Obama's gaffe dwarfs all others

[Juliuscaesar]

President Obama today apologized to the ****** of a Medal of Honor recipient whom he erroneously said was still alive.

On Thursday at Fort Drum, the president told troops from the 10th Mountain Division that he previously "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.”

Wrong. Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti was actually ****** in Afghanistan on June 21, 2006. In September 2009, President Obama awarded him the Medal of Honor posthumously.



http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalp...a-apologizes-to-******-of-fallen-soldier.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yoOO5yKffY

Obama presenting the Congressional Medal of Honor to Jared Monti...

posthumously!

 

[Juliuscaesar]

Just wow..Even Bush never made a mistake like that and he wasn't what you would call a "great" speaker!

 

[Ace Bandage]

:*****: Not a big deal.

****** him on his foreign policy, the state of the economy, or the unemployment rate, but don't bother me with this bullshit and call it a big deal. He apologized, it's done.

People make mistakes. Move on.

 

[Hot Mega]

It's good he corrected his mistake and didn't insist that the guy was still alive over the objections of the truth and his grieving parents.:o

"Apology accepted."

Some politicians....well...uh....we don't know what their response to a mistake or misspeak might be....:1orglaugh

 

[Will E Worm]

Obama's gaffe dwarfs all others

Yes and this is a huge deal.

Buh-Bye in 2012 :tongue:

 

[monicasilver]

Yes and this is a huge deal.

Buh-Bye in 2012 :tongue:

It isn't. I'm not sure who is going to run against Obama to make him go "Buh-Bye".

I wouldn't mind seeing a change in leadership just to see a new set of facing say defending their "guy" no matter what and not seeing any improvements needed.

 

[Will E Worm]

It isn't. I'm not sure who is going to run against Obama to make him go "Buh-Bye".

I wouldn't mind seeing a change in leadership just to see a new set of facing say defending their "guy" no matter what and not seeing any improvements needed.

It is. :tongue:

I do not know who is going to replace him. He has not been doing anything good for America. He needs to go.

 

[ragincaucasian]

speaking of dwarfs

 

[Rey C.]

Just wow..Even Bush never made a mistake like that and he wasn't what you would call a "great" speaker!

Nah, he just invaded a country based on the word of some shadowy Iraqi flunky and got tens of thousands of people ****** and about a trillion dollars spent. I kind of wish that my boy W. had made fifty mistakes like this and not made the one BIG one in Iraq.

Admittedly, this is a mistake. But (and with all due respect to the soldier and his ******), it's not as if he was a well known person, who everyone should have known was dead (or alive).

 

[Hot Mega]

Nah, he just invaded a country based on the word of some shadowy Iraqi flunky and got tens of thousands of people ****** and about a trillion dollars spent. I kind of wish that my boy W. had made fifty mistakes like this and not made the one BIG one in Iraq.

Admittedly, this is a mistake. But (and with all due respect to the soldier and his ******), it's not as if he was a well known person, who everyone should have known was dead (or alive).

Oh...you're there already? I'm still stuck on the part of trying to figure what being a good or bad speaker has to do with this..

That said the statement, 'Bush never made a mistake' on the order of this is pretty awe inspiring for it's profound ridiculousness.

 

[Icewater Jones]

Bush's entire stint was a bigger gaffe than this.





...and what about this gaffe?

 

[girk1]

It's good he corrected his mistake and didn't insist that the guy was still alive over the objections of the truth and his grieving parents.:o

"Apology accepted."

Some politicians....well...uh....we don't know what their response to a mistake or misspeak might be....:1orglaugh

At least I won't hear about the '57' States for awhile when it was obviuos he intended to say he had visited '47 of 50 states' and mistakenly said '57'.

Obama makes self deprecating jokes and moves on(like most honest/sane politicians would) when he makes a gaffe.


But had Bachmann, Palin, etc, .... had said '57' states they would have sworn to the end that they were correct and were actually counting US territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands, D.C., American Samoa,etc......


John Quincy Adams was about 9 or 10 during the American Revolution ignorant ass . They (GOP politicians )would rewrite history instead of admitting they were wrong or actually made a mistake when history doesn't quite fit into their narrowminded contemporary views.

 

[ragincaucasian]

lol - never mind that he has advanced ******* wars in Yemen, Somalia, Libya, and Pakistan..... permanently protected ******* crimes, authorizes assassinations of US citizens, completely fucked the single-payor option which was the whole point of Health Care reform.....

Fuck all that piddly ****...

GODDAMNIT THIS MOTHERFUCKER MISSPOKE!!! ARGGHHH! ASSAULT AGAINST CHRISTMAS!

 

[E-Ann-Hilden]

Yes and this is a huge deal.

Buh-Bye in 2012 :tongue:

Really? I bet the person you will vote for will have stuck their foot in their mouth multiple times! :elaugh:

 

[ragincaucasian]

Yes and this is a huge deal.

Buh-Bye in 2012 :tongue:

 

[lurkingdirk]

Honestly? This gaffe dwarfs all others?

There is no facepalm large or ******** enough for this thread.

 

[feller469]

This is a bad gaffe. It is attention to details that separate the good from the bad. When talking to the military, as CinC, about a MoH winner, getting the facts right is a big deal. The person who did the research for that event needs to gone.

Do I expect the president to know that off the top of his head? No, but those that brief him better have their **** airtight.

 

[maildude]

I'd give him kudos for awarding medals to our brave heroes, who sacrifice their lives for our safety and freedom.

 

[LaLiLuLeLohan]

:*****: Not a big deal.

****** him on his foreign policy, the state of the economy, or the unemployment rate, but don't bother me with this bullshit and call it a big deal. He apologized, it's done.

People make mistakes. Move on.

And....done. Thread over.

 

[cindy CD/TV]

How many states are in the U.S. again ... oh, wait I'm waiting for the teleprompter to catch up ...

If I make fun of Obama, I guess that means I'm a ...



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