Comments on: What if John McCain had made that Crack about the Special Olympics?

By: Non-Kool-Aid-Drinker

Non-Kool-Aid-Drinker — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:25:10 +0000

Dad predicted Obama would make a fool of himself on Jay Leno. Nah, I said, he knows what he’s doing…

By: starrlife

starrlife — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:03:24 +0000

Well, I still like and respect the guy. I guess I can’t say the same for McCain alot of the time. I agree he just made a mistake but I still worry that he doesn’t get it at it’s deepest point. He did make me pretty mad. I’ll have to check out that link!

By: amysilverman

amysilverman — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:07:57 +0000

hey christa — what a huge compliment! first that you read this blog, and second that you’d compare it at all to rob’s — i’d never seen his but got a chance to look tonight and he’s one smart guy. i thought his take on the obama gaffe was right on. and he’s certainly making people mad! the best to you and thanks again. amy

By: christa

christa — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:10:03 +0000

Hi,

I’ve been lurking for months and have really enjoyed reading your blog. I hunted down your website after you were on This American Life.

I want to share another of my favorite bloggers with you, and let you see what he had to say on the Obama gaffe: http://www.schuylersmonsterblog.com/

If you have time, let me know what you think.

By: Kittymama

Kittymama — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:47:01 +0000

If the President couldn’t make the team bowling a 129 game, it was inaccurate as well. And we can’t have that. I tell Mr. Kittymama several times a week that jokes based on premises contrary to fact aren’t even funny to begin with.

Offensive, unforgettable, inappropriate, definitely warranting an apology — but I think the part that makes me a little sympathetic is that Obama was being self-deprecating and couldn’t think of a better touchstone. (He played way inadvertently deep into the stereotype that things like bowling and billiards should be easy even if you’re not athletic, so if you’re bad at them there must be something “wrong” with you, which just isn’t true, on multiple levels.) Would McCain slur someone merely to point out how bad he is at something?

Thing is, we know so much about McCain, why wouldn’t you be prone to take it worse? You gave your gut reaction some thought, so that makes you a better person than most. Your guilt is your pardon, if that makes any sense.

By: Molly

Molly — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:59:32 +0000

Hm, I hadn’t even thought about that. Interesting! I campaigned for Obama, voted for him, really like him.

I want to see what Obama does in the upcoming days. But, I feel like this is going to further the negative thoughts of those who supported Sarah Palin/Trig and still dislike Obama. It’s an opportunity for them to say “see? He doesn’t get it”

I’ll bet he is kicking himself now. But he can admit when he’s made a mistake. I like that.