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Special Olympics bowler: I can beat the president!
AP ^ | Mar 20, 2009 | COREY WILLIAMS

Posted on 03/20/2009 1:38:31 PM PDT by ari-freedom

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - The top bowler for the Special Olympics looks forward to meeting President Barack Obama in an alley.

"He bowled a 129. I bowl a 300. I could beat that score easily," Michigan's Kolan McConiughey (KO-lahn Mc-KAHNA-he) told The Associated Press in an interview Friday.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barackobama; bho44; bowler; bowling; joebowler; obama; president; specialolympics; tonightshow

1 posted on 03/20/2009 1:38:31 PM PDT by ari-freedom
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To: ari-freedom
Oh, the score... *sigh*
2 posted on 03/20/2009 1:39:57 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: ari-freedom

Kolan.....you will be getting a call from the White House to come nd bowl with Obama, and you WILL beat him.


3 posted on 03/20/2009 1:40:19 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ari-freedom

If you click on the link and read the caption to the photo of this young man, you can see a palpable example of the AP in full bendover, ObamaMedia mode.

Disgusting.


4 posted on 03/20/2009 1:41:38 PM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: ari-freedom
"He bowled a 129. I bowl a 300. I could beat that score easily,"

Is it good that we have the socialist-in-chief off message instead of him continuing to do harm, or is it bad that he has us distracted while he finishes the destruction of our economy?

5 posted on 03/20/2009 1:41:50 PM PDT by TurtleUp (Turtle up: cancel optional spending until 2012, and boycott TARP/stimulus companies forever!)
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To: ari-freedom

Sounds like he could be bowling on the PBA.


6 posted on 03/20/2009 1:42:00 PM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: Caipirabob

Let 0bama bowl Kolan McConiughey for the presidency. I bet Kolan would be better than the lower colon we have now.


7 posted on 03/20/2009 1:42:19 PM PDT by Lou Budvis (0bama Lied and the Market Died)
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To: Springman; sergeantdave; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; ...

If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.


8 posted on 03/20/2009 1:42:23 PM PDT by grellis (I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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To: ari-freedom

Oh, don’t bother “beating” him,

just kick him in the nuts.


9 posted on 03/20/2009 1:42:42 PM PDT by MrB (irreconcilable: One of two or more conflicting ideas or beliefs that cannot be brought into harmony.)
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To: ari-freedom
I bowled a 300 on my Wii console ONCE. The weirdest thing was I was nursing a back injury and was hopped up on Vicodin when I bowled the 12 straight frames with strikes.


10 posted on 03/20/2009 1:45:18 PM PDT by lormand
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To: Caipirabob

It’s a good bet Kolan knows more about economics the Obama as well.


11 posted on 03/20/2009 1:46:29 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: lormand

that pic now goes to my profile collection


12 posted on 03/20/2009 1:46:59 PM PDT by ari-freedom ( Hail to the Dork!)
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To: ari-freedom

how did O’Bummer get a 129??? did he use bumpers?


13 posted on 03/20/2009 1:47:17 PM PDT by Vaquero ( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Vaquero

no, the teleprompter bowled for him


14 posted on 03/20/2009 1:49:16 PM PDT by ari-freedom ( Hail to the Dork!)
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To: ari-freedom

Hell I’d be damned surprised if Zero could correctly pronounce the kid’s name.


15 posted on 03/20/2009 1:49:23 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: MrB
Oh, don’t bother “beating” him,
just kick him in the nuts.

And tell him it is from 200 million people with intellectual disabilities, in 180 countries that are served by the Special Olympics.

16 posted on 03/20/2009 1:50:08 PM PDT by vox_freedom ("If God be for us, who is against us?" -- Romans 8:31)
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To: ari-freedom

It just occured to me that Obama probably doesn’t have thick enough skin to make it in the Special Olympics.


17 posted on 03/20/2009 1:50:20 PM PDT by hoe_cake (" 'We the people' tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us." Ronald Reagan)
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To: ari-freedom

“He’s bowled five perfect games since 2005.”

Wow!


18 posted on 03/20/2009 1:50:46 PM PDT by kenth (Obama - One Big Ass Mistake, America)
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To: ari-freedom; paulycy
Our FRiend paulycy made it.

paulycy, will that picture link stay around for a while? If not, we can move it to a more perm location.

19 posted on 03/20/2009 1:50:51 PM PDT by lormand
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To: ari-freedom

Now just imagine if George W. Bush made a disparaging comment in public about the handicapped.


20 posted on 03/20/2009 1:51:38 PM PDT by Professor_Leonide (I said to the young man who showed me a photo, "Who can ever be sure what is behind a mask?")
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To: lormand

Not weird at all.

Extreme pain is far more of a distraction than extreme relief of pain.


21 posted on 03/20/2009 1:51:47 PM PDT by Califreak (111th Congress: Destroying America With Reckless Abandon)
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To: vox_freedom

There was an SNL episode where they had Richard Jewell come in and punch Janet Reno in the stomach...

and they implied that it was a weekly appointment.


22 posted on 03/20/2009 1:51:50 PM PDT by MrB (irreconcilable: One of two or more conflicting ideas or beliefs that cannot be brought into harmony.)
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To: ari-freedom

Obama ‘The Ringer’...


23 posted on 03/20/2009 1:53:03 PM PDT by griswold3 (a good story is more compelling than the search for truth)
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To: Vaquero
how did O’Bummer get a 129??? did he use bumpers?

I think that's his 3-game series total.

With bumpers.

24 posted on 03/20/2009 1:55:03 PM PDT by rock_lobsta (Atypical Crustacean)
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To: ari-freedom
Special Olympics bowler: I can beat the president!

No, Sir, MSM and ACORN will leave you no chance!
25 posted on 03/20/2009 1:55:45 PM PDT by alecqss
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To: Vaquero

He should hire this guy as an advisor as well-

snip The 35-year-old McConiughey has been bowling since he was 8 or 9. His advice for Obama? Practice every day. snip
Maybe Obama should practice being a better person, a better speaker, and certainly a better President. The campaign is over “B.O.” get on the stick...


26 posted on 03/20/2009 1:56:02 PM PDT by lfrank
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To: ari-freedom
no, the teleprompter bowled for him


27 posted on 03/20/2009 1:57:15 PM PDT by Vaquero ( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: ari-freedom

I’ll bet his IQ is higher than Obama’s too.


28 posted on 03/20/2009 1:57:48 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (YES WE CAN have a Depression.)
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To: lfrank
The campaign is over “B.O.” get on the stick...

He will and it belongs to Frank Marshall Davis.

29 posted on 03/20/2009 1:59:39 PM PDT by Vaquero ( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: ari-freedom
Tard in Chief:


30 posted on 03/20/2009 1:59:47 PM PDT by Lizavetta (Politicians: When they're not lying, they're stealing.)
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To: ari-freedom
Sure, he says that he scored a 300, but was he keeping his own score? :)
31 posted on 03/20/2009 2:00:20 PM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (...but, it was already impossible to say which was which.)
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To: ari-freedom
Obama is a camera hog—he loves to be in the limelight. Now it is time to atone for that wretched remark he made yesterday.

Have the fellow in the article challenge the Zero to some bowling , get some high dollar sponsors and all proceeds are to go to the Special Olympics.

In addition, the Zero puts up a thousand dollars per strike the other guy makes. And an additional 10K should he bowl a perfect game.

It would be good camera time for Zero, the press would go bonkers, ESPN could get rights to the ‘bowl-off’ with substantial $$ going to Special Olympics for said rights. There would be a huge audience on TV, the Special Olympics would benefit greatly and the Zero would redeem himself a bit, a very little bit.

32 posted on 03/20/2009 2:01:12 PM PDT by Tarheel (Go Wildcats!)
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To: ari-freedom

Nice!


33 posted on 03/20/2009 2:01:52 PM PDT by syriacus (Obama's economy has a Leftward twist and is heading to the gutter, like his bowling ball.)
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To: Ann Archy

It’s more likely that the guy will be attacked by the President’s press secretary.


34 posted on 03/20/2009 2:03:15 PM PDT by Busywhiskers ("There is a time when panic is the appropriate response." Eugene Kleiner)
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To: ari-freedom

This will be turned into a circus sideshow — all that will be missing is a barker shouting, “Live, living, and breathing on the inside!!!” How much more humiliating can it get for disabled people.


35 posted on 03/20/2009 2:03:21 PM PDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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To: ari-freedom

“He’s bowled five perfect games since 2005.”

Impressive. There aren’t many fully able folks who can say that.

For the record, I think my best game ever was a 140.


36 posted on 03/20/2009 2:04:00 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Hitler was a great speaker too, and HE didn't need a teleprompter.)
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To: ari-freedom
The top bowler for the Special Olympics looks forward to meeting President Barack Obama in an alley.

Right about now, he's just one of millions who tote the same attitude.

37 posted on 03/20/2009 2:04:01 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, Question everyone else)
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To: ari-freedom
Obama will milk this for all it is worth, making it seem he loves everyone.

At the same time, he has signed orders that make it legal for people with special needs to be aborted in the womb when it is detected they aren't "perfect" like Barack and Michelle.

This is from the caption below the picture at the link:

President Barack Obama made an offhand remark on "The Tonight Show" Thursday comparing his bowling to "the Special Olympics or something." He quickly apologized and told the Special Olympics chairman he wants to have some Special Olympic athletes visit the White House to bowl or play basketball.
He did not quickly apologize. If he did, it would have been on the show after he said it.

I don't think he even thought about it until after the show when he was alerted that the whole country was talking about his disdain for those not "normal" like him.

"Bowl or play basketball"

He will bowl and lose if he follows through with this threat to bring one of these imperfect (in his opinion, see his abortion stance) people to his Mansion.

It will be interesting if he plays basketball with any special Olympian, I'm sure he will use his teleprompter to tell him when to miss a basket.

He may be a wonderful Present of The United States, but as a person he is a despicable elitist.

38 posted on 03/20/2009 2:04:11 PM PDT by Syncro (Qui non intelligit, aut taceat, aut discat)
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To: ari-freedom

He could probably beat him on the economy too.


39 posted on 03/20/2009 2:06:04 PM PDT by maggief
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To: ari-freedom; Bender2
Special Olympics bowler: I can beat the president!

Well, uh, little special person, uh, I am the Wizard of Uh and if I could use a teleprompter I uh, could, uh, beat that score.

40 posted on 03/20/2009 2:06:40 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("From hell's heart I stab at thee... I spit my last breath at thee." ~ Khan Noonien Singh)
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To: EGPWS
LOL

But like Obama said last nite, when he plays basketball at the tennis courts at his Mansion, the Secret Service are around with guns so the other team will be intimidated into not winning.

The inference was that the USSS would shoot them if they pull ahead, but he may have been just kidding.

41 posted on 03/20/2009 2:07:10 PM PDT by Syncro (Qui non intelligit, aut taceat, aut discat)
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To: ari-freedom

I left a friendly message for our dear pres. at whitehouse.gov “I prefer those at Special Olympics to run the country, God knows they would outperform you.”


42 posted on 03/20/2009 2:12:20 PM PDT by partyright
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To: Syncro
The inference was that the USSS would shoot them if they pull ahead, but he may have been just kidding.

It's not a joke.

Thems fightin' words.

To be expected by no more than a community organizer.

43 posted on 03/20/2009 2:17:35 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, Question everyone else)
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To: Caipirabob

Good for the Special Olympian! It was interesting to see the biased media’s coverage of BO’s “slip-up.” I predicted to a co-worker that they would give him a pass and they did. Just imagine ... Oh God, just imagine if George Bush or Newt Gingrich had said that. To the liberal mid-stream media the comment would be seen as “evidence” of “mean spiritedness” on behalf of ALL REPULICANS and conservatives. To me, the little joke by Obama was personally offensive and I’m not just saying that because I’m a conservative. I have WORKED and VOLUNTEERED in the Special Olympics. I wonder if High Horse Barry has ...


44 posted on 03/20/2009 2:18:29 PM PDT by chippewaman
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To: EGPWS
The USSS is a good organization, with many top notch people working there.

I hate to see Obama attempt to make them into thugs like those he hung out with in Chicago.

The Clinton's despised the Secret Service, and treated the like servants and bell boys.

Once Hilliary asked a SS guy to carry her bag and he told he no, he has to be able to get to his weapon if necessary.

45 posted on 03/20/2009 2:28:22 PM PDT by Syncro (Qui non intelligit, aut taceat, aut discat)
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“and he told he no”

Freudian slip, but her gender has been questioned in the past.

Second he was supposed to be “her”

46 posted on 03/20/2009 2:29:57 PM PDT by Syncro (Qui non intelligit, aut taceat, aut discat)
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To: MrB
There was an SNL episode where they had >>>

If SNL hadn't been totally bought into the Obama hysteria of support, I'd like to see a new one of teen Elian Gonzales punching AG Eric Holder for sending him back to the gulag that is Cuba.

47 posted on 03/20/2009 2:44:28 PM PDT by vox_freedom ("If God be for us, who is against us?" -- Romans 8:31)
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To: All

JOE BOWLER.


48 posted on 03/20/2009 5:06:19 PM PDT by omega4179 (Don't spread my wealth, spread my work ethic.)
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To: lormand

My pictures are up on a google server (snicker) and I don’t plan on taking them down.

Still, you are free to save, copy, use, fold, spindle, mutilate or whatever any of my pictures. I just do them for fun and to afflict the liberal...;0)


49 posted on 03/21/2009 3:57:43 AM PDT by paulycy (BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
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