So at what point is a guy just a…not a nice guy. Obama mocked Jessica Simpson for weight issues. His campaign mocked disabled veteran John McCain for not being able to type. He compared Sarah Palin to a pig. Just yesterday he compared AIG to suicide bombers. And now, get this one from ABC:
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 president made an off-hand remark making fun of his own bowling that was in no way intended to disparage the Special Olympics,” White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton said. “He thinks the Special Olympics is a wonderful program that gives an opportunity for people with disabilities from around the world.”
March 20, 2009 at 6:18 pm
“I don’t need to know him personally. His actions speak for who he is and what is in his heart – just like your actions would or mine would. The point is, most people do not find it acceptable to make a statement like that.”
I agree. My point is that, knowing little other than an indication of such indifference, we elected him anyway. And when I said “we,” I was referring to the American people, which is why I said that in the beginning (see above). I can pretty well assume most people in this discussion did not (including me).
We’re seeing a guy who brings little to the table here, other than an ability to prop up a mystique, and to persuade. He and his people are ill-prepared for what is ahead. So he’s going to say a lot of things off the cuff that he really doesn’t mean, on the assumption that the American people have given him a pass on his behavior.
Sort of like the one he’s gotten up to now.
March 20, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Guys! We need to milk this for all the poetic justice that it is. Politcal Correctness bullied everyone for near two decades, and now it turns on the masters. So double-load the cannon, straight at ’em, and fire as they bear! 🙂
March 20, 2009 at 8:01 pm
The One is a superannuated fratboy who still doesn’t understand that the norms of adult discourse don’t apply to him.
March 21, 2009 at 3:41 am
I think his stand on abortion is a much bigger issue. We must pray for him.
March 21, 2009 at 4:03 am
Can we get him to go on the Tonight Show as a regular? The American people can get then get to know and appreciate the “leader” they have elected. I’m all for it. Kit
March 21, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Remeber Obama and the Don Imus Comment:
Obama said: “He fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are having to deal with today in America. The notions that as young African-American women — who I hope will be athletes — that that somehow makes them less beautiful or less important. It was a degrading comment. It’s one that I’m not interested in supporting.”
Therefore, laughter and the lack of reaction from Obama’s remarks suggest Americans have a set a rules for race, class and gender: If you touch them you will pay.
And another set of rules for individuals that have a mental or physical disability: If you touch them, it’s ok if you apologize. Oh, and by the way, it’s okay to laugh at the jokes that come at the expense of the latter.
It is just cruel:
http://tinyurl.com/cgpymq
March 22, 2009 at 1:16 am
I think you’re dealing with a guy, who has gone through much of his life, convinced that the rules that apply to most of us, do not apply to him. Given that he is a man of considerable charm and charisma, and with the ability to use those talents to persuade and to open doors for himself, he has succeeded in surrounding himself with people who will look the other way at such human foibles. He has known no other way, and would be indignant at being called on it, whether he was President of the United States, or Dog Catcher of Cook County Illinois. There isn’t one person who has commented here, who has not personally known at least one person like that in his or her own life.