Obama Apologizes to Special Olympics for Blowing Joke

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[peace with honor]

Blowing just isn't President Obama's game.Appearing on the " tonight show " the president told host, Jay Leno, he'd been practicing at the White House blowing alley, but wasn't happy with his swcore of 125.Then he rolled a gutter bowl by quipping " It was like the Special Olympics or something " On the way back to the White House, Obama called the chairman of the Special Olympics Tim Shriver, to say he was sorry

[peace with honor]

every day, every way

[Ann Archy]

Did that bad, bad TOTUS tell him to say that???

[SolidWood]

Blowing just isn't President Obama's game.

That's not what Larry Sinclair told.

[La Lydia]

Mmmmm. Foot sandwich.

[b4its2late]

All is forgiven I am sure.

[Matchett-PI]

President Obama Jokes About Being a Bad Bowler: 'It's Like the Special Olympics"
ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper
March 19, 2009 8:56 PM

The first appearance by a sitting president on "The Tonight Show" may well end up being the last. ... in his taping with Jay Leno Thursday afternoon, attempted to yuk it up with the funnyman, and ended up insulting the disabled. ...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 ..Facing tough questions about the performance of his Treasury Secretary, $165 million in bonuses for AIG officials and anticipating a fight over his $3.55 trillion budget, the president has not had a particularly good week, and it's unlikely this will help matters. VIDEO

Hummmmmmm..... shades of other 'RAT comments in the past, of which these are just the tip of the iceberg:

B. O. just echoed the theme in posters like this that were distributed by Democrats back in the 2004 campaign:

ALgore APOLOGIZES: Vice President Al Gore sent out a letter apologizing for his embarrassing "extra chromosome" jibe at Oliver North supporters ("the extra-chromosome right wing."), saying he had "learned an important lession [sic]." (Source: National Review, December 31, 1994.)

Maureen Dowd may have spoken more correctly than she knew when she identified pro-lifers as "extra-chromosome conservatives." Jerome Lejeune discovered the extra chromosome that causes Down Syndrome and devoted his career to treating the children who suffer from it. He also happens to have been a powerful advocate for the unborn. Maybe she could call him an "extra-chromosome conservative" as well. ...During a recent television appearance, New York Times pundette Maureen Dowd said something that should have effectively ended her career. In an on-air discussion with HBO's Bill Maher, Dowd said that those who oppose the expansion of funding for stem-cell research come from..the "extra-chromosome conservatives." If anyone fails to take in the full meaning of Dowd's statement, she was referring to the condition that causes Down Syndrome. In other words, if you oppose stem-cell research, you must be as stupid, unsophisticated, and laughable as someone who suffers from Down Syndrome. Wow, that's funny stuff right there. 2004-American Spectator

Of course if TOTUS had been on Leno with his puppet, he'd have never told him to make such a dumb remark. TOTUS has its own BLOG, so it will no doubt have some comments about this goof-up.

[silverleaf]

“I want to apologize to all you spastic retarded people out there. I’m sure your bowling is MUCH better than mine... Michelle and me want to invite you all over to the WH next month to play tennis “

s-a-r-c

[Crim]

some pretty bad typos there...is the atricle posted that way?

[GnL]

Imagine if The Kenyan suddenly had to speak off the cuff everytime he gave a talk. We would get a very enlightening glimpse into the real man. For such a “gifted orator” he sure talks like a dunce when he is away from his crutch the Teleprompter.

[skeeter]

Hilarious typos.

[Drango]

Macaca.

[MrB]

“blowing joke”

implies that the statement was OK, but that he just didn’t deliver it correctly or with the right timing.

Kerry made the same claim over his “stuck in Iraq” denigration of military members.

[TomGuy]

[MrB]

7 seconds, same thought, yours worth 1000 words.

[peace with honor]

NO, I JUST CAN’T TYPR WELL

[Pearls Before Swine]

That’s the problem with PC. Even a self-deprecating joke has to be checked off against a huge list of sensitive constituencies and rules. But, if anyone should be held to a high PC standard, its the Prince of PC himself.

[Nathan Zachary]

When ever the teleprompter is missing, Obama just can’t hide his true low class personality.

[Names Ash Housewares]

I think most of us would never have made that joke as President. I personally do not mind any joke no matter how politically incorrect in private. Though special olympics jokes simply are’t that creative or funny anyways, at least out of high school. And you just don’t tell some jokes to strangers, let alone the effing entire nation!

This FOOL continues to demonstrate to me his incredibly poor judgment on all matters.

OBAMA IS THE JOKE.

But nobody is laughing.

[Don Corleone]

Obama called the chairman of the Special Olympics Tim Shriver, to say he was sorry,

True true true. He is the sorriest excuse for a POTUS that we have ever had.

[Lazamataz]

Teleprompter Jesus, SAVE US!