Barack Obama’s Special Olympics gaffe not only sparked outrage around the country, but it sparked many comments and e-mails worthy of this “Mail Bag” special. I just want to take this time to thank everyone that commented and e-mailed, whether featured on this page or not. Let’s start with those that agreed with me:
Jax put the comments in perspective for us on the “Barack Obama Reads This Blog” post:
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
Reaganite Republican, who writes a great conservative blog, left this comment on the same article:
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.
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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-
Of course, with great postivive comments, there had to be some negative:
kimi33 sent in this e-mail regarding the special olympics comments:
You conservatives just have to have something to criticize, don’t you? Those who have never made an off-color comment can cast the first stone. It was just a slip that doesn’t deserve all this unwarranted coverage from “Faux Noise”. Conservatives keep saying Obama should have been fixing the economy instead of be on Jay Leno, so instead of coverring Jay Leno the conservative media should cover the economy.
Love from the left,
kimi
And to you, kimi: What about when Bush made an off-color remark? Did you jump on the MSDNC (See, I got funny nicknames too) bandwagon and talk about it for days? Heck, in the days after Bush did something comparable to this the Clintons could have bombed Canada and would receive no coverage from MSDNC and the majority of media outlets. The fact is, they can treat it like a non-story all they want, but it doesn’t erase the fact that Barack is a insensitive windbag hypocrit. Have a great day!
So that wraps up the latest Mail Bag segment for now. Once again, thanks to all that commented, and if your comment wasn’t featured send in another one on another article!
What was your favorite comment? Do you think kimi had the same attitude towards John McCain when he couldn’t remember how many houses he had? Leave your comments below and you may end up in the next Mail Bag!
Thanks for reading!
Rick
Thoughts From Around the Blogosphere: Reaction to Van Jones’s Resignation and Controversy
I haven’t done one of these in a while, but there so much fun so I’m about to start again. For those that don’t know how this works, I google blogsearch “Van Jones” and take a random sampling of the results and clip out important bits, as well as throw in some of my favorite bloggers’ thoughts. Here’s the blogosphere’s reaction to the resignation of former green jobs advisor, Van Jones:
DPGI- the aftermath
Quipster
Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias
The Transporter
Newsreal (I strongly recommend reading this article, it’s one of my favorites regarding Jones)
The Political Inquirer
Citizen Obie
Betsy’s Page
All American Blogger
California Conservative
The Lonely Conservative
Glenn Beck
What’s your say on the resignation of Van Jones? Leave your comments below or send an e-mail to theconservativejournal@gmail.com. Don’t forget to bookmark The Conservative Journal and sign up for the RSS Feed and the daily e-mail newsletter.
Thanks for reading!
Rick
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