Raise your hand if you've NEVER EVER made an off-color joke.

[ButterflyBlood]

Then we can see how many liars we have here.

It's something everyone's done. Obama just happened to do his at a very public appearance. Cut a break. Nobody's perfect.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Um... that's like ALL i do.

:rofl:

[Jennicut]

Ha ha! You always crack me up Bloo.

I have too in my 33 years on life in this planet.

[NYC_SKP]

20. "Two Special Olympics bowlers and a parrot walk into a bar..."

Eh, stop me if you've heard this one...

[Sebass1271]

2. agree!.. besides.. our President is not famous for being

funny... he is famous for being CHARMING. and SMART.

[Pale Blue Dot]

3. So his comment was charming and smart? nt

[Sebass1271]

6. didn't say that..

[BlooInBloo]

8. Easy now. Your spot as First And Greatest Poutrager is already solid.

[Pale Blue Dot]

24. ...

:rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

5. Actually, that's one of the things that always struck me about him...

It's a sign of intelligence.

[LakeSamish706]

10. And honest... I'm not sure he could lie (even having been a Senator.. ugh) n/t

[jobycom]

4. Raise your hand if you never blasted a Republican for making an off-color joke.

Just to be really honest, let's expose hypocrites and liars.

[Pale Blue Dot]

11. Oh, don't do that.

People don't like being exposed as hypocrites.

[Hippo_Tron]

31. When their party stops being intolerant I'll stop blasting them for off-color jokes

[jobycom]

33. Oh, don't stop, that wasn't my point.

I'm just saying, we have to patrol our own or patrolling theirs becomes nothing but a device.

Not that this was a major or malicious goof-up, but some of the justifications are too homer for me.

[Hippo_Tron]

38. Obama does not belong to the party of intolerance

Yes it was a stupid remark and I don't defend it as though absolutely nothing were wrong. But I'm not going to jump all over Obama and call him a bigot, like I would if Bush did this. The reason for that is that Bush belongs to a party that is notorious for its bigotry and Obama does not. When the Republicans stop being the bigot party I will stop calling them bigots every time they make a slightly insensitive remark.

[jobycom]

46. Well said. We agree, I was just approaching it from the other side.

Some were acting like he had said nothing wrong and no one had a right to be offended. Of course some people had a right to be offended, it was insensitive and it cut some people.

But I agree with you completely--it did not reveal an inner bigotry, and his actions and words show he isn't a bigot, unlike those of the Republican Party in general.

Well said, you expressed what I was getting at far better than I was doing. :thumbsup:

[ShortnFiery]

7. I once asked Japanese pilots in Tokyo if they knew where Pearl Harbor was.

:blush: If I would have thought a half a second, I would not have said that ... but my apartment complex on Oahu was close to Pearl Harbor.

CONTEXT is everything. :yoiks:

[Whalestoe]

23. Hahaha, holy shit. That's so damn funny.

:rofl:

[ShortnFiery]

30. As soon as I said THAT, I could feel the adrenalin rise up in my face - I flushed.

The young pilots smiled and said "yes" and I quickly changed the subject. OMG! I never felt so EVIL. I think they could tell that I was very embarrassed. Thank goodness for that. :blush:

[GrizzlyMan]

9. I made a joke about Native Americans loving fry bread on Facebook

Last week and a friend of mine, who I had no idea was Native American, was offended. I took it down and apologized. Shit happens. Nobody is immune from making cracks they wish they could take back. They may think they are, but they aren't.

[ShortnFiery]

12. How many people, as children never exclaimed "Indian Giver?" or "Welsh on a Deal?"

We learn to guard against prejudice but we ALL have our flaws. The good people TRY to improve.

[MadBadger]

13. One of my favorite comediennes is Lisa Lampanelli...I'm Hardly innocent.

[Baikonour]

39. I imagine many heads would explode around here if people listened to her. n/t

[Whalestoe]

14. I'm not PC at all, so I find Obama's comment hilarious.

[Sebass1271]

18. it's not like he said that doctors can practice their love with

women comment...

remember those stupid comments by our previous chimp in chief?

[Whalestoe]

21. Bush is an idiot though--and his wasn't a joke.

That's the biggest difference. Obama is intelligent and a human being who makes funny un-PC jokes just like me. I like him even more now.

[moundsview]

25. our previous chimp in chief? As opposed to our current.....

n/t

[JTFrog]

44. I thought the mounds your username referred to might be Limbaugh's asscheeks, but I see the mods had

a different take on it.

[Botany]

15. never but did you hear about the jew, the duck, and the frenchman who ..

.... went into a gay bar and asked for the .... :rofl:

[Sebass1271]

19. ha ha ha ha!..

that is one hell funny joke...

[On the Road]

42. IsThat the One That Ends:

"You think I asked for a 12-inch pianist?"

[bluestateguy]

16. Hell, I still make them now

I've never done the PC thing.

[Double T]

17. I thought I had, but then I realized I was mistaken.

Oh, you said 'off'-colored joke.:evilgrin:

[ZombieHorde]

22. I know I have.

Though I suspect that if a Republican made such a joke, as opposed to Obama, there would be fewer defenders, and more attackers here on DU.

[smalll]

26. LOL - "just happened to do his at a very public appearance" -- that's putting it mildly!

He did it on the Tonight Show. Keep in mind, there was a big lead-up to this, as we have all been told again and again how this is an HISTORIC first in that NO SITTING PRESIDENT has ever appeared on any such late-night talkshow before.

Of course it was an accident, but it was a terrible one to make. People are already starting to say that Obama relies too much on the teleprompter -- this gaffe during a non-teleprompted conversation only reinforces that complaint.

(Plus, it was revealed today that the White House is to have a vegetable garden, and arugula will be grown. Also, yes, it's been confirmed that the DVDs Brown got don't work in England. :banghead: Not a good day.)

[MadBadger]

27. Whats the big deal about arugula?

Is Obama an evil elitist!!?!?!?

[smalll]

29. Growing arugula a year ago would have been OK. But in today's economy,

I think it is actually a little insensitive to grow the vegetable symbol of today's rich folks.

[namahage]

35. According to you, it wouldn't have been all that good an idea in 2007, either:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3451150#3451248

[Occam Bandage]

48. Win. nt

[Whalestoe]

28. People have been making fun of Obama for using the teleprompter forever.

Why are you worried about what Freepers think? Why is the White House having a vegetable garden a bad thing? Who cares if Brown isn't smart enough to have a universal DVD player? Region coding is for suckers.

[smalll]

32. Brown "isn't smart enough" to have "a universal" DVD player?

I'm thinking it's more along the lines of perhaps, he -

isn't spendy enough
isn't techno-geeky enough
is blind in one eye and is going blind in the other
and isn't that much of an appliance snob?

How much extra do these universal DVD players go for? (I have no idea.) Are they easily found? Are they actually sold, or do you have to be some computer guy who can rejigger a regular DVD player through the use of their Foxfire-Godzilla KwaZulu skills in Linus or whatever the hell all that stuff is.

(At the same time, your other points, I can accept. You're right, the teleprompter canard is old hat, and there IS nothing wrong with a vegetable garden at all.)

[Whalestoe]

34. Region-free DVD Player...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Multi-system-Code-free-All-Region-free-DVD-player-Pal_W0QQitemZ280238239383QQcmdZViewItem

$29.99 USD--I'm sure the PM can afford it.

[marshall]

36. It's the taboo--being off-color is what makes them so funny

Otherwise it wouldn't be a joke, it would be an anecdote.

[Bjorn Against]

37. Not me of course...

Aside from jokes about falafel, David Vitter's diaper, the giant cyst on Rush Limbaugh's ass, Larry Craig's tap dancing lessons, James Dobson's sexual thoughts on Sponge Bob Squarepants and his hot sponge on starfish action, and John Cornyn's pet box turtle I have never made a joke that would offend anyone. Honest.

[WinkyDink]

40. "Off-color", or "non-PC"? Because I seriously have never cracked an off-color "blue" joke.

[lynne]

41. I never made one on TV in front of the entire world while I was president -

- and the most powerful person in the world. Does that count?

[Apollo11]

45. I'm with you on this one

If I would ever be on national TV I would try to choose my words carefully.

[trof]

43. "Little Moron" jokes used to be all the rage.

;-)

[backscatter712]

47. How many times have I referred to various things GWB has said or done as "special"?

Probably hundreds...

Yeah, we all say dumb things.

[phleshdef]

49. I've made way, way, WAY more inappropriate jokes and I'm not ashamed of them

[otohara]

50. I Love Family Guy

it's nothing but off-color jokes.

From the I Dream of Jesus episode:

Chris: (to waiter) Wow, are you a robot?
Waiter: No, silly. It's the 1950's and I have polio.
Chris: Wow, I've never heard of that before.
Peter: Oh yeah, Chris. Polio back then is like AIDS today; except people with polio get into heaven.

I have Polio and the heaven crack is something I was told as a kid - I thought this was funny.