Obama Compares His Bowling Score to Special Olympics on 'Tonight Show'

[blackbird]

If folks didn't mean any offense then they would measure their words more carefully.

If there is any prejudice on my part it will be found on behalf of defending the DD/MR. Mr. Obama is the President of the United States. He should know better- even if his comment was made in jest.

This is exactly why---if I were President of the United States----I would stay away from being "guest" on such Hollywood shows----if Obama "pops off" like he did on Leno's show----whos going to take him serious in his State of the Union address??

 

[targus]

IMbam is lacking in the personal maturity necessary to be President.

He is too tied up into being hip.

The swagger, the "I'm to cool for words" attitude...

It all makes him look like a light weight.

Not something that you want a guy like Putin to think about the leader of the US.

(I would have said the leader of the free world - but I don't think that Obama would accept that description. No doubt he would think that for the US to consider itself to be the leader of the free world would be arrogance - and that wouldn't be cool.)

 

[Salty]

What would be the level of tolerance if say Rush Limbaugh made a self effacing joke about his lack of basketball skills by referencing African Americans?

I am offended at the so called phrase of "African American" or any (fill-in-the-blank) - American. Do my feelings carry any weight?
If I corrected you after you used that phrase (as I normally do) would you apologize to me?

I tend to agree with Just-want-peace. Not totally, but at least we are in the same ball park.

Let me take this one step further. I still use the term "mentally retarded" I have been told that is insensitive. I do not use in a derogatory manner, but in its proper definition as intended. So am I wrong or is insensitivity in the eye of the beholder?

If so, then where does it all end. Makes me think of the Johnny Cash song, "A Boy Named Sue"

 

[targus]

I am offended at the so called phrase of "African American" or any (fill-in-the-blank) - American. Do my feelings carry any weight?
If I corrected you after you used that phrase (as I normally do) would you apologize to me?

Apples and oranges.

I tend to agree with Just-want-peace. Not totally, but at least we are in the same ball park.

Let me take this one step further. I still use the term "mentally retarded" I have been told that is insensitive. I do not use in a derogatory manner, but in its proper definition as intended. So am I wrong or is insensitivity in the eye of the beholder?

Well, let's try it your way then...

But the president quipped, "It was like I'm metally retarded or something."

What what do you and Just-want-peace think?

Is insensitivity in the eye of the beholder - always?

Or are some remarks more insensitive than others?

Obama's remark on Leno was insensitive.

Stop making excuses for him.

 

[Revmitchell]

Is this the pot calling the kettle... iron?

Which is exactly what I was saying to you.

 

[Revmitchell]

My oldest son is developmentally disabled. I also drive the special needs bus for the local school district which is what some folk call The Short Bus. I can't tell you how many times I've been around folk and somebody says something derogatory about DD/MR, see me standing there and I get one of those cheeky, "Didn't mean no offense..." At that point it is too late. If folks didn't mean any offense then they would measure their words more carefully.

That's right............