News Conference By President Obama (Thinks Austrian is a language!!!)

Talking Points Memo/White House ^ | April 3 | Obama

[PghBaldy]

Q Sonja Sagmeister from a little country, Austria, from Austrian Television. Mr. President, you said you came here to learn and to listen. So a quite personal question -- what did you learn from your personal talk with the European leaders? And did this change in a certain way your views on Europe and its politics?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: It's an interesting question. I had already formed relationships with many of them. ... There's a lot of -- I don't know what the term is in Austrian -- wheeling and dealing -- and, you know, people are pursuing their interests, and everybody has their own particular issues and their own particular politics.

[PghBaldy]

Itried to find it o WH site and can't.Obama's people made that site a mess. ANYTHING the Prez says should be easiy accessible. I cant find it, so sorry to post from this lib site, but it's hilarious. I was looking for something else and clicked a link to see how Obama didn't know that there is no Austrian language...

[PghBaldy]

Note Senator Obama was on a Cmte dealing with NATO. I would think one could pick up a little knowledge there even if they just listened...

[Jagdgewehr]

He probably thinks there is an Australian language too.

[SolidWood]

What an idiot!

I’m sure there will be SNL sketches on this./sarc

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

How could this creep be so uneducated?
Just who is “the power behind the throne, so to speak.”
No wonder we can't see his college transcripts. Affirmative action to the max!

[bygolly]

If the TOTUS said there is an Austrian language, how can you disagree with the President?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

And Edelweiss is a law firm.

[denydenydeny]

" I don't know what the term is in Austrian,"

If Bush had ever said anything this stupid, it would have led the news.

[ConservativeMind]

Is there some place that is collecting all of these Obama gaffes? I'd sure like to send it to some commies I know who bashed Bush all the time.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

57 states.

[ConservativeMind]

TOTUS was not responsible for that!

[snoringbear]

“Just who is “the power behind the throne, so to speak.””

The teleprompter must have been down. Question is; who writes for the teleprompter - which is sort of your question as well.

[Pining_4_TX]

President Clueless strikes again!

[oldbill]

He probably thinks there is an Australian language too.

There is. It's very similar to Austrian, except you add "mate" at the end of each sentence. Sorta like Canadian, which is like English but you add an "eh" at the end of the sentences.

[PghBaldy]

Hitler had a TERRIBLE time taking over Germany since they didn’t speak Austrian like he did...

[bygolly]

"TOTUS was not responsible for that!"

My apologies...didn't intend to impune the integrity of something so well read!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Austria’s greatest accomplish in the 20th Century was making everyone believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven was Austrian. Now they’ve gone one further and convinced Obama they speak a whole nuther language. (Yeah, Austrian dialects aren’t standard German, but for the most part neither are German dialects.)

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“the power behind the throne, so to speak.”

I have been lookin’ for somewhere to use that “O Brother” quote!

[huck von finn]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_languages_do_austria_speak

"What languages do austria speak?

In: Non-English Languages and Cultures [Edit categories]

Austrian people speak Austrian, which is very close to German. So they can probably speak and understand German without any difficulty.

[TMA62]

What’s next?

He will ask: “Austrian??.....Well, lets put another shrimp on the barby!!”