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Obama incorrectly claims membership of Senate committee (Meglomaniac Gaffe Alert)
CNN ^ | July 23, 2008 | staff

Posted on 07/23/2008 1:46:33 PM PDT by teddyballgame

(CNN) – Responding to an Israeli reporter’s question Wednesday on his commitment to protect the Jewish state, Barack Obama pointed to a bill “we passed” in the U.S. Senate Banking Committee that tightens sanctions and authorizes divestment from Iran. “My committee,” he called it.

Except that he isn’t a member of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

“Just this past week, we passed out of the out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee - which is my committee - a bill to call for divestment from Iran as way of ratcheting up the pressure to ensure that they don’t obtain a nuclear weapon,” Obama said at a press conference in Sderot, Israel.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 110th; bankingcommittee; demlies; divestment; electionpresident; gaffe; obama; obamagaffe; obamalies; obamasbigadventure; obamatruthfile; obamavisit
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To: TomGuy

I fear for our country and my beloved grandson...sigh! :(


41 posted on 07/23/2008 2:04:44 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: teddyballgame

Next thing you know he’ll be telling us about corkscrew landings under fire....


42 posted on 07/23/2008 2:05:37 PM PDT by I'm ALL Right!
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To: BallparkBoys
Wow.....There are some wackjob posters over that at CNN!!! Saying that McCain is getting a pass on all his gaffe’s and that CNN in nitpicking Obama.......Hellooooo Earth to knuckleheads!!!

Well, what do you expect from Clinton (Universal) Network News (Television)?

43 posted on 07/23/2008 2:05:44 PM PDT by Christian4Bush ("Attention stattions: the heavenly edition of the Tony Snow Show is now on the air. Woof.")
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To: dbacks

Excuse me? He did what to Robin Hood?


44 posted on 07/23/2008 2:05:44 PM PDT by DariusBane (Obamessiah the Assholian do not deny Him. (K-oneTexas creates assholian))
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To: teddyballgame
Got a screen capture of the Committee membership , as of today. By tomorrow, Obama might be made a member so as to cover up for the resume-padding, clueless, jaw-dropping gaffe.

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Oh, neither is Obama on any Subcommittees .

45 posted on 07/23/2008 2:05:49 PM PDT by Plutarch
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To: N. Theknow

“Banking Committee, Armed Services Committee, whatever..it’s one of those commmitees in the Senate..the point is I’m gonna be uh President..and uh you’ll all worship at my ah feet.”


46 posted on 07/23/2008 2:05:51 PM PDT by teddyballgame
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To: SolidWood

Well he is a LIEberal!


47 posted on 07/23/2008 2:06:25 PM PDT by Young Werther (Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
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To: teddyballgame

“No, he “misspoke””

He seemed to go out of the way to make that false point. Emphasized it. It wasn’t a slip of the tongue.


48 posted on 07/23/2008 2:06:47 PM PDT by Shermy ( Flobots, Handlebars, if that record isn't about Obama, who?)
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To: teddyballgame

Hillary is waiting in the wings.

The cue is coming.


49 posted on 07/23/2008 2:06:48 PM PDT by exit82 (People get the government they deserve--and they are about to get it --in spades.)
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To: Constitutions Grandchild
I'm starting to think that Obama has to have the "monitor" or the "piece of paper" because he has a VERY deficient memory.

One of those guys who wrote stuff all over his body when he had to take an exam.

50 posted on 07/23/2008 2:06:54 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
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To: william clark
If it was just the “we passed” thing that would seem normal. “We” as in democrats. Or “we” as in he was involved a lot in the discussions due to his presidential run or whatever.

But when he adds the “which is my committee” - when it isn't....well, the guy is just deluded.

51 posted on 07/23/2008 2:06:58 PM PDT by 21twelve (Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
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To: teddyballgame

Like Hillary’s Bosnia “gaffe.” Both pathological liars. Obama has diarrhea of the mouth and can’t help himself.


52 posted on 07/23/2008 2:08:24 PM PDT by BusterBear
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To: teddyballgame
People need to be a little bit more understanding about all of this.

With only a few months of walking around time on the Senate floor before he started his 100%-all-the-time campaign, he likely didn't know which Senate committees he was a junior member of and probably never showed up for any meetings anyway.

It is perfectly understandable if he's a bit confused. We should get off his case. It's not like anybody expected anything of him up there or like he has the gravitas of Teddy Kennedy, Chuck Shumer, Leahy, Reid, or any of the other dozens of worthies who infest that Chamber.

On the contrary. It's a bright mark on your resume if you don't hang around that place! Besides, he's running for President - not Senator. "Senator" was only his temporary job and he showed good sense by not ever showing up.

Sheesh! Get a life, People!

53 posted on 07/23/2008 2:10:47 PM PDT by Gritty (Nothing in Obama's resume suggests he's the man to remake America and heal the planet-Mark Steyn)
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To: teddyballgame

Give the guy a break. He’s probably still a little rattled from all that sniper fire he took in Kosovo.

Oh, wait a minute... Never mind.


54 posted on 07/23/2008 2:14:28 PM PDT by Hoffer Rand (0bambi: the audacity of hype)
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To: teddyballgame
Need to cut him some sack. After all he's just an affirmative action “feel good” creature to give liberals a sense of self satisfaction and superiority. He doesn't need a brain.
55 posted on 07/23/2008 2:25:38 PM PDT by isrul (Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
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To: teddyballgame

Need to cut him some slack. After all he’s just an affirmative action “feel good” creature to give liberals a sense of self satisfaction and superiority. He doesn’t need a brain.


56 posted on 07/23/2008 2:26:01 PM PDT by isrul (Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
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To: Sacajaweau
My opinion of Senator Obama is that he was a likable kid, guy, man who really is a will’o the wisp. He married a beautiful woman, has two gorgeous daughters and it was all about him. He doesn't have a record in Illinois (except for that amazing vote against medical aid to survivors of abortion), he hasn't served on any plum committees in the Senate, he has never voted on any substantial bills BUT he has learned to flash his beautiful smile and get by on conversations about “horses and roses”.

He had a lot of time to ponder himself as a kid. He had no strong “father” figure and he made a world of his own where he could be whatever he wanted to be. I'm sure he's optimistic, charming, verbose, and did I mention his smile?

What he will be as POTUS is ineffective. He will always see both sides of the debate and he will never be able to decide who is right. He's sacrificed his own opinions to make his dream come true — he wants to be the first American Black President — he'll leave the details of what he accomplishes to his handlers who will tell him what to think and what to push because he only wants to show the world how wonderful he is.

There's nothing wrong with any of it, if he were just a guy who wants to work in not-for-profit charities. The problem lies in that his decisions will affect the world. As the saying goes, “When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches cold.”

57 posted on 07/23/2008 2:26:02 PM PDT by Constitutions Grandchild
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To: teddyballgame

This is no gaff. This is an OUTRIGHT LIE. And HE KNOWS IT’S A LIE.


58 posted on 07/23/2008 2:31:37 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: teddyballgame

He thinks so little of the Israelis that he thinks they won’t bother checking or are too stupid to understand. Arrogance is painless...


59 posted on 07/23/2008 2:36:15 PM PDT by jagusafr ("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
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To: teddyballgame

He is the world. He owns it all.


60 posted on 07/23/2008 2:37:47 PM PDT by Carley
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