Posted on 03/07/2014 11:06:37 AM PST by Red Badger
O-O-P-S. President Barack Obama had a spelling blunder Thursday while praising Aretha Franklin.
Obama misspelled “respect” while lauding the “Queen of Soul” before a White House concert featuring several musical legends.
“When Aretha first told us what R-S-P-E-C-T meant to her,” Obama said, before the audience in the East Room erupted into laughter. He then continued, “”She had no idea it would become a rallying cry for African-Americans, and women, and then everyone who felt marginalized because of what they looked like or who they loved. They wanted some respect. Later, when somebody asked her why it had such an impact, she said, ‘I guess everybody just wants a little respect.’ Today, they still do.”
First up in the East Room lineup was Patti LaBelle, with a thundering delivery of “Over the Rainbow” that had the audience on its feet.
It was a mutual admiration society of sorts as LaBelle thanked the Obamas for their tenure in the White House, declaring, “Baby, you got swag!”
Ariana Grande, the youngster in the group at 20, seemed in awe of her fellow performers and the august audience. Her lead-in: “What’s up? How are you? Good to see you. Thank you for having me.”
The emotional high point came when Franklin, 71, sauntered in, gave a shimmy and declared “Let’s have a party.” Then she went right into “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” She was back later to close down the show with what Obama called “one more treat,” – a slow, soulful rendition of “Amazing Grace” that turned rowdy at the end.
But first, all the other ladies – including Melissa Etheridge, Janelle Monae, Jill Scott and Tessanne Chin – collaborated on a rollicking delivery of “Proud Mary.”
The concert was livestreamed at WhiteHouse.gov/live and will be broadcast as “In Performance at the White House: Women of Soul” on April 7 on PBS.
She can teach him the ‘name game’
Stupid, Stupid
Mo Stupid
Fee-fi-fo fupid....STUPID...................
SHIRLEY ELLIS
“The Name Game”
The name game!
Shirley!
Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley
Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley!
Lincoln!
Lincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln
Fee fy mo Mincoln, Lincoln!
Come on everybody!
I say now let’s play a game
I betcha I can make a rhyme out of anybody’s name
The first letter of the name, I treat it like it wasn’t there
But a B or an F or an M will appear
And then I say bo add a B then I say the name and Bonana fanna and a
fo
And then I say the name again with an F very plain
and a fee fy and a mo
And then I say the name again with an M this time
and there isn’t any name that I can’t rhyme
Arnold!
Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold
Fee fy mo Marnold Arnold!
But if the first two letters are ever the same,
I drop them both and say the name like
Bob, Bob drop the B’s Bo ob
For Fred, Fred drop the F’s Fo red
For Mary, Mary drop the M’s Mo ary
That’s the only rule that is contrary.
Okay? Now say Bo: Bo
Now Tony with a B: Bony
Then Bonana fanna fo: bonana fanna fo
Then you say the name again with an F very plain: Fony
Then a fee fy and a mo: fee fy mo
Then you say the name again with an M this time: Mony
And there isn’t any name that you can’t rhyme
Every body do Tony!
Pretty good, let’s do Billy!
Very good, let’s do Marsha!
A little trick with Nick!
The name game
He would get no RSPECT.....................
As my mother said when Quayle pulled this ... “the stupidity is not the misspelling. The stupidity is spelling in public”.
I’m waiting for this to be on the 6 oclock news.
My first reaction to the bias from the media regarding Obama was astonishment. I couldn’t believe it. As it continued, I began to be infuriated. I tried to let everyone I know hear about it. No one cared. That led to just plain disgust on my part.
Now, after November 2012, when I see the bias on display, I acknowledge the defeat.
How many years did the MSM hunch on “potatoe”? But not much of a peep on RSPECT, eh? Don’t worry...no bias here. They say they’re not. Believe ‘em.
Ebonics?
Ashley “Fake Glasses” Banfield was making all kinds of excuses. She actually said she didn’t know how to spell it. Her co-anchor said he’s really terrible at spelling. Yet he’s a journalist. BS!
D-M-B-A-S-S.
So the man is not only a fraud, ineligible to be pres, would have failed a background check as security guard, and can’t spell.
Not really fair to criticize an illegal immigrant for poor spelling. English is known to be a difficult language for foreigners to learn. Give him a break on this one. He does know that Amerika has 57 states ( just like the world Islamic conference organization has 57 member states and terrorist organizations). So he’s been studying up in us at least.
Oops, I thought it was Aretha
Ebnics.......................
You could never do this song if someone’s name was Mitch or Chuck.
It can be spelled either way but the press would never admit they’re wrong about a “r-p-u-b-l-i-c-a-n”.
Off the prompter....
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