When President Bush made the same mistake during his campaign for President in 2000, he was roundly criticized as unintelligent.
Yet, Barack can continue to make gaffe after gaffe, and its not a reflection on him.
To be fair, I don't consider "The Internets" to be that big of a gaffe. But then again, I wasn't the one making fun of Bush for doing the same damn thing.
I've seen some ridiculous gaffes by Obama, but this one took the cake.
I need to start by introducing you to Medal Of Honor winner, Sergeant First Class Jared C. Monti. Jared lost his life in Afghanistan. According to the official website:
With complete disregard for his own safety, Staff Sergeant Monti twice attempted to move from behind the cover of the rocks into the face of relentless enemy fire to rescue his fallen comrade. Determined not to leave his Soldier, Staff Sergeant Monti made a third attempt to cross open terrain through intense enemy fire. On this final attempt, he was mortally wounded, sacrificing his own life in an effort to save his fellow Sohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifldier. Staff Sergeant Monti's selfless acts of heroism inspired his patrol to fight off the larger enemy force
The president presented his parents with the Congressional Medal Of Honor, after giving this 14 minute speech on Jared.
It is a moving ceremony, one which I'm fairly certain that the parents will not forget.
“First time I saw the 10th Mountain Division, you guys were in southern Iraq. When I went back to visit Afghanistan, you guys were the first ones there. I had the great honor of seeing some of you because a comrade of yours, Jared Monti, was the first person who I was able to award the Medal of Honor to who actually came back and wasn’t receiving it posthumously.”
This truly is the worst possible gaffe the president could have committed. Now granted, he did call the parents to apologize. But this fits under the heading of "imagine if Bush said this...?" Because if this were any other president, we'd still be talking about this today.
Recently, someone was telling me about what a lightweight they thought Sarah Palin was. Of course, I challenged them to bring up examples, and of course, they blanked.
So I decided to give them examples of what a lightweight might say.
With that in mind, here are my favorite Obama gaffes of all time.
Number 6 - Isn't that special: Barack, on Jay Leno, says that his bowling was like the Special Olympics.
Number 5 - Time to add some stars to that flag
"It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it." Number 4 - A Tribute to the movie "Sixth Sense"
"On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong."
Numger 3 - The tragedy that dwarfed 9/11 in Kansas Of course, we all missed out on hearing about it, but Barack updated us:
“In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed.”
Number 2 - The main problem with the Middle East is, eh, the Middle East?
"The Middle East Is Obviously An Issue That Has Plagued The Region For Centuries"
