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Press Secretary Explains President’s “Apparent” Special Olympics Gaffe
A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative ^ | 21 March 2009 | John Semmens

Posted on 03/22/2009 11:25:07 AM PDT by John Semmens

In his history-making appearance on the Tonight Show, President Barack Obama stunned the nation with his offhand crack “I bowl like one of those retards in the Special Olympics.”

During last Fall’s presidential race, Obama inspired titters by scoring a 37 in a bowling match in Pennsylvania. He says, though, that he’s been practicing in the White House alley and has recently scored as high as 129 in a single game.

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs asked that Americans “show some class by not mocking the President’s lack of skills or his choice of words in describing them. The President has had to overcome some serious handicaps and adversities to rise as high as he has in the world. No Special Olympian has achieved as much as he has.”

Gibbs said that the challenge to a “bowl-off” that Obama has received from the cognitively impaired Kolan McConiughey “vindicates the President’s humility about his bowling abilities. That a Special Olympian like Mr. McConiughey would offer to bowl with the President validates the President’s perception of where he stands vis à vis the competition.”

McConiughey, is said to have an IQ of around 50 and a bowling average of 212 a game.

(Excerpt) Read more at azconservative.org ...


TOPICS: Humor; Politics; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bowling; class; iq; satire; wasteoftime
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1 posted on 03/22/2009 11:25:07 AM PDT by John Semmens
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No Special Olympian has achieved as much as he has.

Might be a failure as a bowler, but name one Special Olympian that commands an army as big as his.

2 posted on 03/22/2009 11:28:36 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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“He says, though, that he’s been practicing in the White House alley and has recently scored as high as 129 in a single game.”

between the parties, travel, youtube videos and now bowling I’m wondering if he ever actually works.


3 posted on 03/22/2009 11:28:56 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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“President Barack Obama stunned the nation with his offhand crack “I bowl like one of those retards in the Special Olympics.” “

What if: “President George Bush stunned the nation with his offhand crack “I bowl like one of those retards in the Special Olympics.” ?

The howling would never end. It’s incredible what this Kenyan-born, illegal alien is getting away with.


4 posted on 03/22/2009 11:29:21 AM PDT by laweeks
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Not Ok to mock the POS Precedent but Ok to mock the Special Olympic kids.....

Friggin Presstitute loser!


5 posted on 03/22/2009 11:30:39 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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You got me again!


6 posted on 03/22/2009 11:33:45 AM PDT by GoLightly
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“Press Secretary Robert Gibbs asked that Americans “show some class by not mocking the President’s lack of skills or his choice of words . . .”

Yes, we’ll show the same level of sensitivity that the press, television liberals, etc., displayed for Bush.


7 posted on 03/22/2009 11:34:09 AM PDT by Bertha Fanation
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I thought Obama doesn’t have the first idea about people with disbilities if he equates them with poor performance.

Conversely - once a disabled person has spent enough time doing rote learning and repetitive work (which would bore a normal IQ into quitting), many do perfect performance without fail on the job and at many sports activities.

Some sports such as bowling are ideally suited to the disabled with good physical abilities ie: those with Down Syndrome.

Intellectually ignorant is a label I would affix on Obama - for wasting what ‘talents’ he claims to have.


8 posted on 03/22/2009 11:34:54 AM PDT by imintrouble
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Obama’s comment ON TV is breath-takingly crass and low-life (’retards’???), but even it is nothing to Gibbs’ APOLOGIES for the Head Commie. We are supposed to excuse him because he came from nothing? Punahou School being pretty low on WHAT totem pole? This imposter is definitely an Affirmative Action jokamo.


9 posted on 03/22/2009 11:34:58 AM PDT by bboop (obama, little o, not a Real God)
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>>>between the parties, travel, youtube videos and now bowling I’m wondering if he ever actually works.<<<

You left out working on NCAA tournament brackets.

10 posted on 03/22/2009 11:35:48 AM PDT by HardStarboard ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule - Mencken knew Obama)
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Check the source...its satire


11 posted on 03/22/2009 11:36:00 AM PDT by boxerblues (Party like its 1773)
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Understand....still pisses me off........:o)

Thanks for the info !

stay safe !


12 posted on 03/22/2009 11:38:24 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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Why do you have to “explain” it, Oprah-ma? We know EXACTLY what you meant.

Seems to me that Oprah-ma is giving lefties ammo to defend him.


13 posted on 03/22/2009 11:38:27 AM PDT by prismsinc (A.K.A. "The Terminator"!)
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And then he has his Press Secretary make excuses for him and ask US not to MOCK him? We will mock him long and hard for every idiotic thing he does. He is the Great Imposter, the man behind the curtain, and an empty suit all rolled into one. He can leave with his tail tucked between his legs, ANY TIME.


14 posted on 03/22/2009 11:39:14 AM PDT by bboop (obama, little o, not a Real God)
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Honey - this posting IS A JOKE!!! Tag - you’re it...


15 posted on 03/22/2009 11:39:25 AM PDT by matginzac
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To: John Semmens
With all respect to Special Olympians and spastics, Obama’s policies and programs are more spastic than his bowling game....and will bring infinitely more crippling damage to the economy.
17 posted on 03/22/2009 11:39:31 AM PDT by HardStarboard ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule - Mencken knew Obama)
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"(’retards’???)

No. That's just the author's sense of (humor???).

18 posted on 03/22/2009 11:40:13 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (America: Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
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Gibbs is setting the bar for Obama limbo low.


19 posted on 03/22/2009 11:40:14 AM PDT by AU72
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The only way that Obie can redeem himself is to have a Bowl Off with his challenger. Obie spending his time would be something I could respect. Anything else is just Crap like everything else that Ahole does.


20 posted on 03/22/2009 11:41:37 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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