked about the remark, the White House said the president did not intend to offend.
The WH said it was all a off-hand remark and he meant nothing disrespectful in saying it. I’m sure that’s the case.
But we all know the knives would be out with a vengence if Bush had said something like this. Front page news baby!
Oh, and if that remark wasn’t good enough….Hugh Hewitt updates us on what great timing Obama has:
Saturday, btw, is World Down Syndrome Awareness Day. March 21st was chosen for its numerical representation–3/21–being symbolic of the third “bonus” copy of the 21st chromosome, which is the genetic cause of Down syndrome. This discovery was made 50 years ago by Jerome Lejeune.
UPDATE
Heh:
“Any suggestion that the President does not share America’s great concern for the developmentally disabled is both unfair and untrue. With the selection of Joe Biden as his Vice President and the appointment of Tim Geithner to Treasury, this president has done more to advance the cause of the developmentally disabled in America than has any other president in the history of the United States.
This is the kind of distraction that Rush Limbaugh and other retards on the Right will seize upon to suggest that this president does not genuinely care about all Americans. We assure you that is not the case.”
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LOL! “developmentally disabled” admin staff…. ROTFLMAO!!
I guess this means Leno didn’t give him an extra chair for his teleprompter?
If Bush or McCain had said this….there’d be cries for IMPEACHMENT!
btw, one thing is certain:
Sarah Palin won’t make this gaffe
Obama made another even more noxious comment. Leno on talking about the proposed new pooch called it a ‘waterhead’, Obama made a comment that he didn’t want such a waterhead dog ‘tripping around the WH’. It seems that ‘waterhead’ is slang for retarded or person with Down’s syndrome. This is even more disturbing than the special olympics comment. And especialy so after the campaign when one of the candidates had her special child front and center in the campaign. Talk about clueless, cruel and insensitive. If it were a repub he/she would be crucified by the media.
I have a daughter who has Down’s Syndrome. You learn to let go of certain sensitivities by considering the source…
Who’d a thunk it…that plain ol’ tacky words have to be relegated to “the source” when that is The President???
“Someone needs to learn that boy some manners! ” (That courtesy of my not having a teleprompter this morning either!)
We sure dodged a bullet by not electing Sarah Palin, eh?
eaglewingz08 is right. ‘Obama made a comment that he didn’t want such a waterhead dog ‘tripping around the WH’.
Water Head – A person with mental health problems, ie down’s syndrome, or retard for the lay person.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Water%20Head
It should also be known that the term “waterhead” is given to a true medical condition called hydracephaly.
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3827
He did not mean to offend? How is it anything BUT offensive? His score was soooo bad that it rated with the Special Olympics???
He might not have been aiming a direct insult specifically at the Special Olympics, but it is just like the new commercials telling people not to say stuff like “thats so gay” because it IS hurtful when you use a group of people as an insult.
Will the Wanda Sykes please stand up and say Obama was an example of what NOT to do?
CNN rightly agrees with Wanda and Hillary Duff > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKA03jI83xM
Will CNN excuse Obama or hold him to the same standard?
did anyone else notice that not only has obama NOT fulfilled his campaign promises, last night they talked about how he hasn’t even gotten a dog for the girls yet? He said it will be great though, and he has it all picked out and ready to go. He said after he gets back from messing things up at NATO, they will get the dog.
Sound familiar?
@Kai Lo:
No I am pretty sure he meant it. I heard that he hates babies and rich people. He said, one group he can destroy before they become a problem, the other group he can just take their hard work and wealth and spread it around to everyone else. Problem(s) solved.
Obama has no morals he meant it.
Dave Noble threw stones at Rush Limbaugh a few days ago for something that happened in 1992.
I’m sure, in the interest of consistency and intellectual honesty Dave will be around very soon to throw some stones at Obamalama very soon for his comments last night.
Yep.
Any. Minute. Now.
Sarah Palin’s 2009 address to the Special Olympics.
Gosh, we sure dodged a bullet by not electing her since she is so uncouth, unpolished, vulgar, and unsophisticated. She’s such an air head.
Compare her to the suave, smooth, highly educated, socially acceptable guy who appeared on Leno last night and insulted people who are disabled.
A remarkable difference.
Roll the tape:
I met my stepson of 29 years of age when he was but a little guy of 2 years. I coach soccer and basketball in Special Olympics, and I can tell you that some of my players can kick obummer’s you-know-what at bowling. I also know a number of basketball players within Special Olympics who can give him a run for his money.
obama is nothing but a selfish, self absorbed solicalist fool with an arrogance to match. I knew this a year and a half ago, and he confirms it every day.
At least the Special Olympics players are taught that it is about doing their best, not giving up, caring for their teammates and others in the league, doing the right thing and having respect for all – something that obama clearly does not have.
@ThomNJ:
Sadly, not enough Americans realized that before it was too late to do anything about it.
@Aye Chihuahua:
G-d help Trig if Obama’s national health care disaster is passed.
Why isn’t it 2010 YET?!
Heh.
Special Olympics bowling champ challenges Obama to bowling competition.
My brother-in-law has down’s syndrome, and was an active competitor in the special olympics when he was younger. After hearing Obama’s comment, my wife and I discussed it at length. Having grown up with a brother with special needs, she has always been very sensitive to off-the-cuff remarks by others, and the word “retarded” is banned in our house in any context. I will not hesitate to tell a guest that they are out of line when they say “that’s retarded,” and most have no idea why their language is offensive until I educate them.
What we decided in this case, though, is that we weren’t offended by His comment. Why? Because we would have to have some level of respect for the man to allow His opinions to offend us in any way, and He has already spent whatever respect credits that He may have had with us a long time ago.
At least His lack of education will bring some national attention to the special olympics, and other special needs programs, even if it is only short term.
Personally, I believe Obama is retarded mentally himself.
Only a dumbass would try to ram socialist policies onto America when right in the middle of a once in 50 years economic crisis. Sure, a great chance to ram thru nonsense, but guaranteed to cause even more problems later on.
Watch the Obama and his admin stumble from one self-made crisis or disaster to the next.
Obama will go down in history as one of the most inept and incompetant POTUSs ever. maybe he’ll even beat Carter.
Obviously a stupid offensive off the cuff remark – or do some of you believe it was written by a scriptwriter and he just read it off his telepromter?
@GaffaUK: This may have been one of the few times Obie didn’t have his teleprompter to fall back on. Now do you understand why we are all making such a big deal of his reliance on that crutch?
@sigmundringeck:
“Watch the Obama and his admin stumble from one self-made crisis or disaster to the next.
Obama will go down in history as one of the most inept and incompetant POTUSs ever. maybe he’ll even beat Carter.”
Please, siggie, stop mocking the “special olympics” president.
Actually, if there’s still a USA we can recognize as such when that clown and his three ring Democrat circus is done, he will go down as the worst ever, at least in my book. He’s Carter on steroids with half the brain capacity, at best. Heck, even Carter could speak reasonably well without a teleprompter: still can – I may not like what he says or thinks, but he can still articulate it a whole lot better than O’Bumbler.
@Mike
Doesn’t really bother me his over-reliance on a tele-prompter tbh. A minor annoyance.
@GaffaUK:
Of course it wouldn’t bother you.
When you have no standards, it’s difficult to be below standard.
@Aye
A cheap and dull shot. You don’t know anything about my standards. With all the problems facing the West at the moment – then if you think over-reliance of a telepromter is such a big issue – then I suggest you have a real problem with priorities.
@GaffaUK:
Actually, I do.
You’ve been scattering your crumbs on the carpet here long enough for all of us to figure out what you’re all about.
You weren’t a very complex or challenging read.
@Aye
Let me guess – are you a Christian?
@GaffaUK:
Leadership doesn’t come in a CrackerJacks box, nor does wisdom come off the screen of a teleprompter. With all the problems in the World, we do not need someone who can’t tell which speach is his, i.e., who has to be told what he’s supposed to be thinking and saying. That is a damned idiot, not a leader.
If you can’t see that, then yes, we can tell a lot about your “standards.” You haven’t any; at least none that you can meaningfully communicate to others. If you think that the most powerful nation on earth being led by a functional moron isn’t a “real” problem, then you are as delusional as he is.
@yonason
I think reading off a teleprompter is something fun to mock at – in the same way Dubya fell over his words without a teleprompter. It’s a minor issue. lol – and I’m not even defending Obama over this. But I personally don’t think it’s a big deal. If by that – you are ‘judging’ me on my standards then go ahead. Pretty extreme reaction to a shrug. lol