Comments on: Obama’s Special Olympics comment

By: Corey

Corey — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:41:47 +0000

Is this still a PACKERS Blog?

By: RaiulBaztepo

RaiulBaztepo — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:53:18 +0000

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By: Jax

Jax — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:23:52 +0000

He has hurt many families in America. He needs to say he is sorry in the public, not to an organization.

In addition, someone who claims to have experienced prejudice and stereotypes throughout life, and has written about them in great detail, should be more sensitive and refined from life’s lessons.

Furthermore, Obama claimed he was going to have the world think ‘highly’ of America again. Will this joke help?

For someone who spoke of equality as a creed. Does this joke match that philosophy?

For someone that said he would stand for all people. Does this stand up for those that participate in the special Olympics?

The fact is Obama claimed a higher standard. To much is given, much is required.

Obama has just showed us that ‘yes we can’ destroy what a campaign stands for with a single joke.

During the campaign for the White House in 2008, the media criticized Palin for being ‘common,’ ‘not-polished,’ ‘not-compassionate’ and ‘not presidential.’ However, compare Sarah Palins attitude in this video created three weeks ago for the Special Olympics in Boise, Idaho.

You decide the more ‘presidential’ among them. Watch: http://tinyurl.com/ccz6nj

By: Trav

Trav — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:16:50 +0000

My daughter, an 8 year old with autism, bowled in a fundraiser last weekend with one of her therapists and a friend from school. She beat both of them by 20+ pins in both games they bowled, including a 179 game. She has bowled maybe 3 or 4 times in her life. I see online today that the S.O.’s champion bowler has rolled 8 perfect games since 2005.

I agree with Cindy in that it was more a poor choice of words and I had a laugh, at his expense, when I told my wife that I was going to write and ask him to meet us at Bowlero for a presidential ass-whipping from my own Special Olympian.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:47:10 +0000

I can’t believe they put that on his teleprompter.

By: Cindy V

Cindy V — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:39:07 +0000

Sometimes people say things without really thinking about it. My mom died of traumatic brain injury after being struck by a vehicle while crossing the street. You don’t know how many times people have said something like, “You never know about the future, you could be killed crossing the street today.” Then they realize what they’ve said and they feel bad about it. I’m not offended by it. Nor am I offended when people talk about idiots being “brain dead.” I still grieve for my mom. But I do think that some people are overly sensitive and just need to chill. Sometimes, no harm is intended.