President Obama Jokes About Being a Bad Bowler: 'It's Like the Special Olympics'
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.
It was billed as the first time a sitting President of the United States had ever appeared as a guest on a late night talk show.
And after Barack Obama’s appearance on last night’s edition of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, there’s also a good chance that it was the last.
Granted, the President - as always - was charming. Granted, he lit-up the studio with that Hollywood-grade smile. And yes, he explained the AIG crisis in clear, measured terms, and wisely backed away from a Congressional attempt to impose a punitive 90 per cent tax on unpopular bankers. (“I think that the best way to handle this is to make sure that you’ve closed the door before the horse gets out of the barn,†he said, calmly. “And what happened here was that the money had already gone out, and people are scrambling to try to find ways to get back [at the recipients.â€) All in all, ‘Oboe One’ reminded severed million Americans, especially those who had crossed over from the other side, why they voted for him.
And then... he made a joke about the Special Olympics.
It just seemed to pop out of nowhere. One minute the President was being all warm and self-deprecating. The next he was making fun of the disabled.
Not even Mr Obama’s second-in-command, the apocalyptically hapless Joe Biden, could have snatched such a resounding defeat from the jaws of such a guaranteed victory. ... “I imagine the bowling alley has been just burned and closed down,†said Leno.
“No, no,†replied the President. “I have been practicing... I bowled a 129.â€
“That’s very good, Mr President,†said Leno.
And then it happened. Amid laughter, Mr Obama quipped, “It’s like - it was like the Special Olympics, or something.†And in the instant he said it, you could see a flash of realisation in his eyes: I’ve just mocked the disabled. On live TV.
Within minutes of the show going on air, the President's team were furiously clarifying the situation. “The president made an offhand remark making fun of his own bowling that was in no way intended to disparage the Special Olympics,†Bill Burton, a White House spokesman, told reporters aboard Air Force One on the flight back to Washington. ...
Beat ya to it. :-)Maybe we can get them merged. :tongue:
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,26197.0/topicseen.html
I take it he didn't have the travelling tele-prompter with him for this event?Rove, you magnificent b*stard!
Here's something even MORE amazing...
LINK (http://finkelblog.com/index.php/2009/03/20/olbermann-what-do-we-do-about-obama-special-olympics-gaffe/)
"What do WE do--what does he do--about that?" -Keith Olberman, 8 PM EDT.
Abso-frickin-lutely stunning. They're not even TRYING to hide the fact they're Obama's knob-gobblers anymore.
The White House reporter for NBC on the Today Show this morning, said to expect a Special Olympics event at the White House in the near future.....in a very sarcastic tone.I think we know that the families of special needs children don't have the friend in the White House that they could have done.
O's comment might have hit a very large nerve with a lot of people. I watched the show last night....he was making a joke.....the wrong one. :loser:
I think we know that the families of special needs children don't have the friend in the White House that they could have done.
Here's something even MORE amazing...
LINK (http://finkelblog.com/index.php/2009/03/20/olbermann-what-do-we-do-about-obama-special-olympics-gaffe/)
"What do WE do--what does he do--about that?" -Keith Olberman, 8 PM EDT.
Abso-frickin-lutely stunning. They're not even TRYING to hide the fact they're Obama's knob-gobblers anymore.
US President Barack Obama has apologized for the first gaffe of his presidency
Special Olympics Champ to Barack: Bring it On!
Posted Mar 20th 2009 9:57AM by TMZ Staff
A bowling phenom in the Special Olympics has just challenged Prez Barack Obama to a White House roll-off ... and he'll probably kick Barack's butt.
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/03/0320_kolan_obama_2.jpg)
Kolan McConiughey, a Special Olympics competitor who has bowled three perfect 300 games, tells TMZ that the Prez has to score a lot higher than 129 to beat him. Kolan says he bowls an average of 266.
Kolan -- who works at a grocery store in Ann Arbor, Mich. -- said he'd love to go to the White House to beat Barack on his own lane. Kolan said, "He's cool, but he can't beat me."
We posed the challenge to the White House. They said "no comment."
http://www.tmz.com/2009/03/20/special-olympics-champ-to-barack-bring-it-on/
Frickin ASSHOLE! :censored: I'd love to meet the insensitive jerkoffs who would defend their lord and savior over this remark. :hammer:
These are the same types that accused Sarah Palin of using her special needs child to gain the pity vote.Amen!
They claim to be tolerant, but they are far from it.
Oops, I didn't see it, sorry. Moderator, feel free to delete the thread.
Just to juxtapose the Dems with who we could have had as VP.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izn63SHXPMw&eurl[/youtube]
Frickin ASSHOLE! :censored: I'd love to meet the insensitive jerkoffs who would defend their lord and savior over this remark. :hammer:
One of them was here--for all of one post. Ask TRG, Eupher, or a few others what they think of him.
One of them was here--for all of one post. Ask TRG, Eupher, or a few others what they think of him.
These idiot "libtards" (yes, I used "tard" in a word)...
What a great video. I really miss what could have been :innocent: