Is this comment by Obama really that bad?
I thought it was a funny joke...gives him a little character.
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lol the things he says w/o a teleprompter.....he bowls, he picks games, constantly showing he's not working.....we really shit the bed w/ this guy i wouldve took hilary clintonComment -
This country is going to hell in a bucket, at least I'm enjoying the ride.Comment -
LOL...How can ya get mad? He just said what most of us say behind closed doors or in the presence of family and friends.
Good job Obama. You made it pal.Originally posted by SBR_JohnComment -
While I dont think it was in good taste saying that on tv, whats done is not quite yet done. Seems the special olympics have a championship caliber bowler who has challenged Obama to a match. I guess we will see what kind of a man Obama really is, depending on whether he accepts the challange.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — So President Barack Obama thinks he bowls like a competitor in the Special Olympics?
He's obviously never met Kolan McConiughey, a mentally disabled man considered one of the nation's top Special Olympics bowlers, with five perfect games to his credit. He'd like to go to the White House and show the president a thing or two about how to roll strikes.
"He bowled a 129. I bowl a 300. I could beat that score easily," McConiughey said Friday.
His challenge to Obama followed the president's offhand remark on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show" Thursday comparing his famously inept bowling to "the Special Olympics or something." Recognizing his blunder, Obama apologized to the chairman of the Special Olympics before the show aired.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs on Friday said the president believes that the Special Olympics are "a triumph of the human spirit." Gibbs added that Obama understands that the athletes "deserve a lot better than the thoughtless joke that he made last night."
During an interview with The Associated Press, the 35-year-old McConiughey quickly rolled several strikes with his left-handed hook in a short demonstration of his prowess at Colonial Lanes in Ann Arbor.
In addition to five perfect games since 2005, McConiughey has also had an 800 series and carries a 212 average. He laughed as he joked about the popular president's apparently poor game.
"I'd tell him to get a new bowling ball, new shoes and bring him down to the lane," said McConiughey, who speaks with a serious stutter. "Keep his body straight, his arm straight and keep his steps straight. He has to practice every single day."
Special Olympics Chairman Timothy Shriver was quick to respond to the president's apology.
"He expressed his disappointment, and he apologized in a way that was very moving," Shriver said Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America."
With an IQ less than half of the 100 considered average, McConiughey lives with his foster mother and has held the same job at a grocery store for 16 years. He greets customers, sweeps floors and maintains the store's break room.
"He can't read much, can't do math, can't do bill-paying," said his foster mother, Jan Pardy. "Kolan faces all these challenges, but he has an area of genius, and his genius is bowling."
McConiughey has been bowling since about age 8. And he still finds time to bowl in three leagues.
"It would be an honor for him to bowl with the president of the United States," said Lois Arnold, president of the Special Olympics in Michigan.
Pardy said she saw Obama's comment on TV Friday morning and was not offended.
"Everybody has missteps," she said. "I don't think it was a slam against the Special Olympics."Comment -
The point is that it is fvcking retarded for the POTUS to make such a comment before a national audience -- a point that would have been hammered home in front page headlines for a month had Bush been as stupid as he has been accused of being and committed a similar faux pas.Comment -
if bush said it, it would be funny. but when obama said it, it just make him look like an insensitive asshole.Comment -
yup when obama does it it is cute and endearing
if bush did it he is a nazi that wants to lock up all of the handicappedComment -
As a registered Democrat that voted for McCain, I have seen the media machine at work for Obama for the past 2 years now. He is "paying back" his creators by going on their talk shows and essentially being the man about town. As much as I HATED Bush, you cannot deny that if Bush had made that statement, it would be on MSNBC for a full month. They would have called it "Cripplegate" or something stupid like that. Obama is a media president, nothing more, nothing less. If anybody expects him to "change", don't bother. he loves the sound of his voice and apparently so do millions of Kool-Aid drinking Americans.Comment -
If this is the worst thing he does then his legacy is safe.
Its not like he killed 10,000 Americans and wasted $1.5 Trillion by ignoring 9/11 warnings and CIA warnings about fake Iraqi intelligence.
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Just remember the hulabalu when Limbaugh said McNabb would be regarded as just an average quarterback if he weren't black. You'd have though he showed up in a white sheet and burned an image of McNabb in effigy. I cringed when Limbaugh said what he did (even though it's actually true) because I knew what the reaction would be.
And Limbaugh isn't the POTUS and what he said isn't nearly as un-PC as what OBama did. It would have been similar if Limbaugh made a mistake and compared himself to a black quarterback for doing it.
I guarantee you if Bush had done this, it would have made lead off news for a month and you would have had Congressional Democrats calling for his impeachment for it.Comment -
I agree if this is the worst thing he does, but he has already done worse then this. If Americans begin to use Bush as our measuring stick to what our future presidents should reach, we are in a lot of trouble. We should expect more from our president than that.Comment -
Actually, no one would care had Dumbya said it. He has said too many stupid things over the past 8 years to be taken seriously.
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Obama has done worse than kill 10,000 Americans and wasted $1.5 Trillion on Vietnam errrr Iraq.... and ruined the world economy by ignoring subprime lending which was dangerously spiralling out of control?
How do u figure?
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Obama is one of the best presidents of all time.
Good Job Obama.
Originally posted by SBR_JohnComment -
Class act. Scum bag.Comment -
Puts his character on the same level as AAO. Enough said.Comment -
Dagger I didn't say Obama has done worse than that, I said he has done worse than his flippant "Special Olympic" statement. As far as what Bush did, we are all in agreement that he was a VERY BAD MAN. Keep in mind, Clinton ignored pre 9/11 warnings as well. Obama may not have created this mess, but he sure hasn't done anything to rectify it. To many people think that by giving Obama "time", all will be fine. Just because you change a broken light bulb with another light bulb, if the new one is broken as well, you still don't see the light.Comment -
Lets say u were hired as the new head of security at a bank. And for 8 months u were warned expicitedly of a bank heist and u do nothing. Sure enough a robbery happens and all the cash and gold are stolen and all employees/customers murdered.
Who's fault is it...... the previous head of security because the heist was planned while he was on the job or you for ignoring all warnings and doing nothing?
I did not know Obama ruined America in 2 months. Wow, you learn something new on SBR everyday.Comment -
Myth: On August 6, 2001 Bush was briefed by the CIA about possible Al Qaeda attacks inside the US. Bush ordered no special precautions, and spent the rest of August on vacation.Lets say u were hired as the new head of security at a bank. And for 8 months u were warned expicitedly of a bank heist and u do nothing. Sure enough a robbery happens and all the cash and gold are stolen and all employees/customers murdered.
Who's fault is it...... the previous head of security because the heist was planned while he was on the job or you for ignoring all warnings and doing nothing?
I did not know Obama ruined America in 2 months. Wow, you learn something new on SBR everyday.
Fact: Bush Administration Takes Action:
-The Counter-terrorism Security group (CSG) - which brings together WH officials with officials from all relevant federal agencies - began to meet several times per week, with telephone contact between key officials several times per day.
-The FBI was conducting active investigations inside the US, and issuing appropriate warnings:
--July 2 -- FBI released a warning message about a possible threat overseas. The warning specifically stated that while officials could not foresee a domestic attack, one could not be ruled out.
--July 18 - FBI issues message on Millennium plot conviction, reiterates 2 July message.
--Aug 1 - FBI issues alert on upcoming 3rd East Africa bombing Anniversary, reiterating July 2 message.
-The State Department issued a worldwide caution (June 22).
-Counter-terrorism Security Group suspends non-essential travel of US counter-terrorism staff (July 6).
-Five key FAA Information Circulars (IC) were issued alerting private carries to potential threats against airlines:
--June 22 - alerted carriers to a possible hijacking to free terrorist operatives
--July 2 - based on the testimony of a terrorist involved in the Millennium bombing plots, who told of a possible attempt place a bomb in an air terminal
--July 18 - though based on no specific threat information, urges all carries maintain a high degree of alertness.
--July 31 - reports that some active terrorist groups are known to train for hijacking operations.
--August 16 - warns carriers to be on alert for disguised weapons.
The August 6th briefing to the President that mentioned hijacking was not a threat report.
-It was an analysis of Al Qadea and Usama bin Laden that their desire to attack the US, and their preferred methods of operation.
-The analysis was prepared at the Presidents request, in response to his questions about Al Qaedas capabilities and intentions to harm US interests.
-The analysis mentioned hijacking as a possible operation Al Qaeda might attempt.
--But it did not say anything using aircraft as missiles.
--Rather, it mentioned the possibility that Al Qaeda might attempt to hijack a plane and hold passengers hostage to force the release of terrorist operatives, including the Blind Sheikh.
USA Today: "White House officials point out that the president is never off the clock. They refer to the 30 days at his Texas ranch - now it's called the Western White House - as a working vacation. He'll receive daily national security updates and handle the duties of the Oval Office from his 1,583-acre spread near Crawford."Comment -
Under Clinton, we suffered 6 major attacks that were orchestrated by Bin Laden.Lets say u were hired as the new head of security at a bank. And for 8 months u were warned expicitedly of a bank heist and u do nothing. Sure enough a robbery happens and all the cash and gold are stolen and all employees/customers murdered.
Who's fault is it...... the previous head of security because the heist was planned while he was on the job or you for ignoring all warnings and doing nothing?
I did not know Obama ruined America in 2 months. Wow, you learn something new on SBR everyday.After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured 1,000; President Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.Bill Clinton warned America in his radio address that we should not overreact to the 1993 WTC bombing. "I would discourage the American people from overreacting to this," Clinton said.After the 1993 ambush in Somalia, which killed 19 and injured 84; President Clinton just tucked tail and ran away.
Bill Clinton treated it as a petty criminal offense even though Bush 41 told him terrorists had declared war on America.
CIA director Woolsey now reveals that he never had a private personal meeting with Clinton during the first two years of his tenure as head of the CIA - exactly the key period in investigating the 1993 attack.
Bill Clinton did not visit the WTC towers.
Bill Clinton did not even make a public appearance on national television.
Bill Clinton tried to stop a reward fund for the capture of terrorists involved in the attack.
From the time President Clinton took office until May of 1995, a Presidential Decision Directive, PDD 39, sat in the National Security Council, in the In Box of one of the officials with no action taken. The significance of PDD 39 is that it was the document defining what the missions and roles were of combating terrorism.Despite what happened at the World Trade Center in 1993, the Clinton administration did not finally act on [PDD 39] until after the attack in Oklahoma City.
The only reason for that is because in the two weeks prior to Oklahoma City, the front page of both Newsweek and Time Magazine carried the question: 'Is President Clinton Relevant?'
On May 4, 1993, Clinton having taken office in January, U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Robert Johnston handed over control of the relief mission to the UN. "It's all yours," he told the new UN commander, a Turkish general, as he departed with most of his U.S. troops in tow.After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
Bill Clinton sent U.S. Army Rangers on a highly risky mission to take out Aidid. Aidid militia were not Somali but members of bin Laden's Al Qaeda network, who were deployed in his Mogadishu bases.
Bill Clinton denied the Pentagon a request for armor support.
After botching the whole mission, Clinton pulled out and Bin Laden took notice of that.
Bill Clinton even gave the target of the mission, Aidid, a marine guard after the botched mission to capture him.
After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and injured 200 U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.Bill Clinton cared so little that his own assistant secretary of state, Dick Holbrooke, had trouble getting him to pay attention to warnings about the impending attack on the Khobar Towers.After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and injured 5,000; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia in 1996, Clinton had Dick Morris take a poll. "We tested 'peacemaker' or 'toughness,'" York quotes Morris as recalling. The public preferred toughness. "So Clinton talked tough." But the FBI director, Louis Freeh, became so exasperated by Clinton's failure to raise the matter with Saudi officials that he actually asked former President George Bush to do so instead.
Clinton used American tax dollars to pay for the trucks used in the embassy bombings.After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39 U.S. sailors; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
The U.S. State Department thwarted an investigation into two suspects in the Aug. 7. 1998, bombing of the U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya, which had killed more than 250 people, including 12 Americans, according to reports from MSNBC news filed on July 29.
Clinton was more concerned with obstructing justice than doing anything about such a grave terrorist attack.
Shortly after the bombing of the Cole, Clinton had an opportunity to take Bin Laden out and refused to.Maybe if Clinton had kept his promise and got Bin Laden, 3,000 people in New York, Washington, D.C., and the Heros of Flight 93 that are now dead would be alive today and we wouldn't have lost 290 people along with more than 6,323 people that had been injured on his watch.
A Pentagon intelligence expert on terrorism in the Persian Gulf has told Congress that he warned of possible terrorist attacks on U.S. forces.
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clinton and carter the worlds two biggest pussies to walk the face of this earthComment -
Same tired old joke was probably said by everyone about five times in their lives and heard about twenty. He ought to be slammed for how lame it was. Same assholes in here slamming him for this silly shit, im sure never used this joke in their life.
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Obama picks a bracket about as good as he runs this countryComment -
This is the most retarded thread I have ever seen.Comment -
Dagger u ever notice with these backwards ass thinking Bush lickers that we should give Bush a pass for nine 11 because he was only there for eight months but Obama has some how ruined the world in two short months? go figure.Lets say u were hired as the new head of security at a bank. And for 8 months u were warned expicitedly of a bank heist and u do nothing. Sure enough a robbery happens and all the cash and gold are stolen and all employees/customers murdered.
Who's fault is it...... the previous head of security because the heist was planned while he was on the job or you for ignoring all warnings and doing nothing?
I did not know Obama ruined America in 2 months. Wow, you learn something new on SBR everyday.Comment -
Congressional Democrats saw the same intelligence as Bush and voiced not only support for the war, but saw it as direly necessary.
But while we are on the subject of apologizing for lying:
is Obama going to apologize for promising to limit campaign spending by taking matching funds and then doing the opposite?
Is Obama going to apologize for lying about putting lobbyists on his staff?
Is Obama going to apologize for lying about openness in legislation?
is Obama going to apologize for lying about accepting any legislation with earmarks?Comment -
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The day President Bush received a President's Daily Brief entitled "Bin Laden determined to strike in the US" Bush was vacationing at his ranch in Crawford, TX and stayed on vacation the rest of August 2001.
Here's how the administration reacted, according to the 9/11 Commission report:
• [President Bush] did not recall discussing the August 6 report with Attorney General or whether Rice had done so. [p. 260]
• We have found no indication of any further discussion before September 11 among the President and his top advisers of the possibility of a threat of an al Qaeda attack in the United States. DCI Tenet visited President Bush in Crawford, Texas, on August 17 and participated in the PDB briefings of the President between August 31 (after the President returned to Washington) and September 10. But Tenet does not recall any discussions with the President of the domestic threat during this period. [p. 262]
The day after he received the memo, "Bush seemed carefree as he spoke about the books he was reading, the work he was doing on his nearby ranch, his love of hot-weather jogginh, his golf game and his 55th birth-day."
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"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him."
- Dumbya 9/13/01
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- Dumbya 3/13/02
Awesome!
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There is certainly a hypocrisy there when people condemn jokes of this nature. People should just relax and laugh a little. Some of the jokes Bush made were quite funny even though I despised him as President...Comment
