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.
Might have been. Way back then, popular songs were covered by various artists.For example, if a R&B singer had a hit with a certain love song, it soon would be covered on C&W charts by another singer..............
Barry just issued another Executive Order stating that the word RESPECT is now spelled RSPECT.
So he was correct as always, and the rest of us are RCISTS.Get it?
It’s ‘ghetto central’ at the Black House again. The whole world is laughing at us, and all because Sandra Fluke conned females into voting for the illegitimate racist black marxist muslim gay illegal alien raised by a transgender cross-dressing nanny and a white-man-hater communist mother and communist grand parents.
Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me.
The song was penned by the late great Otis Redding.
Oh my.
Did you know that Old Macdonald was a very bad speller?...................
Hey, he was what? 9 years old when that was on the pop charts?............
hehehe
What does Barack come out like?....................
Recall that Aretha’s husband in that “Respect” scene then left to pursue his dreams of being in a band. How liberating!
“”Can you imagine if Bush had done this?” Am I first??”
They need to Dan Quayle his *ss. Quayle just used an older spelling, one I still use.
I’m just surprised he didn’t use a ‘k’ in there.
When you are a 'foreign student', who got by on affirmative action and English is your second language, spelling is sometimes tough.
Was TOTUS effin with him? Or did he try it without TOTUS?
Take care, TCB................
Throw in a drug-induced slurring of the speech, and I think we have the picture.
Can you imagine if Dan Quayle had done THIS?..
BUT Dan was not half-black stupid incompetent probably on the down low and married to a Wookie..
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