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.
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The question is: did the CBC members in the audience laugh?
When he's off teleprompter he lacks his smooth reading style and mangles things.
Last week he called the transcontinental railroad the intercontinental railroad.
Also last week, he said Buffett's secretary should not pay lower taxes than her boss. I think only Mark Levin picked up on that flub.
Our youth have been taught these types of slips are revelatory, that they uncover a racist mindset.
Bush's way with words became "proof" of his stupidity. Quayle reading a flashcard's incorrect spelling of potato became an anchor around his neck. Perry's managed debate answer may have killed his campaign.
Ingraham spent an hour on his CBC speech and the dropped "g's" and didn't mention this slip.
This was posted on the sidebar last night and now its gone, yet other posts a week old are still there.
There is a reason his telepromteers try to keep him on script!
Are you kidding... many union janitors make six figure a year...
Are you kidding... many union janitors make six figure a year...
Who was that whacko evangelist some years ago?:
¨I have sinned against ¨Jew¨ my Lord....¨
I know one word he heard in Rev. Wright’s church
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