Obama Gaffe Machine In High Gear
Video 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xmrt9RP_hM
Video 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=631knZM9Uiw
Video 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aFpSYeeJ9k
Video 1
Now I don't want to call the guy a liar, so perhaps he has his eye on a future Mrs. Obama that he met in class? In all seriousness, that's not quite how it happened.
Obama seemed to be playing off an introduction that referred to him meeting his future wife, Michelle Robinson, while he was a student. But the truth is that the couple met not “in class” but at a law firm in Chicago, Sidley Austin, in 1989. Obama was a summer associate (essentially a legal intern) there and Robinson was an attorney completing her first year at the firm. Both attended Harvard Law School, but Michelle graduated in the spring of 1988, while Barack Obama did not arrive at the Cambridge, Mass., campus until that fall.
It was unclear what prompted Obama’s confusion or lapse of memory, though he does have the excuse of jet lag. It was about 4 a.m. in Washington as he spoke.
In addition to forgetting where he met his wife, President Obama also forgot his youngest daughters age. He furthermore repeatedly referred to Prime Minister Putin as President, and mispronounced the real President's name (Medvedev) several times.
While Obama gaffes are certainly nothing new, and I believe his average has to be over one a week, he is certainly setting a high bar lately. While trying to establish his longstanding status as a White Sox fan by referring to either the old ballpark or the old name for the new one, Obama had another moment. He called the park "Cominsky Field". It was in fact called "Comisky Park" (old) since the original stadium was built in 1910 until it (new) was renamed U.S. Cellular Field (affectionately called "The Cell" by Sox fans) in 2003.You can see the video of this gaffe here.
As hard as it may be to believe, things got worse for the President at the All Star Game. For those who are a bit amused at how Obama's gaffes seem to be more frequent and egregious than his predecessors, this comparison is perhaps the best yet.
See video #'s 2 and 3.
Let's avoid the question of the pitch hitting the dirt. Notice, Albert was on top of home plate, and he had to lunge forward and put the glove in the dirt to pick it out. And what is with that camera angle? Were they afraid of the straight on shot? So while the media claims the fans were booing the White Sox jacket, and Pujols claims it was a "great pitch", one of the more interesting quotes I saw was from a random Obama supporter who took it all in stride and declared "Mr. President, don't quit your day job". Looking at the economy, I would like to add "On second thought..."
