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President Obama Jokes About Being a Bad Bowler: 'It's Like the Special Olympics'
President Obama Jokes About Being a Bad Bowler: 'It's Like the Special Olympics'
blogs.abcnews.com — The first appearance by a sitting president on "The Tonight Show" may well end up being the... last. President Obama, in his taping with Jay Leno Thursday afternoon, attempted to yuk it up with the funnyman, and ended up insulting... (more) President Obama Jokes About Being a Bad Bowler: 'It's ...
Special Olympics Champ to Barack:  Bring it On!
Special Olympics Champ to Barack: Bring it On!
tmz.com — Filed under: Talk Sports , Barack Obama , Politix A bowling phenom in the Special Olympics has... just challenged Prez Barack Obama to a White House roll-off ... and he'll probably kick Barack's butt.Kolan McConiughey, a Special Olympics competitor who ... (more) Special Olympics Champ to Barack: Bring it On!
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  • RBinTN RBinTN
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    I wasn't particularly surprised at President Obama's remark, because he seems to genuinely care only about the Iranians. Too bad for the President that they don't care what he thinks.
    Posted 3/20/2009 respond (flag)
  • RBinTN RBinTN
    +1
    I wasn't particularly surprised at President Obama's remark, because he seems to genuinely care only about the Iranians. Too bad for the President that they don't care what he thinks.
    Posted 3/20/2009 respond (flag)
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President Obama Makes 'Special Olympics' Crack on Leno
Politics Daily — ... Update 3: Over at Hot Air, Captain Ed and Allahpundit are dueling it out over whether to make a big deal out of this. ...

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Blue Crab Boulevard — ... : Towards the end of his approximately 40-minute appearance, the president talked about how he’s gotten better at bowling and has been practicing in the White House bowling alley. He bowled a 129, the president said.“That’s very good, Mr. President,” Leno said sarcastically. It’s “like the Special Olympics or something,” the president said. Obama’s spokespeople have already apologized. A good discussion about this over at Hot Air with Ed Morrisey and AllahPundit taking two different tacks on this. Morrisey quotes ...

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Not to Worry
Weekly Standard Blog — ... My apologies to everyone offended by jokes about bombing our enemies. I'll have to stick to less offensive topics approved by Obama--like jokes about events for the mentally handicapped. ...

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Blogometer — ... ): Hot Air 's Allahpundit was one of the few conservative bloggers who defended Obama: "[H]onestly, I tire of this politically calculated outrage. We all know what he meant; it was politically incorrect, but more political incorrectness among our political elite is all to the good. Lay off." THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Obama's Challenge ...

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Politics Daily — ... audio here. This of course isn't really news, but it's better than writing a story with a name like "GOP Rift on Need for Alternate Budget." #1: President Obama Makes 'Special Olympics' Crack on Leno By Tommy Christopher Nov 7th 2008 8:02PM Update 3: Over at Hot Air, Captain Ed and Allahpundit are dueling it out over whether to make a big deal out of this. ...

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