The new political correctness

Subject: The new political correctness Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:41 am

apparently, it's now ok to make jokes about handicapped people.

when the man holding the highest office in the land can go on Leno and make a laughing comparison to his own bowling skills as being 'Special Olympics bowling' and the crowd loved it, you know we've turned a corner.

as somebody who did volunteer work with the Special Olympics and watched these kids in their moments of small victories and know what this means to them and their families, i kinda didnt see the humor in Obama's little 'joke.'

i'm waiting to see if there'll be any backlash over this from the mainstream media. i'm gonna go out on a limb and say, 'no.' he'll get a complete pass.

meanwhile, Pres. Bush's elderly mother made an insensitive remark about the Katrina victims and we still have to hear about it. Rolling Eyes

Subject: Re: The new political correctness Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:19 am

It's all about which party can make the biggest whooplah about something like this. Since the liberals have their poster boy in the Oval Office, then they are going to say nothing about this. It's only politically incorrect to say something when it's offensive to the liberals. You should know that by now.

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Subject: Re: The new political correctness Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:54 pm

alldatndensum wrote:: It's all about which party can make the biggest whooplah about something like this. Since the liberals have their poster boy in the Oval Office, then they are going to say nothing about this. It's only politically incorrect to say something when it's offensive to the liberals. You should know that by now.

*sigh*
yup. i know by now. i just cant help but dream of that magical Utopia when everyone is held to the same standard, no matter the color of their skin or whether they have an [R] or a [D] by their name.

Subject: Re: The new political correctness Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:03 pm

alldatndensum wrote:: ..... Since the liberals have their poster boy in the Oval Office, then they are going to say nothing about this..............

Also remember the media elected this administration for us. They spent almost the entire year of 2007 making it look like the presidential race was only between Clinton and Obama. Now that "their candidate" is in the whitehouse they aren't about to malign the man, it would be like admitting they made a mistake.

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Subject: Re: The new political correctness Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:36 pm

Of course Glenn Beck covered this in detail, and I heard it as news on USA Radio Network. They say he called the president of the Special Olympics with an apology and the Special Olympics Pres. acted as though Jesus had phoned him.

But the mainstream wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.

I say it's time for either impeachment and/or assassination. Wink

It's a good thing that you work with the handicapped kids, but the
handy-crippled get my goat. You know the ones. Crippled when it's "handy". NOTHING wrong with
them, but they throw that ~~damned~~ darned blue tag in the windshield and get the good parking spots at Wal-Mart.

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