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Kuros
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 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: Obamisms |
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Obama sees dead people
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| On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes�and I see many of them in the audience here today�our sense of patriotism is particularly strong. |
Add your own Obamisms! |
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mises
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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Gaffe-Prone�Obama?
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
John Hinderaker (the guy who wrote this embarrassing love letter to President Bush) calls Barack Obama �the most gaffe-prone politician in memory.�
You gotta� be kidding me. Frankly, I�m not really even sure the latest Obama gaffe is really a gaffe. Grammatically awkward, maybe. But it�s pretty clear that he�s referring back to �heroes,� not �fallen heroes.� His mistake seems to have been to use the word �them� instead of �heroes� in the second part of the quote. Of course, can�t a wounded veteran be a �fallen hero,� too? And I�m sure there were some wounded veterans in the crowd. In other words, this is a far cry from �putting food on your children.�
The other gaffe the righty blogosphere�s jumping on is Obama�s statement that his uncle helped liberate Auschwitz. As it turns out, it was his great uncle, and it was Buchenwald. Again, this isn�t even cringe-worthy, much less dishonest. These are really pretty pathetic criticisms.
It is sorta� cute, though, to watch the right-wingers and longtime defenders of President Bush attack Obama for�of all things�his inability to speak articulately. The choreographed way in which several high-profile right-wing blogs picked up the gaffe meme strongly suggests hat there�s already a coordinated effort afoot to push a narrative, here. �Barack�s a doofus!� (You may remember similar memes, such as �Al Gore invented the Internet!� and �John Kerry�s a Flip-Flopper!)
I know. The lack of self-awareness is mind-boggling. But I think it�s calculated. This is a page right out of the Rovian playbook. Project your onto your opponents your own biggest weaknesses. So the Bush campaign ducks the National Guard issue by calling John Kerry a coward. Draft-dodging Saxby Chambliss attacks Max �I Left Three Limbs on the Battlefield� Cleland�s patriotism. It�s brilliant, really. Your opponents are so taken aback at the sheer audacity (sorry, it�s the only word that fits, here) of the charge, they stagger, nonplussed. Then of course, you pounce.
Hence, the spectacle of a Bush sycophant like John Hinderaker taking aim at Barack Obama�s eloquence.
These sorts of stories are useful, though. And I�m sure we�ll see similar stories emerge from the left about McCain. The come out in every campaign. They�re useful in that they let us see which bloggers and pundits are serious people with any semblance of intellectual honesty, and which are knee-jerk party hacks. |
http://www.theagitator.com/2008/05/27/gaffe-proneobama/ |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| The theme of the above post (the audacity of the right slamming Obama for his small errors) is not directed at the OP, btw. It was just something I read right before I clicked to this thread. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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| They obviously just want to get back for all the times Bush has been made fun of for similar stuff. |
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traveler81
Joined: 18 Mar 2008
Location: Byeongjeom, Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:10 am Post subject: |
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Memorial Day is a day to remember the "fallen heroes." Fallen heroes in this context is not wounded veterans, but all of those who died in the defense of the nation.
It was a gaffe plain and simple. Not a big one mind you, most aren't. However, it is a mis-statement. |
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Zolt
Joined: 18 May 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:36 am Post subject: |
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It was a gaffe but at least it was a funny one.
No who wants a collection of good old bushisms? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:41 am Post subject: |
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Here's another:
Obama mistaken on name of Nazi death camp
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The Barack Obama campaign said Tuesday the candidate mistakenly referred to the wrong Nazi death camp when relating the story of a great-uncle who helped liberate the camps in World War II.
The Democratic presidential candidate said the story is accurate except that the camp was Buchenwald, not Auschwitz...
Obama's mistaken mention of the camp on Monday quickly generated Internet chatter, ranging from puzzlement to outrage. The Republican Party demanded an explanation.
I really hope the bold part can be attributed to the writer and not the Republican Party.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080528/ap_on_el_pr/obama_nazi_camp |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:46 am Post subject: |
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I can see it now, the rallying cry for the GOP in 2008:
Obama: Wrong on remembering which German death camp his great-uncle helped liberate in WWII. Wrong for America. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 6:10 am Post subject: |
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I can see it now, the rallying cry for the GOP in 2008:
Obama: Wrong on remembering which German death camp his great-uncle helped liberate in WWII. Wrong for America. |
Hahah. Nice.
You gotta admit though. Having visted 52 states with one or two left to go... That even trumps Bush's verbal miscues. |
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happeningthang
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:20 am Post subject: |
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You gotta admit though. Having visted 52 states with one or two left to go... That even trumps Bush's verbal miscues. |
It's not a stellar moment for Obama, but really he's got a long way to go to outdo Dubya.
�The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country.�
- George W. Bush
�If we don�t succeed, we run the risk of failure.�
- George W. Bush
and lest we forget...
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Pligganease
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: The deep south...
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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| happeningthang wrote: |
| JustJohn wrote: |
You gotta admit though. Having visted 52 states with one or two left to go... That even trumps Bush's verbal miscues. |
It's not a stellar moment for Obama, but really he's got a long way to go to outdo Dubya.
�The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country.�
- George W. Bush
�If we don�t succeed, we run the risk of failure.�
- George W. Bush
and lest we forget...
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That picture's fake. |
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yawarakaijin
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| JustJohn wrote: |
| mithridates wrote: |
I can see it now, the rallying cry for the GOP in 2008:
Obama: Wrong on remembering which German death camp his great-uncle helped liberate in WWII. Wrong for America. |
Hahah. Nice.
You gotta admit though. Having visted 52 states with one or two left to go... That even trumps Bush's verbal miscues. |
What are you smoking my friend?  Mistaking the name of the camp his grandfather liberated doesn't even come close to some of the diarhhea that has come out of bush's mouth. |
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