Saturday, March 21, 2009
Just imagine ...
In case you didn't hear ...
President B. Hussein Obama stepped away from his Teleprompter and appeared as a guest on Jay Leno's show earlier this week. Leno asked Obama if his bowling game had improved -- Obama famously made a fool out of himself at a bowling alley during the heated '08 primaries -- and Obama quipped that he's his high-water mark on the bowling alley is now 129, "like the Special Olympics."
Obama has issued the requisite apology, and a great many individuals have stepped forth to defend him. Well good for him, and them.
If George W. Bush had ever made an off-color comment 'bout mentally-disabled individuals, it wouldn't have taken several days for his comment to become news. Indeed, an entire 24-hour news cycle would've been devoted to his "oops" quip, starting mere minutes after he'd said it; and a tepid "I'm sorry" through a spokesperson wouldn't have provided enough contrition to satisfy the punditocracy and Democrats in Congress. Oh, no ... Bush's opponents wouldn've have been satisfied until they'd seen him cry like Jimmy Swaggart in the pulpit.
You know I'm right, too.
Update:
Gov. Sarah Palin has (rightfully) slammed Obama, as has California first lady Maria Shriver.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, on the other hand, defended Obama. "I know where his heart is at [sic]," Schwarzenegger said.
Yeah, A'nold, we know why you know where Obama's heart is. You're hoping the feds will spread enough cash around to bail out your high-tax, budget-busting, deep-in-the-hole state.
President B. Hussein Obama stepped away from his Teleprompter and appeared as a guest on Jay Leno's show earlier this week. Leno asked Obama if his bowling game had improved -- Obama famously made a fool out of himself at a bowling alley during the heated '08 primaries -- and Obama quipped that he's his high-water mark on the bowling alley is now 129, "like the Special Olympics."
Obama has issued the requisite apology, and a great many individuals have stepped forth to defend him. Well good for him, and them.
If George W. Bush had ever made an off-color comment 'bout mentally-disabled individuals, it wouldn't have taken several days for his comment to become news. Indeed, an entire 24-hour news cycle would've been devoted to his "oops" quip, starting mere minutes after he'd said it; and a tepid "I'm sorry" through a spokesperson wouldn't have provided enough contrition to satisfy the punditocracy and Democrats in Congress. Oh, no ... Bush's opponents wouldn've have been satisfied until they'd seen him cry like Jimmy Swaggart in the pulpit.
You know I'm right, too.
Update:
Gov. Sarah Palin has (rightfully) slammed Obama, as has California first lady Maria Shriver.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, on the other hand, defended Obama. "I know where his heart is at [sic]," Schwarzenegger said.
Yeah, A'nold, we know why you know where Obama's heart is. You're hoping the feds will spread enough cash around to bail out your high-tax, budget-busting, deep-in-the-hole state.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Saturday, March 21, 2009 
