Mr. Roddey, Check Your Language
Allegheny County’s GOP chair, Jim Roddey, joked Tuesday that Obama supporters are “mentally retarded.” Here’s why the joke isn’t funny.
I heard something disappointing on Tuesday night. On Tuesday, Allegheny County’s GOP chair and former county executive Jim Roddey served as emcee at the election night party for state Rep. Randy Vulakovich, R-Shaler. Vulakovich won the special election to fill the seat of convicted state Sen. Jane Orie. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Tuesday on Roddey’s speech, during which he fed the audience this anecdote as a joke: “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…
Amanda Gillooly
5:10 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Nicely worded, Bob. more ›