Obama "mocks disabled people" shock

[Kid_Eternity]

I dunno, his attempts at self depreciation seems to have gone awry. I seriously doubt he meant to say 'There are spastics who are better at bowling than me.'...

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

I dunno, his attempts at self depreciation seems to have gone awry. I seriously doubt he meant to say 'There are spastics who are better at bowling than me.'...

that's essentially the comparison that he's making and for someone who presumably has a greater awareness of the sensitivities around 'equality' issues, you would have thought that he would know not to be quite so crass on a tv programme.

 

[danny la rouge]

that's essentially the comparison that he's making and for someone who presumably has a greater awareness of the sensitivities around 'equality' issues, you would have thought that he would know not to be quite so crass on a tv programme.

Indeed.

Furthermore, it displays a stunning lack of appreciation of the work that athletes put into the Special Olympics.

 

[Fuchs66]

Aw bless he said sorry

“President Obama called last night and expressed his regret and he apologized. He said that he did not intend to humiliate Special Olympics athletes or people with intellectual disabilities. He was sincere and heartfelt, and said that he is a fan of our movement and is ready to work with our athletes to make the United States a more accepting and welcoming country for all people with special needs.

http://www.specialolympics.org/official_statement.aspx

 

[dilute micro]

 

[DexterTCN]

It's not really funny unless he does a physical mime with it though.

 

[skyscraper101]

That DJ sure knows how to make a big deal out of small one there.

 

[rioted]

You can over-analyse anything to death.

They still have retards in the states.

 

[TomUS]

It's deeply offensive, and racist.

It's neither. Just an attempt at humor that meant nothing. I watched the whole interview & didn't even notice it. Obama haters will try to make something of it though.

 

[gabi]

as soon as he said it i said "did he just make fun of retarded people?" i was amazed he said it. it's not that offensive and not funny, at all. just a stupid comment but no big deal. people say stupid shit. he apologized and i think that's all thats required. now if he would have said "not bad for a thalidymide baby" now that would be offensive and funny. have you seen those people? they have flippers for hands.

 

[HarrisonSlade]

This is a man who brought Zbigniew Brzezinski back to the world stage (well, realistically it was the other way round), sent 17,000 troops over to slaughter even more civillians in Afghanistan, has refused to do anything about the Concentration Camp on Guantanamo Bay until nearly a year is up and stole billions of dollars from taxpayers to give to a bunch of fat bankers even more cash to squander.

I think that this "gaffe" becomes quite insignificant in comparison.

 

[N_igma]

It's neither. Just an attempt at humor that meant nothing. I watched the whole interview & didn't even notice it. Obama haters will try to make something of it though.

I was joking.

 

[TomUS]

This is a man who brought Zbigniew Brzezinski back to the world stage (well, realistically it was the other way round), sent 17,000 troops over to slaughter even more civillians in Afghanistan, has refused to do anything about the Concentration Camp on Guantanamo Bay until nearly a year is up and stole billions of dollars from taxpayers to give to a bunch of fat bankers even more cash to squander.

Zbig is an OK guy relative to other "influential" foreign policy types.

Obama is closing G Bay, just not fast enough for some, but it's a legally complicated process.

The financial system has to be saved to stop the recession turning into another great depression & the only way to do it is to pump more taxpayer's money into it & unfortunately, further enrich the assholes who caused the mess in the first place. But that's just reality.

I'm so inspired by the extreme left's support of the Taliban & AQ. Yea man, just leave 'em alone & let 'em re-create one of the most right wing oppressive religious fanatic & dangerous regimes in modern history.

 

[danny la rouge]

I'm so inspired by the extreme left's support of the Taliban & AQ.

Utter drivel.

It wasn't, in any case, the "extreme left" who trained, armed, and nurtured AQ, it was the Reagan administration.

 

[Fedayn]

Oops.

Did he ask someone if they'd read something?

 

[danny la rouge]

Did he ask someone if they'd read something?

 

[gabi]

I think what's kinda interesting about this is how relaxed the guy must be to let something like that slip out. I mean, it's almost as if he was so chilled sitting on that sofa on national primetime tv that he just like, let a fart out.

Gotta be the most chilled Prez in history. I'm sure we all make bad taste jokes to our mates now and then. Obama is.... normal in other words.

 

[lopsidedbunny]

if it were Bush that made that comment the opinions above would be very different now all we are getting are "oops"... hmmmm

 

[HarrisonSlade]

Zbig is an OK guy relative to other "influential" foreign policy types.

And he's got such wonderful friends.