Obama: "It was like Special Olympics or something"

You 'Mericans will never be happy no matter WHO is the president, face the facts.

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well, the people will be happy when i become president

 

The joke was pretty funny. The fact that the president is getting in trouble over it....now that's hilarious.

 

obviously.

 

You're a tough crowd.

 

haha, what a great pres...

with a great choice of words

 

Somebody call me when he starts seeing WMD in random Middle Eastern countries. Bye, now.

 

laughing at our leaders is our true pastime.

 

kthxbai.

 

Special Olympics Bowler Offers Obama Bowling Tips



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Tim Maloney, a 38-year-old with Down Syndrome who has been bowling for 30 years, said the president needs to practice more if he wants to bring his recent score of 129 anywhere close to his average of 165.
President Obama joked Thursday that his bowling ability was suitable for the Special Olympics, a comment for which he later apologized.

But one Special Olympics bowler has a few tips for the president on how to improve his score.

Tim Maloney, a 38-year-old with Down Syndrome who has been bowling for 30 years, said the president needs to practice more if he wants to bring his recent score of 129 anywhere close to Maloney's average of 165.

"Focus, take his time, and relax" were the simple-but-effective tips Maloney offered the president in a phone interview Friday with FOXNews.com from his home in suburban Milwaukee. "Keep your eyes on the alley."

Maloney also competes in basketball, golf and track and field. In 2007, he won the gold in the 800-meter speed walk and a silver in the 400 meter speed walk at the international Special Olympics in China.

But Maloney said he enjoys bowling most, because "I stay around my dad and my friends and loved ones."

Maloney comes from a bowling family. His father, Larry Maloney, said he bowls a 190; his mother, Nancy bowls a 160; and his sister, Shawn, who also competes in the Special Olympics, bowls a 125.

Obama bowled 37 on the campaign trail last year, drawing hoots of derision from supporters and detractors alike.

Appearing on "The Tonight Show," the president told Leno he'd been practicing at the White House's bowling alley but wasn't happy with his score of 129. Then he rolled a gutter ball by quipping: "It was like the Special Olympics or something."

On his way back to Washington on Air Force One, Obama called the chairman of the Special Olympics, Tim Shriver, to say he was sorry -- even before the taped episode of the "Tonight Show" aired late Thursday night.

Click here for Shriver's official statement.

Shriver accepted his apology but told FOX News on Friday that the joke still stung.

"This is a population that struggles every day to be accepted," he said. "It's the population that has as its greatest challenge to not be humiliated, to not be made fun of, to be valued every day.

"Children going to school with special needs are trying to find ways to fit in, trying to find ways not to be the butt of a joke," he added.

But Shriver gave the president credit for his vision.

"This is a moment where the president realized right away he was the pupil in this lesson," he said.

Click here for analysis of Obama's decision to appear on the "Tonight Show."

 

That's adorable!

 

You can't talk as much as Obama does without fucking up. I voted for him, but now I just want him to shut the fuck up! Does the man ever get tired of talking? What is his problem? :cuss:

 

am i the only person in america who has never bowled higher than 115?

 

You're forgetting the special olympics.

 

i really suck at bowling. doesn't mean it's not still one of the funnest things to do, ever.

 

do you have any idea how many people refer to the "special olympics" in their everyday lives in order to make reference to them sucking at something? no one gets offended by them...why does Obama matter? He's just a person making stupid references and the entire country gets all uppity over it.

 

Haha, I know, right? It's ridiculous.

 

But if some fake conservative like Bush said it, you would not hear the end of it.

I could not care less about what Obama said, I just think it's funny how people will go after some people, yet defend others for doing or saying the same thing.

 

i am. i am constantly being offended by that and by speech or writing peppered with the words and phrases like "retarded", "special needs" and "short bus" as a way to insult or humiliate. i wasn't always so sensitive to this issue, but raising an autistic child has made me realize what people go through, constantly being publicly humiliated due to something completely beyond their control.

 

because he's the great holy obama. got WAY TOO MUCH of that. call this normalization. i'm loving it straight down to my smug, petty little toes.