Far be it from me -- even during the holiday season -- to miss an opportunity to show the other side of the argument. Conservatives aren't the only ones that make mistakes. Here is a sampling of stupid gaffes made by the smartest president ever, President Obama. And in true fashion, the mainstream media didn't report most of them. Surprised?
English Embassy.
President Obama recently said in response to Iran storming the British Embassy in Tehran -- "All of us, I think are deeply disturbed by the crashing of the English Embassy," Obama said. Someone needs to tell the president that there isn't an English Embassy, it's called the British Embassy. While they're at it, they may also let him know that England forms part of Great Britain which includes Wales and Scotland (and Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom). There isn't an English Embassy anywhere in the world.
While campaigning for President in 2008, Obama said at a rally in Oregon "Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states. I think I have one left to go." Huh? The last time I checked, there were 50 states, plus Washington D.C. It didn't take long for Obama's staff to make the excuse that he was just tired from the constant campaigning.
What Year Is It?
Earlier this year, President Obama was on a trip to Westminster Abbey in London. During his stop, he signed the guest book and dated it 24May2008. The problem was that it was the year 2011. No explanation was given to cover up this blooper.
Dead on Arrival.
During a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. on February 5, 2010 Obama said, "One such translator was an American of Haitian descent, representative of the extraordinary work that our men and women in uniform do all around the world -- Navy Corpse-Man Christian Brossard." -- mispronouncing "Corpsman" (the "ps" is silent). In addition, the name was Christopher, not Christian...
Discovers New Language.
During a 2009 speech in Strasbourg, France, President Obama said, "It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There's a lot of -- I don't know what the term is in Austrian, wheeling and dealing." Someone forgot to tell Obama that "Austrian," as a language, does not exist. He should have said German.
Land of Confusion.
President Obama apparently forgot where he was during a press conference held on the outskirts of Honolulu, despite being born there. While answering a question about budget cuts, he said, "When I meet with world leaders, what's striking -- whether it's in Europe or here in Asia -- the kinds of fundamental reforms and changes... that other countries are having to make are so much more significant that what we need to do." When did Hawaii leave the United States?
And since I'm in the holiday mood, where would we be without Vice-President Joe Biden, who is often referred to as a gaffe machine. Here are a couple of his quotes:
Biden-ism #1
During an interview with Katie Couric in 2008, Biden said, "When the stock market crashed, Franklin D Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. he said, 'Look, here's what happened.'" Apparently Joe was unaware that FDR wasn't president when the stock market crashed in 1929, and that only experimental TV sets were in use at the time.
Biden-ism #2
"Stand up, Chuck, let 'em see ya." -- spoken by Biden to Missouri state Senator Chuck Graham, who is in a wheel chair.
Biden-ism #3
"His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul. And --although, she's -- wait -- your mom's still alive? Your dad passed. God bless her soul!" uttered by Biden in 2010 about the mother of Irish Minister Brian Cowen, who is very much alive.
Now I realize that I'm picking on guys who give a lot of speeches, but it proves my point that if you try hard enough, you're going to make mistakes or say something stupid. And it wouldn't even bother me if it wasn't for the double standard the left uses when using examples from Bush via Comedy Central and Saturday Night Live! It's the constant abuse by our media to make the conservative right look at stupid as possible. And that applies to the elite left who think polls determine intelligence and knowledge.
Give it a break -- an education (as evidenced by Obama and Biden, to name a few) doesn't guarantee anything. And calling someone stupid only makes you look worse when it applies to both sides of the aisle.
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