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Obama: '10,000 People Died' in Kansas Tornado
Associated Press via FOX News.com ^
| May 9, 2007
Posted on 05/09/2007 7:30:38 AM PDT by Kaslin
RICHMOND, Va. — Barack Obama, caught up in the fervor of a campaign speech Tuesday, drastically overstated the Kansas tornadoes death toll, saying 10,000 had died.
The death toll was 12.
"In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed," the Democratic presidential candidate said in a speech to 500 people packed into a sweltering Richmond art studio for a fundraiser.
Obama mentioned the disaster in Greensburg, Kan., in saying he had been told by the office of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius that the state's National Guard had been depleted by its commitment to the Iraq War.
"Turns out that the National Guard in Kansas only had 40 percent of its equipment and they are having to slow down the recovery process in Kansas," Obama said, his shirt sleeves rolled up and his head glistening with sweat.
As the Illinois senator concluded his remarks a few minutes later, he appeared to realize his gaffe.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: gaffe; glisteningwithsweat; obama; sebelius; yesterday
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To: JennysCool
Same guy that’s president of Pakistan.......
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posted on
05/09/2007 1:30:26 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(My gerund got caught in my diphthong, and now I have a dangling participle...............)
To: ConservaTexan
The Sci-Fi Channel did a made-for-TV movie on that premise a few years back. A new joint Air Force-Navy task force was charged with destroying the giant Category 8+ super-hurricanes that began popping up in the Atlantic on a regular basis.
It was so comical that I had to laugh, but there are people out there who actually think that such an event is just a matter of time.
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posted on
05/09/2007 7:01:15 PM PDT
by
Stonewall Jackson
(Sir, I protest! I am not a merry man! - Lt. Worf)
To: Kaslin
And Obama is supposed to be so intelligent. He is intelligent...Kerry would have said 20,000. Well, I guess that's only comparatively.
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posted on
05/09/2007 7:02:33 PM PDT
by
highlander_UW
(I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
05/09/2007 7:36:19 PM PDT
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: savedbygrace
I was just watching it on fox news and the people behind him were nodding their heads in agreement...if it wasn’t so sad, it would be funny.
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posted on
05/09/2007 7:38:37 PM PDT
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: 50sDad
And how good they make us feel matters less than how they feel good about themselves!
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posted on
05/09/2007 8:06:39 PM PDT
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: MD_Willington_1976
Yeah, the tornado was allegedly registered, but it did have a history of depression (tropical) which didn’t turn up on the radar because of a weakness in the laws that did not require a mental background check.
Pelosi is passing a bill to close the hole...if the bill passes all states will be given huge incentives to compile their tornado depression history into a central CIA database. Any Tornado found to have a history of depression will not be permitted to purchase a firearm.
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posted on
05/09/2007 8:19:27 PM PDT
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: prairiebreeze
He said there will be times when he gets tired and makes mistakes...guess he’s greasing the skids for even more opportunities...I mean, mistakes.
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posted on
05/09/2007 8:24:47 PM PDT
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jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: Nathan Zachary
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posted on
05/09/2007 8:39:33 PM PDT
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jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: BOBWADE
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posted on
05/09/2007 10:39:09 PM PDT
by
zip
(((Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough become truth to 48% of all Americans (NRA)))))
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