Another day, another Presidential gaffe.
But then came the foot-in-mouth moment: "It's like the Special Olympics or something," the president said.
That's no way to talk about the Treasury! You're going to hurt Timmy's feelings!
Or maybe the President is referring to the State Department? Or his own gag gifts to the UK?
It began with the president joking about how bad a bowler he is.Toward the end of his approximately 40-minute taping on the "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," Obama talked about how he'd gotten better at bowling and had been practicing in the White House bowling alley.
"I bowled a 129," he told Leno.
"That's very good, Mr. President," Leno said sarcastically.
But then came the foot-in-mouth moment: "It's like the Special Olympics or something," the president said.
Oh, bowling. Well gosh, he should apologize ASAP.
"He expressed his disappointment and he apologized, I think in a way that was very moving," Tim Shriver, the chairman of the Special Olympics board, told "Good Morning America" today. ..."He was very sincere, expressed an interest and an openness in being more engaged in the movement and said he was a fan of the movement and I think importantly he said he was ready to have some of our athletes over to the White House to bowl or play basketball or help him improve his score."
I look forward to President Obama's televised basketball and bowling match-ups against the Special Olympians.
