cbus4life wrote: I know.

Just don't know what else can be said.

Poor choice of words, regrettable, he apologized, the end. Nothing new.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0210/Special_Olympics_Apology_not_accepted.html

Apparently not as cut and dried as that according to the special Olympics.

I'm thinking there will be staff changes in the Obama administration if he's re-elected for a second term. Obama has learned a valuable lesson in picking and choosing the people he wants working with him/will be quoted alot.

I'm not taking this "retard" issue personally like somebody slapped my mother. While I do think that people with a microphone in front of them need to be careful what they say, nobody can be perfect all the time.
And... I kinda agree with his disdain towards the group of people he's talking about.