Obama never apologizes for the stuff that comes out of his mouth. Why should Ann Coulter?

Just imagine the outcry if she had called him a b---s---er!

Go get 'em, blondie!

Jeez, she's a lot of fun....

If the stupid Dimwits would not make such a fuss over it, most people would not have heard it or cared. They certainly didn't mind when Obama called Mitt a bu..S...... Guess that is what defines a double standard.

you're supposed to say autistic these days.

I prefer "Jug-eared Clod" my self.

myself

Ann's response was the best: "Scr*w them".

#5: not really. It's the use of the word as an insult that bothers people. As the mom of an autistic kid I'd punch anyone in the mouth who used the term in that way.

"Retard" doesn't really mean anything but "stupid person" now. But some people are still very sensitive about it since that's a very recent switch in definitions. Coulter is being a jerk and distracting from the race which plays directly into the Democrats' hands.

Just like Rush calling Fluke a nasty name, these things don't actually help the cause of getting Obama out of the WH. Just because they call themselves conservatives doesn't mean we should support them when they're being jerks.

The Islamic Malignancy does seem a bit slow in learning from his experiences, and in adjusting his course of action. Yeah, "retard" is a fair characterization, but it misses the fact that he is a sneak thief.

I don't care for the word, personally. There are much better and more accurate (non-racial) ways to describe Obama. You can't post them, though.

I would apologize to anyone with impaired cognitive abilities for comparing them to ØDumbø. One question future scholars will ponder is who is dumber: ØDumbø or Plugs? Dumb and Dumber.

"Retard"? How abut LIAR? FAKER? PHONY? MURDERER? And his running buddy? PLAGIARIZER! LIAR! IDIOT! Harry Reid? CROOK! Nancy Pelosi? DINGBAT! Stephanie Cutter and Debbie Blabbermouth Schultz? WINGNUTS! Shall I go on? Ann has only skimmed the surface of radical progressive nutjobs occupying our White House and our government.And the biggest bullshi**ers of all? The CORRUPT ass-press alphabet enemedia! They ALL LIE! Never apologize Ann...NEVER!

#9, never in my life have I called anyone "retard" who was developmentally disabled or brain damaged or children with emotional or behavioral disorders. Ever.

My definition has always been people who should know better and refuse to make informed decisions out of pure laziness or stubbornness and it has been clear I used it in that context. And, if anyone were to call your kid or anyone else's that name in my presence, I would probably beat you to the punch in correcting them!

I am against Obama just as much as everybody.....but I hate that word.......as a mother of a child who had Downs and who has long since passed on...... Chris had great dignity and grace......people could have learned a great deal by just knowing him........using the work "retard" defames all those children with disabilities.......just writing this brings tears to my eyes....please stop it now..........

#14, I'm with you. I have a personal rule that I will not belittle anyone for things that are beyond their control, and I don't waste my time with people who do.
Things that ARE within their control are fair game, however.

I have a retarded child. It's cruel. Don't use it. It causes pain to us, our close friends and family members who understand special needs people. "Mentally retarded" is a perfectly descriptive phrase, even tho it's now out of style. My daughter is 38, I've heard them all. call her a retarded person, but don't call your dumb jerk friend a Retard in public. Ann is wrong.

I think Ann should immediately apologize for her poor choice of words.
What she meant to say is that Obama is a narcissistic, deceitful, untruthful, sniveling, corrupt, dishonest, lazy, incompetent, ignorant, racist, muslim punk.
Howdaya like that, Dems?

I would've used the term ''childish dolt'' to describe his recent name calling.

No, no, Ann childish narcissist is what you were looking for.

Coulter does more than call a spade a spade. She calls a spade a ******* shovel. I always like that.

What's wrong with that word?

I'm surprised that "advocates for people with mental disabilities" haven't come to Obama's aid (and particularly Biden's aid) a long time ago.

Agree with those who say she should apologize.
one cousin, one uncle, both Autistic .
I was told it tends to run with Native American
blood...
We need elect the Smart Mormon.
As opposed to the Crafty Turk...

#17, I agree 100% and for almost the same reasons. I'm rather puzzled at some of my very favorite L-Dotters seemingly insensitive comments here. Perhaps it's just the stress of the upcoming election. :-/

: slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development or academic progress: I'd say the definition fits. I am so tired of everyone being so thinned skinned and banning words they find offensive. If Chrissy Mathews had his way, we wouldn't be able to use "the", "apartment", "street", "door" ect ect.... in other words shut up everyone and make them affraid to speak lest they offend someone.

Totally agree, #17. No one with any class uses terms traditionally used to describe those with disabilities as an insult. It isn't any 'funnier' coming from Ann Coulter than it was when Obama compared his bowling score to someone on a Special Olympics team. Ann is wrong - both for using the term and also for refusing to back down when she made a mistake.

Name calling is a childish habit and a leftist ploy.

However.....Ann is uncommonly good at it.

I would prefer we use the term Inmate #???? for Obama.

No need to insult the retarded. They, as far as we know, have never set out to destroy America.

To the best of my memory I have never called a mentally handicapped person a retard, but I have called my children, my spouse and myself "retarded". I usually abbreviate it just to "tard" though as in "you tard" after doing something particularly stupid. When I say "that's retarded" my husband (who is a as non-pc as I am) tells me how offensive it sounds to him. As an aside, I was getting gas a couple of weeks ago and an older couple pulled up on the other side of the tanks and in the back seat was a Down Syndrome girl of about 14. She looked at me and we smiled at each other and I cannot explain the feeling of peace and joy that came over me. It was almost as if God himself was smiling at me. Just one of those moments that stay with you.

Until proven otherwise I'll go with Ann's assessment. So far there is little evidence for a reversal of the call.

Michelle Malkin was right about Ann's comment. Immature!

Following the first debate, Democratic operatives, including James Carville and Chris Matthews, were so stunned by Obama's terrible performance that they burst out on national television with words and descriptions of Obama that might as well have included ''retarded.''

Ann Coulter was just telling the truth in her own direct way when she used the ''R'' word to describe Obama. And what else are writers supposed to do except express the truth as they see it?

In years to come, Ann will undoubtedly be joined by legions of historians reviewing the Obama presidency, who will agree with her assessment that something is wrong with Obama's mental capacities -- just as legions of historians have come to the conclusion that King George the Third was mad, though during the time he was in power no British writer had the courage that Ann Coulter has now to say so.

It okay for them to call Romney any foul mouthed thing, including what came out of Øbama's mouth a few days ago- I won't repeat- Media fawning over the Dems and libtards like ants on sugar and then Ann calls Øbama by what he really is, a political and American heritage "retard" and it's suddenly, "Man the Walls!" for them. Good for Ann- it's long past time to quit apologizing. Stand behind your words and rhetoric, say what you mean and mean what you say!

#33 so now we have refer to it asthe "r" word? This has got to stop.

That dog won't hunt, #9. Autism is not retardation, it is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication. You should know that.

My thoughts: Autism and Down Syndrome are very different. I've had some interaction with both. If I had to summarize my experiences, autism disrupts the human capacity for social awareness, interaction, and empathy. Although it may have a genetic origin, I tend to think of it as a software problem that disrupts communication pathways in varying degrees of severity. The autistic person I knew best was incapable of meaningful verbal communication but was highly adept at individual problem solving (e.g. finding keys to unlock forbidden places). I would not describe her as retarded, but she would neither know nor care if Ann Coulter did. Down Syndrome kids are the reverse. They are often highly social and empathic. I think of it as a hardware problem--all the right software is there but the processor runs slow. This tends to disrupt the process by which experience and information develops into maturity in adults. I suspect we like our friends with Down's more than we otherwise would for the same reason we like kids--because it affords us an opportunity to revisit a children's world and, sometimes, to indulge our protective instincts. A part of me finds that patronizing and selfish.

Many Down's people are aware of their condition and, being highly empathic, our reactions to it. I try to treat them like I would anyone else. I do not insult them, nor do I presume to take offense on their behalf. If a developmentally disabled person asked me what I thought, I would say this: Ann Coulter is a funny lady with a processor that sometimes runs too fast and gets her into trouble, and that is both her gift and her disability. I would suggest that we focus on her gifts and try to understand and forgive her disability.

Ann Coulter, just call obama a coward.
No one can refute that.

This is what she does. I don't think she meant to offend anywone but the president. Maybe she saw him bowl. lol. She should apologize as decent people were offended.

She's equal time for 0bama and Biden, playing with one half of her brain tied behind her back just to make it fair.

I don't think of "retard" as a clinical word, just as someone slow. I guess if I had a family member as described in above postings, I might feel different.

0bama does seem slow, and Biden seems like a person who has had neurological surgeries with residual damage. He's nuts.

Gosh, what is it some of you folks don't understand about this? Your rationalizations and excuses are astounding! You are causing pain to the families and friends of the retarded. Just stop it. Please. Usingnthis word as an insult means is that you think so little of, and are so put off by retarded people that you think it's ok to mock them. It says more about the speaker than the spoken to.

#9 makes a thoughtful comment endorsed by others.

The difficulty, as I see it, is that definitions and rules for one situation do not work well every where else. You are allowed to knock your opponent down in boxing but not in a courtroom although we may reach that point.

So when a word such as "retard" moves from medicine or psychology into slang and politics it is not the same word. It is the same sound. Consider how "gay" evolved.

A great deal of word hijacking or adaptation comes from TV, especially from comedy.

Politics and the associated media talk is battle. It is not about assessing mental prowess. Ann gives as good as she gets. Sometimes more. It gets mean but she is working in mean places. So do you censor one side?