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Obama’s Spelling Snafu: Obama Flubs Spelling of 'R-E-S-P-E-C-T' During Aretha Franklin Tribute
Washington Free Beacon ^
| 03/07/2014
Posted on 03/07/2014 12:05:54 PM PST by SeekAndFind
President Obama spoke about respect when talking about Aretha Franklin’s famed “RESPECT” song Thursday night at the White House, but he clearly failed to show her that same respect when he spelt the name of her hit song wrong.
The White House hosted soul singers for a concert, including Aretha Franklin, who performed at the President’s 2009 Inauguration, Patti LaBelle, and Ariana Grande.
President Obama told the crowd, “When Aretha first told us what R-S-P-E-C-T meant to her…”
The crowd roared in laughter before allowing the President to finish his introduction.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arethafranklin; doublestandard; obama; obamagaffes; potatoe; respect; rspect; spelling
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So, Dan Qualye has company now...
To: SeekAndFind
I think Rush had it right.
Someone typing on the teleprompter left out the E and Obama is so enslaved to that device that he didn’t know what to do.
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:07:07 PM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: SeekAndFind
Barack Al-Obama is the worst speller in all 57 states! LOL.
To: MrB
To: MrB
Agreed. I remember once his teleprompter broke and he just stopped talking. I just heard it again on Hannity.
What was worse than that was his late night talk show routine at the end.
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:13:09 PM PST
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:13:18 PM PST
by
Catmom
(We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
To: SeekAndFind
The look on his face when they laughed at him....he don’t like being mocked.
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:13:31 PM PST
by
Dog
(Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
No.....really......that’s how they spell respect at Harvard.
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:15:18 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: 2harddrive
Hey BrrrrrROCK............ Dan Quayle on line 3.
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:15:23 PM PST
by
WaterWeWaitinFor
(Would Winston Churchill stand still for all this nonsense? Cruz our new Churchill?)
To: SeekAndFind
I don’t think Dan wants his company.
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:17:14 PM PST
by
xp38
To: SeekAndFind
And don’t forget, Obama has great RSPECT for US Navy “corpsemen.”
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:20:03 PM PST
by
ken5050
(I fear a world run by adults who were never spanked as kids and got trophies just for participating)
To: SeekAndFind
For the last time, anything you put on that prompter, Burgundy Barry will read.
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:20:10 PM PST
by
DManA
To: SeekAndFind
For the record: No one who is a fan of Aretha Franklin could possibly misspell this word.
To: Senator_Blutarski
The song didn’t get much play in Indonesia.
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:21:27 PM PST
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:22:10 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
To: SeekAndFind
Damn typos on the teleprompter made our President look stupid!
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:23:13 PM PST
by
Tenacious 1
(My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
To: SeekAndFind
Worse. They had the ‘e’ on the cue card Quayle used.
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:24:19 PM PST
by
Ingtar
(The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
03/07/2014 12:25:52 PM PST
by
Recompennation
(Constitutional protection for all not ju st selectively for Democrats.)
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