Obama's Tonight Show Gaffe, Day 2

While Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver believes President Obama is apologetic about his unfortunate remarks comparing his poor bowling skills (he got a 129) to the Special Olympics, more voices are chiming in. Notably Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who has a son with Down syndrome and is a champion to special needs families, said she was "shocked", “This was a degrading remark about our world’s most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world. These athletes overcome more challenges, discrimination and adversity than most of us ever will. By the way, these athletes can outperform many of us and we should be proud of them. I hope President Obama’s comments do not reflect how he truly feels about the special needs community.” Long Island Special Olympian Daniel Fletcher, who has competed in basketball, golf, baseball, and equestrian events, tells Newsday that he'd happily challenge the President in bowling—Fletcher recently scored a 130.

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By Jen Chung in News on March 21, 2009 8:31 AM

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Shinobi Shaw

People should learn a little thing or too about our President.

Here is a lovely documentary that really discusses our president.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7886780711843120756

Spirit of 76

I'd really like to learn a thing or "too." Maybe even "for" or "fife" things. You and ides have to face the facts. You lost the whole kit and kaboodle. The presidency, the Senate and the House. We have left the Dark Ages of 21st century America and are in a Renaissance now. Science and reason are ascendant while fear, demagogery and obfuscation won't work anymore.

Shinobi Shaw

You really don't get the whole "Left-Right paradigm" fraud do you?

I am neither Republican or Democrat, I am a constitutionalist.

nycviabos

I always thought that it was mostly retards who vote Republican. Now they'll have the retard vote locked up for sure.

jaycjay

His comment wasn't any kind of an insult at all. The Special Olympics exist only to allow a group of people who, because of a disability, can not perform athletically at the same level as other people. Obama's joking comparison only meant that he's not able to bowl at the same level as other people.

The Special Olympics exist, participants and organizer certainly want us all to know that. But why now should their existence be ignored and purpose not mentioned... until it's time for funding?

wiseguynyc

As an earlier commenter pointed out, Palin rejected federal stimulus funds that would have gone to special-needs funding. This comes after she mocked community organizers - i.e. people who devote time to helping the disadvantaged.

Of course, the whole fake controversy is nothing but a big distraction.

freddynyc

Hey, but at least the handicapped have their religion to cling on to...

MFer

"special needs families" "world’s most precious and unique people"

WTF. They are neither the most precious or unique. Nor special. They are retards and cripples. Being mealy-mouth about it is just a way of feeling good and putting on false compassion while doing nothing.

Steven

The GOP need something to get their party alive again.

NannyState

They're not too dead to suck on the barrel of a gun...

hotstepper

what's retarded is that Obama thinks being on Leno is a valuable expenditure of time.

and who is this Palin person?

Felix Hoenikker

Perhaps he's pitching his new film.

NannyState

Oh, Sarah Palin said. This from the woman who is refusing simulus money for special education in Alaska. Anything for a soundbite but nothing for the 'Special Olympians' in her state that need the funding. Twat.

EastRiver

What does funding the disabled have to do with insulting them? Oh right. Nothing! You should take a course in logic. And just to cut you off, I don't like Sarah Palin and I'm not a Republican. That tends to be your standard (also illogical) retort.

NannyState

What does making cheap political points about an off-the-cuff remark on a TV show have to do with neglecting the same group your comments purport to defend against the evil Obama? Yet Sarah Palin has no trouble doing both. Her Future as a Fox News talking head is assured, just as your Present as a noxious closet Republican is here confirmed.

Armchair_warrior

it takes a special someone to insult a handicap person.

ides_of_march

It's not the first time for Obama. Remember, his campaign mocked McCain's inability to use a keyboard due to a wartime disability. Obama and his minions are snotty, spoiled, juvenile delinquents.

Anyway, Joe Biden still takes the cake for telling a man in a wheelchair to stand up. To be fair to Joe, that was due more to sheer cluelessness than being outright mean.

Spirit of 76

It's not the first time for Obama. Remember, his campaign mocked McCain's inability to use a keyboard due to a wartime disability.

Still smoking the same weed, ides? If McCain was so disabled, how did he manage to pass his Navy physical and get restored to flight status the year after he was released by Hanoi? Seems to me the stick, throttle, toggles, buttons, dials, switches and other controls inside a military jet cockpit would be a little harder to use than a computer keyboard, especially in combat situations.

ides_of_march

Has it occured to you that injuries might worsen with age?

Murray Hillster

Has it occurred to you that McCain was lying at the time and that he recently admitted to using both a PC and Blackberry to Twitter? http://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/1342840298