It is clearly such a quip, fortunately the joke has been done better, albeit not by a politician: http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM http://www.coboloncogs.o

It is clearly such a quip, fortunately the joke has been done better, albeit not by a politician: http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM I don't happen to think the "wheelchair" is offensive here, you can tell yourself it's ageist and ableist if you need to, but the punchline is clearly at COBOL's expense.