Originally Posted By Mr X Okay, I've never bought into the whole teleprompter hype (cause it's load of crap), and I've always admired the President for his smarts and his ability to think on his feet. I CERTAINLY didn't find that "57 states" comment to be anything to worry about (duh...he was tired, he meant "47" which is plain to see, with one more to go not counting Alaska and Hawaii...that makes 50). But this one IS disturbing. I don't know who programmed the teleprompter, but I think regardless of such a dumb error he should've thunk on his feet better than he did right here because he comes off sounding like a dummy (there's no way to excuse this as a "mental error" or anything like that, it just doesn't make any sense at all no matter how you slice it). <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUd-slJc-GY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...-slJc-GY</a> I just can't make any sense of it as far as the "you should be getting a raise!" part. Obviously 3000% is stupid, but so is 300%, and if he meant 30% he should've just said it. Or did he mean $3,000? In any case, it's a confused and botched comment that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. I hope that he will make a comment to apologize for the confusion and explain what exactly he was trying to say.
Originally Posted By fkurucz Meh, I recall all the fuss made when dubya would utter his famous slip ups (Strategery was my favorite). It happens. Like you said, he was probably tired with a million things on his mind and it slipped past him as he read the teleprompter.
Originally Posted By mele Did he actually say "strategery" or was that Will Ferrell? Okay, I looked it up. Interesting! ;-) (Wikipedia...take with a grain of salt) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategery" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategery</a>
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Will Ferrell was not the inventerator of the word 'strategery', that was good 'ol W himself.
Originally Posted By snappyfun >>Meh, I recall all the fuss made when dubya would utter his famous slip ups (Strategery was my favorite).<< Funny whatever dumb things Obama says the Liberals go right to Bush. It's really kind of scary, like he has them hypnotized.
Originally Posted By mele From the link: The word "strategery" was coined for a Saturday Night Live sketch, written by James Downey, airing October 7, 2000, which satirized the performances of George W. Bush and Al Gore, two candidates for President of the United States, during the first presidential debate for election year 2000. [1] Comedian Will Ferrell played Bush and used the word "strategery" (a mock-Bushism playing on the words "strategic" and common morphological word ending "-ery" or "-ary"), when asked by a mock debate moderator to summarize "the best argument for his campaign", thus satirizing Bush's reputation for mispronouncing words.
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Originally Posted By wahooskipper I don't fault Obama for miscues anymore than I faulted Bush. If all of our President's had nearly every spoken miscue recorded for all time then I bet the percentage of mistakes would be pretty even. Some, obviously, had better command of the language...particularly in front of cameras...but sit back and think about the number of dumb things you might say in a day...or a week. Then, imagine they were all recorded. All of our President's have been human...even Obama.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Did he actually say "strategery" or was that Will Ferrell?<< Whatever, the point is all politicos make these mistakes. It doesn't matter if the have a 'D', or an 'R' after their name. It never knocked Bush for making them and I won't hold it against Obama either.
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Originally Posted By Mr X ***Brain fart, pure and somple, er simple. Bush had brain diarrhea.*** Well, sure. But it's a rather weird one to say the least, as it doesn't seem to make any sense at all. In Bush's case, I think the guy truly wasn't very bright. But then again, that's exactly what his followers WANT in a President (education = smart = elitist = unamerican).
