Obama insults disabled on Jay Leno [Archive] - The Orange Mane

cutthemdown

03-20-2009, 04:14 AM

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/03/president-ob-15.html

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.

When asked about the remark, the White House said the president did not intend to offend.

Great Obama maybe next time you can make fun of little kids that have been burnt or something. That's all disabled Americans need is the President making fun of them for trying sports. Hey look how funny those kids look trying to do sports, let's mock them on national TV,

Good job Obama way to make disabled people feel good.

Hey but at least it wasn't his intention to disparage kids that take part in Special Olympics. I'm sure it's not his intention to ruin the country either but that will give us little solace when it happens.

El Guapo

03-20-2009, 05:36 AM

Guess he didn't have a teleprompter available for the whole appearance. I refused to watch, because it's ridiculous having the prez on the leno show when the country is in chaos and the fed is printing $1 Trillion to pump into the system. ugh.

jhat01

03-20-2009, 05:38 AM

It irritates me to no end when people dwell on every word that comes out of this dudes (or anybody's) mouth. You honestly think he was making fun of handicapped children? Rip the guy on how he's handling this economic mess, fine. Rip him on his ability to find morons to run the treasury, fine. But this? Come on...

Dukes

03-20-2009, 06:12 AM

Ehh I it's not a big deal. This country is WAY to PC anyway

Beantown Bronco

03-20-2009, 06:35 AM

If this thread could only be populated with posts from people that have never made a "special olympics" joke or joke about a disability in general, there wouldn't be a single post in here.

Garcia Bronco

03-20-2009, 06:36 AM

Effing A people. Lighten up. Good God.

Garcia Bronco

03-20-2009, 06:37 AM

Smiling Assassin27

03-20-2009, 07:29 AM

The dude is PRESIDENT now. It's time for him to put on big boy pants and display some poise, dignity, and good judgment. This was not one of those moments. Bush spent 8 years acting like a hybrid frat boy/dustin hoffman in rain man. This guy has, in 50 days, made Bush look like Winston Friggin' Churchill.

Just more examples of the on-the-job training this moron requires, but isn't getting.

Falconer

03-20-2009, 07:35 AM

Rohirrim

03-20-2009, 07:52 AM

Bowling 129 is special olympics. Sorry. ;D

That One Guy

03-20-2009, 08:21 AM

You guys are ridiculous.

Rigs11

03-20-2009, 08:43 AM

Garcia Bronco

03-20-2009, 08:53 AM

The rightard party is so lost that this shet is all they can come up with.they know that they are down in the polls and obama is around his highest in the polls.They will lose more seats next year and lose in 2012.Let's have some fun at their mediocre attempt at outrage.Ha!

His aprroval rating has dropped 10 points and is disapproval rating has risen 20 points since being elected. It's always been clear that you live on another planet, but this might be a new level for you. Never mind. It's par for your course.

cutthemdown

03-20-2009, 10:01 AM

The rightard party is so lost that this shet is all they can come up with.they know that they are down in the polls and obama is around his highest in the polls.They will lose more seats next year and lose in 2012.Let's have some fun at their mediocre attempt at outrage.Ha!

I think 2010 is looking pretty good for Repubs in a lot of races. Dodd for one is toast. He was already running neck and neck in the polls with his repub challenger. Dodd looks so bad right now i bet he loses.

We will see. IMO Obama made poor choices for his cabinet. Picking a bunch of tax cheats while you are giving away taxpayer money to big banks is not going to sit well with Americans.

Dukes

03-20-2009, 10:15 AM

The rightard party is so lost that this shet is all they can come up with.they know that they are down in the polls and obama is around his highest in the polls.They will lose more seats next year and lose in 2012.Let's have some fun at their mediocre attempt at outrage.Ha!

Sure. You think the mainstream media would being sitting idlely by if Bush had said something like that. Like I said before, I don't think it's a big deal. Just shows the hypocracy in this country.

Rigs11

03-20-2009, 10:17 AM

His aprroval rating has dropped 10 points and is disapproval rating has risen 20 points since being elected. It's always been clear that you live on another planet, but this might be a new level for you. Never mind. It's par for your course.

Obama's approval equal to or better than predecessor Bush

17 Mar 2009, 1309 hrs IST, PTI

WASHINGTON: At 61 per cent the approval rating of US President Barack Obama is better than his predecessors George W Bush and Bill Clinton had in
mid-March of their first years of their administration, according to a latest Gallup poll.

In a statement, Gallup said yesterday that Obama is holding his own compared to the two Presidents who came before him, despite some decline in his approval rating since his inauguration on January 20.

Gallup's mid-March job approval rating for Bush, measured March 9-11, 2001, was 58 per cent, with 29 per cent disapproval.

Gallup's March 12-14, 1993, approval rating for Clinton was 53 per cent, with 34 per cent disapproval.

Both of these approval ratings are lower than Obama's current 61 per cent. Bush's disapproval rating in mid-March 2001 was about the same as Obama's is now (28 per cent), while Clinton's disapproval rating was significantly higher, it said.

Obama's first Gallup job approval rating, based on a three-day rolling average of interviewing conducted January 21-23, was 68 per cent, with 12 per cent disapproval and 21 per cent with no opinion.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/International-Business/Obamas-approval-better-than-Bush/articleshow/4275902.cms

TheDave

03-20-2009, 10:18 AM

ooops... I guessing he wishes he had that one back.

Garcia Bronco

03-20-2009, 10:21 AM

Obama's approval equal to or better than predecessor Bush

17 Mar 2009, 1309 hrs IST, PTI

WASHINGTON: At 61 per cent the approval rating of US President Barack Obama is better than his predecessors George W Bush and Bill Clinton had in
mid-March of their first years of their administration, according to a latest Gallup poll.

In a statement, Gallup said yesterday that Obama is holding his own compared to the two Presidents who came before him, despite some decline in his approval rating since his inauguration on January 20.

Gallup's mid-March job approval rating for Bush, measured March 9-11, 2001, was 58 per cent, with 29 per cent disapproval.

Gallup's March 12-14, 1993, approval rating for Clinton was 53 per cent, with 34 per cent disapproval.

Both of these approval ratings are lower than Obama's current 61 per cent. Bush's disapproval rating in mid-March 2001 was about the same as Obama's is now (28 per cent), while Clinton's disapproval rating was significantly higher, it said.

Obama's first Gallup job approval rating, based on a three-day rolling average of interviewing conducted January 21-23, was 68 per cent, with 12 per cent disapproval and 21 per cent with no opinion.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/International-Business/Obamas-approval-better-than-Bush/articleshow/4275902.cms

I read that as well, but it doesn't change the fact that it's dropping at a regular interval.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx

Rigs11

03-20-2009, 10:26 AM

Sure. You think the mainstream media would being sitting idlely by if Bush had said something like that. Like I said before, I don't think it's a big deal. Just shows the hypocracy in this country.

Give it time. i'm sure the media will hop on this. as for the hypocrisy it goes both ways. When we cricticized bush for his iraq blunders we heard from the right that we were being unpatriotic and that we were hurting the troops morale.if you need further proof do a google search for bushims and tell me how many were reported by the media.

Rigs11

03-20-2009, 10:33 AM

cutthemdown

03-20-2009, 10:53 AM

Of course he will apologize and say he didn't mean it. Go ahead and go screw your wifes sister then tell her your sorry.

Rigs11

03-20-2009, 11:07 AM

that's not the point, the point is you guys cry about the media being hypocritical and yet it is already on msnbc and cnn.

Rigs11

03-20-2009, 11:08 AM

Of course he will apologize and say he didn't mean it. Go ahead and go screw your wifes sister then tell her your sorry.

yeah or screw the country and say that it was 'hard work'

cutthemdown

03-20-2009, 11:11 AM

I don't cry about the media. You can always find what you want to hear in the media if you look and read long enough. I think as Obamas honeymoon wears off you will see more and more media turn on this Congress and team Obama. It's just how it is.

cutthemdown

03-20-2009, 11:14 AM

BroncoInferno

03-20-2009, 11:24 AM

This guy has, in 50 days, made Bush look like Winston Friggin' Churchill.

Let's see...Bush allowed a major American city to be destroyed, allowed 9/11 to happen and then invaded the wrong country. Obama has given out some DVDs and made a special Olympics joke. Real comparable stuff there Uhh

El Guapo

03-20-2009, 11:30 AM

Oh, and while the AIG bonus scandal was going on he allowed the fed to print an extra trillion dollars (yes, $1 TRILLION) to be pumped into our system. It's going to literally destroy the dollar.

jhat01

03-20-2009, 11:37 AM

Let's see...Bush allowed a major American city to be destroyed, allowed 9/11 to happen and then invaded the wrong country. Obama has given out some DVDs and made a special Olympics joke. Real comparable stuff there Uhh

I'll give you one out of three there. Obviously his response to Katrina was inept, but that city was going under regardless. Allowed 9/11 to happen? How do you figure that? He was the man in charge, but hindsight is 20/20..saying he allowed that to happen is a reach. Now yes, he invaded the wrong country, and ****ed up that situation big time. I'll give you that.

BroncoInferno

03-20-2009, 11:42 AM

I'll give you one out of three there. Obviously his response to Katrina was inept, but that city was going under regardless. Allowed 9/11 to happen? How do you figure that? He was the man in charge, but hindsight is 20/20..saying he allowed that to happen is a reach. Now yes, he invaded the wrong country, and ****ed up that situation big time. I'll give you that.

Bush didn't have meeting on Al Queda until Sept 10, 2001. He was asleep at the wheel. 9/11 very well might have been averted had he taken Richard Clarke more seriously. A quicker response from the feds to Katrina probably would have greatly reduced the damage to the city and saved lives. In any case, calling Obama a "disaster" because of some freakin' DVDs and a special Olympics joke is beyond stupid.

jhat01

03-20-2009, 11:49 AM

Bush didn't have meeting on Al Queda until Sept 10, 2001. He was asleep at the wheel. 9/11 very well might have been averted had he taken Richard Clarke more seriously. A quicker response from the feds to Katrina probably would have greatly reduced the damage to the city and saved lives. In any case, calling Obama a "disaster" because of some freakin' DVDs and a special Olympics joke is beyond stupid.

I agree 100%.

To your first two points, he was asleep at the wheel perhaps - so were countless other swinging *****. I still doubt that the tragedy would have been prevented though. A quicker response would have saved lives yes, but I doubt it would have reduced much damage. There were some personal responsibility problems intertwined as well. I get what you are saying, but do we really need to take every Obama criticism (no matter how retarded) back to Bush?

El Guapo

03-20-2009, 12:03 PM

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.

Barack Obama

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.

Play VideoKolan -- 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/

also, within that link is the following:

Bush Would Have Been Skewered for Obama Joke

Posted Mar 20th 2009 8:50AM by TMZ Staff

President Barack Obama made fun of the handicapped last night on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." He was making a joke about his bad bowling skills, but here's the question: If George W. Bush had said the same thing, would people be lashing out more? If so, why?

epicSocialism4tw

03-20-2009, 12:12 PM

I would love to see Obama get beat bowling by a mentally handicapped person after his irresponsible statement.

BroncoInferno

03-20-2009, 12:13 PM

I would love to see Obama get beat bowling by a mentally handicapped person after his irresponsible statement.

Then you should challenge him.

Spider

03-20-2009, 12:16 PM

I agree 100%.

To your first two points, he was asleep at the wheel perhaps - so were countless other swinging *****. I still doubt that the tragedy would have been prevented though. A quicker response would have saved lives yes, but I doubt it would have reduced much damage. There were some personal responsibility problems intertwined as well. I get what you are saying, but do we really need to take every Obama criticism (no matter how retarded) back to Bush?

i find this statement is pretty much the attitude of majority of Americans .......

epicSocialism4tw

03-20-2009, 12:57 PM

i find this statement is pretty much the attitude of majority of Americans .......

No.

The majority of Americans are not hard-core liberals.

Obama deserves criticism, and has earned every bit of it so far.

BroncoInferno

03-20-2009, 01:00 PM

No.

The majority of Americans are not hard-core liberals.

Obama deserves criticism, and has earned every bit of it so far.

Obama's approval rating stands at 62%. So, yeah, that seems to be the majority opinion of Americans. Decidedly so. You are in that fringe 27% camp.

jhat01

03-20-2009, 01:02 PM

No.

The majority of Americans are not hard-core liberals.

Obama deserves criticism, and has earned every bit of it so far.

If you think I'm a hard core liberal you're waaaay off base

TDmvp

03-20-2009, 01:09 PM

Obama is a typical politician .... period.

Turn off his teleprompter and he turns into a gaf machine who says stupid $hit just like anyone else...

epicSocialism4tw

03-20-2009, 01:11 PM

Obama's approval rating stands at 62%. So, yeah, that seems to be the majority opinion of Americans. Decidedly so. You are in that fringe 27% camp.

Wow.

Talk about dumbing down the conversation.

You have figured a way to do it yet again, and I wish I could be surprised by that.

Rigs11

03-20-2009, 01:26 PM

Then you should challenge him.

Hilarious! LOL Ha!

Florida_Bronco

03-20-2009, 01:28 PM

Then you should challenge him.

:rofl: :thanku: :thumbs:

Garcia Bronco

03-20-2009, 01:32 PM

I would love to see Obama get beat bowling by a mentally handicapped person after his irresponsible statement.

If I were him I'd do exactly that. Invite some handicap folks over to the House and have some fun.

Garcia Bronco

03-20-2009, 01:33 PM

Let's see...Bush allowed a major American city to be destroyed,

Which city was that?

TDmvp

03-20-2009, 01:35 PM

Which city was that?

You know Garcia ...

Bush and his hurricane machine he set loose on New Orleans cause he hates black people ...

Garcia Bronco

03-20-2009, 01:40 PM

You know Garcia ...

Bush and his hurricane machine he set loose on New Orleans cause he hates black people ...

LOL. You stole my answer.

Crushaholic

03-20-2009, 01:57 PM

Don Imus was fired for what many people considered to be a joke. I agree that the country is too PC, but a president should be held to the same standard (if not a higher standard) than a talk show host...

jhat01

03-20-2009, 02:22 PM

Garcia Bronco

03-20-2009, 02:29 PM

If you don't see the difference in the two "jokes" I feel sorry for you.

This should be good. What's the difference?

Spider

03-20-2009, 05:02 PM

No.

The majority of Americans are not hard-core liberals.

Obama deserves criticism, and has earned every bit of it so far.

Shut the **** up bedwetter ........... Seriously .......... Just shut the **** up

jhat01

03-20-2009, 05:33 PM

This should be good. What's the difference?

Self-deprecating humor is a little different than calling someone a nappy headed ho... don't you think? And for the record, I think the Imus firing was bogus too. But you can be a smug prick if you want...I don't really give a ****.

Rohirrim

03-20-2009, 06:06 PM

Bronco Bob

03-20-2009, 06:41 PM

If this thread could only be populated with posts from people that have never made a "special olympics" joke or joke about a disability in general, there wouldn't be a single post in here.

Yep. How many people have used the term leftard or rightard?

Bronco Bob

03-20-2009, 06:48 PM

I feel that I have a good position to speak on this issue. I really don't think that it is a huge deal. Even my wife didn't, and she abhors the word retarded when it is not used in a medical context.

At the same time, it wasn't a good thing for the president to say. He should probably apologize for the comment, and be done with it. I just hope he doesn't talk about how involved and committed he is to the special Olympics, because he wouldn't have make the gaffe if it was something that was truly close to his heart.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, at the White House Friday for a meeting on
infrastructure spending, defended President Obama for his politically incorrect
joke about the Special Olympics on the Jay Leno Show Thursday night.

"I know, because of conversations I've had with the president about Special
Olympics... I know where his heart is," said the Republican governor, a
weightlifting coach for Special Olympics since 1979 whose mother-in-law,
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founded the group. "He loves Special Olympics
and he will do everything he can to help Special Olympics."

Schwarzenegger added, "Every one of us sometimes makes a mistake, right.
Something comes out of your mouth and you say, 'Oh, I wish I wouldn't have
said that.' "

Obama 's gaffe came while joking with Leno about practicing in the White
House bowling lanes. He said he had improved his game, but still had only
managed to hit a high score of 129.

"It was like the Special Olympics or something," the president said with a grin.

The joke drew some laughs from the crowd, but it was seen as offensive by
many. On the flight back to Washington Thursday night, a White House
spokesman insisted the president meant no offense to the group or its 200
million athletes with intellectual disabilities. Even before the taped interview aired,
Obama called Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver from Air Force
One to apologize for the remark.

"He expressed his disappointment and he apologized in a way that was very
moving. He expressed that he did not intend to humiliate this population,"
Shriver said Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America." He added that the
president wants to invite Special Olympic athletes over to the White House
to bowl or play basketball.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/20/MNPA16KA6P.DTL&tsp=1

Bronco Bob

03-20-2009, 06:51 PM

Of course he will apologize and say he didn't mean it. Go ahead and go screw your wifes sister then tell her your sorry.

So you are equating telling a bad joke with adultery?

Bronco Bob

03-20-2009, 06:55 PM

I posted this because I thought it was funny. Mostly because Obama was looking for good PR, the type that helped him win the election. What he got was more bad publicity. I find that amusing. He is learning the hard way that once in office you are better off keeping off shows like this. Comedy is in it's essence making fun of people, religion, race, sexuality, behaviors, etc. There is a reason no sitting President ever went on late night talk tv.

Still though funny stuff.

So you think after Obama spending 20 minutes talking about the economy,
AIG, and bailouts, this is all the American public got out of the Leno interview,
a bad joke about Obama being so uncoordinated at bowling he bowls like
a spastic? You apparently don't give the voters very much credit.

Bronco Bob

03-20-2009, 07:01 PM

No.

The majority of Americans are not hard-core liberals.

365 electoral votes says otherwise.

Obama deserves criticism, and has earned every bit of it so far.

There is a difference between legitimate criticism for legitimate screw-ups and petty, partisan nit-picking.

Bronco Bob

03-20-2009, 07:03 PM

Wow.

Talk about dumbing down the conversation.

Always seems to happen when you show up. ;D

NOLA Bronco

03-21-2009, 06:34 AM

How did the media miss the obvious headline- "D'Oh-bama"

He should get grilled on this. But he has a long way to go to catch up with Bush. Heck, 2 years into his term, the book "Bushisms" came out.

cutthemdown

03-21-2009, 09:12 AM

So you are equating telling a bad joke with adultery?

no I made a joke, get over it.

cutthemdown

03-21-2009, 09:14 AM

So you think after Obama spending 20 minutes talking about the economy,
AIG, and bailouts, this is all the American public got out of the Leno interview,
a bad joke about Obama being so uncoordinated at bowling he bowls like
a spastic? You apparently don't give the voters very much credit.

no I don't.

spdirty

03-21-2009, 10:15 AM

Just doesn't make sense. Don't know why Obama would try to alienate his base like that.

barryr

03-21-2009, 10:41 AM

Obama needs to find better things to do. He's acting like he's still running for election, which isn't surprising since that's all he's ever done. Talk and talk, but action? Even his supporters are seeing he doesn't appear to really know what he's doing.

Spider

03-21-2009, 10:51 AM

Obama needs to find better things to do.

Yeah like faking an injury to get out of the military

epicSocialism4tw

03-21-2009, 10:53 AM

Shut the **** up bedwetter ........... Seriously .......... Just shut the **** up

This post is an example of what happens when a man cant get out of his ignorant box to hold a civilized conversation.

Spider

03-21-2009, 10:58 AM

This post is an example of what happens when a man cant get out of his ignorant box to hold a civilized conversation.

you cant hold a civil debate with a dumb ass like you ... it is impossible ........... People like you ............ nevermind

epicSocialism4tw

03-21-2009, 11:07 AM

365 electoral votes says otherwise.

What exactly does that say? Does it say that people vote for personalities? Does it say that alot of people that usually would vote right voted for him because he's black? Does it say that the american people were sick of the neo cons?

It means alot of things, none of which have anything to do with the populace being more liberal than it was a year ago.

There is a difference between legitimate criticism for legitimate screw-ups and petty, partisan nit-picking.

Yeah...the difference between those two is like the difference between the liberal media (especially the likes of all of the youth-oriented media: comedy shows, news magazine shows, "political analysis' shows aka spin doctor shows, etc) inundating the national consciousness with criticisms of Bush's pronunciation, laugh style, personality, etc. and the medias ignorance of Baracks faux pas.

It seems a little over the top when the shoe is on the other foot, eh?

Grow a set and get ready because its coming...this is just the beginning

epicSocialism4tw

03-21-2009, 11:12 AM

How did the media miss the obvious headline- "D'Oh-bama"

He should get grilled on this. But he has a long way to go to catch up with Bush. Heck, 2 years into his term, the book "Bushisms" came out.

Yeah. Families with handicapped children should be upset that the president is as ignorant as a 16 year old kid regarding their situation and the constant struggle to live with and take care of them.

Dems claim to be sensitive to the needs of the less fortunate. I guess that handicapped children and their families just deserve to be discarded and scoffed at.

What a jerk.

Spider

03-21-2009, 11:44 AM

Yeah. Families with handicapped children should be upset that the president is as ignorant as a 16 year old kid regarding their situation and the constant struggle to live with and take care of them.

Dems claim to be sensitive to the needs of the less fortunate. I guess that handicapped children and their families just deserve to be discarded and scoffed at.

What a jerk.
you are an Idiot .....but on the + side at least we are not trying to **** them like a republican ......... Child pedophilia bad

cutthemdown

03-21-2009, 12:45 PM

Yeah like faking an injury to get out of the military

Meh Military doesn't like people who snorted cocaine and smoked weed all through h.s and college.

cutthemdown

03-21-2009, 12:49 PM

I see the enuresis expert is here to chime in with some daft insights into politics. Too bad the only bedwetter is Obama, and the whole country is his king sized bed.

barryr

03-21-2009, 12:55 PM

This post is an example of what happens when a man cant get out of his ignorant box to hold a civilized conversation.

Eh, I'm surprised he didn't tell us what he had for lunch today. You know, those fascinating posts he makes about his exciting life.

Spider

03-21-2009, 01:48 PM

Meh Military doesn't like people who snorted cocaine and smoked weed all through h.s and college.

Ask BarryR he is the one who faked an Injury to get out of the Military

cutthemdown

03-21-2009, 03:27 PM

you cant hold a civil debate with a dumb ass like you ... it is impossible ........... People like you ............ nevermind

You talking about civility? What a joke. You are the throat punching internet tough guy and you are calling someone out for civility? Give me a break you freak. Do you even have a memory of all the complete B.S you spew on this board?

barryr

03-21-2009, 03:32 PM

You talking about civility? What a joke. You are the throat punching internet tough guy and you are calling someone out for civility? Give me a break you freak. Do you even have a memory of all the complete B.S you spew on this board?

In his world, he's wonderfully competent and intelligent. Those that know of him, know differently.

Beantown Bronco

03-21-2009, 03:34 PM

So you are equating telling a bad joke with adultery?

Screwing one's wife's sister could certainly feel like a bad joke.

Spider

03-21-2009, 03:47 PM

You talking about civility? What a joke. You are the throat punching internet tough guy and you are calling someone out for civility? Give me a break you freak. Do you even have a memory of all the complete B.S you spew on this board?

Yo retard , are you that slow ? I didnt call him out about Civility ........ can you read , I told him why I am not civil to him ........... good grief tell me you are drunk and really didnt notice .......... it beats being stupid .......

Spider

03-21-2009, 03:50 PM

LOL Cuthemdown , either you are retarded or you are so desperate to try and get one on me , you are grasping at straws ....... Personally I do think you really are that stupid , but I will give you the benefit of a doubt here

Spider

03-21-2009, 03:50 PM

In his world, he's wonderfully competent and intelligent. Those that know of him, know differently.
LOL so says a coward

Bronco Bob

03-21-2009, 07:09 PM

no I made a joke, get over it.

Keep your day job.

Bronco Bob

03-21-2009, 07:11 PM

Just doesn't make sense. Don't know why Obama would try to alienate his base like that.

Where did you get the idea Obama was trying to alienate his base?

Bronco Bob

03-21-2009, 07:18 PM

Even his supporters are seeing he doesn't appear to really know what he's doing.

And this opinion is based on what? That Republicans are starting to act partisan again?

As is the case for most presidents, there are sharp partisan differences in Obama's job approval rating.
Among Republicans, Obama's average approval for the past week (March 9-15) is 26%,
among independents it is 59%, and among his fellow Democrats, 91%.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/116845/Obama-Approval-Equal-Better-Bush-Clinton.aspx

Who cares what Republicans think? Most of you didn't vote for Obama anyway.
91% of Democrats are perfectly happy with Obama, and 59% of the
independents. These are the people that voted for Obama, and these
are the people that think he is doing what he got elected to do.

Bronco Bob

03-21-2009, 07:23 PM

What exactly does that say? Does it say that people vote for personalities? Does it say that alot of people that usually would vote right voted for him because he's black? Does it say that the american people were sick of the neo cons?

It means alot of things, none of which have anything to do with the populace being more liberal than it was a year ago.

It means people finally wised up and got fed up with you conservatives
running the country into the ground and decided they wanted someone
with a brain and someone competent as president. Not someone they
"could have a beer with".

Yeah...the difference between those two is like the difference between the liberal media (especially the likes of all of the youth-oriented media: comedy shows, news magazine shows, "political analysis' shows aka spin doctor shows, etc) inundating the national consciousness with criticisms of Bush's pronunciation, laugh style, personality, etc. and the medias ignorance of Baracks faux pas.

It seems a little over the top when the shoe is on the other foot, eh?

Grow a set and get ready because its coming...this is just the beginning

Yeah, keep up you snide, partisan BS, it just alienates more and more
people and will assure Obama serves a full 8 years. Why would anyone
ever want to vote for the hysterical lunatics on your side.

cutthemdown

03-21-2009, 07:24 PM

Keep your day job.

LOL working is for poor people.

Bronco Bob

03-21-2009, 07:27 PM

LOL working is for poor people.

Seinfeld you're not.

spdirty

03-21-2009, 08:52 PM

Where did you get the idea Obama was trying to alienate his base?

LOL There you go.

Garcia Bronco

03-23-2009, 07:04 AM

Self-deprecating humor is a little different than calling someone a nappy headed ho... don't you think? And for the record, I think the Imus firing was bogus too. But you can be a smug prick if you want...I don't really give a ****.

It's still insulting someone when you get down to where the rubber meets the road. So you either believe in that sort of thing, disagree with it, or worse pick and decided to be offended to suit your own needs.

Bronco Bob

03-23-2009, 05:40 PM

It's still insulting someone when you get down to where the rubber meets the road. So you either believe in that sort of thing, disagree with it, or worse pick and decided to be offended to suit your own needs.

If Imus had referred to himself as a "nappy headed ho" then this would
be equivalent to what Obama said about the Special Olympics.
Obama was attempting to make fun of himself for not being a very good
bowler. Imus was likening a group of clean cut successful women to sleazy
street hookers for God knows what reason.

rastaman

03-24-2009, 03:31 AM

If I were him I'd do exactly that. Invite some handicap folks over to the House and have some fun.

Sure why not invite the entire Special Olympics Republican congress over to the House for some fun!!:approve:

rastaman

03-24-2009, 03:40 AM

It's still insulting someone when you get down to where the rubber meets the road. So you either believe in that sort of thing, disagree with it, or worse pick and decided to be offended to suit your own needs.

Its funny how Republicans did not say a peep, when Bush turned failing to find WMD into skit/parody at a Press Club Banquet a few years back. Bush did the parody while over 3,000 troop had already died in Iraq!! To add insult to injury....Bush lied about WMD in Iraq to justify sending our military into Iraq in the first place. How tastless and callous was that!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKX6luiMINQ&NR=1

Before coming President, while Gov. of Texas, Bush actually mimicked and teased an a Prisoner he was about to put to Death b/c she was pleading for her life! How callous and insensitive was that! :wiggle:

Seems like Bush was always at his best when it came to humor......only when death and destruction was involved.

So much for "Compassionate Conservatism"!!!....RIGHT!