Political Correctness Strikes, Again

As usual, I appear to be a few days late to chime in on a controversy that consumed at least part of the minds of the blowhards, er, pundits on TV over the past weekend. Anyways, in case you did miss it, last week President Obama decided that, with the economy, and confidence in it, heading further south than where I wish I was fishing right about now, he needed to go and speak directly with the American people on...The Tonight Show.

Because we all know that Jay Leno is going to be ready with the tough questions that Americans want answered.

Nevertheless, while he was there, the President, in a moment of self-depreciation, made what could only be classified as a somewhat formulaic-yet-still-humorous 'retard' joke in which he compared his bowling skills to those of a Special Olympian.

Cue the outrageously outrageous moral outrage of the United States Political Correctness SWAT team.

Indeed, while, admittedly, the outrage from the Fat Cats in the Media and the PC Police was noticeably less than it would have been had, say, George W. Bush made such a remark (although, since they considered W to be retarded, I'm not sure if they could have logically done this...), it was still there; in fact, the outrageously outraged Republicans trying to point out the double standard probably managed to more-or-less make up the difference with their zeal. Indeed, even my beloved Sarah Palin got in on the outrage and managed to shoot of a statement about how much she loved and respected the Special Olympics and how Obama needed to be more careful with his words and.....yea, you probably read the news too, so no need to rehash all of the bullshit.

What seems to be missing in all of this, of course, is the fact that it was a joke, and that taking jokes like this seriously - even if he is the President and is supposed to be 'more careful' with his choice of words - and getting pissed off or angry about them just....well, let's say it brings to mind a certain title utilized by Shakespeare.

Something about 'ado' and 'nothing.'

I mean, people seriously need to learn to develop a sense of humor and just laugh/chuckle at something like this. And seriously, who hasn't, at some point in their life, made a kind of off-color (even offensive!! *gasp*) joke like the President's? Granted, yours was probably funnier; but still, I think I recall something pertinent from the Bible that may apply here - something to do with 'casting stones' and 'sin.'

(Yes folks, retard jokes, Shakespeare, and Jesus, all in one post about Obamarama - that's just the kind of brilliance I offer here.)

A certain wise man once said that "if we couldn't laugh we'd all go insane" - and something tells me that getting all up in arms like Napoleon invading Russia over a joke like the President's is fast approaching the territory which offers tangible proof of this maxim.