From: John B. on
On Jun 11, 10:37 am, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> In article <b54ecf73-3361-4a00-9970-64785f0cfed8
> @x27g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, johnb...(a)gmail.com says...
>
>
>
> > On Jun 10, 9:30 pm, Howard Brazee <how...(a)brazee.net> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:37:29 -0500, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
> > > >Its one thing to have intelligence, another to evince it.  He came off
> > > >as  bumbling, inept and frankly dim-witted. You can talk IQ all you
> > > >want, but if you didn't see the myriads of faux pas he committed
> > > >almost weekly, you were in a coma for eight years.  
>
> > > Sure.   But Obama was the one who mentioned 57 states.
>
> > That was an obvious slip of the tongue. Does anyone actually believe
> > that Obama thinks there are 57 states?
>
> It is not an obvious slip of the tongue. When you were in school how
> many states were there? How many stars were in the blue field of the
> flag and why? How many strips an in the flag and why? These are things
> that every US citizen should know. It is just like the three branches of
> government, thow houses in the federal legislature. Some things you
> should just know.
>
> But, 57 states and not being allowed to visit Alaska and Hawaii? It
> isn't excusable by any stretch, not for someone running for the office
> of President of the US.

He meant 47.
From: John B. on
On Jun 11, 11:31 am, "MNMikeW" <MNMiik...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> "BAR" <sc...(a)you.com> wrote in message
>
> news:MPG.267c143d8c9812ca98a04c(a)news.giganews.com...
>
>
>
> > In article <b54ecf73-3361-4a00-9970-64785f0cfed8
> > @x27g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, johnb...(a)gmail.com says...
>
> >> On Jun 10, 9:30 pm, Howard Brazee <how...(a)brazee.net> wrote:
> >> > On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:37:29 -0500, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
> >> > >Its one thing to have intelligence, another to evince it. He came off
> >> > >as bumbling, inept and frankly dim-witted. You can talk IQ all you
> >> > >want, but if you didn't see the myriads of faux pas he committed
> >> > >almost weekly, you were in a coma for eight years.
>
> >> > Sure. But Obama was the one who mentioned 57 states.
>
> >> That was an obvious slip of the tongue. Does anyone actually believe
> >> that Obama thinks there are 57 states?
>
> > It is not an obvious slip of the tongue. When you were in school how
> > many states were there? How many stars were in the blue field of the
> > flag and why? How many strips an in the flag and why? These are things
> > that every US citizen should know. It is just like the three branches of
> > government, thow houses in the federal legislature. Some things you
> > should just know.
>
> > But, 57 states and not being allowed to visit Alaska and Hawaii? It
> > isn't excusable by any stretch, not for someone running for the office
> > of President of the US.
>
> Imagine if Bush had said it. Of course it would have been proof positive
> that Bush was a retard. But of course with Obama, he merely misspoke. If it
> wasn't for double standards, the left would have no standards.

The difference, Mike, is that Obama made this one famous gaffe,
whereas Bush made a million of them.
From: William Clark on
In article <MPG.267bf951d1ffece498a04a(a)news.giganews.com>,
BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

> In article <clark-DCB9A6.08281511062010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-
> state.edu>, clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu says...
> > > Why did Obama need a tele-prompter to address a high school graduation?
> > >
> > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/08/obama-commencement-speech_n_
> > > 603705.html
> >
> > Perhaps to make sure that, as President, he got his facts right? I sat
> > 10' from Dubya giving a Commencement address. Believe me, a teleprompter
> > could only have enhanced one of the dreariest deliveries of one of the
> > most banal speeches I have ever heard.
>
> Have you heard Obama try and give a speech extemoraneously? It is
> difficult to follwo with all of the I..I..I's, ah..ah..ah's,
> um..um..um's. Obama is a stuttering idiot without a tele-prompter.

Oh, I think he handled all those GoP congresscritturs pretty easily just
on his own two feet. Did you ever see Dubya be brave enough to do
something like that? Hell, no.
From: BAR on
In article <6256b226-1ba2-4a26-bda8-
98a9c0e18a7a(a)d37g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, johnb505(a)gmail.com says...
>
> On Jun 11, 10:37�am, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> > In article <b54ecf73-3361-4a00-9970-64785f0cfed8
> > @x27g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, johnb...(a)gmail.com says...
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Jun 10, 9:30�pm, Howard Brazee <how...(a)brazee.net> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:37:29 -0500, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
> > > > >Its one thing to have intelligence, another to evince it. �He came off
> > > > >as �bumbling, inept and frankly dim-witted. You can talk IQ all you
> > > > >want, but if you didn't see the myriads of faux pas he committed
> > > > >almost weekly, you were in a coma for eight years. �
> >
> > > > Sure. � But Obama was the one who mentioned 57 states.
> >
> > > That was an obvious slip of the tongue. Does anyone actually believe
> > > that Obama thinks there are 57 states?
> >
> > It is not an obvious slip of the tongue. When you were in school how
> > many states were there? How many stars were in the blue field of the
> > flag and why? How many strips an in the flag and why? These are things
> > that every US citizen should know. It is just like the three branches of
> > government, thow houses in the federal legislature. Some things you
> > should just know.
> >
> > But, 57 states and not being allowed to visit Alaska and Hawaii? It
> > isn't excusable by any stretch, not for someone running for the office
> > of President of the US.
>
> He meant 47.

The D student, Obama, had no idea how many states there are and you are
just trying to cover for him.

What about Obama's statement that if the $787 Billion stimulus bill is
passed that the unemployment rate will not go above 8%? What did he
really mean?
From: Moderate on
"John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The difference, Mike, is that Obama made this one famous gaffe,
> whereas Bush made a million of them.

Cite the million :-)

Corpsemen, 10,000 killed by a tornado that killed 12, saying hello to
the men honored on memorial day. Just a few Obama zingers.

His real intelect shines in his decision or non-decision making.
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