[Argus]

I don't think he's ever really seen the United States of America outside of Maui, South Chicago, and Washington DC. He's touring the USA like an American with only one week of vacation tours Europe: Well, here's Belgium! Look at all the flowers. Is that a, er ah, a germanaranium, or whatever they call it? Hell, I dunno. Back in the car kids! We're late for Portugal!

You nailed it. The only versions of America Obama knows from personal experience are Harvard and the South Side of Chicago. Neither is really typical of the rest of the country. He's now playing catchup in all sorts of areas, but there's no substitute for having actually lived among the people and imbibed their view of reality.

[The KG9 Kid]

I'm surprised that Barack Obama isn't claiming he learned all he needs to know about world culture by riding through 'It's A Small World' at Disneyland.

You know: Mexican kids sing in Spanish while wearing serapes and sombreros and shaking maracas, while Dutch kids have wooden shoes and Indian kids charm cobras out of baskets while playing a flute.