I watched the President's interview with Jay Leno last night and I hear the words "Special Olympics" as Jay Leno made fun of the President's bowling score. I didn't find it funny, or particularly of note. That a guy would say he's awful at bowling and that his score may not qualify him for the special olympics, let alone the professional bowling circuit, wasn't much of anything. I was much more interested in his candor when it came to the economy, AIG... And all that's on the news is this "teachable moment" and outrage about two words.
A Republican assemblyman from New York got on the local news and spewed his outrage and demanded... fucking demanded... that the President of the United States get on television and give a prime time apology.
Are you kidding me? Are we so sensitive? And it's not the atheletes of the Special Olympics making all this noise. It's the president, the fully able president of the Special Olympics calling it a "teachable moment" and using the word "bully" when talking about the President of the United States. The same President who called him before the show even aired, to apologize for the off the cuff remark.
Barak Obama is many things, but I don't think bully is one of them.
Joining the chorus of "how dare you" are "advocates" for the atheletes of the Special Olympics and of course... Republicans. It's all they want to talk about. Since it's painfully obvious they have no ideas other than be against anything President Obama may propose, they have jumped on this like it's their last life preserver. Way to try to stay relevant.
If you were to ask any of the actual athletes of the Special Olympics, they may tell you that, "Yeah... of course they'd beat the President... Why wouldn't they?"
That's the real prejudice.
Stop being so sensitive.
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