Today I heard Rush Limbaugh berate Pres Obama for his Special Olympics comment.

lpbk2713

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Tue Mar-24-09 02:55 PM
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Today I heard Rush Limbaugh berate Pres Obama for his Special Olympics comment.

Edited on Tue Mar-24-09 02:56 PM by lpbk2713

He said it was thoughtless and inconsiderate to "make fun of handicapped people".

And just to set the record straight ....

<----- It was THIS Rush Limbaugh.

:eyes: :eyes:

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Bluzmann57

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Tue Mar-24-09 02:56 PM
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1. And Michael J. Fox was just faking

limbaugh just plain sucks swamp water. And he sucks down Oxycontin.

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ErinBerin84

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Tue Mar-24-09 02:59 PM
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2. I read that

Elisabeth Hasslebeck of The View was harping on the joke yesterday, and when the other hosts said that at least Obama has apologized, she DUMPED water from a glass of water she had on the FLOOR and squealed "OH, I DROPPED SOME WATER! I'm SORRY. TOO BAD IT'S ALREADY ON THE FLOOR!"

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Kookaburra

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Tue Mar-24-09 03:14 PM
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5. Too bad someone didn't slap her stupid face then apologize

to her for that. What a dumbass.

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YOY

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Tue Mar-24-09 02:59 PM
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3. Don't ever expect his listeners to make that connection.

Or even realize that this man would call Obama's shit stinker than his roselike turds 10 out of 10 times.

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City Lights

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Tue Mar-24-09 03:00 PM
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4. Rusty Lumpdick is nothing if not a hypocrite. nt

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KamaAina

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Tue Mar-24-09 03:18 PM
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6. Breaking: There was no Special Olympics comment

Edited on Tue Mar-24-09 03:29 PM by KamaAina

http://www.ncil.org/resources/whamv7i7.html#announce1

The media is currently running wild with the rare opportunity to confront President Obama on his poor choice of words during last week's appearance on Jay Leno. But is this a typical case of wording that demonstrates underlying bias? We often report on stories of discriminatory language in the WhAM! because language is important to our community and the advancement of our civil rights.

Is it possible that the outrage being expressed by the media and the larger public is a manufactured outrage, put forth not by people with disabilities ourselves, but instead by able bodied people who assume our voices?

During the interview, Obama does not state that his poor bowling score is "like the Special Olympics," as the media keeps insisting. Obama's remark was that Leno's sarcastic comment, "That's very good, Mr. President..." was like the Special Olympics.

His remark demonstrated that he understood that he was being treated as "special" because of his position; when in reality he should be held to the same standards applied to society as a whole. Isn't that what we all want? We fight in this movement to prove the worth of people with disabilities and demonstrate that the contributions we make to society are valuable. When we are treated as "special" we are invariably segregated and marginalized, and the opportunity to contribute to our communities is marginalized as well.

edit: This is from the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)'s Weekly Advocacy Monitor (WhAM!)

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RaleighNCDUer

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Tue Mar-24-09 03:20 PM
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7. Oh, don't get technical, now.

Outrage is so much more fun.

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FLyellowdog

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Tue Mar-24-09 03:23 PM
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8. Almost an exact copy of what I posted last week!

I stand by my original interpretation of what happened. Glad to see someone else agrees with the possibility. Thanks for the link. :hi:

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Belial

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Tue Mar-24-09 04:20 PM
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11. Doesn't matter.. Prez O said the buck stops with him.. Smile

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TheCowsCameHome

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Tue Mar-24-09 03:57 PM
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9. Looks like he is choking on Viagra tablets. Quick, Call 9-12

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kimmerspixelated

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Tue Mar-24-09 04:17 PM
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10. Limpballs is like a pathetic child

ALWAYS<ALWAYS, looking for attention. He makes his living out of being outrageous. Please let's not give him any more attention. He was riding high a coupla weeks ago, and now he's hell bent on stirring things up for the ratings!

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