President Obama Jokes About Being a Bad Bowler: 'It's Like the Special Olympics'*

Touchy? Sensitive? Don't talk to me about touchy and sensitive. What a mulch of losers.

if it was a Republican that would have said that comment, teh media woudl have burnt him/her at the stake!! damn liberal hypocritical demo's

Can you really blame President Obama for what he said? How many of you have said some vulgar comment, on accident? I have said said it and i know that i would be a hypocrite for not owning up to it... i'm sure the rest of you would be called a hypocrite also if you didn't own up to it either. I'm just saying one little slip up that can be used and twisted around to make president obama look like an idiot... It's just not right, if it was any other person in this nation said that it would have caused a big thing, if George bush had said it would it be such a huge thing? Just saying give the guy a break... He'd doing the best he can...

I beleive that President Obama is a very good president. He should not be thrown to the sharks all because one mixup. I am sixteen and it is sad that I have more forgivenesss in my heart than that of some of the adults that are leading this country. I am shocked and apolled at the behavior of the citizens of this country. You are being manipulated by the press and still have yet to recognize it. Some you may think that I'm young and that I do not know what I am talking about, but you're wrong I have an uncle with Special needs and my associates and family have the common sense to know the context of that remark. This is simply on the news to create high ratings for the news station. Look at what is happening to this country and look at why it is happening. Look at how long we have been in this mess. Look at yourselves we have to come together as a country, volunteer, and WORK together. These tea parties are a distraction and this comment spoken by Obama his another. We are the people that have to fix this country and Obama is only the leader/symbol that represents us. Pick the battles you fight if you not the president's fan. Pick the more important battles so that we may end the plague that is affecting this country.

Get over it, who hasn't made a joke that went a little to far.

Chill out. Oh and if you intend to reply "BUT TRUTH MCNEIL, IT WAS OFFENSIVE!!!!" Turn on ANY comedy show... they can be much more brutal.

The only difference here is that Obama is president.

If you found the remark offensive to the point you are angry... you REALLY need to get over your unjustified self importance high. Words mean nothing if they lack intent.

Get over it... are you THAT boring in life?

I went to bed early that night but I set the DVR to record. I heard that he had slipped up the next day so when I got home I watched the show.
The sequence of comments was

The President said "I bowled a 129"

"That's very good, Mr. President," Leno said sarcastically.

It's "like the Special Olympics or something," the President said.

I was surprised that they did not try to spin this as the president was commenting on Jay's remark. As anyone who has seen the Special Olympics knows, you celebrate the person's accomplishments regardless of how well they did. Jay was sarcastic when he said "that's very good".

It is also sad that the President did not respond with "That wouldn't even win at the Special Olympics" Still could be considered that he was putting them down, but also would be a true statement as I am sure if you checked most major Special Olympic bowling contests, a 129 would not hold up.

As a Special Education teacher, I am upset about the comment, however, I voted for and still am a loyal Obama supporter. I don't think President Obama met any harm by it, I just think that he made slip and has retracked what was said.

i think he is a horrible president i mean come on goes on tv admits watching tv shows when he should be trying to pull our country out of debt more and people are losing their jobs every day he should get up and actually do something with his term and now he wonders if he should have another kid answer no you shouldnt the kid might want to grow up and run a country and watch tv just like his father does not many people like bush but i am for him obama should just give up his term and watch tv at another place i would rather even have palin she's not dumb she is unique and that would be a real change in goverment some one who can approach this eco crisis differently

As the god-mother of a special needs child & being disabled myself, I am disgustued by Obama's remarks. I, like most, would love for the president to publicly apologize for his "off the cuff" remarks regarding Special Olympics. I know that he has a press secretary & numerous others to do this for him, but it would mean so much to those whom he has offended. I don't know if this country will survive 4 years of this presidency. Thank goodness, this is all a part of God's plan & he reigns supreme.

I think he's a class A jerk (for more than just this) and as a coach of Special Olympics I am offended and utterly disgusted. He's the President of the United States - he can't make comments and then say "I didn't mean to offend". I'd like to see him bowl against special needs people - then he'd really look like the fool he is.

I don't make blond jokes or any kind of ethnic jokes. Laughing at someone's expense is not funny to me.

Having said that, there is a big difference between joking about humans in general and then picking on a segment of society that can't take up for themselves. When we fail to speak up for those who can't speak for themselves, then we fail as honorable people.

I am not an Obama fan, and I didn't vote for him, but I do think he didn't understand that what he was saying was harmful. It was an off-the-cuff remark. Still, he DOES need to be held to a higher standard as our President. I want my president to have class, to be above reproach, to have the right words on the tip of his tongue.

We don't always get what we want.

As a mother of three children with special needs, and two who participate with great joy in the Special Olympics each year, I choose to forgive President Obama. I am certainly not perfect, and I say things sometimes that I shouldn't say. But the difference is, I'm not the President of these Great United States.

I hope the President will take this as seriously as it really is. It's time to drop the stereotyping of people who participate in the Special Olympics.

If you attend one of these events -- you will never be the same. The heart and effort of these athletes change me in unspeakable ways every single time I attend. It is an HONOR to be a Special Olympian. And it is even more of a privilege to be the parent of two of them. You have no idea how full my heart is when I see my kids compete. It's the highlight of their school year and I hope this issue of what our President said will cause people to appreciate the wonder and miracle of our special Olympians.

Read what Obama said about the Imus gaffe:

...and this, from the guy who bowled 129, and expounded on it last week on Jay Leno's couch?

The only plausible reason for this disparity:
We hold a self-confessed recovering alcoholic and drug abuser to a higher standard than we do our first African-American president.

Can you say HYPOCRITE?

It's funny everyone is so upset,you laugh at blond jokes, you laugh at polish jokes you laugh at mexican word of the day and ebonics jokes and whatever other jokes your friends email around but let it be something that pertains to you and you're ready to kill. Yeah he made a dumb comment, he apologized, he's did more for special olympics than some and will probably do more because he feels bad about hurting a chil, or parents feelings. Of all you complainers out there how many of you delete the jokes you get or repremand the person that sends it, better yet how many of you that are crying foul have even once stepped foot in a place that has to do with the special olympics or the elderly or even the homeless? If you haven't done your share to make this place a better place to live (yes I have and I continue to do so), then keep your hypocritcal comments to yourself. Go spend 40 hours with special needs kids or the homeless and then come back and respoond, you'll see his comment was not to hurt.

As a mother and coach for Special Olympics, I think Obama should issue an apology to anyone who has ever been involved with Special Olympics...volunteers, coaches --who do not get paid to coach, management team members, Special Olympics staff and every person who has attended an event. I wonder if he ever attended any event in his life! If he had he would have had the chance to hear the Special Olympics athlete oath..."Let me win, but if I can't not win. Let me be brave in the attempt". I would be offended by anyone saying something like the comment on national TV. I challange the president or any other politian to come out to any of the Special Olympics games and not walk away a different person. The athletes don't care about winning....they want to be able to compete, just like everyon else. They want to be accepted by their peers...and others. Come on President Obama and family, out to the STate summer games...and let the athletes do the talking with their skills and caring attitudes...On the the field, we compete...off the field, we're friends.
What a way to live! I'm very proud to be a mother and coach for Special Olympics.

I know I will never see this in the news, but what the hell. I have been getting papers in the news more and more to buy gold. I didn't think this was strange, at first, now there is a brail silver dollar comming out at at time when the american dollar sucks ass and now silver is slowly becoming the next standard. I believe this will lead to the downfall of the American dollar, you say oh...noo...but does it really suprise you what with spending trillions of dollars we DON'T have? The Amero hasn't even been mentioned you can't tell me that NOBODY knows about his, that nobody has been rumbling about it and that China has 800billion dollars with of it. Come on Barack quit denying it.

obama's latest slur against people, particularly our most vulnerable, reveals his undisciplined mind and his unprincipled heart.

just imagine if this had been President Bush...or any other Republican for that matter. Would they get this same bias?

"Break down the barriers, dissolve stereotypes".....this comment should serve as an example of the hipocracy that exists on the left....truly pathetic and embarrassing for anyone who bought in to this guys program.

rdlamb wrote (Mar 23, 2009, 1:44:13 PM):
“The man is simply showing his true character. He doesn't really care about veterans, only their votes. He doesn't care about people with special needs, only the votes of their parents. And he has shown that he hates Wall Street, industry, coal, guns, prosperity, oil; have I left anything out?
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obama also hates free speech - that’s why he attacks private citizens and talk radio, and issues questionnaires in search of “militia” people while he himself advocates his own personal “civilian army” (Hitler’s brown shirts) to control America.
obama also hates the separation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of our government - that’s why he governs by Executive Orders, which have become the dictator’s weapon of choice, rule by fiat.
obama also hates when people ask him the questions he does not want them to ask.
The list has no end.
It is not that you have left anything out - obama’s hate list just keeps growing.

rdlamb wrote (Mar 23, 2009, 1:44:13 PM):
“The man is simply showing his true character. He doesn't really care about veterans, only their votes. He doesn't care about people with special needs, only the votes of their parents. And he has shown that he hates Wall Street, industry, coal, guns, prosperity, oil; have I left anything out?
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obama also hates free speech - that’s why he attacks private citizens and talk radio, and issues questionnaires in search of “militia” people while he himself advocates his own personal “civilian army” (Hitler’s brown shirts) to control America.
obama also hates the separation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of our government - that’s why he governs by Executive Orders, which have become the dictator’s weapon of choice, rule by fiat.
obama also hates when people ask him the questions he does not want them to ask.
The list has no end.
It is not that you have left anything out - obama’s hate list just keeps growing.