* “On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.” –Barack Obama, Memorial Day commemoration.
“You Don’t want Billionaires to pay the same tax rate as JEW… I mean Janitors” - Barack Obama, speaking to Congressional Black Caucus, September 24, 2011
"We’re the country that built the Intercontinental Railroad," Barack Obama. On the Atchison, Topeka and the St. Tropez – Barack Obama, September 23, 2011
“. We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.” hmmmm no President Obama at his Joint Session of Congress address September 6, 2011
Then in another presser on Friday, Obama said he would be turning 50 “in a week.” Actually, he won’t hit his half-a-century mark for almost another three weeks, according to USA Today. His birthday is on Aug. 4. (July 15, 2011)
“So, when you hear folks saying ‘Well, the president shouldn’t want massive job killing tax increases when the economy is this weak.’ Nobody’s looking to raise taxes right now. We’re talking about potentially 2013 and the out years.” (emphasis added) -- Re-elect me to get massive job killing tax hikes when I’m a lame duck and you can’t do a thing about it. That right there is a sure-fire winner of a message. If you want to morph into Walter Mondale circa 1984.
"And so that mitigates against this danger that you're suggesting that our main goal is going to be to kill these individuals as opposed to potentially capturing them." (someone please diagram this sentence) - President Obama (aka smartest president ever) at Press Conference – July 7, 2011
"Malia and Sasha generally finish their homework a day ahead of time. Malia's 13, Sasha's 10... they don't wait until the night before!" But Malia isn't 13—she's 12. (Obama press conference – June 29, 2011)
“First time I saw 10th Mountain Division, you guys were in southern Iraq. When I went back to visit Afghanistan, you guys were the first ones there. I had the great honor of seeing some of you because a comrade of yours, Jared Monti, was the first person who I was able to award the Medal of Honor to who actually came back and wasn’t receiving it posthumously.“ -- As we all know, SSG Sal Giunta, of the 173rd Airborne, was the first living recipient (2011) of the MOH who fought in Iraq/Afganistan. SFC Jared Monti, 10th Mountain Division, was KIA in Afghanistan in 2006. He was posthumously awarded the MOH by Obama in 2009. (June 23, 2011)
“There are some structural issues with our economy where a lot of businesses have learned to become much more efficient with a lot fewer workers. You see it when you go to a bank and you use an ATM, you don't go to a bank teller, or you go to the airport and you're using a kiosk instead of checking in at the gate." (June 14, 2011)” - President Obama losing jobs to ATMs; however....
That’s why I’m here today at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, one of America’s leading research universities. Behind me is a display from a company called RedZone Robotics. The robots they make are used to explore water and sewage pipes, and find leaks and breaks before they become expensive problems. But the folks at RedZone aren’t just solving problems; they’re working with unions to create new jobs operating the robots, and they’re saving cities millions of dollars in infrastructure costs. This company is just one example of how advanced manufacturing can help spur job-creation and economic growth across this country. (June 25, 2011) President Obama ATMs lose jobs, Robots create jobs?
* “The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.” –Barack Obama, Tampa, Fla., Jan. 28, 2010
* “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.” –Barack Obama, Sderot, Israel, July 23, 2008. Obama was not on the Senate Banking Committee.
* “The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system.” –Barack Obama, health care roundtable, Washington, D.C., July 20, 2009
* “The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know, you know, there’s a reaction that’s been bred in our experiences that don’t go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that’s just the nature of race in our society.” –Barack Obama, 2008 campaign
* “What I was suggesting — you’re absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith…” –Barack Obama interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos , who corrected him: “Christian faith.”
* “On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.” –Barack Obama, Memorial Day commemoration,
* * I'm always worried about using the word ˜victory,™ because it invokes this notion of Emperor Hirohito coming down and signing a surrender to MacArthur. “Barack Obama, July, 2009 on Iraq
* “I’ve now been in 57 states — I think one left to.” –Obama 2008 campaign event, Beaverton, OR
* It’s not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations. –Obama on the working class at SF fundraiser, 2008
* “In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed.” –Barack Obama, 2007 campaign speech on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people.
* “I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” – Barack Obama defending his tax plan to Joe the Plumber , Toledo, OH, Oct. 12, 2008
* “The Cambridge police acted stupidly.” –Barack Obama, commenting on a white police officer’s arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr ., at a news conference, July 22, 2009.
Too bad he gets a press pass.
OK, I have to, sorry!
You may want to ask the admin to fix the gaffe in your title. :)
But, but, I heard his IQ was around 200...isn’t that right? Isn’t it? Tell me these were misstatements by an imposter, please, please..../s
must be borrowing Biden’s writer.
Nice comprehensive list, but FAR from complete, as the man is a complete and utter buffoon.
don’t forget:
“corpse” man
Writing “2008” in the Buckingham palace register when it was 2011.
Reading the wrong teleprompter for the Irish prime minister’s welcome.
Saying that the march in Selma was responsible for his parent’s meeting and having him, when he was born well before that event.
Actually....that last one was not a gaffe, as it was an absolute boldfaced lie.
* “On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.” –Barack Obama, Memorial Day commemoration.
If you include 150 affirmative action (reparations) points.
Ping for later
This guy must be reading my posts because I have been calling Biden the Gaffe-O-Matic for quite a while now. It fits Barky, too!
That’s why he likes his teleprompter. George Will was right on the money when he pointed out that Obama is overrated as an orator. Most of it comes from stupid tv anchors who get that chill up their leg. If there’s any occupation that illustrates the saying that “the secret to success is keeping your eyes open and your mouth shut”, it’s politics. The wisest fools stick to the script or keep quiet.
Keep in mind that most tv anchors and pundits don’t live in the real world. I’m hoping that they will be in for a world of hurt in Nov ‘12, just like in Nov ‘80.
I don’t understand why Fox or someone in the more conservative news media don’t start a weekly demand that Obambi allow the release of his academic records for this next election. There simply is no excuse for a sitting president to prevent the voters from seeing this material. There is no justifiable way to defend it.
Wait until Obama calls his daughters Malia and Sasquatch.
THen the fun will really begin.
Personally, I thought that Michelle was the Sasquatch, or was that a Wookie?
Nice work. I have some you can add to your collection.
“As Libyans rebuild, let those efforts tap the experience of all those with the skills to contribute, including the many Africans in Libya.” Of course many Africans are in Libya, including the entire population of Libya since it is located in Africa.
“And I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of privacy in that region.” This one is not well known because the NYT saw fit to correct his statement by reporting, “President Obama vowed Monday to ‘halt the rise of piracy’ off the coast of Africa following the dramatic rescue of an American merchant captain.”
“I know that in the past people are concerned, ‘Are we going to have our young people being taught to the test?’ That’s the last thing we want.”
These examples might seem like nit picking, but when remarks made by a comedian on SNL are attributed to a major politician figure, it demonstrates the media’s bias.