MARKET WATCH COLUMNIST
No one really thinks Barack Obama hates disabled kids.
But when the president of the United States settled onto Jay Leno’s couch and used a flip way of describing how terrible a bowler he is, he didn’t need more time for reflection. It was too late for that. He already knew what he’d be doing for the next 36 hours or more.
Explaining his self-deprecating “Special Olympics” crack.
These small human flubs – and the ideological dances they generate – no longer reveal much genuine meaning or character insight. They’re a chance for political enemies, on the right and on the left, to pounce at a time of weakness and try to score some easy points.