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Don't Know Much About History (Michelle Obama's Dept of Ed gaffe)
Wall St Journal ^ | 02/03/09 | James Taranto

Posted on 02/03/2009 3:38:52 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

First lady Michelle Obama set out Monday on a listening tour through the federal bureaucracy, stopping first at the Department of Education to thank employees for their service and rally them for the tough work ahead... While at the Education Department, Mrs. Obama committed this howler:

In thanking the workers, she told them: "I am a product of your work."

"I wouldn't be here if it weren't for the public schools that nurtured me and helped me along," said Mrs. Obama, a Chicago native who attended its public schools as a child.

Michelle Obama was born in January 1964. The Department of Education began operation in May 1980, when Mrs. Obama was a 16-year-old high school junior.

Apparently she is unaware that there were public schools before there was a federal Department of Education--though we suppose that's evidence that the department does not bear all the blame for the schools' going downhill.

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: eddept; education; flotusmichelle; gaffe; michelle; obama
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1 posted on 02/03/2009 3:38:52 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Stuck on Stupid Ping


2 posted on 02/03/2009 3:40:55 PM PST by Danae (Amerikan Unity My Ass)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

NRFPT> Not Ready for Prime Time.


3 posted on 02/03/2009 3:41:11 PM PST by Crawdad (Barack Obama hates black people.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

And not to leave out the most highly mentioned in reputation the National Education Association, so non political, and highly academic (sarc)


4 posted on 02/03/2009 3:41:25 PM PST by rovenstinez
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Thanks to Jimmy (friggen) Carter!!! Well, we now have the next Carter in office, so far, Obambi is making Carter look good.


5 posted on 02/03/2009 3:41:33 PM PST by Fred ('The bigger the fix, the bigger the fool')
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
"I wouldn't be here if it weren't for the public schools that nurtured me and helped me along," said Mrs. Obama, a Chicago native who attended its public schools as a child.

You got that right, Michelle. It took quite a few million other public school graduates to get you there.

6 posted on 02/03/2009 3:42:16 PM PST by jennyjenny
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

So, she flunked history? Heck, I’ll bet she didn’t even thank Jimmy Carter for the DOE - a payback to the NEA for getting him elected.


7 posted on 02/03/2009 3:43:06 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Her children are above going to public schools though.


8 posted on 02/03/2009 3:43:08 PM PST by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
She had a relatively privileged life. She went to a magnet high school, Princeton (she was surprised she got into Princeton with her test scores.....I guess she doesn't realize she is also a product of affirmative action), Harvard Law School (likely affirmative action here, too). I WISH I had been offered the advantages she was given.
9 posted on 02/03/2009 3:44:52 PM PST by originalbuckeye
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Teehehe! Of course off hand I’d have not known that fact but OTOH I am not first lady either. I am not a product of the DoE!


10 posted on 02/03/2009 3:48:28 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: Danae

Bet Michelle didn’t know this !

http://patriotroom.com/article/pelosi-the-stupidest-thing-any-politician-has-ever-said


11 posted on 02/03/2009 3:49:47 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Fred
Obambi is making Carter look good.

Nope Carter still is the winner. I am sure that given time (at least a couple more bad appointments) Obama will be very competitive.

12 posted on 02/03/2009 3:50:30 PM PST by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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To: Squantos

ROTFLMAO! What! LMAO.... did she add in all the murdered Babies from her pro Abortion stance? I mean DAMN even at that she is still 150 Million Americans OVER the Real Population!

That woman is STUPID. And a Liar, and a fear monger, and a THIEF! CORRUPTION IN A DRESS!


13 posted on 02/03/2009 3:56:44 PM PST by Danae (Amerikan Unity My Ass)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Dumb as a post.


14 posted on 02/03/2009 3:58:56 PM PST by School of Rational Thought (CPA, MBA needs a job - referrals welcome)
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To: Danae

And those are just her best qualities..........:o)

Here is a better link......LOL !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8hMJVXt09E

Stay safe !


15 posted on 02/03/2009 3:59:08 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Who’s being stupid? The Department of Education was spun-off from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The other piece today is the Department of Health and Human Services.


16 posted on 02/03/2009 4:03:10 PM PST by Procyon (To the global warming fanatics the problem is too many people and the solution is genocide.)
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To: Danae

Danae, if you have something to say, just say it!


17 posted on 02/03/2009 4:06:09 PM PST by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

And her parents named her after the first African American First Lady - or was it the first person to climb Mount Everest? - I forget...


18 posted on 02/03/2009 4:07:30 PM PST by Who is John Galt? ("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Where are her people? Is she arrogant enough that she doesn’t have people who go over what she says? All of what’s happening is not surprising...it takes lots of experience to bare up to the scrutiny of every word you say. The Obamas are just not qualified for it. They never were.


19 posted on 02/03/2009 4:09:09 PM PST by Hildy
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To: originalbuckeye

Have you read her laughable Princeton thesis? One sentence on the first page has three major grammatical errors.


20 posted on 02/03/2009 4:09:21 PM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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