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A Pennsylvania Republican official suggested Tuesday that a man was “mentally retarded” because he was a supporter of President Barack Obama.
Jim Roddey, the Allegheny County GOP chair and former county executive, made the joke at a victory party for a candidate for state senate who was elected Tuesday in a special election, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
“There was a disappointment tonight. I was very embarrassed,” Roddey said. “I was in this parking lot and there was a man looking for a space to park, and I found a space for him. And I felt badly — he looked like he was sort of in distress.”
“And I said, ‘Sir, here’s a place,’” Roddey continued. “And he said, ‘That’s a handicapped space.’”
“I said, ‘Oh I’m so sorry, I saw that Obama sticker and I thought you were mentally retarded.”
The crowd was reportedly highly amused, and “hollered and clapped” at the joke.
The Post-Gazette noted that Roddey is a long-time “vocal supporter” of Mitt Romney.
Neither the Romney campaign nor the Obama campaign immediately responded to request for comment.
sablegsd
August 8th, 2012
I’ve seen that joke before, I don’t think it really happened. My husband is disabled and I am not offended. In fact, I agree with the basic premise. Anybody that supports ovomit has something wrong with their head.
Unneutral
August 8th, 2012
Liberals would be upset that they didn’t think of it first.
CharlieWalksonWater
August 8th, 2012
what an audience, you’re great really, give yourself a hand…Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week.
Czar of Defenestration
August 8th, 2012
How well does he BOWL?
Debbie
August 8th, 2012
Stand up, Chuck!
Chuck U Farley
August 8th, 2012
He should have said ‘Special Olympics’.
Then, it would have been Ok.
Name Redacted™
August 8th, 2012
It’s a great joke and they are retarded. There, I said it.
BigSlurpy
August 8th, 2012
Maybe his car was vandalized with that sticker?
SOBscure
August 8th, 2012
I think the genuinely mentally handicapped would be aghast for someone to generalize them as THAT stupid!
WE MISS CLAUDIA'S CRITTERS?
August 8th, 2012
Yeah I resent that! I’m in the middle of having a complete mental breakdown. My nerves are shot. I can’t think straight. I’m depressed, manic, and I’m starting to wonder if I’m becoming bi-polar! There is definately something wrong with my head. It’s handicapping me from successfully doing things I’ve done my whole life. Lately I frequently call myself retard… BUT I DAMN SURE WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR OBAMA!!!
Johnny Freedom
August 8th, 2012
Tasteless joke; more for the eugenics crowd. Anyway, if Obama has a problem with it he’ll need to revisit the whole Special Olympics nastiness. Of course, the media wouldn’t remind anyone of that….
Stranded in Sonoma
August 8th, 2012
But this is a joke. See the second panel. Everyone should be yucking it up after seeing it.
Bob M.
August 9th, 2012
Jim’s an old guy (he’s gotta be pushing 80), who just speaks the truth. And UN-like Biden, he doesn’t bumble & stumble to a punchline – mainly because – he’s NOT mentally retarded!
MNHawk
August 9th, 2012
So if a JournoTard tells me that a public official went Full Retard, and made a retard joke in public, I’ll then vote for the Marxist retard instead of Romney?
Nope.
muddjuice
August 9th, 2012
Is retarded the new “N word” for the MSM. This PC bullcrap is getting out of hand.
Don’t say someone’s retarded. Don’t say something stupid is gay. Pretty soon you won’t be able to say God bless you when someone sneezes.
Wait, didn’t we have a post about that….?