Obama Flubs Defense Chief’s Name During Security Speech

AP: President Barack Obama sees his secretary of defense just about every day, but he still flubbed Robert Gates' name on Thursday. Gates was in the crowd for Obama's national security speech. Pointing him out, the president said "William Gates" was on hand. Perhaps Obama was thinking of Bill Gates, the Microsoft billionaire.

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May 21, 2009 at 11:49 am - MSNBC
Dateline: Washington DC
Voters Remorse   May 21st, 2009 - 11:59 am

My God, this entire administration from the top on down can be crowned the “Dumbest Administration in American History”. This bunch should not do any live feeds, they all open mouth and insert foot on a daily basis. I know, I know, its that stinkin’ teleprompter, which is probably manufactured by a company whose CEO has made donations to the Republican party in the past.

kmichaels   May 21st, 2009 - 12:16 pm

William Gates
57 States
My Muslim faith
Less debt can wait
I am not straight.

jeanne   May 21st, 2009 - 12:17 pm

he appears as if he’s reading it from paper as he keeps looking down; obviously, that works for him about as good as the teleprompter…and they thought the republicans were bad; THIS administration seems to have a problem nearly everytime ANY of them open their mouths in public…God help the USA…the “change” he has brought has been nothing but a sham and WE are getting SCREWED and its only just begun! A revolution is needed DESPERATELY!

LiberalsAreParasites   May 21st, 2009 - 12:17 pm

Everbody can misspeak, but come on. Everytime you open your mouth. And joe biden, what can I say accept, “come on chuck, stand up”. What a bunch of clowns.

Johnny   May 21st, 2009 - 12:19 pm

This is what happens when obama tries to go off the teleprompter. Another day another gaffe.

You're doing a heck of a job, Brownie!   May 21st, 2009 - 12:43 pm

Obama has a long (and I mean really long) way to go before he even approaches the flubs of his predecessor. After all, Mr. Bush had a whole book published of his gaffes.

Pencey   May 21st, 2009 - 12:44 pm

Ladies and gentlemen, can we have a hand please for Harvard University.

buzzy   May 21st, 2009 - 12:58 pm

simply awful….

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, ...duhhhh!   May 21st, 2009 - 12:58 pm

After eight years of listening to Duh-bya butcher the English language and Cheney butcher common decency, this guy is a breath of fresh air.

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Trochilus   May 21st, 2009 - 1:14 pm

He was actually looking at and reading it when he said it!

James K   May 21st, 2009 - 1:24 pm

Good joke TOTUS! Keep it up!

Joe Kidd   May 21st, 2009 - 1:24 pm

Seems to me like The N0bammessiah’s Kingdom becomes more like Alice In Wonderland (or even Alice in chains) every day now (no disrespect intended for the band).
He says “Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat”…
But when will He pull His head out of His ***?
Oh well… Me thinks things are looking up with BIpartisanship on Gitmo, CA’s recent election results and Independence Day Tea Parties looming nationwide…

kmichaels   May 21st, 2009 - 1:31 pm

Obama has done more damage in 100 days than Bush did in his entire career. The stupid idea that Obama is better, wiser, smarter or less gaff prone than Bush is just that, STUPID. Bush had innate wisdom. Obama has an innate need to be an attention w-hore, but lacks in wisdom in how to actually care about and properly lead our nation.

What good has Obama actually done for America? Nothing. He was weakened us economically, defensively, and diminished the greatness of America.

Snooty Snotty Obama is a huge mistake for all of us.

kmichaels   May 21st, 2009 - 1:35 pm

So, leftists, you claim Cheney is indecent. Care to prove your claim with something more than your typical hot air. Mind you, we will keep in mind that you murder millions of unborn human beings, that you try hard to let serial killers live, and that you think being gay is normal. So don’t expect us to think your idea of decency is remotely decent.

Dave, Tn   May 21st, 2009 - 2:02 pm

Did anyone see “Robert Gates” on 60 minutes Sunday night? He’d make a hell of a President in 2012 if he’d have the job. The country sure could use a good one.

MLN   May 21st, 2009 - 2:23 pm

I’m not a fan of his policies, but I just have to say that anyone who speaks publicly and on camera as much as a President of the USA does is bound to be caught misspeaking or mispronouncing something. That doesn’t make them stupid. It makes them human.

As far as the difference between Obama and Bush, they are just two sides of the same coin. It’s all just part of a big game and we are the willing dupes for their con.

No quite the same, thank you!   May 21st, 2009 - 3:28 pm

The reason that Cheney is indecent is that he kills or is responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of BORN human beings. The idea that a blob of unthinking, unfeeling cells has the same moral status as a living, breathing person is nuts!

Pencey   May 21st, 2009 - 4:10 pm

He has trouble with multi-tasking. He can’t talk and read at the same time.

Please bring your hands together in a warm round of applause for Harvard University.

JDG   May 21st, 2009 - 4:19 pm

No quite the same, thank you!
Really? Who made you god?

Dim Sum   May 21st, 2009 - 4:42 pm

Karl Marx black Barracky
——— + Al Franken + magic = Hussein
Saul Alinsky marker O’Wacky

Suggestions welcome.

Dim Sum   May 21st, 2009 - 4:48 pm

Sorry gang – gag mangled

Mathematical equation supposed to read:

+ Karl Marx over Saul Alinsky

+ Village Idiot, Al Franken

+ Black Magic Marker

= Barracky O’Wacky

You can’t win em all.

No quite the same, thank you!   May 21st, 2009 - 4:58 pm

JDG,
Nobody. Now how about you?

American Liberal   May 21st, 2009 - 5:19 pm

The President, Nancy and Harry are too busy doing things to America to remember everything. We need to cut them some slack while they are doing things to us.

LK   May 21st, 2009 - 6:13 pm

Teleprompter’s fault? You know THE ONE doesn’t speak without it!

kmichaels   May 21st, 2009 - 7:08 pm

Idiot slobbering drooling leftist says: “The idea that a blob of unthinking, unfeeling cells has the same moral status as a living, breathing person is nuts!”

So, you have finally seen the light. Unfeeling, unthinking immoral leftists are not the same as a living person. Post partem abortion is called for. Starting with abortionist in chief.

Cognitive Dissident   May 21st, 2009 - 7:26 pm

What? He flubbed a name?

He must be a terro rist/ soc ialist/ is lamist/ ho mos exaul/ idi ot/ ev il ge nius!

Cognitive Dissident   May 21st, 2009 - 7:36 pm

What? He flubbed a name?

He must be a terrorist/ socialist/ islamist/ homosexaul/ idiot/ evil genius!

Cognitive Dissident   May 21st, 2009 - 7:38 pm

What? He flubbed a name?

He must be a terro rist/ soc ialist/ is lamist/ ho mosexaul/ idiot/ evil genius!

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   May 21st, 2009 - 8:35 pm

America…Bilderberg Bush-Obama is a fraud.

When he constantly stands before a camera, and narrows those eyes and tightens that jaw and spews his propaganda…it makes me want to throw up!

He is a scam that has been perpetuated upon the United States of America by the Bilderberg Society. And they were enabled by the uninformed and ill-informed voters in our nation!

He is a community organizer of the lowest degree. He is just a boy blaming everything that happens on someone else. Never, ever taking responsibility of his own.

He is a dangerous man…America. And he needs to be removed from office the legal way…we need that birth certificate.

Someone in Congress needs to save America from this man and the radical Muslims he is always trying to protect.

Someone in Congress needs to stand up and show some backbone and “ASK” to see that “original” certificate under lock and key in a vault in Hawaii.

America…keep after your Reps and tell them that we, the American people, want him to prove that he is legal to be our President.

I believe he is not! I believe he has never put this to rest, because he cannot!

He is not a legal citizen and not legally our President.

We need to rid America of this fraud…before he destroys every bank, every private company, every state and every American checkbook in our great nation!

Do it America…call for it now! Before it is too late!

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JUST ANOTHER PATHETIC DAY IN THE ‘REIGN OF BARRY HUSSEIN’ OUR FIRST MUSLIM PRESIDENT IN OUR ‘CHRISTIAN’ NATION!

BJC   May 21st, 2009 - 9:08 pm

No quite the same, thank you! May 21st, 2009 – 3:28 pm

The reason that Cheney is indecent is that he kills or is responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of BORN human beings. The idea that a blob of unthinking, unfeeling cells has the same moral status as a living, breathing person is nuts!

You may think of it as a blob but you need to educate yourself on these blobs. I know you wouldn’t go to abortiontv.com and watch HUMAN babies murdered. I dare you go and don’t pick and choose what you want to watch. Check out the different procedures. http://www.abortiontv.com

Laffing at Morons   May 21st, 2009 - 10:21 pm

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, …duhhhh! Seems you live near or IN a sewer. I doubt if you can smell anything with your head up your rear…

The next terrorist attack will be brought to you by Obama, his administration and and Democratic Party!! Putz!!

tim   May 22nd, 2009 - 7:29 am

The campaign was run on the arrogance of accusing their opponents of intellectual failure due to minor pronunciation errors. It was a smear against the intellect of what they classify as simple minded Republicans from day one. All of the ridicule and plastic smiles cannot distract us long enough to blind us to their own intellectual shortcomings and the fact that they are continually making qualitative errors while branding themselves as the new intellectual elite.

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