Rahm Apologizes for Privately Calling Liberal Activists "Fucking Retarded"

[RockX]

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel apologized to the head of the Special Olympics today after the Wall Street Journal reported the fiery Chicagoan privately called a group of liberal activists "f---ing retarded."

Last August, Emanuel "showed up at a weekly strategy session featuring liberal groups and White House aides," the Journal's Peter Wallsten reported lastTuesday."Some attendees said they were planning to air ads attacking conservative Democrats who were balking at Mr. Obama's health-care overhaul. 'F—ing retarded,' Mr. Emanuel scolded the group, according to several participants. He warned them not to alienate lawmakers whose votes would be needed on health care and other top legislative items."

A White House official confirms that Emanuel made the remark and reports that Emanuel called Tim Shriver last week when the Journal story first appeared to apologize to the disabled community and the apology was accepted.

"The White House remains committed to addressing the concerns and needs of Americans living with disabilities and recognizes that derogatory remarks demean us all," the official said.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalp...ately-calling-liberal-activists-retarded.html



First Obama and now Rahm, they really must hate retarded people.

 

[DamnYankee]

Its always the liberals who call folks they don't agree with "retarded".

 

[Canceled2]

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel apologized to the head of the Special Olympics today after the Wall Street Journal reported the fiery Chicagoan privately called a group of liberal activists "f---ing retarded."

Last August, Emanuel "showed up at a weekly strategy session featuring liberal groups and White House aides," the Journal's Peter Wallsten reported lastTuesday."Some attendees said they were planning to air ads attacking conservative Democrats who were balking at Mr. Obama's health-care overhaul. 'F—ing retarded,' Mr. Emanuel scolded the group, according to several participants. He warned them not to alienate lawmakers whose votes would be needed on health care and other top legislative items."

A White House official confirms that Emanuel made the remark and reports that Emanuel called Tim Shriver last week when the Journal story first appeared to apologize to the disabled community and the apology was accepted.

"The White House remains committed to addressing the concerns and needs of Americans living with disabilities and recognizes that derogatory remarks demean us all," the official said.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalp...ately-calling-liberal-activists-retarded.html



First Obama and now Rahm, they really must hate retarded people.

This is too funny!

 

[Adam Weinberg]

That's retarded. I bet I could find Special Olympians who think apologizing over this kind of stuff is retarded.

Some people are retarded, and they're not special retarded. They're just dumbasses and they should be called out on it from time to time. And he was calling his own side that name, not someone he was necessarily against. I run into people like that on my side in politics all the time.

I think being sensitive to other people is a very good thing, and alienating others is not a good policy for people who want to lead, but let's not be ridiculous.

I wouldn't hold this against him.

 

[Canceled2]

That's retarded. I bet I could find Special Olympians who think apologizing over this kind of stuff is retarded.

Some people are retarded, and they're not special retarded. They're just dumbasses and they should be called out on it from time to time. And he was calling his own side that name, not someone he was necessarily against. I run into people like that on my side in politics all the time.

I think being sensitive to other people is a very good thing, and alienating others is not a good policy for people who want to lead, but let's not be ridiculous.

I wouldn't hold this against him.

For me it's just about holding up the mirror of hypocrisy. Liberals are always claiming to be the PC crowd of sensitivity correctness. Laughing a little at their expense is hardly making a big deal.

The only ones who may have a right to make a big deal would be persons who this might offend, right?

 

[Adam Weinberg]

Maybe it is hypocrisy and maybe it isn't.

Rahm Emmanuel has never been a saint. He's foul mouthed and has a temper and would say something like this off the cuff.

 

[cawacko]

That's retarded. I bet I could find Special Olympians who think apologizing over this kind of stuff is retarded.

Some people are retarded, and they're not special retarded. They're just dumbasses and they should be called out on it from time to time. And he was calling his own side that name, not someone he was necessarily against. I run into people like that on my side in politics all the time.

I think being sensitive to other people is a very good thing, and alienating others is not a good policy for people who want to lead, but let's not be ridiculous.

I wouldn't hold this against him.

I think Palin was calling for him to step down. I can understand having a retarded kid would make one more sensitive to comments like this but calling for someone to lose their job? That's more PC run amok to me regardless of who's doing it.

Reminds me of when Tiger said he putted like a spaz one time and he got totally ripped for using the word spaz.

I'm not suggesting people should be using these words without any concern because words obviously words have meanings but in this case I find it hard to get too upset over.

 

[Timshel]

I use "retarded" all the time. I am not attacking the handicapped.

But maybe I should find a new word to express a very stupid/ignorant person. Oh yeah, Republican. Let me try it out...

That's fucking Republican.
You're so fucking Republican.
What a Republican.

Yeah, that works for me.

 

[Minister of Truth]

I agree with Rahm, they are fucking retarded.

 

[Topspin]

It's very funny, leave it to the room temperature IQ ditz with a retarded kid to spew the false outrage all while speeding past the 17,000 murders number like it were a parking lot speed bump worn out.

 

[Damocles]

It's very funny, leave it to the room temperature IQ ditz with a retarded kid to spew the false outrage all while speeding past the 17,000 murders number like it were a parking lot speed bump worn out.

Which murders are those?

While I believe that it is foolish to play this game and start trying to limit still more speech through "outrage", it is understandable that a woman with a retarded child might have a particular sensitivity to the term.

 

[Topspin]

USA gun murders, the Alaska ditz is unable to discuss per previous agreement with the NRA tools.

 

[Jarod]

IT was a very discusting comment. I dont talk like that and I dont know anyone who does. If I did I would not know them for long.

 

[Topspin]

IT was a very discusting comment. I dont talk like that and I dont know anyone who does. If I did I would not know them for long.

Your gay in a non sexual way, that explain your lack of common sense. That's exactly how the common man talks. Get the fuck out of the country club once in a while, your clients will benefit.

 

[Jarod]

Your gay in a non sexual way, that explain your lack of common sense. That's exactly how the common man talks. Get the fuck out of the country club once in a while, your clients will benefit.

I dont use the word retarded as an insult, neither do my friends or any of the people I associate with.

My Country Club is municipal, its very cheap and anyone can join.

 

[Canceled2]

Which murders are those?

While I believe that it is foolish to play this game and start trying to limit still more speech through "outrage", it is understandable that a woman with a retarded child might have a particular sensitivity to the term.

The reason the term "retarded" is offensive is because like the term "nigger" it has been used to demean a specific segment of the population.

 

[Topspin]

I dont use the word retarded as an insult, neither do my friends or any of the people I associate with.

My Country Club is municipal, its very cheap and anyone can join.

I use it, all my friends use it, my kids use it. My tennis club is private and rich and many use it. It's false outrage political correctness gone mad (my term for gay). Nobody means a mentally challanged kid they mean stupid

 

[Jarod]

I use it, all my friends use it, my kids use it. My tennis club is private and rich and many use it. It's false outrage political correctness gone mad (my term for gay). Nobody means a mentally challanged kid they mean stupid

I understand, but you are insulting the mentally challanged by using the same word as an insult.

 

[Topspin]

I understand, but you are insulting the mentally challanged by using the same word as an insult.

No I'm not they are retarded they don't understand, I'm stroking the false outrage morons who like to step over homeless and murder victims to spit on someone wearing fur.

 

[Damocles]

The reason the term "retarded" is offensive is because like the term "nigger" it has been used to demean a specific segment of the population.

Not even close. The term mentally retarded is a medical term, it is often used as an insult towards those who are not mentally retarded to describe them as less than they are.

There was never a drive for "equal but separate" bathrooms for mentally retarded people. They were never kept as slaves, nor is the word used as a pejorative towards the actual group it describes. The word "n*gger" is entirely different.

It is, IMO, wrong to start using the same Newspeak and Newthought cleansing in order to "get" a political opponent when you also fight against "politically correct" at a different time. Either we all fall subject to Newthink, and should have our lives and livelihoods threatened for speaking "politically incorrectly" or we shouldn't. I don't like the oily feel of hypocrisy used to play gotcha politics.