61 Comments

1. AtheistConservative:

The ironic thing is that the subject died out entirely before this column was even published.

Mar 25, 2009 - 1:48 am 2. GDT:

The issue here folks is not that Obama insulted disabled athletes. This issue is that Obama can not think on his feet. The issue is not what he said – the issue is that it wasn’t apparent to him how his comment would be perceived before it left his mouth. BHO simply doesn’t think fast enough. I simply do not get the universal belief in this guy’s genius.

When GWB made a verbal blunder – it was almost always pronunciation or syntax. George might “misunderestimate” something once in a while (and the media would skewer him for it). BHO’s verbal (and other) blunders all seem to come across as Freudian slips (including the famous Joe the plumber line).

The fact that says this stuff (or even that he believes it) isn’t the key point. The real issue is that he can’t seem to think faster than his lips move. He has put his foot in his mouth on the campaign trail, on 60 minutes, on a late night talk show and in a meeting with a friendly foreign leader. Someday soon, the stakes will be higher. Someday soon Obama’s tendency to talk faster than he thinks will get him (and by extension all of us) in big trouble

Mar 25, 2009 - 2:48 am 3. Emma:

Liberals invented political correctness, but now that they got their own foot caught in the trap they want us to believe that we took them TOO seriously? Well, too damn bad.

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Mar 25, 2009 - 3:02 am 4. LeighB:

It is curious, isn’t it, that the MSM continues to hold Obama to a lower standard. Is it because he is “one of them” or is it because they know he has to be?

I don’t care if the thought or real police come to get me I am going to say it. This guy is as dumb as his ideas are.

I am looking forward to hearing from our pal, Teleprompter Jesus. Is the new “large monitor” a permanent change? If so, will you now be known as Large-M Jesus? Or, was the teleprompter in the shop, having the laugh track (overused in the 60 Minutes punch drunk classic) removed?

Mar 25, 2009 - 3:32 am 5. Carl:

The GOP / RNC might consider taking a tip from Obama and start using a teleprompter.

That way, instead of continuing to run in small circles dumping on Palin, Limbaugh and each other they can coordinate and effectively deliver their harshest criticism of Obama on the biggest issues.

Mar 25, 2009 - 3:50 am 6. TennesseeVolunteer:

One of the reasons, he makes these mistakes is because he has been in an environment since Harvard and Columbia, where people fall all over themselves to tell him how smart he is.
He is not used to people challenging him for what he says. He has never had to qualify his words before. And now that he is in the grown up world, his habits of elitist ramblings are not accepted for their brilliance like all of his previous life.
It is similar to Reverend Wright: as long as his preaching was to the choir, he was fine. but as soon as the magnifying glass of the real world hit his racist rants, he became untenable. The One is no different.

Mar 25, 2009 - 4:14 am 7. huxley:

It bugs me more that an Ivy League graduate, reputed to be brilliant, well-read, and gifted with oratory, and who grew up under the gorgeous night sky of Hawaii, cannot pronounce the simple name of the most prominent constellation: “Orion.”

Mar 25, 2009 - 4:14 am 8. fear Obama:

Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee , Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich.
No wagers have yet been placed on Bobby Jindal and David Petraeus.
Plenty of time to get in early.
Interestingly, the GOP nominee is given a 40 percent chance of being the next president.

Bambi’s blood is in the water and the political sharks can smell it.

Mar 25, 2009 - 4:16 am 9. elvis:

You are correct in saying we should go after the major issues…..but everything he does and says is toxic. This incident may have not caused lasting damage. But he is wearing out a lot of his supposed supporters… He will eventually infect even his staunchest supporters with large and small issues..

Mar 25, 2009 - 4:44 am 10. David Thomson:

“One of the reasons, he makes these mistakes is because he has been in an environment since Harvard and Columbia, where people fall all over themselves to tell him how smart he is.”

Barack Obama is a master at guilt tripping white liberals. This may perhaps be his number one talent. Obama is intellectually lazy and probably couldn’t read a serious book if his life depended on it. The man is not dumb. He just never bothered to get his act together. Obama didn’t find it necessary.

Mar 25, 2009 - 4:57 am 11. fear Obama:

“You know, there was a lot of outrage and finger-pointing last week, and much of it is understandable,” Obama said of the bonus issue in his opening remarks. “I’m as angry as anybody about those bonuses that went to some of the very same individuals who brought our financial system to its knees.”
Bankers and executives on Wall Street need to realize that enriching themselves on the taxpayers’ dime is inexcusable, that the days of outsized rewards and reckless speculation that puts us all at risk have to be over,”

the president told reporters and the nation.” BUT
At the same time, the rest of us can’t afford to demonize every investor or entrepreneur who seeks to make a profit.
That drive is what has always fueled our prosperity, and it is what will ultimately get these banks lending and our economy moving once more,” he said.

Thank You Mr. Hopenchange,

Now I understand how we can have capitalism and socialism coming and going.

He hits from both sides of the plate.

He’s amphibious.

Yogi Berra

Mar 25, 2009 - 5:08 am 12. deguello:

Sorry I don’t agree; I thougt the remark was entirely appropriate;I’m tired of being told what to say by PC victim groups.The amusing aspect was seeing a hypocritical lib caught by the same PC police he has empowered.

Mar 25, 2009 - 5:12 am 13. S.Weasel:

Eh. I wish conservatives would spend more time talking about stuff and less time telling other conservatives what to talk about.

Mar 25, 2009 - 5:23 am 14. Canuckistani:

I’m afraid, most of all, that your president needs to grow up. What strikes me the most is his callowness. In all matters, apparently.

Mar 25, 2009 - 5:41 am 15. fear Obama:

13. S.Weasel:
Eh. I wish conservatives would spend more time talking about stuff and less time telling other conservatives what to talk about.

Yogi has one for you-

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much!

Yogi Berra

Actually his made more sense.

Mar 25, 2009 - 5:41 am 16. Ms. Attitude:

Pointing out that Obama makes mistakes without his teleprompter lowers us to the level of the whining liberals that celebrated every time Bush misspoke. I am far more concerned about what he says when he is speaking his script. What he says with his teleprompter running or in letters to foreign leaders with well thought out remarks that were written and rewritten. The ignorance shown in what he says then is much deeper than the ignorance of when he “misspeaks”.

Mar 25, 2009 - 6:01 am 17. glenn:

I think I have finally figured the Prez out. He’s that bright, smooth talking, kid who sat behind you in 7th grade. The one who was always testing to see what he could get away with, and how close he could come to saying or doing something that would get him in trouble. Like the “sweetie” or special olympics remarks. When he stepped over a line, especially with a teacher he’d smile and engage in some silly flattery and for whatever reason he’d be forgiven. Yep, thats him.

Mar 25, 2009 - 6:41 am 18. HardHeadedWoman:

BO and his wife are, plain and simple,stupid, ignorant and uneducated. Quite frankly,in my opinion, they are obviously among those who are uneducable. I’m sick of hearing about how brilliant this clown is. But they’re so cool! Hardly. Stupid isn’t cool.

Mar 25, 2009 - 6:55 am 19. donttreadonme:

you should have heard Pres. Alfred E. Erkle during a break in the taping – it is rumored that he told Leno, “don’t get me wrong – I love the retards. I sometimes take em’ out to play and tie them to a laundry line, and let em’ run back and forth all afternoon!”

Mar 25, 2009 - 7:05 am 20. Войска ПВО:

“Their blunders are generally of a different order. Bush is genuinely tongue-tied, mangling his syntax and mispronouncing names; Obama, on the other hand, usually says exactly what he means, but with an apparent disregard for how his words will be interpreted.”

..he also does exactly what he means, albeit it puerile. I refer to the tasteless laying of his middle finger aside his nose during a response to Hillary Clinton in a campaign speech.

The sad thing is that his presidential and managerial acumen adds up to his flipping off all of America.

Mar 25, 2009 - 7:07 am 21. cheeflo:

Ms. Attitude — I agree that the criticism sometimes descends to meaningless carping, but bear in mind that the so-called brilliant orator doesn’t seem to connect with the words that he is speaking — witness his gaffe with the Irish ambassador’s comments where he thanks himself for the invitation, or when he loses his place on the teleprompter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt5dY3vVoZ0&feature=player_embedded). Does he listen to and believe what he’s saying? Or is he a ventriloquist’s dummy? His scripted moments burnish his creds and perpetuate his myth, but the unscripted moments reveal his very limited knowledge and his lack of insight. GDT sums it up nicely.

Mar 25, 2009 - 7:14 am 22. one of my own:

19. donttreadonme: . . . “You should have heard Pres. Alfred E. Erkle during a break in the taping – it is rumored that he told Leno, “don’t get me wrong – I love the retards. I sometimes take em’ out to play and tie them to a laundry line, and let em’ run back and forth all afternoon!”

Tell me, Senor Treadster, where do you come up with that stuff. Such imagery obviously comes quite easy to you. Are these things you’ve considered . . . or even done? This isn’t a glimpse into your parenting skills is it?

Mar 25, 2009 - 7:30 am 23. Ian Thorpe:

Forget the Special Olympics issue. As a humourist I was more amused by this item Obama’s 60 Minute “High” seen on Texas Darlin’ blog. It’s not for me to say whether the Prez-Dude had ben at the old herbal Mixture of course, but if someone had handed him a Mars Bar I think most people in this thread know what he would have done with it.

Mar 25, 2009 - 7:53 am 24. The Shadow:

Actually what is tastless is this column and the the attempt to mmanufacture something out of nothing – par for the course when you are not intelligent to discuss real issues like what is happening in the economy.

Mar 25, 2009 - 8:20 am 25. GDT:

12 deguello:
Sorry I don’t agree; I thougt the remark was entirely appropriate;I’m tired of being told what to say by PC victim groups.The amusing aspect was seeing a hypocritical lib caught by the same PC police he has empowered.
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I don’t necessarily disagree with you – but you are missing the point. The point is that Obama (or any public figure) should have been able to predict the fall out of such a comment before he said it. The PC / hypocrisy issue is interesting – but in my view – not really the point here. The point is that the “smartest guy in the universe” has turned out to be just a real lucky, below average, Chicago socialist. He is now the voice of the US to the leaders of the world – and he can’t hold his own with the leader of The Tonight Show.

Mar 25, 2009 - 8:39 am 26. Marc Malone:

I disagree that we shouldn’t talk about such things. The fact is, talking about these other issues are too complex for many people. They simply can’t sort out the arguments. That requires greater political awareness than most have, but a series of these situations IS something they can understand. Gaffes speak for themselves, as do gross political blunders (like DVD’s, reset buttons, etc). Combined with a continuing poor economy, they can become deadly symbolic.

As for the joke, I wouldn’t have a problem with it, except it comes from a guy who flipped off both Clinton and Palin (while making the Lipstick on a Pig comment). This is indicative of something much worse: a punk. No nobility, nay, not even gentility.

Mar 25, 2009 - 9:18 am 27. donttreadonme:

dumb of my own,
Its easy really..in the case of my post above, I imagine you seventeen-years old, wanting to play outside! (To be fair, I ripped the imagery from “Something About Mary”-seriously).

Mar 25, 2009 - 9:38 am 28. Blackwell:

Deguello and Ms Attitude are right: carping on things like this is petty, sortsighted and sterile. People are always erupting over gaffes like this and we ought not to empower the PC patrol by agreeing with it. It looks tactical, just s it does when the left does it. Not to mention there are somewhat more important things to discuss right now.

Mar 25, 2009 - 9:41 am 29. donttreadonme:

PS, Dumb of my own,
Drop the “senor,” por favor. I am in the “marque el uno para ingles” crowd.
Gracias.

Mar 25, 2009 - 9:42 am 30. Reaganite Republican:

Obama has something seriously wrong with him- what kind of monster mocks the disabled on network television?
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I guess we shouldn’t be too surprised by this gauche and downright cruel comment re. the Special Olympics- no different than his classless cheap-shot on 90-yr-old Nancy Reagan in his first presser- apparently his preferred targets are old ladies and the handicapped… what a creep.
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Narcissists like Obama are often callous- and even ruthless. They tend to lack empathy and/or a conscience. This is evident in his lack of interest in his own half-brother who lives in poverty in Kenya, or his aunt found living in public housing in Boston. Other indicators include control freakery, grandiose self-importance, feeling “above the law”, interpersonally exploitive, inability to handle criticism, lack of empathy, arrogant behavior, surrounds himself with sycophants… sound familiar?
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Obama is a mess- and his insecurities, bad childhood, and irresponsible, far-left-wierdo mother are now all our problem, too-

Mar 25, 2009 - 9:49 am 31. Marge:

You know all persons make mis slips on TV. I did not vote for obama, but he is like everyone else who says something silly.

Golly if you wrote and collected all the mistakes, mis-steps, gaffes bush made it would fill about ten extremely large volumes.

Like I said everyone screws up once in a while with the country in the tailspin it is in, what in the heck is a gaffe doing as the main topic of conversation.

Mar 25, 2009 - 10:01 am 32. Ms. Attitude:

21. cheeflo: I read about that but haven’t seen it…I will watch now that it’s on Youtube. Have you heard about the letter he wrote to the President of Italy? Totally ignoring the Italian Prime Minister! What he says in his scripts/letters scares the hell out of me.

I’m still trying to figure out what the President of the United States, the most powerful position in the world, is doing on 60 Minutes and Jay Leno!

Mar 25, 2009 - 10:04 am 33. Marc Malone:

One other thing: Maybe this is why it is considered to be declasse for a Prez to do entertainment shows. It projects an air of unseriousness and can lead to foot-in-mouth disease. Lese Majeste. No nobility, nor even gentility.

Mar 25, 2009 - 10:16 am 34. Peter the Bubblehead:

31. Marge wrote:
Golly if you wrote and collected all the mistakes, mis-steps, gaffes bush made it would fill about ten extremely large volumes.

Peter writes: Marge evidently did not even read the article before deciding to comment on it, or she might have noticed the paragraph that mentions The One has made about as many gaffes in his first 2 months in office as Bush did in 8 years.

Mar 25, 2009 - 10:25 am 35. Peter the Bubblehead:

32. Ms. Attitude wrote:
I’m still trying to figure out what the President of the United States, the most powerful position in the world, is doing on 60 Minutes and Jay Leno!

Peter writes: As Sean H. mentioned last week, he hasn’t been receiving his typical adulation and “You’re so great!” all the time, so he had to schedule a few town hall meetings and appearances on 60(-D) Minutes and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno(-D).

Mar 25, 2009 - 10:31 am 36. James:

A delightful, well-written puff piece: very funny and nicely put together (unlike similar features on the same subject). However:

Huxley (7): at least Obama can pronounce the word ‘nuclear’.

HardHeadedWoman (18): what does ‘uneducable’ mean?

Blackwell (28): well said!

Reaganite Republican (30): “Obama has something seriously wrong with him – what kind of monster mocks the disabled on network television?”. The kind of people who believe it is their divine right to publicly spew their badly-written, offensive rhetoric here, perhaps?

Mar 25, 2009 - 10:59 am 37. jrp61356:

While I agree that this is much ado about little, it doesn’t change the fact that the libs in this country have been engaging in exactly this same type of behavior for years. Remember Gerald Ford’s clutziness that the media so loved to play up? The criticism leveled at Dan Quayle over his Murphy Brown comment? The hunting accident involving Dick Cheney a few years back? Good Lord, the media treated Cheney like he was a terrorist! And yes, GWB certainly had his share of “misspeaks” during his term, for which he was mercilessly raked over the coals. So why is it suddenly not a good idea to give the Pied Piper the same treatment? Tell me, what did Ford’s, Quayle’s and Cheney’s actions/words have to do with anything of national or world importance? Nothing, but that didn’t stop the MSM from having a field day with it.

Mar 25, 2009 - 11:34 am 38. Mikey D:

The Shadow said,
Actually what is tastless is this column and the the attempt to mmanufacture something out of nothing – par for the course when you are not intelligent to discuss real issues like what is happening in the economy.

Hey Einstein it is possible to discuss more than one issue. Obviously YOU are not intelligent enough to figure that out. Did we offend your God, Obama? TOO BAD.

Mar 25, 2009 - 12:51 pm 39. KansasGirl:

Are you people kidding me? Obama meant exactly what he said. This man thinks nothing of abortion, but he care about special needs children? He cares about nothing but his community organizing communist marxist agenda. He doesn’t fool me one bit.

Mar 25, 2009 - 12:54 pm 40. WayneS:

Uneducable was probably a “typo” of ineducable.

The i is right next to the u on the keyboard.

Mar 25, 2009 - 1:04 pm 41. Tazzz, AZ:

Now, if only this were 3 years 10 months into this administration instead its the other way around! Prez Tele-Prompter that his supporters are starting to see is REAL even though they DENIED it wasn’t so. Now, most admit he uses it but STILL too many are worshipping this puppet. When do we see the puppetmaster or it will it be more like the Wizard of Oz? What will be left of the USA?

How many of you know that the US Constitution prohibits the government from borrowing from foreign nations except when needed for the miltary? In other words ALL in DC have violated their oaths and should be recalled, impeached, and tarred and feathered!!

Attend the TEA PARTY nearest you!!

Send a copy of the US CONSTITUTION to those that are supposed to be our SERVANTS you know those in Congress as well as the White House…may need to send audio copies with it explained so that they understand. Doubtful that even then they’s understand afterall the combined IQ of EVERYONE in the DC area is 40 (any IQ below 75 falls into the “special needs”) see it was personal experience that was his reference it wasn’t a gaffe. It was as close to the truth as we’re going to get while he is in office.

Mar 25, 2009 - 1:45 pm 42. Pat J:

Frankly I think he was complimenting Special Olympics participants because they bowl better than he does. Let’s really put him to the test and watch him play golf.

Mar 25, 2009 - 1:52 pm 43. fireyourguns:

36. James: at least Obama can pronounce the word ‘nuclear’.
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Simple question for you, James: Is “Orion” pronounced with a “short” I, or a “long” I? Obama doesn’t seem to know! People in glass houses…

Mar 25, 2009 - 2:26 pm 44. Dave D:

So we overreact like liberals now? He was trying to be self-denigrating, not specifically hurt anyone. He apologized, end of story.

Mar 25, 2009 - 2:34 pm 45. lucy:

I don’t think the issue is whether or not 44 can think on his feet. The problem is he’s not a nice person. He says the things that reflect his beliefs. That’s what you do when you speak extemporaneously–the truth comes out.

Mar 25, 2009 - 2:58 pm 46. fireyourguns:

44. Dave D:

So we overreact like liberals now? He was trying to be self-denigrating, not specifically hurt anyone. He apologized, end of story.

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Agreed, and besides, he’s got more important things to apologize for, like the ten trillion dollars in debt that he’s going to saddle the country with! Makes Bill Gates sound like a pauper, doesn’t it?

Mar 25, 2009 - 3:07 pm 47. Dave D:

fireyourguns:

he doesn’t have to apologize-after all, it was no surprise what he would do as president. The citizens of the USA brought it on themselves-democrats for electing him, republicans for being idiots and creating a climate for him being electable.

If people didn’t see it coming, well…

Mar 25, 2009 - 3:29 pm 48. huxley:

Huxley (7): at least Obama can pronounce the word ‘nuclear’.>/i>

James — Not the same thing at all. Bush’s pronunciation of nuclear is so widespread that it listed in dictionaries. See http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear.

Obama’s mispronunciation of Orion is simple, pitiful ignorance. And unlike Bush, Obama is lauded as an an extraordinary intellect and orator; yet here he makes a mistake that would be surprising if made by a bright high school student.

Mar 25, 2009 - 4:12 pm 49. huxley:

Huxley (7): at least Obama can pronounce the word ‘nuclear’.

James — Not the same thing at all. Bush’s pronunciation of nuclear is so widespread that it is listed in dictionaries. See http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear.

Obama’s mispronunciation of Orion is simple, pitiful ignorance. And unlike Bush, Obama is lauded as an an extraordinary intellect and orator; yet here he makes a mistake that would be surprising if made by a bright high school student.

Mar 25, 2009 - 4:14 pm 50. fireyourguns:

Dave D:

Amen, brother! The sad part is that there will continue to be those that believe that this massive spending extravaganza will somehow miraculously improve the state of the economy. I can’t find anywhere in history where this ideology has ever proven effective, but can find plenty of instances of disasterous failure, the latest being the turmoil now facing the Japanese. Hell, even the communist Chinese know that the free market entreprenuer is what drives success. Obama’s teleprompter wasn’t initiated and manufactured by DC bureaucracy, but rather by private inventiveness and investment. I don’t understand the liberal mindset, and between you and me… I’m glad!

Mar 25, 2009 - 4:23 pm 51. Delia:

Now if 0bama could just admit he’s a SPED case in every other aspect of his life but even if he can’t ADMIT it he’ll show us with his actions and words anyway–unfortunately.

Mar 25, 2009 - 5:13 pm 52. Ole Miss Rebel:

For those of you who think there was absolutely nothing wrong with what the boy wonder said about special olympics I hope you never have to feel the pain of knowing that your child or grandchild is being made fun of by the President of the United States. Those children have more grace, pride, and dignity than he will ever have. My grandson was diagnosed with autism at the age of two and he is a bright happy little boy of 4 who is speaking and going to school and doing well. He will always have special needs but there is one thing for certain he in his innocent state will be far more of a decent human being than the idiot in the White House.

Mar 25, 2009 - 5:19 pm 53. Delia:

52. Ole Miss Rebel,

0bama doesn’t deserve to lick the feet of special needs children.

-But, that being said, I think 0bama truly is missing empathy, compassion and humanity and only thinks of himself in such insanely grandiose terms that I think he is far more ‘challenged’ emotionally, spiritually and mentally than any child born with disabilities who struggles to overcome them.

Zero is high on himself and he has no plans of caring about people suffering while he wines and dines and does the talk-show circuit. We have a ‘mental case’ on our hands if there ever was one…

Mar 25, 2009 - 6:11 pm 54. LeighB:

Ole Miss Rebel, yours is the best comment I have seen in a while. You are exactly right and the boy wonder was wrong. My best wishes to you and your grandson.

Delia has described it well, there is something really wrong with 0bama. At best he has faulty radar.

I hope someone is already adding text to the teleprompter for a speech to be given in a year or two that will remind us of LBJ’s words–I won’t get them exactly right from memory–”I will not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for President of the United States.”

Mar 25, 2009 - 7:48 pm 55. Edward A:

To read all these sympathetic words of people concerned about the poor, disadvantaged and others less fortunate, you might for a moment think you are on a ‘liberal’ web site. You can’t fool the American public, the Rushpublicans are not now and have not been for years known for their concern of the underprivileged, needy and impoverished.

And when you talk of gaffes, we have had for the past eight years the number one and only G.W. Bush…the very essence of the gaffe.

What a crock to read some of these comments.

Mar 25, 2009 - 8:13 pm 56. GB:

Edward, your comments made me laugh out loud, when one can finally make sense of what you are trying to say, you prove the point.

Skewer George Bush when he makes a gaffe, but when Obama does it, it’s okay, because he’s concerned about the underprivileged and the impoverished (although apparently he’s insensitive to those with special needs).

What predictably liberal, incoherent load of waste.

Mar 25, 2009 - 8:30 pm 57. Delia:

55. Edward A,

Riddle me this:

When Pubs Gaffe it’s a gas, gas, gasssssss! And the media LOVE IT and alllllllllll over it. Plastered everywhere and made fun of like a white on rice.

When Dems ‘Gaffe’ it’s, “Who did that? Wasn’t me?” Like the proverbial “fart in the elevator”…

-Aint it a shame when nobody wants blame?

I smellllllll you.

Ya stink!

Mar 25, 2009 - 8:52 pm 58. gnubi:

#55 Sorry but it’s a fact, we conservatives do care and one way we show it is by giving more, far more to charities than liberals. I suppose because it doesn’t fit the liberal narrative, it certainly wasn’t trumpeted by the MSM so you may have missed it.

My wife and I gave more to charities in actual dollars in one year than the all the reported donations of the P and VP. And their incomes dwarf ours. I suspect they confuse taxpayer money with their own and think they’re doing their part. Do a little research and you’ll find the results of the study.

What’s so shocking to me is that BO isn’t the brilliant, needs-no-experience, chosen one, as advertised. He’s not so smart, after all and that probably explains why he sealed his college records. He wasn’t about to let his grades be compared with Bush’s as happened with Kerry and Gore.

Mar 25, 2009 - 9:35 pm 59. Linda Benedict:

I can forgive Pres Obama for an off the cuff remark. He is a genuine person that does not harbour hate for his neighbours to the north or for anyone. What I CAN’T forgive is the Fox News show Red Eye and the obnoxious host Greg Gutfeld and all his insensitive rude guests insulting Canada when our troops are fighting side by side in Afghanistan. I bet the US troops didn’t see the humour in it either. He wants to invade Canada. HA!.What a joke. Remember the blonde girl in the USA pageant that was asked why 1/5 of the US students couldn’t find the USA on a map? and she COULDN”T answer it. Well, if they can’t find their own country how the hell will they find Canada?..and NO we don’t live in igloos and chew whale blubber…I believe Pres Obama will fix things as fast as he can, given the fact that BUSH took years to screw things up. But when a Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and the General in charge of fighting those that attacked the US under Bush’s watch are making statements that they demand a heartfelt apology, that proves there is a bigger problem in the US. I love the American people but letting Gutless off without any consequences is deplorable. The US is lucky to have President Obama. I think it’s great that he is down to earth with the people and not hiding in the White house. He wants to see and hear what his country is doing and going through. Bush did nothing to help Americans…look at Katrina…Gutfeld is an embarrassment to the USA and the world. Stop people like him, be offended by him..get him fired and spare President Obama for what happened. You know he means no harm to any special Olympian…

Mar 27, 2009 - 7:35 pm 60. Dave:

Tell me Edward A., when did President Bush make fun of people with disabilities or anyone else for that matter? When did he make comments about a typical {insert race here} person. When did President Bush do anything as lost as forgetting the number of states we have? President Bush spent 8 years speaking (many times without a teleprompter unlike the current empty suit) during which he made some grammatical errors and on a couple occasions got his words jumbled trying to hard to be funny or folksy. Obama in 2 months has exposed more really stupid and crass thoughts than President Bush did in 8 years.

And lets talk about your genius Biden and how he compares to VP Cheney. Biden is such a complete blubbering idiot that they have finally learned that they need to keep him hidden.

I am willing to cut Obama a break on this, but spare me the inane “Bush was worse” nonsense. You cannot type a sentence together and be that clueless.

Mar 27, 2009 - 9:32 pm 61. Someone75:

Wow – isn’t this exactly the sort of “political correctness” that you people whine about every day? “oh poor us – we can’t make fun of a black president!” Pot, Kettle – you know the rest.

Mar 27, 2009 - 10:12 pm