Comments on: OBAMAONLENO: Post game https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Sevesteen https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532888 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:26:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532888 I’m pretty much the opposite of an Obama fan, but being upset about this is just looking for things to be upset over. I’ll save my ire for policies.

]]> By: Jordan https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532887 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:51:11 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532887 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 â??common,â?? ‘not-polished,’ ‘not-compassionate’ and â??not presidential.â?? However, compare Sarah Palins attitude in this video created three weeks ago for the Special Olympics in Boise, Idaho.

You decide the more â??presidentialâ?? among them. Watch: http://tinyurl.com/ccz6nj

]]> By: Wayne Conrad https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532886 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:38:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532886 Greg, You nailed this one. It’s much ado about nothing.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532885 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:14:15 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532885 Lou: Right. I think when they held a press conference to complain that Obama was going to California that snuffed out the barely detectable ember of credibility that may have been burning in the bottom of some overfilled ashtray in some smelly back room.

But their strategy is a little (but not much) smarter than it looks. The smear-brats (consulting experts for the Reps) are simply trying to add a modicum of cost to Obama’s public appearances. They have noticed that his popularity ranking goes up every time he appears in public and opens his mouth, even if he makes an occasional goof (which is actually very very rare and always very minor).

It was not just Leno yesterday. He totally kicked ass in his town hall meeting earlier (the day before or that morning, can’t remember).

]]> By: Lou FCD https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532884 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:38:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532884 Does anybody actually still care what the conservative blogsphere has to say?

…anybody with a brain, I mean?

At this point, they’ve surely jumped the shark on pure stoopid, right?

As long as they’re kept in their straight jackets and away from any sort of power, the whole lot of them are only good for mocking practice to alleviate boredom.

]]> By: The Science Pundit https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532883 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:41:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532883

Did he apologize? Really? Why should he?

Because he’s a politician.

]]> By: Mankel https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532882 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:37:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532882 Did he apologize? Really? Why should he?

“My volley-ball skills are not even at a pair with the ones required for a Special Olympics national team of Andorra.”

“Maybe I could make it into a Special Olympics bowling team.”

If someone has to apologize for things like that, something is very wrong.

]]> By: Ruth https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532881 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:53:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532881 And frankly, the gears are turning for the first time in years and years on ameliorating both situations.
I don’t know … the NCAA crisis is still pretty much a quagmire …

]]> By: Danny J https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532880 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:52:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532880 Not everyone is up in arms: Mainly the disaffected and defeated and unimportant.

]]> By: Rosa https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532879 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:49:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/20/obamaonleno-post-game/#comment-532879 There are so many clips of news media pundits criticizing the President for going on the show in the midst of a crisis :http://www.newsy.com/. But come on, we elected the mad to run the country I think he is capable of multi-tasking on very basic levels. For example, he was in LA to conduct Townhall meetings about the economy. He also talked about policy initiatives on the show it doesn’t cut into his time anymore than an interview with Barbara Walters would, but b/c it is an entertainment show everyone is up in arms. His statement about the Special Olympics was wrong but he apologized and not because the press told him to like other politicians.

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