County GOP Chair Called Obama Supporter Retarded

[WI_DEM]

Allegheny County, PA GOP chair Jim Roddey made a joke at a Republican election night party equating President Obama's supporters with the mentally disabled, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Said Roddey: "There was a disappointment tonight. 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.'"

According to the report, "the crowd hollered and clapped."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/08/08/county_gop_chair_called_obama_supporter_retarded.html

[BeyondGeography]

1. Wow...humor for five-year-olds

[mrs_p]

2. typical

I don't think Republicans are capable of telling a joke that does not somehow belittle some group they think are less than they. The worst part of election season is I find myself actually hating these people. I don't normally hate.

[dballance]

3. What a shock

Foul humor from a person who's part of a group that is most definitely evolutionally retarded (that would be retarded as defined as backwards, not in any medical sense of the word).

[MissMarple]

4. Pathetic, that makes "pull my finger jokes" look absolutely brilliant.

[jillan]

5. Does anyone have a way to contact him? This special mom has some steam to blow off.

I tried goggle but didn't find anything.