Comments on: Obama Special Olympics Joke

By: Douglas

Douglas — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:54:20 +0000

Why do people assume that the only ones offended by this are neo-cons? Maybe because it was a genuinely offensive statement to anyone with a brain.

By: SFC B

SFC B — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:42:02 +0000

I love how Neo Cons piss and moan about political correctness until someone they don’t like says something.

A guy draws a cartoon of a chimpanzee being shot by police the day after police shoot a chimpanzee and somehow that’s a cartoon about President Obama and it necessitates mobilizing protests in front of the NY Post and editorials across the country. Yeah. The “Neo Cons” are the children when it comes to over-reaction to perceived slights.

The people Obama insulted have been more than capable of defending themselves. It’s a shame that people with physical and developmental disabilites are able to take critcism better than the professional PC crowd.

By: rat_bastard

rat_bastard — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:16:48 +0000

I love how Neo Cons piss and moan about political correctness until someone they don’t like says something.

Bunch of fucking children.

By: Michael Over Here

Michael Over Here — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:52:30 +0000

Man, this comment thread is like the special olympics for right wing humor.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:51:31 +0000

Broadway Carl says:
March 20, 2009 at 3:17 pm

fafaroo said: as opposed to ri-tahrd

Elitist.

Douchebag.

Settle down, Beavis.

By: obama creates awareness

obama creates awareness — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:45:29 +0000

ironically, obama’s gaffe may have done more to create awareness than the special olympics efforts at it. by gaffing and then inviting the special olympians to the whitehouse, i think the special olympics probably in the back of their minds kind of don’t mind the publicity and stir that obama has created becuase it brings their cause to the forefront.

By: PTCruiser

PTCruiser — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:23:52 +0000

When I heard Obama’s comment I thought he was using the term “Special Olympics” as an analogy in the sense of a Special Olympics for bad bowlers like himself. I did not for a moment think that he was making fun of the Special Olympics held for the developmentally disabled. It was a bit of self-deprecating humor that sailed right over a lot of folks heads.

By: Broadway Carl

Broadway Carl — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:17:25 +0000

fafaroo said: as opposed to ri-tahrd

Elitist.

Douchebag.

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:30:02 +0000

No wonder Obama doesn’t speak without a TelePrompTer.

By: SFC B

SFC B — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:02:05 +0000

I know he and I are easily confused…

You do all look alike to me.*

*That was sarcasm CSS.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:54:01 +0000

Why is the AIG suicide bomber thing such a big deal? The metaphor is apt, especially as you follow the whole text. Is it because Obama was ohmygod comparing an American company to those vicious bastards killing people in Iraq?

That interpretation of the metaphor doesn’t actually work. You can’t actually talk those bombers off the trigger. They don’t usually let you know they have a bomb until they detonate it.

The interpretation that does work is the one we’ve seen in countless bank heist movies, where the villain actually makes demands and in which the rogue cop walks right in and convinces him that he doesn’t really want to hurt all these people.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:32:06 +0000

Dumb statement by the POTUS. Still an improvement in the office. SpiderJ

That one only got the dumber award yesterday, Spider Man.

The AIG suicide bomber quip got the dumbest.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:33:51 +0000

Obama called the head of the Special Olympics to apologize before the show even aired. That is, he had awareness that he’d fucked up before the media and the blogs even had the chance to take him to task for it. (And he did, yes, fuck up.)

Compare this with the past eight years, when a gaffe made by any Republican was (a) ignored until pointed out by the media, (b), defended as being either a remark out of context or something that didn’t need defending in the first place, and finally, (c), answered with one of those oh-so-sincere I’m sorry you felt offended apologies.

Dumb statement by the POTUS. Still an improvement in the office.

By: PD100

PD100 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:24:23 +0000

"What a relief to finally have an articulate, intelligent, thoughtful, sensitive president. Such a refreshing change. J." Yeah. Kinda makes you yearn for the old days when ~~Connecticut born and educated alcoholics~~ plain folk used to joke about WMD's.

By: fafaroo

fafaroo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:02:39 +0000

as opposed to ri-tahrd

Elitist.

By: Broadway Carl

Broadway Carl — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:57:29 +0000

“Retard” (pronounced ree-tard)
Duh (pronounced D-uh)

Correct, as opposed to ri-tahrd

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:45:58 +0000

I know he and I are easily confused…

Not his fault, OW. You people do all look alike, you know.

By: fafaroo

fafaroo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:43:07 +0000

“Retard” (pronounced ree-tard)

Duh (pronounced D-uh)

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:24:52 +0000

I mean it wasn’t as if he was flailing his arms about making fun of people afflicted with Parkinson’s disease or anything.

HAW!

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:23:48 +0000

It was a dumb thing to say, and the President should be held to a higher standard.

We just spent the last eight years with the lowest fucking standard you can get.

Yeah, okay, he let that slip. Dumb thing to say on national TV. But I’d still rather he MAKE jokes about being a retard than actually BEING one.

Can we all agree, however, that Carlos Mencia is not funny?