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Obama insults Special Olympics?
hotair.com ^ | March 19, 2009 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 03/19/2009 7:04:47 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

You know how you can tell when a President has a bad day? When his comparison of an American corporation to terrorists is the second-stupidest thing he said:

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.

Maybe he should have brought his Teleprompter with him.

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To: maica

It will be interesting to see how the media handles this. I suspect many of them also feel that way (that people with disabilities are to be made fun of). Really, that is why you need political correctness in the first place. People are poorly raised and so they make fun of people they feel superior to.


41 posted on 03/20/2009 5:36:19 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: christianhomeschoolmommaof3

I keep hearing references to that, but I didn’t hear what was said.


42 posted on 03/20/2009 5:36:56 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: brytlea

...poorly raised...

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That sums up Obama perfectly! What a contrast with our previous president in terms of upbringing.


43 posted on 03/20/2009 6:14:27 AM PDT by maica (Barack Obama is a Communist Party Project.)
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