"Chinese delegates trying to shake down Obama for the billions that they are owed. They later fired their translator."
11. "In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed." - Obama from 2007 on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people.
12. “There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born.” - Obama from Selma, Alabama in 2007, implying that his parents united as a direct result of the civil rights movement. Obama was born in 1961, the Selma march took place in 1965.
13. The fact that we're here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. Leadership means 'The buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt limit. – Senator Obama in 2006, opposing the debt ceiling increase proposed by George W. Bush. Interestingly enough, Obama didn't bother voting two subsequent times the debt ceiling was raise under Bush (which itself is a disgrace). Only NOW does he realize that his vote in 2006 was a mistake. Well now, how CONVENIENT for you, Mr. President!!
14. "How's it going, Sunshine? (long pause while the crowd screams themself hoarse) Thank you. It's good to be in Sunshine." - Obama campaigning in SUNRISE, Florida in 2008.
15. “Now, what we're doing, I want to be clear, we're not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that's fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.” - Obama speaking about Wall Street reform, Quincy, Ill., April 29, 2010.
16. "The notion that we would sustain that kind of effort and neglect not only making us more secure here at home, more competitive here at home, allow our economy to sink." - Obama at the Democratic debate at University of Texas in Austin on February 21, 2008, addressing McCain's willingness to stay in Iraq for 100 years. Does anyone know what the hell point he is trying to make here? Is this even English?
17. Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma, they end up taking up a hospital bed, it costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave them treatment early and they got some treatment, and a, a breathalyzer, or inhalator, not a breathalyzer. (crowd laughing) I haven't had much sleep in the last 48 hours. – Obama's Town Hall in Bristol, VA from 2008.
18. “And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it.” - Obama addressing Congress in 2009. History was obviously not his major at Harvard or he’d have known that Karl Benz (a German) is credited with this achievement in the 1880’s. Maybe THIS is what Michele Obama meant by saying we need to "change our history".
19. “Penn State, right here. Nittaly Lions” – Obama campaigning in PA (obviously) in 2008.
20. “On the other hand, what you’re now seeing is profit and earning ratios are starting to get to the point where buying stocks is a potentially good deal if you’ve got a long-term perspective on it.” – Obama on March 3, 2009. It used to mean “price-to-earnings” ratio, but not anymore apparently...
OK, so what are we learning? We are starting to see that Obama is beginning to show some ignorance of history. Don’t worry, there are plenty more examples of this. Additionally, his lack of expertise on a topic does not seem to prevent him from weighing in anyway. So were his incorrect comments about buying stocks supposed to instill CONFIDENCE in the Wall Street community? Also, we are seeing an interesting LACK of call-outs from the media from all of his mistakes. Doing a simple internet search for these boo-boos turns up very few true mainstream news outlets. Lots of blogs and right-leaning sites, but general news coverage is scant. Now, to entertain yourself, just do a search on Sarah Palin and Paul Revere, and Michelle Bachmann and John Wayne, and you will see the usual suspects: CBS News, ABC News, LA Times, Washington Post, and others. These do not readily report on Obama’s frequent missteps, but then we knew that already didn't we? If you're following along at home you are also probably beginning to realize that the whole point of this blog is that it's not really about Obama. So we’re through 20 so far, and we really haven’t touched any of the fun ones yet. More tomorrow!!
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