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.
Think he’ll get the same negative press that Dan Quayle did when he read potatoe off a spelling bee card?
so will he get the Quayle treatment?
Of course not
A rallying cry for african americans and women? PULLLEEEEEZ
Heck, not only that, but can you imaging what would have happened if Dan Quayle had misspelled potato?
A Republican would have been ripped to shreds and called racist.
democrats are filthy hypocrites.
R-S-P-E-C-T... at least he didn’t put in an extra “e” like Dan Quayle, haha.
OK, I’ll say it. Respect is earned, not granted by the NEA or NFT, who proclaim “any spelling works if you think it’s right”.
Yeah...lead story on tonight’s Nightly Nooze.
Thank God he wasn’t spelling potato!
The reason he misspelled it is because he does’t know what it means.
He obviously couldn’t use that “e” because Dan had already used it! Duh! /dumbblonde
Not ebonics, just stupidity. If it were ebonics, he would have said R-E-S-P-E-C-K.
damn TOTUS
I are smert.
I has telepwomper.
First to post it, but we’re al thinking it.
Sounds like a case of doobie, doobie doo ...
:-)
It’s the Austrian spelling. Or Indonesian.
Sounds like a case of doobie, doobie doo ...
:-)
If he had left off the “e” he could have said it was the correct spelling for the texting generation.
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