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| | *On March 3 2009, President [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama]] ridiculed children with disabilities on [[Jay Leno]]'s program when answering a question about his bowling prowess. Obama said "It was like Special Olympics." <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb-ZSZNaCc0</ref><ref>[http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities_blog/2009/03/barack_obama_jay_leno_and_the.html Barack Obama, Jay Leno and the Special Olympics line] Newsday.com, March 20, 2009</ref> <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3aRxTTgaI&annotation_id=annotation_900911&feature=iv</ref> [[File:Obama on Leno.jpg|thumb|400px|left|Obama on Jay Leno's ''Tonight Show'',<br> March 3, 2009.]] The CEO of the Special Olympics defended the program noting the President had "set us back decades with his comments."<ref>http://www.necn.com/Boston/Politics/2009/03/20/Obamas-comment-sets-us-back/1237552251.html</ref> Gov. [[Sarah Palin]], whose youngest son Trig was born with Down syndrome, reacted, "This was a degrading remark about our world's most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world." In her resignation speech as Governor of [[Alaska]], Palin stated: "[T]his decision comes after much consideration, and polling the most important people in my life - my children, where the count was unanimous. In response to asking: 'Want me to make a positive difference and fight for ALL our children's future from OUTSIDE the Governor's office?' It was four "yes's" and one "hell yeah!" ... much of it had to do with the kids seeing their baby brother Trig mocked by some pretty mean-spirited adults ..."<ref>http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/2009/07/full-text-of-palins-resignation-speech.php</ref> | | *On March 3 2009, President [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama]] ridiculed children with disabilities on [[Jay Leno]]'s program when answering a question about his bowling prowess. Obama said "It was like Special Olympics." <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb-ZSZNaCc0</ref><ref>[http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities_blog/2009/03/barack_obama_jay_leno_and_the.html Barack Obama, Jay Leno and the Special Olympics line] Newsday.com, March 20, 2009</ref> <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3aRxTTgaI&annotation_id=annotation_900911&feature=iv</ref> [[File:Obama on Leno.jpg|thumb|400px|left|Obama on Jay Leno's ''Tonight Show'',<br> March 3, 2009.]] The CEO of the Special Olympics defended the program noting the President had "set us back decades with his comments."<ref>http://www.necn.com/Boston/Politics/2009/03/20/Obamas-comment-sets-us-back/1237552251.html</ref> Gov. [[Sarah Palin]], whose youngest son Trig was born with Down syndrome, reacted, "This was a degrading remark about our world's most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world." In her resignation speech as Governor of [[Alaska]], Palin stated: "[T]his decision comes after much consideration, and polling the most important people in my life - my children, where the count was unanimous. In response to asking: 'Want me to make a positive difference and fight for ALL our children's future from OUTSIDE the Governor's office?' It was four "yes's" and one "hell yeah!" ... much of it had to do with the kids seeing their baby brother Trig mocked by some pretty mean-spirited adults ..."<ref>http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/2009/07/full-text-of-palins-resignation-speech.php</ref> |
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| | + | *The extreme [[liberal]] website Wonkette carried a series is grotesquely disparaging remarks directed at Trig Palin on his 3rd birthday. Wonkette only relented and removed the content after Papa Johns, Huggies, the Vanguard Group, Holland America Cruises, Nordstrom, Bob Evans Farms, Reliant Energy, DealSwarm and Coldwell Banker joined in a boycott and pulled thier advertising from the site.<ref>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/wonkette-loses-ads-after-trig-palin-post/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OTB+%28Outside+The+Beltway+%7C+OTB%29</Ref> |
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| | *News24 of South Africa has on its website an obituary for [[Ronald Reagan]] entitled, ''Gay about Reagan's death''. <ref>[http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1538744,00.html ''Gay about Reagan's death''], News24, 07/06/2004.</ref> and quotes Jon Beaupre, a gay journalist and Los Angeles radio talk show host as saying, "I have a feeling that an awful lot of [[gay]] people are going to be cheering, that 'Ding-dong! The wicked witch is dead'." | | *News24 of South Africa has on its website an obituary for [[Ronald Reagan]] entitled, ''Gay about Reagan's death''. <ref>[http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1538744,00.html ''Gay about Reagan's death''], News24, 07/06/2004.</ref> and quotes Jon Beaupre, a gay journalist and Los Angeles radio talk show host as saying, "I have a feeling that an awful lot of [[gay]] people are going to be cheering, that 'Ding-dong! The wicked witch is dead'." |
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| | *[[Liberal]] talk radio host Mike Malloy lashed out at [[conservative]] commentator [[Glenn Beck]], a recovering [[alcoholic]], told his radio audiend "I have good news to report. Glenn Beck appears closer to suicide. I'm hoping that he does it on camera....given his alcoholism and his tendencies towards self-destruction, I am only hoping that when Glenn Beck does put a gun to his head and pulls the trigger, that it’s on television, because somebody will capture it on YouTube and it will be the most popular little piece of video for months."<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=52109</ref> | | *[[Liberal]] talk radio host Mike Malloy lashed out at [[conservative]] commentator [[Glenn Beck]], a recovering [[alcoholic]], told his radio audiend "I have good news to report. Glenn Beck appears closer to suicide. I'm hoping that he does it on camera....given his alcoholism and his tendencies towards self-destruction, I am only hoping that when Glenn Beck does put a gun to his head and pulls the trigger, that it’s on television, because somebody will capture it on YouTube and it will be the most popular little piece of video for months."<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=52109</ref> |
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| − | *Congressional [[Democrats]] wrote into the so-called "[[health care reform]]" bill of 2009, the outdated and offensive language, "A hospital or a nursing facility or intermediate-care facility for the ''mentally retarded'' . . ." (emphasis added).<ref>http://www.nypost.com/seven/07262009/news/nationalnews/retarded_house_bill_181448.htm</ref> Families of the learning-disabled, mental health experts, and advocates were outraged at the insensitivity of the proposed language in the new law (a rare example of liberals criticizing their own, albeit hypocritically).<ref>http://patterico.com/category/political-correctness/</ref> | + | *Congressional [[Democrats]] wrote into the so-called "[[Obamacare|health care reform]]" bill of 2009, the outdated and offensive language, "A hospital or a nursing facility or intermediate-care facility for the ''mentally retarded'' . . ." (emphasis added).<ref>http://www.nypost.com/seven/07262009/news/nationalnews/retarded_house_bill_181448.htm</ref> Families of the learning-disabled, mental health experts, and advocates were outraged at the insensitivity of the proposed language in the new law (a rare example of liberals criticizing their own, albeit hypocritically).<ref>http://patterico.com/category/political-correctness/</ref> |
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