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In honor of President Obama’s 50^th birthday, I thought it would be fun to compile a list of 50 of his most infamous gaffes. Now, most people would think that 50 is an impossibly high number for someone so educated and smooth, but make no mistake that there are in fact many more than 50. Some of the items on the following list are in fact “two-fers”, which is to say that he’s fouling up more than one thing at a time. There were some decisions to be made, also, as I ended up with more than 60 items. So not making the list is Obama referring to his daughter Malia as 13 when she was still only 12. Most people will do that from time to time, so that doesn’t make the cut. There are some others missing that you may be expecting to see (FBI's first 100 days, for example), but we still have a nice, tidy 50-entry long list that will make you laugh or cry (depending on your party affiliation), or both, if you’re like most Americans and just want to have a strong leader.

In perusing this list, keep in mind that Obama has only been on the national scene since 2006. Think about George W. Bush, and the fact that we more or less have 9 years of history to draw from, between running for president in 2000 and leaving office to crawl into a cave in 2009. We have spent much less time with Obama. Yet in that time he has compiled a list that is every bit as ridiculous as Bush's. Obama's mistakes are at some times silly and at other times maddeningly ignorant of the history of this country and, in one example, his own home state. So why are his gaffes mostly papered over while the missteps of others are run up a flagpole for all to see? For the same reason that there is a frenzy over Sarah Palin’s e-mails from her time as governor of Alaska. Oh, if only the Democrats were subjected to such scrutiny, our military might be saluting President Hillary Clinton right now.

But what makes Obama’s gaffes particularly troublesome is the fact that he has swarms of aides, assistants, interns, and other flunkies that could be doing a little fact checking instead of… whatever it is that they do. Indeed, Obama employs over 450 staffers, and those are just the ones on the payroll!! Rather, their boss goes on camera or in front of a microphone and sounds silly time after time. There are some instances where you wonder if the first time Obama sees a speech is when it’s projected in front of him while delivering it. The fact that he surrounds himself with such a cast of incompetents makes me nervous for a re-election in 2012. This bunch is either very clueless, or else is more interested in talking points and less in facts and history. At any rate, we are stuck with him for at least another 18 months. Just think, a large percentage of these entries come from his campaign in 2008, so I have to believe that next year there will be a bumper crop of more gaffes, embarrassing missteps, or other faux pas that will be swept under the rug by the major media.

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All of these events are 100% fact. Where possible, there will be a link to a news or video clip supporting the truthiness of the entry. Facts are facts people, and the fact that you are just now learning about many of these gaffes yet you know exactly what Michele Bachmann had for breakfast this morning points to the true problem in this country. Like everything else in life, trust no one and do your own homework!!