Two politicians mentioned the Special Olympics recently. You decide, which one of these leaders has class?
Barack Obama on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno:
Sarah Palin addressing the 2009 Special Olympics in Boise, Idaho:
The answer is obvious, isn’t it? Surely the great ObamaMessiah, touted as the greatest orator and politician of our time should no better than joke about people with disabilities, right? Apparently not.
Can you image the uproar the media and the left would have had over this had President Bush made the same joke? A scowling Meredith Viera would have shaken her head in disgust and spent hours of Today Show air time on sensitivity training and the harmful effects of the joke on our culture. CNN would have had hour long specials about Special Olympians. Hollywood would hold telethons raising money for disabled children with Kayne West telling the world that George Bush doesn’t like Special Olympians.
But Obama said it. So all is well.
(Thanks to HotAir for highlighting the Palin video. The contrast couldn’t be more stark.)
He has hurt many families in America. He needs to say he is sorry in the public, not to an organization.
In addition, someone who claims to have experienced prejudice and stereotypes throughout life, and has written about them in great detail, should be more sensitive and refined from life’s lessons.
Furthermore, Obama claimed he was going to have the world think ‘highly’ of America again. Will this joke help?
For someone who spoke of equality as a creed. Does this joke match that philosophy?
For someone that said he would stand for all people. Does this stand up for those that participate in the special Olympics?
The fact is Obama claimed a higher standard. To much is given, much is required.
Obama has just showed us that ‘yes we can’ destroy what a campaign stands for with a single joke.
During the campaign for the White House in 2008, the media criticized Palin for being ‘common,’ ‘not-polished,’ ‘not-compassionate’ and ‘not presidential.’ However, compare Sarah Palins attitude in this video created three weeks ago for the Special Olympics in Boise, Idaho.
You decide the more ‘presidential’ among them. Watch: http://tinyurl.com/ccz6nj