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Obama Makes Stupid Remark At First Post Election Press Conference

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Faos, Nov 7, 2008.

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  1. SpiffyRifi

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    We've been apologizing for OUR president for 8 years now - this is pretty minor to all the stupid stuff Bush has said.
     
    #21 SpiffyRifi, Nov 8, 2008
  2. vlaurelio

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    yeah.. he gonna turn off some voters.. this is good news for mccain..

    :D
     
    #22 vlaurelio, Nov 8, 2008
  3. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    Too bad Faos wasn't here to report on the stupid remarks of the last 8 years... Iraq is reconstituting its nuclear weapons and all that jazz.
     
    #23 CometsWin, Nov 8, 2008
  4. KingCheetah

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    Dumb remark from Obama. He'll have to get past this type of thing quick because slamming one of the most revered women in the country who happens to be recovering from a broken pelvis won't endear many non-supporters to his cause.
     
    #24 KingCheetah, Nov 8, 2008
  5. Dubious

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    After the French revolution they cut off Marie Antoinette's head. Ridiculing the absurdity of a Ouija Board and astrology influencing the policy of the United States is a understandable step in returning science and reasoning to the fore.

    Onward!
     
    #25 Dubious, Nov 8, 2008
  6. conquistador#11

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    My favourite was Nelson mandela is dead, because ......
     
    #26 conquistador#11, Nov 8, 2008
  7. krosfyah

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    There's insensitive ...and there's stupid.

    Stupid is thinking Africa is a country.

    Stupid is "Heckava job Brownie"

    ah, it's too easy. Nevermind.
     
    #27 krosfyah, Nov 8, 2008
  8. Smokey

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    It was a dumb comment but I think Nancy will forgive him. It's not like Obama dumped her handicapped best friend. Oh wait that was McBush.
     
    #28 Smokey, Nov 8, 2008
  9. killer instinct

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    Why would the Reagans have to have a seance?

    Aren't they supposedly gods?
     
    #29 killer instinct, Nov 8, 2008
  10. giddyup

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    Just Say No
     
    #30 giddyup, Nov 8, 2008
  11. Faos

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    It was Hillary who held the seances, not Nancy.

    http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/11/07/abc-nbc-fail-correct-obamas-seance-gaffe

    ABC and NBC Fail to Correct Obama's 'Seance' Gaffe


    By Brent Baker (Bio | Archive)
    November 7, 2008 - 20:47 ET


    Friday night stories on ABC's World News and the NBC Nightly News ran a clip of President-elect Barack Obama's gaffe at his press conference in which he related he had talked to all of the “living” former Presidents, as “I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any seances.” But both newscasts failed to note it was Hillary Clinton, not Nancy Reagan, who reportedly had seances in the White House. ABC's Jake Tapper called Obama's comment “a lighter moment” while NBC's Lee Cowan described it as “the only awkward moment of his first meeting with the press.”

    FNC's Jim Angle, however, managed to point out in his 6 PM EST story: “It was actually Hillary Clinton who was reported to have engaged in seance-like sessions in which she communed with the spirit of Eleanor Roosevelt.”

    The AP also noted the error. “Obama slips in reference to seance by Nancy Reagan” announced the headline over a dispatch posted at 5:06 PM EST on Yahoo News. The AP's Kevin Freking recalled:

    In his book, The Choice, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward described how Clinton consulted with a spiritual adviser who led her through imaginary conversations with her personal hero, Eleanor Roosevelt. Newsweek magazine, which was promoting the book, characterized the visits as “seances,” a term that White House officials quickly tried to squelch.
     
    #31 Faos, Nov 8, 2008
  12. leroy

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    Pot, meet kettle.

    If you weren't, why bother starting a thread. He made a miniscule mistake and quickly apologized for it.
     
    #32 leroy, Nov 8, 2008
  13. weslinder

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    We've got him right where we want him.
     
    #33 weslinder, Nov 8, 2008
  14. mc mark

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    Republicans need to start figuring out what they stand for and how they are going to repair their party instead of attacking a guy who hasn't even been sworn in yet.
     
    #34 mc mark, Nov 8, 2008
  15. Willis25

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    still waiting for 43 to apologize for that whole "yellow cake uranium" gaffe...
     
    #35 Willis25, Nov 8, 2008
  16. aghast

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    From '88, when it originally broke:

    Time: Good Heavens! An astrologer dictating the President's schedule?:

    Non-diplomatic, perhaps, especially to an ailing former first lady, but, like his "mutt" line, it was funny.
     
    #36 aghast, Nov 8, 2008
  17. Faos

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    I already used that line. Think of something new.

    I pointed out that he did make a "miniscule" mistake. and apologized for it.
    If you are going to call me out for starting a useless thread call out your own as well. Why is that never the case I wonder?
     
    #37 Faos, Nov 8, 2008
  18. bigtexxx

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    LOL at the hypocrisy. Bush was pilloried by the liberal left for his speaking gaffes (most were not borderline hateful comments like Obama's were yesterday), yet now those same hypocritical lefties claim that Obama just made a minor slip of the tongue. Guys, pull out a mirror and check yourselves. TIA
     
    #38 bigtexxx, Nov 8, 2008
  19. aghast

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    It would only be hypocrisy if Michelle Obama consults an astrologist, mystic or Nostradamus incarnate to determine the place settings at future White House dinners. Obama's joke was impolitic, perhaps, but not untrue.
     
    #39 aghast, Nov 8, 2008
  20. Rashmon

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    The next eight years are going to be so fun watching the reactionary right scramble for every possible opportunity to impugn Obama.

    Kind of like the last eight years for the rest of us.
     
    #40 Rashmon, Nov 8, 2008
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