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President Obama, who has expressed his fears about his daughter Malia becoming a teenager next month, is apparently dreading her birthday so much that for a brief moment on Wednesday, he thought she had already turned 13.
At a press conference at the White House, Obama suggested that his daughters, who “generally finish their homework a day ahead of time,” could serve as role models for members of Congress.
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And the maturity level of this entire seed, is indicated in this post.
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Yep, I think this comment indicates that it's finally time to add grim to the 'ole ignore list.
Waste of time.
I used to say I was 18 when I was 17 and don't remember how old any of my family is. This post is indeed completely unwarranted. Why is there a no value selection for reporting articles as well as comments.
Obama says his 12-year-old daughter is 13
That's the last straw. Now I'm voting for Bachmann/ Sarc
Clearly further evidence of his socialist tendencies.
4 days early. yeah that is the same as calling John Quincy Adams a founding father and that the founding fathers worked tirelessly for decades after they died in order to end slavery.
OMG!!!!!! This is terrible!!!!! Wow!!!! So disgraceful!!!!
I think I need to park my life as a complete disgrace also. How many times I have mistaken for the moment what age one of my children is? More than once. If this is a national disgrace, my behavior is much worst. Nit picking aren't you, Grimm? By my standards, seeding something like this has greater portent of poor character than Obama misstating his daughter's age.
I propose that anyone seeding links about any menial gaffes should be flogged and flamed relentlessly.
That includes what town in Iowa, that starts with a W, a deceased actor was born in ... and a parent slipping up on their daughter's age.
With what 'Viners call "news" these days just cracks me up.
Wow grim this is bitter anklebiting at its most petty. 12 or 13 ur mom or pop never goof'd up ur age?
You win the prize for the biggest pettifogging freeper on the vine! That and a token will get ya on the bus...
When will this "nit picking" ever end ?? Your just making yourself look petty with articles like this.
I do this all the time, especially mere days before a birthday--my youngest cousin will be one on July 14, but I don't say he's 11 months when talking about him.
Here's some simple math. If someone says 'nukular' thrice a day,during the weekdays only,for 8 years...you better get counting grim. Before you know it,education will end and you won't be able to finish learning. The course is called Gaffes101.
This just shows how lame and ignorant and worthless righties are.
They actually lack the intellectual capacity to see either see the difference between misstating your child's age, and not knowing basic historical facts about US history - something I've yet to see one rightie EVER get correct without me correcting them and making them look like ignorant fools, or to be so shallow and emotionally and intellectually as to engage in "so's your old man" games, like a 5 or 6 year old.
He MUST apologize to his daughter and to all the 12 year olds who get mistaken for 13 year olds (or the other way round) in the entire country and to their parents who must be beside themselves with grief over this unforgivable and intentional cruel statement. And, impeachment, also, too.
How many times I have mistaken for the moment what age one of my children is?
I know, right? I get my daughter's birthday wrong all the time and I was THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED.
Sometimes I call her by her big brother's name when I'm annoyed with her.
Once, I forgot where I lived.
My wife can never remember what year we were married. She should apologize to me on national teevee.
Well if fetuses receive the rights of personhood Obama would be correct, Malia would be closer to age 14. Those who are anti-choice should be celebrating this. Yes?
Another presidential Gaffe: Obama says his 12-year-old daughter is 13
S*&t!, in my house we used to COUNT on our parents not being able to remember who did what or even our names in the heat of battle--
ALL RIGHT!
JIM
FREDDY
TED
SALLY
SUZIE
WHOEVER-- YOU!
CUT IT OUT RIGHT THIS INSTANT!
You know, I remember a story about Jackie Robinson. While during the first year in the Majors, Jackie was getting crap from everyone in every town the team played in, every teammember, opposing team's players, the Umps, the sportswriters, the broadcaster's, fans, hotel staff, travel staff, kitchen workers...EVERYONE. And when I say "crap" I DON'T mean about his play. I mean, every other kind of crap one can get just from being in a world full of small minded morons who nitpick about nonsense.
But the WHOLE TIME, he just kept stealing bases & batting guys in.
I'm no MLB statistician, but I'm pretty sure he took the top honors in those categories that year.
One time, he rattled a pitcher so good, the hurler threw 3 balls and a balk and Jackie WALKED into home and scored... and one of those balls Jackie did NOTHIN' but stand square on the bag & didn't move a muscle.
Rattled him so good-his reputation scored the run.
Gotta agree with the Lib's on this one Grim... This kind of thing happens to everyone.
Possibly the most ridiculous seed I've seen in quite some time.
I doubt that anyone would even care if the President thought that his daughter was 13 instead of 12...
Take21a, a very apt comparison. I'll bet every time he struck out or every error the riding became nearly unbearable but he just kept his head down and played his heart out. Very apt comparison, indeed. Really puts the kibbitzers in their proper perspective--namely, bleacher warmers. Thanks for that.
ALL RIGHT!
JIM
FREDDY
TED
SALLY
SUZIE
WHOEVER-- YOU!
CUT IT OUT RIGHT THIS INSTANT!
Dang it, you beat me to it, LOL.
The story was told in a Jackie Robinson documentary local LA (KCET) PBS played during the celebration The DODGERS promoted of JR just a month or two ago.
Don't remember the title but I'll bet you can NetFlix it.
He's a MAN. Men don't have the age-remembering gene.
BTW, his daughter is beautiful.
I am one of his most outspoken critics for his past gaffes (57 states, corpsmen, 2008 sign in, etc) but not even I am going to get my knickers in a bunch over this. Recently, I thought I was 59 and about to collect my military pension when it turns out I am only 58 so I collect next year. For me to get all bent out of shape about this would be a total case of kettle/pot. My own father literally asked me for years when my mother's birthday was. I shall just file this latest under the No Big Deal file.
Obama is Gaffe-tastic! He says his daughters are 10 and 13 and the press starts laughing and he goes well they are! The press knows his daughter's age but he doesn't! LOL
"LLLLLLLOL" I gotta go pee! That's news too I guess...LLLOL!
That's actually funny. I've done the exact same thing with my own daughter (ok, stepdaughter). Then insisted I was correct and SHE was wrong. She won the argument when she said that she was there and I wasn't.
Just FYI, that's not a gaffe. A gaffe is when you say something you mean but that you were not supposed to actually say. This is a gaffe. Yes, he really meant it, but wasn't supposed to say it out loud.
And of course were it Palin or Bachmann who did this there would be multiple seeds about it with roaring consensus over their incompetence, ineptness, whatever. The fact is that the President has had a very consistent pattern of not knowing what the hell he's talking about right from the git-go. Here's a helpful aid for those apologists with selective or supressed memories:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wJfsLafye4&feature=player_embedded
As absurd as it is, Grim is still 'earning' traffic and comments in this seed...
Part of the Newsvine "churn it" game.
chasencash @ #1.23:
Had to repeat it.
Why, thank you, chasencash. Hope all is well. ;o)
A father who is like most fathers, thinking about his daughter becoming a teenager, makes a slip and calls her a teenager. Entirely within the realm of reason, and an absurd topic.
GRIM.....you should be on the "RADIO"!!! You are turning into the Glenn Beck of the news vine!!! Sorry for the insult....maybe not!?
Witness as the Obamanites race to defend the grand liberal poobah and in the same breath with forked tongue go after Bachman and Palin with vitriol.
Oh for crying out loud.
I "round up" to the next number when it gets around 1 month to my sons' birthdays.
This is not another "53 states" comment, let alone claims about $200 million-a-day trips overseas, someone writing notes on their hands while griping about someone from the other side using a teleprompter, "Mission accomplished" with troops still there 10 years later, etc....
Grae @ #1.35:
Re your gaffe link — great, but oh God, that was an agonizing stab from the past.
"They never stop thinking about ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." — Read stirringly and with heartfelt conviction by Kevin Costner.
Eight years of that zero.
Littlesureshot:
I am one of his most outspoken critics for his past gaffes (57 states, corpsmen, 2008 sign in, etc) but not even I am going to get my knickers in a bunch over this.
Actually, there's no reason to get your knickers in a bunch over his "57 states" gaffe. Only someone who truly hates the man would actually believe that a Harvard graduate thinks there are 57 states...
As for this, gosh, my mom sometimes refers to me by my sister's name, and my niece's name...I guess by right-wing standards, she should get the chair. *Facepalm*
Actually, there's no reason to get your knickers in a bunch over his "57 states" gaffe.
My biggest problem with President Obama is everything is about spreading fear. If you don't do it his way then this could happen or this or that... OMG! We must pass that bill now!
The worst was when he went on about evil Doctors chopping off feet and tearing out tonsils for extra money when they don't have to. Not a word from the liberals or the media on the blatant lies and fear mongering by our President. Not a damn word from any of them.
So Silvaria, if a Harvard Grad. can believe that Doctors just go around chopping off feet for fun then it isn't that far of a step to think he doesn't know how many states there is. For a Harvard Grad. he's an idiot. Not even my twelve year old thinks Doctors chop off feet just for money. As I told my kids, "If Obama could Graduate from Harvard then anybody can."
Jason, I find that interesting, since from my point of view, the right is all about spreading fear.
Just on this site alone, which is a more liberal site, Obama is frequently accused of trying to destroy the nation, trying to destroy capitalism, trying to destroy democracy, trying to destroy our rights, trying to destroy the unborn, trying to destroy the sanctity of marriage, and best of all, trying to destroy the entire world with his nazi-fascist-socialist-liberal policies.
Talk about fear-mongering!
Both sides are guilty, but in my opinion, Obama is doing the best he can with what he was handed, which was a platter full of crap.
And again, anyone who truly thinks a Harvard graduate actually believes there are 57 states is so far gone in their Obama Derangement Syndrome that I simply don't really know what to say. I thought Bush was an idiot, but I don't think even he honestly believed something that asinine.
Both sides are guilty, but in my opinion, Obama is doing the best he can with what he was handed, which was a platter full of crap.
He was handed a liberal Congress, allowed to spend over 4 Trillion in two and half years, and given a media that wouldn't question anything he was doing.
I do agree with you on one thing... Obama is doing the best he can with what he was handed. It's not his fault he was born the way he was.
anyone who truly thinks a Harvard graduate
I'm not impressed with the intelligence of a Harvard graduate at this point. Maybe before Obama became President I would of been but not now. At this point I think it's more about having the time and money to go than actually intelligence.
Actually in Harvard, it is intelligence that gets you there, time and money are secondary considerations to your acceptance.
Harvard has a quota system and a Friends of Harvard/Marxism admission system.
This is a minor gaffe, but its good to see those who droll all over anything Palin come out in droves to protect their "Chosen One".
Total hypocrites.
This is a minor gaffe
It wasn't a gaffe at all, he intentionally said his daughter is 13 since her birthday is 5 days.
Either way Lola, you get my point. I try not to climb in the Newsvine gutter.
Have fun bashing the Palin family yesterday?
Scooter-3472268Do you know what the word hypocrite means Lola?
You betcha! but evidently you have no clue.
I try not to climb in the Newsvine gutter.
Ha! Epic fail, too late you already climbed in it buddy.
The two issues aren't even close in comparison. Let's see shall we? Accusing the father of your child of taking advantage of you (or rape) to cover up your premarital sex in a published book, to a father intentionally saying his daughter's age a year older because her birthday is in 5 days.
Hmm....that's a tough one Scooter ROFLMFAO!
Now if one of Obama's daughters became pregnant and was spinning stories to cover up how she got pregnant without her knowledge, you'd have something there.
Now move along little one, your blatant nonsensical ignorance bores me.
(*rolls eyes*)
So he's off by days? Shoot! I've been 29 for almost 20 years now!
Roll your eyes all you want Lola.
"Epic Fail"? What grade are you in?
And your pathetic attempt to demean falls on deaf ears:
Now move along little one, your blatant nonsensical ignorance bores me.
Your just another in a long line of arrogant Newsvine liberals who fail to practice what they preach.
Just an FYI about needing money to attend Harvard....
http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do
Our current financial aid policy has dramatically reduced the amount families with incomes below $180,000 are expected to pay, and parents of families with incomes below $60,000 are not expected to contribute at all to college costs.
So go tell your kids to get accepted to Harvard and they can go for free. There are no financial excuses...just get accepted thats all.
#1.58...We have much bigger fish to fry then the misstated age of a pre-teen...
Hey Creeper... I gotta wonder what you are up too here... As cuckoo as I think your ideas are, I had not ever thought of you as an absolute dolt... but if you don't have some ulterior motive for this gem (e.g. Smith Cassidy #1.37), then this seed really does lower you to a new low of pathetic desperation...
Many of the comments above are quite excellent and spot on, but I must acknowledge Alder315...
OBAMA KNOCKS OVER SALT SHAKER. THOUSANDS FLEE CITY.
Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant!!! BRAVO!!!
".....However our Financial Aide Policy here at Harvard is simply for show. By the time those cretins from the slums have jumped through hoops for a few months and we bury them in paperwork they give up. So not to worry Mr. and Mrs. top 1%, we will not be letting the unwashed masses through these doors. Our liberal institution is of course highly compassionate towards the less fortunate, but the realities must be taken into consideration. Sadly we do have to maintain certain appearances....." (sarc; for those of you not educated at Harvard)
Just sayin....
".....However our Financial Aide Policy here at Harvard is simply for show. By the time those cretins from the slums have jumped through hoops for a few months and we bury them in paperwork they give up. So not to worry Mr. and Mrs. top 1%, we will not be letting the unwashed masses through these doors. Our liberal institution is of course highly compassionate towards the less fortunate, but the realities must be taken into consideration. Sadly we do have to maintain certain appearances....." (sarc; for those of you not educated at Harvard)
Just sayin....
If Obama doesn't know to say that his daught is 12 51/52 years old, he's gotta go. /s
Come to think of it, I've often time heard of America's national debt rounded off to 14 trillion dollars...? Is it really? 14 trillion right on the head?? Not a dollar over/under but 14 trillion exactly, right to the penny????!
Now that I give it more thought it was Boehner, that sh!thead Republican that said it the other night right there on TV. All that tanning must have had an effect.
lol, I bet the Repubs will have a field day on this one and request a DNA test to see if they are even his and Michelle's kids.
Pretty sad that the dad of his own two kids can't remember their ages.
I have to wonder if you liberals will defend Bachman or Palin with the same vigor you defend Obama next time either one of them makes a gaffe.
One of these days I am going to figure out how I do that double entry thing and quit.
tesla- It's not you, it's a NV glitch that seems to occur on heavy traffic seeds or heavy traffic times of the day.
Well Dang, RACHEL1 here I thought I had actually attained a skill of some kind. Damn :-(
lol? Hmmph! ;-)
I'm going nuts at work between DHS & DOE, they seem to think we only cater to them, other than that, I'm fine.
One would think education is a human service. But what do I know.....
"This is an atrocity! Obama not only owes an apology to his daughter, he owes a personal apology to all 12 & 13yr old children in this country! But of course he won't. Do you really think he cares about 12yr old or 13yr old children!?! Of course not! This just proves it!" -Albert Einstein in a grave-side interview on Fox&Friends this morning. It's sad what decades in the ground will do to such a great mind. (super-sarc)
Sorry about that, there are times when those fight for attention and it get's frustrating....lol good to hear from you....don't let them get to you....hang in there...lol
I do believe most of us, when a birthday is close, will state the older age - even months prior, not just a few days ... what seriously makes me lmao is the following:
I commented recently on the lib seed regarding Michele Bachmann's John Wayne gaffe, where the libs were having a serious laugh fest. I stated, 'hey, all is fair when it comes to laughing at gaffes on NV because both political sides do it steady'. The only difference is libs can't allow themselves to call a gaffe a gaffe and just laugh it off, as evidenced by their comments here. They jump all over a conservative gaffe, and criticize and laugh their azzes off, no matter how lame; but get pissy and insulted when we do it back. Remarkable. Yet, no surprise. LOL Great get 'em back seed, Kreeper... :)
With the Michele Bachmann gaffe with John Wayne, it reeks of Bachmann or an aid of hers working on a speech, with the intent of sounding very factual - and she/they goggled the town she was stopping in, & saw that John Wayne was from there, and jumped to quick to the conclusion that it was the wild west John Wayne - which is very "flaky", and typical soundingof the image Bachmann has earned for herself.
james, I am positive that you don't want me to list Obama's many, never-ending gaffes, with his always obvious intent of sounding very factual, yet actually being totally 'flaky'. He has quite the image going on for himself, that he has earned and owns. But you miss this simple little fact, somehow, don't you! LOL
I'm just saying it paints an irresistible picture of Bachmann sitting at a laptop goggling facts to use in her speech, making a funny mistake, getting facts mixed up between a serial murderer & an American Icon of another more acceptable kind :)
I do agree Bachmann's was a rather funny/silly mistake and if it were me I would be extremely mad at myself. :) Some gaffes are funny and some are very serious. I just wish Obama didn't do the serious gaffes so much. He makes me very uncomfortable. There is a list, that grows steadily longer of his serious gaffes. BTW, not saying the 'birthday' thing is serious, (I found it was funny that Grim got the libs back on this one). LOL
lol, Well done grim.....
I wonder what the corpse-men in all 57 states will think of this...
Don't blame Barack on this one, he still thinks it's May 24, 2008.
Oh brother, so what? I knowingly called my daughter 30 a few months before she turned 30 and was still 29, lots of parents do this.
Well lets see now:
YEAH,but he DIDN'T forget to put the hit on Bin Laden.DID HE?
LOL! Not ALL his speeches just two, but nice try.
http://www.factcheck.org/2011/06/obamas-bumbles/
"It's true that the president and first lady gave Queen Elizabeth II a video iPod when they visited Buckingham Palace in 2009. But there was more uploaded to the device than the president's 2009 inauguration speech and his 2004 speech at the Democratic National Convention when he was a state senator. ABC News' Jake Tapper reported that dozens of well-known musical show tunes were uploaded on the iPod given to the queen, as well as photos and video from the queen's visits to the United States in 1957 and 2007. There were also photos from the 2009 presidential inauguration. Tapper reported that the Obamas also gave the queen "a rare musical songbook signed by Richard Rodgers."
The White House said the queen had requested the iPod, according to a report from Fox News' Major Garrett. While the queen reportedly already had an audio-only version of the iPod, she did not have one capable of playing video. The queen's gift to Obama? A signed photo of herself,and the Duke of Edinburgh, in a silver frame."
Still none of Obama's gaffes have topped "Mission Accomplish" or "OB/GYNs practicing their love for women" by GWB or his daddy vomiting on the Japanese Prime Minister. Nor will they ever.
I'm just sayin!
I knowingly called my daughter 30 a few months before she turned 30 and was still 29, lots of parents do this.
Lol, better the age than your name. People in my family always goes down a list of names before they get to yours ;D
, Well done grim
This statement explains in a nutshell why Republican governance almost destroyed our country. Seeding an article about Obama forgetting his daughter's age for a moment is well.... "well done"? If Grim seeds an article tomorrow lamenting the fact Obama's tie is 1/16th of an inch crooked, I image that will be "superbly done". This is just too ludicrous.
I knowingly called my daughter 30 a few months before she turned 30 and was still 29, lots of parents do this.
Yeah, but you arent the President of the US, and more than likely are not considered a genius like the left wing holds THIS guy up as.
Although funny the cattle guard thing isn't true just one of the floating emails.
landspirit
This statement explains in a nutshell why Republican governance almost destroyed our country. Seeding an article about Obama forgetting his daughter's age for a moment is well.... "well done"? If Grim seeds an article tomorrow lamenting the fact Obama's tie is 1/16th of an inch crooked, I image that will be "superbly done". This is just too ludicrous.
Considering the source, the comment is to be expected.
It Aint So - Yeah, but you arent the President of the US, and more than likely are not considered a genius like the left wing holds THIS guy up as.
How are you sure he doesn't knowingly or intentionally like myself do this to save time???? Should he have said, "my daughter Malia's who's 11 months, 3 weeks, and 3 days old"? ROFLMAO! Seriously? What a waste of time that would have been.
reddirthippy - Although funny the cattle guard thing isn't true just one of the floating emails.
Anyone who believe nonsense like that has some serious issues. Only shows their ignorance.
I love debunking those e-mails.
Sorry but this is serious non-news, and I will be detracking after commenting because really?
My mother who was PRESENT AT MY BIRTH made a mistake with my age. It's called a brain fart. She is a brillant woman but she is human just like Obama and they both make mistakes.
By the by, the Palace said that Obama did not speak over the music but that he was speaking and the music started early. Try not to twist everything just because you have an irrational hatred of our President.
Grim,
As often as we disagree, I still have to give you kudos; you really enjoy being the lightning rod, man! LOL
Some of grimcreeper's buddies came on to cheer him for his clever rare find in the news. Way AmericaRepublic and Jack. Love knowing where you stand on in depth and important news.Where's cornhuskerforPalin?
Well, to be honest, everyone loves to have fun with these gaffes. I don't think anyone really takes these seriously so much as they enjoy needling the other guy.
People in my family always goes down a list of names before they get to yours ;D
And I, too, have been called Tunie in my family. Tunie, by the way, was short for Petunia.
Our beagle.
You know, that would make me 336 in dog years!
Obama and Bush have a lot of similarities. It's like I'm seeing double. But what's it matter... hell my father doesn't know how old I am half the time.
The kid turns 13 next month. As a parent, I know I had a tendency to roll the age forward when it got that close.
If rounding up his daughter's age by a month is the best you righties can find for criticism of Obama, you really are grasping at straws.
Or perhaps you should be examining your own maturity level. It's about time.
is the best you righties can find for criticism of Obama, you really are grasping at straws.
Now you stepped in it. Just wait. Someone will mention "57 States" to prove you wrong.
In that case as well, the wannabe-Limbaugh crowd has officially jumped the shark.
This is considered a gaffe? Seriously? what's you next headline grim?
"Obama messes up again, picks up birthday cake five minutes late!"
#3 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:54 PM EDTThis is considered a gaffe? Seriously? what's you next headline grim?
"Obama's messes up again, picks up birthday cake five minutes late!"
Come on, partner. You know if this were Michele Bachmann, you'd be licking your chops. She confused which city in Iowa John Wayne was born and she's being crucified. Welcome to a little comeuppance.
She confused which city in Iowa John Wayne was born and she's being crucified. Welcome to a little comeuppance.
Not by me, I personally don't care what Bachmann has to say good or bad, gaffe or eloquent speech. The main issue I have about this, and you're free to criticize this, is that this doesn't seem like a gaffe to me. The days before your birthday, for all intensive purposes most people treat you like your that age already, especially parents, and especially with young kids.
This is really a common parental mistake vs. mixing up an american icon with a serial killer. I'm sure it was her staff's gaffe - so I'm even ready to give her the benefit of that, unfortunately the gaffe's are so close together she doesn't get a pass.
I'm getting to the point where I have to stop and think about how old my two kids are before I blurt out the wrong thing. Their birthdays are almost 6 month apart so at any time, one of them is an "and a half."
I'm getting to the point where I have to stop and think about how old my two kids are before I blurt out the wrong thing. Their birthdays are almost 6 month apart so at any time, one of them is an "and a half."
Do you at least know what date and year it is? Or are you living in May 24, 2008, too?
Do you at least know what date and year it is? Or are you living in May 24, 2008, too?
I just said to someone at lunch earlier that I'm doing good if I know what month it is. As for the year, that's what my smart phone is for. ;-)
douglasq:
A person who doesn't take himself/herself too seriously is a rare commodity these days. Please accept my Friend Request. ;o)
She confused which city in Iowa John Wayne was born and she's being crucified.
Totally agree.
Gosh, I don't suppose it might be because he has a lot on his mind trying to captain a country which has almost become a sinking ship? Nah! That might give him too much credibility for the Rs. Psssshh!
The only way I can remember my kids' ages is to state the year they were born and do the math.
At least I don't have to run down a list of names: I have one girl and one boy!
So, when I wrote 2010 on my check last month, why didn't that make a headline? This is blatant FAVORITISM here, Vinies!
Gosh, I don't suppose it might be because he has a lot on his mind trying to captain a country which has almost become a sinking ship?
But he's the one sinking it!
yeah, he was probably thinking how much to charge for the next diner with the big spenders
And they say President Reagan may have had Alzheimer's while he was in office. At the very least, Barack could use some Ginkgo Biloba.
#4 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:55 PM EDTAnd they say President Reagan may have had Alzheimer's while he was in office.
No Reagan was all ready brain dead.
I would say something about the brain power of those who comment on this thread, but I shall adhere to the CoH (biting lip very hard).
...but I shall adhere to the CoH...
Man up! Show some intestinal fortitude!
As the moderator, I need to show restraint. It isn't worth the suspension to make a single comment.
You could comment on the poster's lack of cranial horsepower. Perhaps suggest they get a check up from the neck up. Or inquire as to whether their two functioning brain cells were acquainted?
And they say President Reagan may have had Alzheimer's while he was in office. At the very least, Barack could use some Ginkgo Biloba.
Have you heard how scientists have combined Viagra with Ginkgo Biloba?
It helps you remember what the @!$%# you were doing.
I'm a woman, do you think the insurance company would let that prescription go thru for me.....cause I could certainly use the help. I can be looking at someone I've known for years and not remember their name, or stop in the middle of a sentence not remembering what I was going to say next......
Now where did I put that keyboard?
maybe it's the Bush's fault...........or it was the teleprompter's mistake.........
No Bush makes gaffes that killed people...can't compare them really...Bush stands alone on his mission accomplished platform....oh how we still laugh...
Or are you living in May 24, 2008, too?
That was just a few months before he won the Presidency!
douglasq:
Have you heard how scientists have combined Viagra with Ginkgo Biloba?
It helps you remember what the @!$%# you were doing.
Have you heard how scientists have combined Preparation H with Ginkgo Biloba?
It helps you know your arse from a hole in the ground.
Have you heard how scientists have combined Viagra with Ginkgo Biloba?
It helps you remember what the @!$%# you were doing
Now, that is funny lol.
Seriously, Grim? This is a pretty lame attempt.
I think there are some maturity issues here, but they aren't Obama's.
Eh, my dad always screws up my sister's birthdays, can't remember their ages, dates, etc.
One time isn't bad.
#5 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:01 PM EDTEh, my dad always screws up my sister's birthdays, can't remember their ages, dates, etc.
One time isn't bad.
Yeah, but Barack has a pattern of complete and utter brain farts. Yet, he gets away with it in the mainstream media. Would you be so forgiving if this were Sarah Palin or Michele Bachman?
Creeper, this is merely a case of a Dad freaking out because his little girl is acting like a teenager, and he's scared of the years ahead.
Seriously, sometimes people forget that being a parent is the hardest job in the world... I take credit for giving my parents hell day in and day out.
SERIOUSLY,is this ALL you got? Please!
Evidently. It's sad really.
Yet, he gets away with it in the mainstream media. Would you be so forgiving if this were Sarah Palin or Michele Bachman?
If they mistakenly messed up how old there children are, of course they'd be forgiven. Rewriting history is not a minor, inconsequential thing.
However, the gaffes on both side are hilarious.
In my family, My Dad can't ever remember how old I am, but he can remember how old my sister is; so he counts up four years and bingo he's usually right. My Mom always makes me a year older six months before my birthday. Parents do that kind of thing. As a matter of fact I just did it. I couldn't remember my son's age but knew my daughter's so I counted up four years and still got it wrong by a few months.
he's scared of the years ahead.
Wait until she gets her first boyfriend.
5.7:
That reminds me, my lil' sisters are just about dating age (both of them)... as older brother I believe it is my duty to scare the hell out of the potential boyfriends, is it not?
Wait 'till they find out their girlfriends have a plant for a brother who is more than capable of sticking some thorns into unwanted places :)
Would you be so forgiving if this were Sarah Palin or Michele Bachman?
Something small like the "rounding up" I mentioned above about 1 month before the kid's birthday? Sure.
Claiming to be quoting the Constitution when they're actually quoting the Declaration of Independence?
Claiming the Census Bureau was created by Obama as part of some sinister Big Brother leftist plot to track us?
Promoting an abstinence-only approach to sex ed while hauling around a daughter who presumably got exactly that kind of oh-so-reliable preparation for life and yet got pregnant while the boyfriend was over for visits that were supposedly supervised by the parents?
Suggesting that we lower the minimum age to better the economy when economists are stating the demand side of things is slow because people don't have enough disposable income to buy extras like they used to?
Claiming Paul Revere was warning the British?
Demanding a stop to "wasteful government entitlement programs" while accepting farm subsidies?
Demanding Planned Parenthood be defunded even if the Hyde Amendment is being adhered to because federal money not spent on abortions "frees up" more private donations to do so, while ignoring the Constitutional prohibition of government support of religion posed by "faith based initiatives" that free up the church member's donations to promote religion?
Those little goof-ups? No, I think they're a little bit more important and I won't let them slide.
But please let me know if they do make such a mistake with their kids' ages and I'll be glad to defend them on that one issue at the very least.
All together now:
O. M. G. !!
#6 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:08 PM EDTHey, John Wayne did live in Iowa, but Michele Bachmann was mistaken about the city. Did you give her the benefit of the doubt as well?
Hey, John Wayne did live in Iowa, but Michele Bachmann was mistaken about the city. Did you give her the benefit of the doubt as well?
I gave her the benefit of the doubt but I still laughed at her. It was, indeed, a simple mistake. What made it comical was the Gacy connection to it all. It could've only been worse had the town had a Hitler connection. :-)
douglasq: Exactly. So what she made a simple mistake on the John Wayne thing. Like you said - the comical part was the Gacy connection. Not really a big deal mistake on her part, imo. Same w/ this Obama mistake. I have two boys - one is 13 (almost 14) and the other is 7 (almost 8) - I've called my 13 year old 12 and 14 since he's been 13; and I've called my 7 year old 6 and 8 since he's been 7. To make it worse - their birthdays are September 15th & 16th - I always mix up which one was born on which day.
Neither of these mistakes are that big of a deal. You laugh about it because it's comical, then you move on. I can tell you this much - mistakes like this aren't the type of mistakes that make me doubt a person's abilities to be president. They are human mistakes.
The painfully comical part of it, though, is that the very human mistakes made by these conservative candidates are never acknowledged as such by their people: they do everything that is humanly possible in order to justify glaring statistical errors and other misstatements of fact. For example, if there had been a Hitler connection, the Bachmann camp would have released the following statement to Fox News:
Adolf Hitler's parents once lived in Waterloo, and Mr. Hitler virtually eliminated unemployment, greatly expanded public works, improved the infrastructure, and got the transport trains to the concentration camps running on time.
is that the very human mistakes made by these conservative candidates are never acknowledged as such by their people
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EXACTLY.
It's not the gaffes of Bachmann Palin Overdrive that make me crazy, it is the unwillingness to admit fault, even over such a thing. I respect a person who can say "my bad!" and laugh at their errors and correct them.
I don't respect those who stubbornly walk on, refusing to admit they are incorrect. No one is perfect, there is nothing wrong with admitting to an error in speaking or writing.
It's funny ya'll will find anything to justify your hate won't you?
#7 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:12 PM EDTIt's funny ya'll will find anything to justify your hate won't you?
Not hate. Just participating in a little equal time for those who love to bash Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann.
He is the greatest of what we have had since the early 60's. Some people just bury their heads in the sand like Ostriches; therefore they can not see it.
We should impeach him..wow...its a wonder with all the stuff you come up with that people haven't started taking it seriously yet....
That really is a doozie....13 instead of 12...just..wow...
As gaffes go that is far worse than sending thousands of soldiers to die because of imaginary WMD'S.
I really think you got Obama on this one...
#8 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:13 PM EDTWe should impeach him..wow...its a wonder with all the stuff you come up with that people haven't started taking it seriously yet....
We should impeach, but not for his gaffes.
As gaffes go that is far worse than sending thousands of soldiers to die because of imaginary WMD'S.
And what about our imaginary national interest in Libya? $700 million so far on a war with objectives that haven't been clearly defined.
Guess you don't understand the difference between war led by the US and UN intervention supported by the US...
But I guess you got bigger things to fry....
Still as gaffes go...Bush must be glad someone else can take the heat now...
Wowwwwwww .... a massive deletion of the very first comment (along with subsequent comments). I wonder why??????? Censorship?????
#9 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:25 PM EDTWowwwwwww .... a massive deletion of the very first comment (along with subsequent comments). I wonder why??????? Censorship?????
No, it was me. I made a mistake and deleted it.
I could forgive a President to forget his daughters age but I could not forgive a President who doesn't know the even the basic history of the United States.
#10 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:42 PM EDTI could forgive a President to forget his daughters age but I could not forgive a President who doesn't know the even the basic history of the United States.
I see we have a history major. Obama doesn't remember recent history. Like not remembering posthumously awarding a medal of honor to a soldier.
Is that it?
Grimmy is swinging after the bell.
Bachmann just shot herself in the head again today now backing her husband for taking Medicaid money after she railed agianst people getting Medicaid.
Well,
I think we all know where this is rooted.
It's well known that in the Kenyan Indonesian secret muslim socialst alinskyite Reverend Wright Bill ayers (yep, him too!) anti-flag pin wearing culture, young women are almost always referred to as a couple of days older than they really are.
it's so obvious! when's America gonna wake up?
#11 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:44 PM EDTStraws.....must grasp at.........Straws
#12 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:50 PM EDTStraws.....must grasp at.........Straws
We'll be much happier when Obama is building houses with Jimmy Carter in 2012.
And Michelle Bachman is building mudpies in the White House playground?
He's technically correct. She is in her 13th year and soon to start her 14th.
#13 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:02 PM EDT12.99 years-old is NOT 13.00 years-old!
You Obama-apologists need to stop making excuses for his errors!
Correct.
Now that we have tackled the big issues...how about how he points his finger sometimes....
I think he winked as well. That takes the cake, that sleaze.
Boom! Instead of yelling, try re-reading what I wrote, no where did I write the word "old"
Not sure about you, but I wasn't born at the age of one.
Boom! Instead of yelling, try re-reading what I wrote, no where did I write the word "old"
That's why I called you an Obama apologist -- he makes a mistake, and you explain it away.
Ages are counted by years; if someone is born on July 4th, they turn 1 year-old on the next July 4th. They don't turn 1 year-old on June 29th.
Not sure about you, but I wasn't born at the age of one.
I do believe that you are confusing yourself.
That's why I called you an Obama apologist -- he makes a mistake, and you explain it away.
First- not any one's apologist.
Second- did not "explain it away". I said he is TECHNICALLY CORRECT. Until she turns thirteen she is in her thirteenth year of life, is she not??
I do believe that you are confusing yourself.
I'm not the confused one, I was not aged one on the day I was born, no one is!! You seem to be the confused one, here.
Second- did not "explain it away". I said he is TECHNICALLY CORRECT. Until she turns thirteen she is in her thirteenth year of life, is she not??
Yawn. See below.
I'm not the confused one, I was not aged one on the day I was born, no one is!! You seem to be the confused one, here.
You clearly are. You would see if you could comprehend my posts that people start at age 0 years-old. That's why the year after you are born you turn 1 year-old. You switch from 0 year-old to 1 year-old. If we started at 1 year-old, a person would be 2 years-old on their first birthday. That's not what I said, and only you were the one to suggest it. Maybe you just suck at math.
Since you are stuck thinking that you are born at 1 year-old, that's why you are off.
You also appear to be operating on a scale that is different from how the rest of our civilization calculates age. If someone is 13 years-old, they were born 13 years ago, that day, which in Obama's daughter's case is 4 days from today. We don't operate on, "she's heading into her 14th year" because she was born 13 years-ago-from-four-days-from-now.
Maybe you need some coffee, since your brain is asleep.
Boom? Breathe in. Relax. Exhale. Relax.
I mean, really REALLY relax!
Michele Bachmann split her infinitive the other day, and English curmudgeon that I am, I didn't go ape on her.
Nope. I crawled into bed with my Advil PM and a warm husband anzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
First- nice CoH violations towards me.
Second-
Since you are stuck thinking that you are born at 1 year-old, that's why you are off.
LOL, really? First I wrote:
Not sure about you, but I wasn't born at the age of one.
Please note the bold word there.
Then I wrote:
I'm not the confused one, I was not aged one on the day I was born, no one is!!
So, I'm not the one that needs coffee.
First- nice CoH violations towards me.
Really? Where? Perhaps you should read it, since my post is not in violation. Your reading comprehension is laughable.
Please note the bold word there.
Please note that nothing in any of my posts suggested what you wrote. You were/are arguing against an issue that never existed. That's why I mentioned that you were stuck thinking about that.
So, I'm not the one that needs coffee.
You're right. You need something much stronger.
You have been unable to address my comment directly, instead you built a straw man argument and argued against that. That's why I said what I said, but clearly it still goes over your head.
The daughter is not 13 today, not 13 yesterday, not 13 tomorrow. You have been incapable of talking to that point, preferring instead to attack shadows.
But I see that your posts have degraded to nitpicking (after misreading) rather than staying on-topic.
Perhaps you are just a troll?
Perhaps you are just a troll?
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Thanks for the laugh....
Oh, so you are a troll.
And I suppose you posted dozens of articles posted the month you joined?
Perhaps you just lack perspective? Perhaps you were born an adult, too?
But I see that you have fully degraded your comments to pure trolling, so I'll try out that Ignore This Author button you that taught me about.
After all, once I pointed out the flaws in your arguments you turned your attention to undermining my character. How wonderfully petty and arrogant of you. I'm sure that you are proud of yourself.
Well, I have not been around in a while and it is pleasant too see you have quit spamming "American Thinker" links. However, to call this a gaffe is just stupid.
#14 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:04 PM EDTI'm still waiting on the punch line, this is the best you have?
This is not a gaffe, it is what every parent does for Christ's sake!
#15 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:16 PM EDTThis is not a gaffe, it is what every parent does for christ sake!
I do not think Grimmy has children.
Do not think he realises multitasking can often lead you having to think a while to remember what your children's names are sometimes...
Still multi-tasking is a Presidential job, but gaffes are sending your nation to war over false WMD claims...
However this stuff works for the left, the right just looks more desperate...and petty..
...think a while to remember what your children's names are sometimes...
Yup, don't know how many times I went through the dogs, cats and my two childrens names before I said the right one!!
VIVA-796465 - did you go to Harvard too??????
Are you attempting to say only those who go to Harvard get their children's ages correct every single time or don't just say the child's soon to be age since the child is going to be that age in just 5 days????
oh, not at all..........just that so many people do the same thing
i thought he was smarter than that, but maybe it's something in the water...........
kinda like everyone is happy to have the same brain fart..........just funny that's all
It's more fun to get on to Bachman or Palin for their mistakes.
#18 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:31 PM EDTOh, Jeezis...Ever MEET a father with more than 1 kid?
Here's a fun game: find a man with two or more children, and ask him point-blank, "What are your childrens' names, and how old are they?" He's REALLY going to have to think about it, and he's probably going to screw it up. It doesn't mean he doesn't LOVE his kids and have intimate knowledge of their dreams and fears-it's just some weird brain-chemistry quirk that stand-up comedians have riffed on since the dawn of comedy.
I'm the youngest of four kids-my dad called me 'Bobby' (my older brother's name) so many times that I finally just started answering to it. When I visit my brother, after a few hours, he'll inevitably start calling his son "Paul" (MY name, which my nephew does not share). The fact that Obama 1) even REMEMBERED his daughter's name, and 2) was within a year is impressive.
You're going to have to try MUCH, MUCH harder than this.
#19 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:32 PM EDTMy own mother spelled my name incorrectly on a birthday card. This is funny, it happens to the best of us.
My Aunt calls her daughter by my name sometimes. If us kids are all home and my mother is trying to call for my brother in the next room, this is what is sounds like: "Ra . . . Meg. . . Hea . . . JOSH!!"
My grandmother doesn't know how to spell my name, still, and I'm 29. Oops, I mean 28.
My father probably couldn't tell you the birthday of any of his 5 kids.
Wait, politicians are HUMAN?!? No way.
At least Obama has snapped out of the delusion he suffered at Westminister Abbey thinking it was 2008 when she'd be only 9 years old. Surely he doesn't now have it confused with 2012.
#20 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:36 PM EDTA much bigger gaffe from the same press conference was blaming Republicans for our screwed up budget mess. He and his party controlled Congress for two years. They couldn't manage to fund 2011 and I see no progress on 2012 either. Obama has been signing bills passed by a Democratic Congress, our deficit is at record levels, and we're looking at defaulting on our debt.
This was not a surprise. This didn't sneak up on us, and he has had the power to do something about it for a long time.
But it's the Repulican's fault. That has to be gaffe of the year.
#21 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:37 PM EDTcheck the voting - with the blue dogs always voting with republicans they actually didn't have much control. Still don't have real control of the senate now.
Good AP story is out challenging Obama's "points" in his speech. It's good to there are still a few, not many, but a few journalists with credibility these days.
Of course, the fiscal crisis began years before President Obama took office and even before Democrats got control of Congress. Profligate spending on two failed wars which was kept "off budget" by Republicans and horrendous tax giveaways to the wealthy combined to create a deficit/debt crisis that would have been massive even if the economy hadn't collapsed. Putting it at the Republicans feet is an accurate assessment.
digit, what do you think actually caused the recession?
Do you care about the truth or do you just want to insult Republicans?
Personnaly, the only reason I want to know is so we can prevent it from happening again. Right now, nothing has changed to prevent that.
Grim
This is coup. Really explains alot about everything from healtcare to foreign policy. Thanks for reframing the debate around these very important issues.
#22 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:42 PM EDTHey we gotta get the important stuff out of the way before trivial issues like health care, national budget, and of course the national debt ceiling. So, my good friend get your priorities straight.
Just when I'm ready to believe that Obama Haters couldn't get more petty and childish, they show me they have infinite capacity for pettiness and childishness.
#23 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:56 PM EDTLOL. From those that stalk Palin, Bristol, and every republican woman to be first to rush to the vine with the big news. Today they are on the important topic of Bristol's virginity. Priorities?
tyler, isn't that the truth....all you have to do is look at the top stories and usually they are some stupid gaff that a Repub made. With Libs coming by to post their little bash, and to vote up fellow bashers....it's rather rabid.
Compared to "the founders got rid of slavery" and the new Palin version of Paul Reveres Ride (maybe we should call it the "Paul Reverse Ride") this is pissy anty stuff.
no just funny............like when he killed the fly
#24 - Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:58 PM EDTor slam dunk it down the throwers throat.
Yeah baby, now that's what I'm talkin about!
yeah, cause we have seen how he handles pesky flies and bin laden.............now if he didn't have his mom in law up his ar$%^&..........
Is this all because the President threatened to call Congress into emergency session over the debt ceiling limit? I heard he said that this morning. Not sure if it's true or not. I sure hope it is.
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