Obama's "Special Olympics" Moment

[1hoser]

President Obama had a foot-in-mouth moment last night on The Tonight Show when he said of his bowling performance "That was like the Special Olympics or something."  He must have realized as soon as it came out that, funny or not, it was a stupid thing for a US President to say, and he called the chairman of the Special Olympics later from Air

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[ryca]

I hear the word retarded far too often over the course of my day, so it's probably not a surprise that I have some thoughts on this. I just don't know what they are. :P

Retard

[jiveman]

As an LCSW, retard has been used to the point where it's weird, before I got my real job working for a doctor who is smart, I worked at a non-profit. I suggested that the kid wasn't getting better because he was retarded. I got 'talked' to about it, until I had to explain, NO, I mean I think he is retarded. I think his IQ is slightly under 70, putting him the mildly retarded category. It's a real clinical term; it's been mis-used sure... but so has Bi Polar; OCD, and paranoid

Special

[jiveman]

As a cheep hook nosed dirty jew, I feel that I have some authority to speak on this. Look, Bush's mom said that people living in the Whatever dome had it better then in their houses during katrina and she didn't apologize!! This was a joke.. If everything he says is held up to this standard then he won't really be able to say anything.. and that's not good

Re: Special

[1hoser]

Hmm, that's a good point. People do a lot of getting offended on other peoples' behalf. It's pretty idiotic.

Great, now someone is going to get offended because I said something about idiots...

Re: Special

[jiveman]

hey my ex girlfriend is an idiot, and I find that offensive.

Re: Special

[1hoser]

Which idiot ex girlfriend are you offended on behalf of?