Barack Obama Sits Down With Jay Leno
44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, plopped down on the Tonight Show couch next to Jay Leno Thursday night in Los Angeles, reaffirming his role as one of the most personable Commander in Chief that America has ever known!
President Obama is the first President in office to ever appear in-studio on late night TV, not counting former prez Bill Clinton's memorable appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show prior to the '92 election.
Obama's only slip-up?
His controversial remark comparing his bowling skills to that of the Special Olympics!!
Take a peek at the President's somewhat insensitive comment around the 20:50 mark.
[Video via Hulu.]
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what a dumbass.
I knew he was going to get shit for that…
who gives a shit.where is rob??
I find it ridiculous that he is getting away with this! He apologized to the president of the Special Olympics but not the public he offended. He has some talking head do that for him? Not acceptable!
His remark ment to empower "Special Olypians"{HA}At least this is what I "HOPE".This is such a refreashing "CHANGE".Keep up the good work.I "HOPE" your brackets end up like your bowling-HeeHee
Re: aj – Honk!
wow!!! what a little fuck how dare he say that!!!! this is YOUR leader america intelligent, funny, and INSULTING, great going OBAMA!!
You should make it so everyone can watch it not everyone live in the states.
whatever, you cannot make a joke anymore without offending somebody. let's drop it and let's not be prudes.
I LOVE OBAMA!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED THIS LAST NIGHT. I NEED TiVO
I am proud to say that I have been a volunteer for the Special Olympics for 16 years. What Obambam said was terrible. He should directly apologize to all of the heroic and brave participants of the Special Olympics!!!!!!! I feel this is the first of many terrible things to fly out of his mouth.
Bush has said so much worth, with his dumb ass sense of humor. Obama is an elegant, well articulated, intelligent man, that can be funny.
Gee, where was all the moral outrage when Bush and the evil Cheney were waging an unjust war? This gaffe pales in comparison.
If Bush had made that comment, it would've been ALL OVER the news and he would've been critized like hell. But this has barely been mentioned by the mainstream media… so typical.
What's next? Showbama is going to make a special appearance on The Hills? He's such a famewhore.
You all know that if Bush had said the same thing he would have been crucified, and rightly so!
That was a highly unfeeling, uncaring, UNAWARE thing to say! Having this douche in office is no better than having Tommy Lee in office.
get back to work, this is v old news.
Going on Leno in the first place is very un-presidential. What an embarrassment.
SOMEWHAT insensitive?????
Really….If a political conservative said anything even remotely this insensitive they would be tarred and feathered….run out on a rail……….Lynched??
Let's be fair and balanced….that remark was really uncalled for…just another notch in the belt of bad judgements Obama is making.
He apologized to Shriver before the show even aired though
Can you imagine if Bush had said that, or Sarah Palin. It would have been all over the New York Times, NBC, etc. Keither Olbermann would have made a special comment about it. But, because it's the first black president, we have to be careful and not hurt his feelings or Al Sharpton will be all over it. It's only been two months, and I'm tired of Obama already.
Oh please, get over it. There are other things we need to worry about that's going on in the world. He made a joke…WHO GIVES A FUCK!! GET OVER IT!
Uhhh who cares? Someone will do something tomorrow that makes it all fade away. He said something probably a lot of us would have said and were just joking around. He's only been in there for 60 days. Give the guy a break.
he should fire the guy who typed the 'special olympic' comment into his telepromptor
That Special Olympics remark was freakin' hysterical!! This nation is positively FULL of overly-sensative babies who whine at the littlest g'damn thing. Don't know if the appearance itself will turn out to be good or bad - kinda bizarre for a sitting pres to be on a late-night comedy type show (considering our current national condition) BUT, on the other hand, maybe if citizens see him laughing & being more upbeat, they will begin to feel a little more confident in the US, which can only be a good thing.
That statement was IGNORANT and pompous.
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TOTUS was not present for that interview obviously!
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paahaha he did a great job . when he said the special olympics thing, both me and my boyfriend went "Uh-ohhhhh!" hahhaa
See what happens when you don't bring your best friend (the ever present teleprompter) along to help you out??
~~~~IF THIS IS THE WORST SLIP-UP HE HAS, I'LL BE HAPPY. ALTHOUGH HE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT, DO YOU REALLY THINK OBAMA HATES THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS OR THE PEOPLE THAT COMPETE IN THEM? ABSOLUTELY NOT…HE IS A VERY COMPASSIONATE PERSON. SHALL I START A LIST OF BUSH'S SLIP-UPS? I DON'T THINK I HAVE ENOUGH TIME IN THE DAY…~~~~
A couple hundred thousand to fly his dumb ass out there….let's waste some more money! He should be spending his time trying to get people in his cabinet & doing his job…instead of trying to make people like him.
Do your job! Your approval ratings are going DOWN!!
Our country is in shambles & this retard (pun intended) still thinks he's campaining. Maybe his teleprompter can tell us what the plan for helping this economy will be.
oh please, get over it. Obama has been very busy filling out his NCAA brackets, bowling, vacationing, campaigning, playing basketball, doing the celebrity and planning weekly cocktail parties to worry about incensitive, unpresidential comments
Re: froggyfrog –
Libs brush off every dumb ass remark this clown makes because he's THEIR dumb ass. "It's not WHAT he says, it's HOW he says it." Libs are just dirt bags and hypocrites.
He is a sitting president. he should stop doing PR for himself on the tonight show and his wife on the cover of Vogue and they should start working. this comment is unacceptable from anyone, let alone a president. why is it okay to make fun of the disabled? he just made it okay! ASSHOLE.
its like when someone slips up and says the dreaded 'N Word' it might have been an insensitive joke but liberals always say its evidence of whats in his heart. Well, i guess we know what is in Obama's heart.
He called the Special Olympics committe on the way home and gave a heartfelt apology. Has anyone never made a joke like that.
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I see a lot of people saying things like, my sister is a parapoligic and we're really offended. My brother has been ina wheelchair since he was nine and it's called having a sense of humor, okay? It's not like he flapped his arm against his chest yelling, "dart, dart, dart!"
Calm the fuck down…the problem wasn't that he reference special olympics, the problem is that a majority of the audience/nation (as shown through here) are idiots and didn't understand the context of his remark. OH NO! HE SAID SPECIAL OLYMPICS! Yeah? he wasn't referring to the retards that participate in it, he was referring to how everyone gets a medal. Jay was complimenting him and he said "this is like the special olympics" because of that, not because he was comparing himself to a retard…seriously, there was nothing offensive in the comment.
Re: mamto2many – Getting away with it? What should we do, shoot him?
If this were a Republican or conservative politician not only would Perez be freaking out about it but the media would be more to. Hes pretty much an idiot. he knows it too since he is one of the only Presidents to refuse to release his college records, lol, or provide a birth certificate for that matter. I mean Bush didnt get the best grades but he released them, and Obama said this will be the most transparent Presidency ,lol, what are you trying to hide Obama? Oh and i would like all of you Obama suppporters who read this to look up how he promised to read the entire stimulus bill which the AIG bonuses were written in to!!! And now he doesnt want them to go through and he thinks they are wrong but wait Obama…you said you would read through the entire document to approve it. IDIOT! and LIAR!
Am I the only one who thinks it ludicrous that the leader of the free world is on a talk show for celebrities? I am surpised this ass didn't show a clip of his upcoming movie or pitch a book or something…wake up people, you voted in an empty suit…we're fucked!
He is such a DOUCHE BAG!! Yet U elected this moran. Can't wait til you and the rest of his sheep realize what a HUGE mistake you made.
OBAMA = One Big Ass Mistake America
Where was his teleprompter during all this? Now I understand why he sleeps with it, he sticks his foot in his mouth whenever he's without it. And people thought Bush was bad. Ah….. to four years of endless comedy.
Charmer, I would totally agree with you, in fact in most cases I do. However I just spent the last four years watching ANOTHER president with absolutely NO speaking finesse get raked over the coals for every minor statement he flubbed (And yes, I know there were a ton of them).
You're right that people ARE over-sensitive, HOWEVER, a better way for him to have remedied this situation would have been, oh I don't know. I just know that I am already sick and effing tired of Obama being given a pass on shit just because he's black.
He fucked up and he needs to own it.
THAT WAS A HUGE FUCKUP!! I'M GLAD THE LIBERAL MEDIA DIDN'T IGNORE IT LIKE I WAS EXPECTING THEM TO.
Re: TexasBaby –
Shut the fuck up. What about that mistake you and the rest of the idiots made for the past eight years. You republidicks make me laugh. Suck on Obama's dick.
ShOwbama is such an insensitive stupid fuck! He has no respect for people with disabilities, and he is such a douchebag!
It's nice to see how our president can sit there and laugh talk about his soon to be spoiled kids getting a dog they will get bored of in a week while America hits the shitter financially. He's there laughing not worrying about how he is going to pay his bills while Americans lose sleep at night over them losing their house.
He owes apoligy to all Americans with disabilities. Just because we have a disabilty does not entitle anyone (yes, even the president) to use for a punch line. The president is suppose to stand up for all Americans…this jerk just set the rights for the disabled back 100 years…good going. You still proud of your man?
Oh, perez, you forgot to post the video of him thanking Mr Obama using the teleprompter…now that was funny
Ok douche-nozzle, relax! It says more about YOU than President Obama that you automatically assumed he was dissing the Special Olympic athletes. Maybe he was trying to say "Hey, I am as GOOD as a special olympic athlete. Yay me!"
Re: beeneegrl –
It was on the front page of the Los Angeles Times. Get your facts straight.
Re: Charmer – AMEN!!!
he is a complete and total moron…who has only made the situation in this country worse. it is going to be long 4 years…i hope all you idiots who voted for him are happy now. love the whole aig screwup too…it was his people who messed it up…nobody else. apparently they were in a rush or something. a bunch of idiots.
I hate him. Less than 100 days in and he's already messing up. Let the takedown begin….
Not cool, Obama, not cool!
Those of us who want a future with freedom and opportunity in America had better join the Tax Day Tea Party movement. Our government is OUT OF CONTROL.
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They are spending billions and trillions of our dollars, passing laws outlawing organic farming in the name of "food safety," and the House just passed a bill that will look to require mandatory "volunteer" service for young people. It speaks of uniforms and camps - make that "campuses."
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Obama has called for a civilian defense force "as powerful as and as well-funded as the military." If you know anything about how dictatorships have developed in other countries, you will recognize this as a HUGE DANGER, disguised in innocent-sounding language. Organize, and FIGHT BACK.
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obama called the director of the special olympics before this show was even aired to apologize for making the comment and that it was inappropriate and wasn't intended to embarrass people associated with the olympics or those who are mentally challenged.
they're inviting some of the athletes to the white house to improve obama's bowling skills.
SOMEWHAT INSENSITIVE MARIO? If it were about FAGS you would TRASH OBAMA! IT WAS INSENSITIVE - ESPECIALLY OF A PRESIDENT TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT! To bad sheeple are so in love with this jackass. It seems without his writers and a teleprompter this ass can't seem to say anything right.
Re: MsMykie7 – Agreed! When someone fucks up, they need to own up & deal with it. he's apologized. I tend to think that so many things like this are taken as a direct insult by individuals, rather than in the context it was initially spoken in. I sure agree that I don't want another president that can't pull his foot outta his mouth long enough to suck down somemore oxygen!
That was good… thanks Perez!
Ooo looks like Hulu pulled the plug!
Re: aj – #6 HONK, HONK, HONK!!!!!!!!!!!
Retarded people suck at bowling, big deal.
Re: Snacktime – Did they?
Wouldn't it be nice if our sitting president acted presidential for once. Time to get off the talk show circuit, stop feeding your ego because Washington doesn't, and do your job Mr. Obama! Gee…we're only in the biggest financial crisis in our history! This is your priority??
If you actually paid attention, Obama was comparing Leno's reaction to his bowling score to the reaction that a player in the Special Olympics might get, ya'll know how that goes. Leno was clapping for him and making an obvious joke off to the side implying that a bowling score in the 120's is not very good but then clapping enthusiastically for Obama again, THATS when Obama made the comment. You losers are completely blowing it out of proportion. Just the mere mention of 'Special Olympics' makes you want to go on the attack.
I was also kinda offended when he said they are going to give inscentives to people going into teaching, medecine, social work…something to that effect anyway. He said professions that actually help people rather than be an investment banker just making money and not giving back. I agree with the sentiment but think he should be judging anyone.
Somewhat insensitive? If anyone besides The Messiah had said this — especially a Republican — the press would have had a fit. It's amazing what he says when he doesn't have a teleprompter.
Obama is a worthless piece of shit.
Dear putz,
Bill Clinton was RUNNING for Pres when he appeared on Arsenio Hall.
He's a prick.
Re: gimlet123 –
Exactly! get to working! Do ur job already!
What Is The Big Deal? He Was Joking People Simmer Down! I Still Think He Is Doing Way Better Than Bush! @ Least He Is Trying To Make America Better!
You know the real funny thing is about this?
The people outraged by his joke are the ones who more than likely found humor in the "Barack the Magic Negro" song and the NY Post Chimp/Stimulus cartoon.
Hypocrites I tell ya.
I call it his second slip up. His first one: using tax payer dollars to be on a talk show to keep up his "celebrity" status…
I LOVE OBAMA! He's amazing!
I mean.. he's got a point lol
What is the big deal about that again !
Re: TexasBaby – aww it's cute cause you're so very stupid
He's an idiot. Can't believe he's President.. He'll have 4-year term and that's it!
I understand that Mr. Obama's comment were intended for a laugh but there is nothing even remotely funny about making fun of people with special needs. I suppose he was trying too hard to be funny. He should sincerely make a formal apology to the country so we can all move on.
"Some-what" insensitive??? Seriously? I doubt people that are intellectually and physically handicapped would agree that the President was somewhat insensitive. If George Bush said something remotely close, the liberals (and you) would be all over his back in a heartbeak. I am sickened that there is such a double standard in this country. This man is not the second coming of Christ like everyone believes.
his ONLY slipup? that's a pretty fucking big slip up- how insensitive and stupid for a PRESIDENT to say.
Re: jengoddes1 – Amen sister!
Re: KLK1889 – he's the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, "the rest of us" are not.
thank god i didn't vote for that idiot! he has to apolize to all the especial people of the whole world….. !DUMBASS!
Stop being a bunch of pansies.. like you all don't make the occasional insensitive comment. Nit pick, nit pick, nit pick. That's all anyone does. I like seeing the more chill side of the pres, even though Bush would've been strung up for saying that.
"somewhat insensitive"?????? if GWB had said this, the entire country would be in an uproar trying to impeach him and he would be on the cover of EVERY SINGLE paper and magazine. Having double standards is not an attractive quality..
#41……………YES, yes, that is what should be done!! he should be shot!!!
thanks you fucking dirt bag libs who voted for this monster. he should be doing his JOB, not leno, not white house social evenings EVERY wednesday, picking his march madness………………….
Re: courtney77 – that's the main quality of a liberal……..having double standards!!
If Bush had said this, or any republican, he would have been slammed. But Obama says it and we just ignore it. It isnt fair. A president should be above the people, the leader, not amongst them. And he shouldnt call out individuals like Liddy, he may be handsome but he isn't impressing me so far.
Re: TexasBaby – HAHAHAHAHA…….Moran….Its moron, stupid ass. Im from texas too, don't makes us all look like idiots.
This must be why democrats have a jackass for their party's mascot. He certainly has the ears and teeth of a jackass.
Get off your high horse and stop being all woe is me. Non of you are mentally challenged, and the people that are won't even understand the joke. I'm so sick of people getting offended by stuff that doesn't even apply to them.
And he is doing his job, we are in a different kind of world then we were years ago. He's reaching out to the younger generation and the people who might not watch his interviews normally by going on Jay Leno. And they did not just speak about personally issues more than half of the interview was them talking about the issues. He's only been in office for 59 days, as he said these issues cannot be fixed completely overnight.
well i think its funny
"Somewhat"???? He was mocking the Special Olympics. Get your head out of his ass Perez.
I think that the folks who nail him for this comment are hypocrites. If you are offended by someone who never intended to hurt you, then you need to grow up. Look to your own faults, particularly the venom you direct at others. Be gracious enough to accept his apology.
Could this just be a peek into what he REALLY thinks of ALL AMERICANS? And how can someone who comes from a group So Sensitive to any Criticism or Racism as they love to call it MAKE SUCH A DISGUSTING COMMENT ABOUT SOME OTHER HUMAN BEING? The ysay his joke wasn't that funny but he is NO FUNNIER in what he is doing To America is he?
Republican propaganda
In my experience I have found No black is sensitive to any group but his own AND they are very quick to tear down everyone else with their own RACIST comments?