Rahm Apologizes for Privately Calling Liberal Activists "Retarded"

abc ^ | 2/2/10 | Jake Tapper

[Nachum]

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. "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.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[Cicero]

You just can’t make this up. This gang just can’t stop dissing the Special Olympics. What a bunch of re . . . Oops!

[Huskrrrr]

Of course any Republican would have resigned by now.

[junta]

Another Wall St. alum doing well when he instead should be doing good like moving to a third world poverty center like Detroit, renouncing his wealth and helping the poor.

[Obadiah]

I don't necessarily agree that he needs to apologize, but this happened last AUGUST. He's only now apologizing? It shows his heart. If he were sincere he would have apologized last August, but now that he got called out he's apologizing solely for political expediency's sake. Pffft..

[Nachum]

a bunch of

crooks

[McLynnan]

His vocabulary is as refined as any 14 year old boy. Obama should be proud his chief of staff represents the White House so articulately.

[hondact200]

Apology is not accepted. First the pissant offends special olympics with his bowling comment in his first year than the chief of staff calls citizens “f... ing retards, in the second year. I have many clients that are developmentally disabled whom are working part-time jobs, plus getting social security disability. These same people have the ability to vote. Guess what they vote republican. Instead of continually apologizing from the pissant and chief of staff, think before you Morons speak. maybe the Whitehouse needs to hire a person whom has no physical or mental disabilities. The current people whom work in the O administration have a disability that is hindering them it is called STUPIDITY. There is no treatment for this disability other than sticking their heads in the proverbial sand repeatedly. Many of the develpmentally disabled have already vowed no vote for a Democrat - No for Stupak, No for Stabenow, No for the Democratic Candidate for Governor. 2010 and the disabling stupidity is a handicap that O will not overcome.

[McGruff]

Bush Palin's Fault!

[Le Chien Rouge]

Rahm Apologizes for Privately Calling Liberal Activists “Retarded”

Rahm, went ‘Full Retard’ in his comments.

One NEVER goes Full Retard.

[GranTorino]

They need to apologize to the country, not just the director of the Special Olympics.

[MadelineZapeezda]

He apologized cause Sarah fb’d the story! Smackdown!

[FrankR]

"Rahm Apologizes for Privately Calling Liberal Activists "Retarded"

The ONE TIME he was RIGHT...and he apologizes.

[george123]

Sarah Palin beat him. She asked for his resignation because of his remark. Nailed him!

[Colonel Kangaroo]

It’s scary when you realize that their side has the monopoly on compassion and our side has the monopoly on meanness. We must be really rotten.

[SES1066]

Just like Obama himself, when he made the comment on Leno(?) that disparaged our less-abled brothers and sisters, the forgiveness is sought within the liberal community. Thus the Kennedy-Shriver family serves as their enablers to show how apologetic they are without any embarrassing need for actual contrition or face time with an actual victim.

Good for Governor Palin for calling him on the carpet. As usual, the toothless-towards-liberals media could not be bothered. What a surprise ... /sarc

[ConservativeMind]

Rahm is “f’n retarded,” and that’s meant as a compliment.

[Reaganez]

Well, even a brocken clock is right twice a day.

[Col Frank Slade]

It shows he got caught.

[Freddd]

Again deception.

He never called ‘liberal activists’ that. He called the Democrats who wouldn’t go along with the government takeover and rationing, that.

[WOBBLY BOB]

leftist+retard= “libtard”.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Who's Rahm to call anyone f'ing retarted???....

[MrB]

The liberal worldview is based on the idea of a superiority and inferiority hierarchy of humanity, with the elites at the top deciding everything for those further down the “value” scale, with those at the bottom subject to death for not being valuable enough to continue to consume resources.

[MrB]

Political correctness forbids truth telling.

[MaxMax]

Now we know where 0bamao got his gaff about special Olympics,
and another reason 0bamao must use TOTUS, so he doesn't gaff every sentence.

[investigateworld]

Now I'm certain Rham is a DUFunnies lurker!

(Uh speaking of the mentally challenged, I can't seem to spell Charles H's name, so would ya ping him for me?)

[homegroan]

Go Sarah!

[homegroan]

I’m just going to sit back, sip my coffee and stare at 2 words that give me a tingle up AND down both legs....

RAHM APOLOGIZES

I think I might frame that.

Thanx Sarah!

[massgopguy]

Is he doing The Time Warp?

[kanawa]

Correct use of the word....

Obama’s policies have retarded the economic recovery.

[eCSMaster]

“Retarded,” “Potato(e),” what’s the difference? Anybody can make a mistake!

[DennisR]

Wow - how can a kind, compassionate, benevolent, loving, empathetic, sympathetic, liberal fuzzball say something like this? It is SO against their nature and character. /s

[MBB1984]

Well, they are.

[fortheDeclaration]

He didn’t apologize for using the ‘F’ word but for using an politically incorrect word, such as retarded.

[Jack Hydrazine]

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Sarah Palin 10, Obama Administration 0!!!

[pilipo]

But it’s OK here on FR.

[Friendofgeorge]

Obama dislikes the handicapped, Jesus, Christians, and very small children. He is a filthy POS....That`s as charitable as I can be about him.

[ABQHispConservative]

Way to go! I guess 0 et al. will start blaming things on Bush and Palin. :)

[Melian]

Oh, my... that photo is troubling on many levels.

When Sarah speaks, people listen! Mr. Leotard Lib-tard knows that.

[lwd]

I'm sure Rahm, like all liberals, sees "retards" as people who should and would have have been aborted if they had their way.

This really upsets me.