Barack Obama made an historic appearance on the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” last night as the first sitting U.S. president ever to be a guest on a late night talk show. He then continued breaking new boundaries during the interview by being the first sitting U.S. president ever to make fun of retards on a late night talk show. The NY Daily News says

Talking about his dismal bowling skills, Obama said he’d been practicing and had gotten his score up to 129. “It was like the Special Olympics or something,” Obama joked.

Bloggers instantly seized on the President’s remark, calling it “insensitive.”

Before the pre-taped program even aired, White House officials [issued a statement, saying], “The President made an offhand remark making fun of his own bowling that was in no way intended to disparage the Special Olympics.”

Obama’s unfortunate comment came just hours after he appeared with California First Lady Maria Shriver, whose mother founded the Special Olympics.

I personally don’t think it’s that big a deal. Maybe retards just shouldn’t be so damn sensitive all the time. What did surprise me, though, was that none of the morning talk shows ran with this today. We all know that if some old white dude had said it, CNN and MSNBC would be on it like white on rice. Or as Barack would say, “Like drool on a retard’s chin.” Fair and unbiased reporting my ass!

FF to the 4:08 mark to hear the Special Olympics bit, and part one of the interview after the jump

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