Comedian Speaking Before Palin In Iowa Calls Liberals ‘Special Needs Children’

[cal04]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/09/comedian-speaking-before-palin-in-iowa-calls-liberals-special-needs-children.php

Well, this has the potential to become awkward.

Sarah Palin made her much-anticipated Iowa speech in Indianola Saturday, and the news is there's not much news. Palin didn't announce her candidacy for president during her address, though she told a reporter afterwards is she is still considering jumping in.

But what another speaker at the event said before Palin spoke is making headlines, and threatening to add another layer of embarrassment to the strange, petty drama that surrounded the event -- and Palin -- last week.

CNN reports:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/03/comedian-tells-special-needs-joke-at-palin-event/

Minutes before Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and parent of a child with Down syndrome, made her much-anticipated speech in Iowa, Los Angles-based comedian Eric Golub told a joke that compared left-leaning political ideology to "special needs children."

[monmouth]

1. No one in that crew, and I mean none of them, get it. They just don't

A bunch of absolute clowns. A republican comedian, what an oxymoron...

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Typical conservatroid 'humor'

Making fun of the disabled, the downtrodden...mean-spirited motherfuckers. I assume the Wasilla Quitta had nothing to say about the 'comedy stylings' of this piss-poor excuse for a comedian.

[LaurenG]

3. So clueless

not surprising though.

[Mz Pip]

4. Considering the fuss she made

over Rahm Emmanuel's use of the word "retarded" one might think she would be offended but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Conservative comedians aren't funny. Making fun of those who cannot defend themselves is really immature. Usually kids learn that by time they're out of 1st grade. The ones that don't grow up to be bullies and Republicans.

[libodem]

6. It is a prettied up version of calling us retards

Euphemism 'special' usually means MR.

[Rex]

5. Of course! GOPukers love to hate on the most helpless in society.

We live in a sick and broken society.

[onethatcares]

7. I saw that and wondered

who is this sick fuck that has all these jokes that no one laughs at? I mean, at least Henny Youngman had a drum roll when he flopped, that idiot on stage was downright stupid in his remarks. There were no laughs at 90% of what he did.

[struggle4progress]

8. He's a hate-filled little man. Here's a youtube of him "entertaining" the TP crowd in April,

primarily by twisting up his anger and shrieking. Most DUers won't find it entertaining

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBnQIkkFZLs

[struggle4progress]

9. If you want a real belly-laugh, here's his criticism of Obama (from a WND article

in April): He needs to be more sensitive to those around him

I prefer not to link to WND but if you're a glutton-for-punishment, you can find the silly piece easily enough by googling the quote

[lpbk2713]

10. She was full of poutrage when Letterman made his jokes.

Now let's see if how loud she wails this time ... or not.

[Saphire]

14. let's not forget Family Guy. That one got her pretty wound up. too.

[doc03]

11. He's a comedian? He also made a comment about AARP

liberals. Something I noticed today, there doesn't seem to be as many of the 65 plus age group in the crowd as before. Maybe some of them caught on to what the Teabaggetrs are all about.

[Monk06]

12. Hey Eric, nice Sonny Bono sixties Beatle hair. You must not have a girlfriend to up date the doo.

[lady lib]

15. Oh dear... or the glasses.

nt

[Monk06]

16. He looks like an unemployed junior trader for a securities company. Looking for someone

to blame for his own avarice and stupidity.

[JoeyT]

17. Or whatever he calls that thing on his face.

It's obvious he's done it on purpose, because facial hair doesn't grow that way on its own.

He can take the horrible looking glasses off, and if he brushed his hair it might not be that screwed up looking. The only thing that can be done for that beard is scorched earth. Destroy it utterly and try to rebuild anew.

[pinboy3niner]

13. Well, isn't that SPECIAL?