Presidential gaffe?

Nah...self deprecating humor.

Relax everyone.

Yes, I heard the comment Obama made on The Tonight Show Thursday as I watched it and I immediately knew that he'd be roasted over the coals for that one.

My question is...why?

We've all done that at one point or another. He was merely stating that he sucks at bowling. I never thought that he was saying anything detrimental toward handicapped people. Yet somehow I knew that the media would jump all over it.

Should he have apologized? Of course (which he did)! Because he's the ultimate public figure and he knew that others would perceive it differently.

And why?

Because people, for the most part, are retarded!

Yes...I said it and I won't apologize.

And, once again, why?

Retarded,adj., slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development or academic progress. note: Merriam Webster also adds that the word is "sometimes offensive".

There's nothing wrong with the word in and of itself.

I know plenty of people who are emotionally retarded when it comes to relationships. I'm retarded when it comes to advanced science (and sometimes relationships but that's a story for another time ;) ) because I'm not wired that way.

I even have moments of retardation. Take today, for example. During a break in Final Four action, I switched over to the Padres-Cubs game briefly. I saw everyone sitting in the stands wearing sunglasses and light clothing. What was the first thought that ran through my head?

"How can it be that warm in Chicago?"

Immediately, I knew how retarded that comment was since I was slow to realize that it's still spring training and the Cubs are playing in Arizona!

The funny thing is that Obama never used the word. It's others who decided that's what he was trying to get across.

And he was in a way.

Because when it comes to being adept at the game of bowling, Obama is retarded.

We don't need him to bowl for us, though. We need him to fix the problems of the past administrations. In effect, that's what we hired him to do. Personally, I think he's the right person for the job. I didn't at first because he failed to impress me in the primaries. Since then, however, I've listened to him and watched him grow and I truly believe that in his heart, he wants what's best for America.

So hey retards...quit nitpicking, cut the BS and let him do his job. That goes for everyone else in society. We'd all be so much better off if we listened to George Carlin and adopt his common sense view of the world.

Language

Stop taking everything so literally and learn to take a joke once in a while. Contrary to what the Declaration of Independence says, we are not all created equal. Stop trying to pretend that we are and just enjoy life.

And for the do gooders and naysayers who find this line of thinking aberrant...remember, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone".

And I'm not even thinking of ducking...

That's one to grow on...