Isn’t it interesting how the same people who used George W. Bush’s gaffes as evidence to bolster their claim that he was an idiot think Barack Obama is some sort of saintly intellectual and oratory genius?
Despite the fact that Barack Obama isn’t really so good at the speaking thing.
- He’s shown he can’t function without reading from a teleprompter… repeatedly.
- And the word heard most often in any speech or interview he gives is “uh“.
- He apparently doesn’t know the difference between privacy and piracy.
- He can’t properly pronounce the name of a company he uses as an example to bolster his policies.
He’s also not so good at the geography thing.
- He thinks there are 58 states in the U.S.
- And he thinks that Arkansas is closer to Kentucky than Illinois, which actually borders it.
- He thinks Austrian is a language.
- And he thinks Afghans speak Arabic.
- And he thinks Iran is “tiny” and doesn’t pose a serious threat. (though later he declared that he’s considered Iran a “grave threat” for years.
- He calls Sunrise, FL “Sunshine“, Sioux Falls, SD “Sioux City“, Rapid City, SD “Grand Rapids“, Wyoming “Wisconsin“…
Nor is he very good at the sports thing.
- He thinks the mascot for Penn State is the Nittaly Lions.
- And he thinks the White Sox played at “Cominskey Field“.
The healthcare thing? Nope, not good at that either.
- He thinks a kid having an asthma attack needs a breathalyzer.
- And he apparently can see dead people.
But surely he’s been trained in proper protocol. Wrong again.
But someone who is President certainly should know their history. Nope, not that either.
- He thinks the automobile was invented in the U.S..
- And he also said he had a “claim on Selma” because he was the offspring of a couple who first met during the march on Selma… which actually took place when he was 4 years old.
- He claimed his uncle was part of a group of Americans that liberated Auschwitz, despite the fact that it was liberated by the Soviet Red Army
Surely, though, the guys knows who’s in his own cabinet, right? Wrong.
- He introduces his Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates as “William Gates“. Granted, Gates was a Bush appointee, so we can cut him some slack on this one. It’s not like he goofed up on the title of his own pick for a running mate… wrong.
Maybe math is his specialty. Then again, maybe not.
- He said 10,000 people died in a Kansas tornado that actually killed 12 people.
- and 100 million people died in a cyclone in Burma, a country with a total population of 42 million.
And it’s quite telling that his supporters were so cheerful at his blissful admission of ignorance on the campaign trail last year when he was asked about the nation’s most contaminated nuclear waste site. Despite the fact he’d actually voted on the issue.
George W. Bush was a genius compared to this mental midget. Dope and change, man, dope and change.
