Republican Official (in Pennsylvania) : People with Obama Stickers are 'Mentally Retarded'

[Stuart G]

Talking Points Memo:
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/08/655801/obama-sticker-mentally-retarded/


Republican Official: People With Obama Bumper Stickers Are ‘Mentally Retarded’ | At an election party last night, Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County GOP Chair, Jim Roddey, brought the crowd to laughter and applause by calling an Obama supporter “mentally retarded.” Roddey, who is a long-time supporter of Mitt Romney, told the joke to a crowd of about 200: “I was very embarrassed. 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.’ 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.’”

I don't think you can make this stuff up..
that is a term that is not used anymore.

[siligut]

1. His "joke" doesn't even make sense

Handicap parking is for people who have mobility/physical problems and need to be close to the entrance.

And why would an Obama supporter go to a reTHUG election party?

[rock]

2. That anecdote is so accurate about the Repukes on so many levels

But I wouldn't call the Official 'Mentally Retarded', but he is stupid.

[tanyev]

3. Gosh, you think Sarah Palin is going to be offended by that and write a scathing* Facebook post?

*As scathing as she can possibly be in her unique Palinese dialect.

[B Calm]

6. LOL, that will never happen!

[Tx4obama]

4. Kick! n/t

[Chorophyll]

5. A classic example of Republican "humor."

Straight outta middle school

[rateyes]

7. i am a special educator. Mr. Roddey,

go fuck yourself.

[Sick of the GOP]

8. Republicans stop developing around age 7 or 8.

I bet he went home and called his wife a "doo-doo head"