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Obama gaffe: President says billionaires should pay ‘Jew’ tax rate
The Daily Caller ^ | 09/25/2011 | Jamie Weinstein

Posted on 09/25/2011 6:31:31 PM PDT by martosko

Speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus annual awards dinner in Washington Saturday night, President Obama made a verbal boo-boo.

While defending his call for the rich to pay more in taxes, the president said he didn’t mind people calling him a class warrior for merely asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as a Jew. Whoops!

The president meant to say “janitor” instead of “Jew,” and he immediately corrected himself. After all, he doesn’t need any more problems keeping Jewish voters enthusiastic about his re-election bid.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedc.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; classwarfare; gaffe; gaffes; jew; jews; obama; obamagaffe; obamagaffes; taxes
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To: Revolting cat!

Maybe SNL will do this one!


61 posted on 09/25/2011 6:54:28 PM PDT by Boardwalk
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To: martosko
Hi, I'm Barry and I'll be here all week...so, kick-off them bedroom slippers and get ready to chuckle ‘cause I've got lots and lots of really funny stuff for ya!
62 posted on 09/25/2011 6:54:30 PM PDT by JPG (Palin '12)
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To: Will88
This slip might be even worse than the article suggests. He possibly meant to say: "Billionaires should not pay the Jew tax rate."

My thoughts precisely. The way Hussein constructed the sentence (even assuming he really did mean "janitor" instead of "Jew") it makes no sense -- why would he want billionaires to pay the same tax rate as a janitor? There is no doubt he meant to say "billionaires should not have to pay the Jew/Janitor tax rate." ....meaning he thinks that Jews somehow swindle their way into paying lower tax rates than their incomes call for.

63 posted on 09/25/2011 6:54:40 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: martosko

Janitor - Jew

Well they’re close. /s


64 posted on 09/25/2011 6:54:56 PM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: martosko

Remember that according to Waxman, Jews vote republican to ‘protect their wealth’


65 posted on 09/25/2011 6:55:34 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Cain all the way)
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To: martosko

This is scandalous, and in my mind clearly a Freudian slip, if you consider nothing more than the boy’s 20 year attendance in Reverend Wright’s “church”.


66 posted on 09/25/2011 6:56:26 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: freedumb2003

You’re reading Obama’s teleprompter again.


67 posted on 09/25/2011 6:57:27 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: cripplecreek

Well, everybody knows that most of the janitors in this country are Jews from Mexico.


68 posted on 09/25/2011 6:58:07 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: martosko
How much you wanna bet some of these ‘gaffes’ are on purposed for his Muslim brethren?
69 posted on 09/25/2011 6:58:12 PM PDT by Mr. K (Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket~!!!)
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To: max americana

It is Bushs fault. He called up Barry and asked him to say Jew 100 times and then give the speech.


70 posted on 09/25/2011 6:59:21 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Mark Halperin - Learned the hard way what happens when you speak the truth on PMSNBC.)
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To: cripplecreek
Janitor - Jew Well they’re close. /s

Yeah, close...lol. The "janitor" explanation makes as much sense as the explanation of John Kerry's "botched joke", the alleged punchline of which eludes me to this day.
71 posted on 09/25/2011 6:59:23 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: martosko

It difficult to imagine saying Jew when one meant to say Janitor. The words don’t even have the same number of syllables. Must have been wandered off teleprompter, but lets move on and look at lesser gaffes from Palin or Perry.


72 posted on 09/25/2011 6:59:35 PM PDT by Keflavik76
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To: Revolting cat!

Well I was talking to the janitor at the school, I nice fella named Gonzalesfarb......


73 posted on 09/25/2011 7:00:41 PM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: martosko

Damn!! That is funny right there.


74 posted on 09/25/2011 7:00:59 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Make your choice ! There are NO civilians.)
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To: ml/nj

I think he meant to let slip the word Jew, and pretended to backtrack to keep it civil. Think about the audience and how the “Jew tax” comment would play with them.

Not an error, but intentional, IMHO.


75 posted on 09/25/2011 7:01:42 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: martosko

Does Barbara Streisand know about this? Will she still be his friend?


76 posted on 09/25/2011 7:02:19 PM PDT by GreatRoad (O < 0)
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To: cripplecreek

Watch out, these Mexican Jew janitors will soon take over the diamond trade while nobody’s looking. They already dominate the leaf blower profession.


77 posted on 09/25/2011 7:06:04 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Revolting cat!
This is a non-story because it's stupid. He's reading the text, as usual, and stumbled on the word "janitor." It wasn't some harangue against Jews. The story is no story.
78 posted on 09/25/2011 7:07:09 PM PDT by Huck (But the glass IS half-empty!)
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To: martosko

You mean Barry hates Jews..I tell ya Im stunned..stunned I Tell ya


79 posted on 09/25/2011 7:07:40 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: martosko

“My guys are not stupid. They always put the big Jews on my schedule.”

80 posted on 09/25/2011 7:09:57 PM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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