Comments on: Obama makes crass “Special Olympics” joke during Jay Leno interview

By: miss Holly

miss Holly — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:07:34 +0000

lighten up and let's laugh at ourselves for a change. Life can be tough enough without looking for things to complain about

By: Mr BRMBRM

Mr BRMBRM — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:50:44 +0000

Did anyone notice Leno asking whether they were putting in a basketball court in the whitehouse too? That was perhaps also racist but I don't hear any complaints about that. I wonder how offended Obama was of that as not all black men play basketball. I make disability jokes at work with my friends and so do they. We also joke about weight, etc amongst ourselves too AND apologise regularly if we think we have crossed "the line". He did apologise, end of story as far as I am concerned. Perhaps we can just be a tad too precious at times.

By: Cassi

Cassi — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:54:14 +0000

He did do the right thing by ringing up the chair person of the Special Olympics committee and apologise.

If he hadn't then yes it would have been bad taste.

By: Tom Tuohy

Tom Tuohy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:54:36 +0000

It was unfortunate, It was in poor taste. It was dumb. Most importantly it was acknowledged as all those things by the man who said. Now that is refreshing. Acknowledgment. Sincere apology. And an opportunity to elevate the discussion. Lets move on – and up.

By: Honor Kavanagh

Honor Kavanagh — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:41:04 +0000

The comment was in bad taste, that's for sure. Even worse, I've been listening to a lot of talkback radio hosts today who have basically said on the subject, "Aw, what the heck, I say the same sort of thing myself all the time in private." Shame.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:56:03 +0000

i thought it was bad bad bad