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Obama Misspells ‘Respect’ While Praising Franklin Before White House Concert
SEE BS...... ^ | 03-07-2014 | Staff

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: arethafranklin; harvardlawrvueditor; obamaspelling; respect; wherewastotus
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To: Red Badger

Think he’ll get the same negative press that Dan Quayle did when he read potatoe off a spelling bee card?


41 posted on 03/07/2014 11:27:27 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Red Badger

so will he get the Quayle treatment?

Of course not


42 posted on 03/07/2014 11:27:32 AM PST by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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To: Red Badger

A rallying cry for african americans and women? PULLLEEEEEZ


43 posted on 03/07/2014 11:28:17 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: Genoa

Heck, not only that, but can you imaging what would have happened if Dan Quayle had misspelled potato?


44 posted on 03/07/2014 11:28:23 AM PST by erkelly
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To: Red Badger

A Republican would have been ripped to shreds and called racist.
democrats are filthy hypocrites.


45 posted on 03/07/2014 11:28:24 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: Red Badger

R-S-P-E-C-T... at least he didn’t put in an extra “e” like Dan Quayle, haha.


46 posted on 03/07/2014 11:29:01 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Alex Murphy

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”.


47 posted on 03/07/2014 11:32:52 AM PST by LurkedLongEnough
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To: I want the USA back

Yeah...lead story on tonight’s Nightly Nooze.


48 posted on 03/07/2014 11:38:10 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: Red Badger

Thank God he wasn’t spelling potato!


49 posted on 03/07/2014 11:38:29 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Red Badger

The reason he misspelled it is because he does’t know what it means.


50 posted on 03/07/2014 11:40:42 AM PST by Vinylly
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To: Red Badger
Ebonics
51 posted on 03/07/2014 11:44:35 AM PST by Tupelo (I feel more like Philip Nolan every day)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

He obviously couldn’t use that “e” because Dan had already used it! Duh! /dumbblonde


52 posted on 03/07/2014 11:47:10 AM PST by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: Red Badger; Labyrinthos

Not ebonics, just stupidity. If it were ebonics, he would have said R-E-S-P-E-C-K.


53 posted on 03/07/2014 11:47:34 AM PST by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: Red Badger

damn TOTUS


54 posted on 03/07/2014 11:50:25 AM PST by ilgipper
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To: Red Badger

I are smert.
I has telepwomper.


55 posted on 03/07/2014 11:51:08 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Genoa

First to post it, but we’re al thinking it.


56 posted on 03/07/2014 11:52:05 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Red Badger

Sounds like a case of doobie, doobie doo ...

:-)


57 posted on 03/07/2014 11:58:36 AM PST by Let's Roll (Save the world's best healthcare - REPEAL, DEFUND Obamacare!)
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To: Red Badger

It’s the Austrian spelling. Or Indonesian.


58 posted on 03/07/2014 11:58:52 AM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Red Badger

Sounds like a case of doobie, doobie doo ...

:-)


59 posted on 03/07/2014 12:00:32 PM PST by Let's Roll (Save the world's best healthcare - REPEAL, DEFUND Obamacare!)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

If he had left off the “e” he could have said it was the correct spelling for the texting generation.


60 posted on 03/07/2014 12:03:02 PM PST by Heart of Georgia
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