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Special Olympics Ad Campaign

President Obama was on the Tonight Show last night, where he was joking about his bowling ability. 

 He told Leno that he bowled 129 in the White House bowling alley and said his bowling skills are “like Special Olympics or something.”

I’m actually surprised that he said this.  To me, it would seem obvious that the president of a country that has mentally impaired citizens would not joke about them in this manner.  I used to volunteer with the Special Olympics, and those kids have nothing to be ashamed of–they work hard, and they compete to the best of their ability.  In many ways the spirit of the Special Olympics is better that of the Olympics–these athletes pull together and support one another without the cutthroat mentality that exists among the non-disabled crowd.