Puzzling Statement: Obama Says ‘Louisiana Purchase’ Will Help With the Earthquake in Hawaii

Gateway Pundit: What earthquake in Hawaii? In 1868 there was a major earthquake in Hawaii that killed 77 people. In 1975 an earthquake in Hawaii killed 2 people.

Fox News: OBAMA: I am certain that we've made sure, for example, that any burdens on states are alleviated, when it comes to what they're going to have to chip in to make sure that we're giving subsidies to small businesses, and subsidies to individuals, for example. BAIER: So the Connecticut deal is still in? OBAMA: So that's not — that's not going to be something that is going to be in this final package. I think the same is true on all of these provisions. I'll give you some exceptions though. Something that was called a special deal was for Louisiana. It was said that there were billions — millions of dollars going to Louisiana, this was a special deal. Well, in fact, that provision, which I think should remain in, said that if a state has been affected by a natural catastrophe, that has created a special health care emergency in that state, they should get help. Louisiana, obviously, went through Katrina, and they're still trying to deal with the enormous challenges that were faced because of that. (CROSS TALK) OBAMA: That also — I'm giving you an example of one that I consider important. It also affects Hawaii, which went through an earthquake. So that's not just a Louisiana provision. That is a provision that affects every state that is going through a natural catastrophe. Now I have said that there are certain provisions, like this Nebraska one, that don't make sense. And they needed to be out. And we have removed those. So, at the end of the day, what people are going to be able to say is that this legislation is going to be providing help to small businesses and individuals, across the board, in an even handed way, and providing people relief from a status quo that's just not working. BAIER: OK, the Florida deal, in or out? OBAMA: The Florida deal — BAIER: Paying for Medicare Advantage, exempting 800,000 Floridians from — OBAMA: My understanding is that whatever is going to be done on Medicare is going to apply across the board to all states.

March 17, 2010 at 10:18 pm - Fox News
Dateline: Washington DC
Dave in Oregon   March 17th, 2010 - 10:24 pm

Geeezzz

The Earthquake that hit our 57th. state….Hawaii.

NoBaMa   March 17th, 2010 - 10:26 pm

Must be talking about the one caused by global warming, Im sure its on its way. Didn’t Gore order one from China and there weatherGods a few months ago?

Joe Public   March 17th, 2010 - 10:30 pm

Is it possible that he thinks Haiti is the 50th state in the Union.

God help us all.

duh_swami   March 17th, 2010 - 10:34 pm

That’s what happens when you smoked too much herb when you were younger…
Still stoned after all these years…I bet there’s a whole lot of closet smoking going on…

Macgregor`   March 17th, 2010 - 10:35 pm

Obama doesn’t know his head from a hole in the ground.There was no earthquake in hawaii or a tsunamis there that was a natural disaster in the past couple of years.

Listen to this POS LIE.

healthcare equals Hurriane releif? who knew?   March 17th, 2010 - 10:39 pm

Puzzling Statement: Obama Says ‘Louisiana Purchase’ Will Help With the Earthquake in Hawaii
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which reminds us:::: we never did get his medical report.
does he need heavy meds to stay focused?

only the professors knows for sure   March 17th, 2010 - 10:42 pm

what good is an education if you clean out your head with bad drugs?
and given his taste for bribes who really knows if he PURCHASED his claimed education?

DA BEARRRS   March 17th, 2010 - 10:42 pm

He meant to say Kenya.

He is always getting those two confused.

Terry   March 17th, 2010 - 10:44 pm

Funny how he had to catch himself changing “billions” to “millions.” No, only the terrorist state of Israel gets BILLIONS from the US tax payer (every year) – US citizens only get the scraps left over.

u-GO, joe!   March 17th, 2010 - 10:44 pm

Joe Public March 17th, 2010 – 10:30 pm
Is it possible that he thinks Haiti is the 50th state in the Union.
God help us all.
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at least two of us here are on the floor, literally!!!!
HAAA!!!!!!!

well, er...   March 17th, 2010 - 10:46 pm

this is how much he cares about this country. he continually mixes up States and events
about the U.S. – - – imo that can only come from a lack of caring.
most politicians are obsessed with the history of the country, every little aspect of it.
obama? he got the job for the free rides on airfoce one.

katy   March 17th, 2010 - 10:50 pm

If there is an earthquake in Hawaii in the near future, I’m going to have to assume he’s satan himself and spilled the beans by accident. oopsy

In hell this kind of stuff is highly classified and there are strict instructions not to let the cat out of the bag.

40 lashes for O’beelzebub

letme axaquestion   March 17th, 2010 - 10:56 pm

dear furer….no teleprompter= no clue….

HaHaHa   March 17th, 2010 - 10:57 pm

Damn, those guys running HAARP in Alaska missed their target.

Bretfan   March 17th, 2010 - 10:58 pm

I wish Bret had responded, “Mr. President, what earthquake in Hawaii?”

shreeve   March 17th, 2010 - 10:58 pm

Dumbass

judithod   March 17th, 2010 - 10:59 pm

The answer is simple! Obama’s instituting a new earmark for Hawaii as payback for Hawaii’s intent to pass legislation barring “birthers” from requesting information about his birth certificate.

And did you note in the interview that Obama had no idea that Connecticut was getting a “kickback” in the legislation?

Suggest reading the transcript of the interview. The double-speak is amazing. He plainly has no grasp on the contents of the legislation, and instead of answering questions directly, either changed the topic or acted irritated.

west-texan   March 17th, 2010 - 11:00 pm

Obama is a complete fruit loop.

And then the liberals will make umpteen excuses to try and cover for BHO.

ellie   March 17th, 2010 - 11:01 pm

He’s getting his lies mixed up. Nothing new here, he’s a democrat.
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Kohlermann   March 17th, 2010 - 11:01 pm

And if ANY Republican said this, the State Controlled Media would be lampooning them 24 hours a day for the next ten years, never would the person ever be allowed to appear in the media without the faux pas mentioned (Dan Quayle and the TEACHER’S error “potatoe”).

Frankly, the US State Controlled ObaMao Hallalujiah Chorus needs to take part of ObaMao out of their mouths, wipe his DNA off their collectivist chins, and actually tell the TRUTH about this unconstitutional poseur.

POOZER.

bernice   March 17th, 2010 - 11:01 pm

I thought I heard him say that, I was befuddled…..but then again everything he says
confuses me. He also said in this interview that we would have plenty of time to read
the bill online before they vote on it, yet they claim to be voting on it in 72 hours…
so when are we gonna have time to read the bill……? Let me be perfectly clear….this
country is heading in the wrong direction like a drunk driver…sigh.

_Aldebaran_   March 17th, 2010 - 11:01 pm

This guy lies so much that his intellect is becoming even more darkened. The beginning of not being able to separate objective reality from his subjective view.

vargas   March 17th, 2010 - 11:01 pm

Come on people….it was the earthquake that occured in 1961 when the GREAT MESSIAH was “born” in Hawaii

Ben in Hawaii   March 17th, 2010 - 11:02 pm

WOW….I live in hawaii, and I must have missed that earthquake….dang where was I…hehe

RHO1953   March 17th, 2010 - 11:02 pm

Can you imagine the ruckus if Bush said something that stupid? Obama is an imbecile. A Marxist imbecile. Can we move the 2012 election up a year or two?

Gopher   March 17th, 2010 - 11:03 pm

I’m pretty sure it was just a slip of the tongue . . . he meant to say “Earthquake in Atlantis.”

Can anyone imagine the field day the mainstream press would have with this if George W. or Dan Quayle had said it? It will get nary a mention coming from Slowbama.

Then again, the MSM is sort of busy these days, what with live showings of Harry Smith’s colon and all.

1marg   March 17th, 2010 - 11:03 pm

I wish everyone would be more respectful to our first affirmative action president.

jefcostello   March 17th, 2010 - 11:03 pm

The soulful Professor Obama will sprinkle magic dust on everything and make it all ok. Close your eyes so you don’t see him stealing your money, and destroying the Constitution. He’s so soulful, he can make tummy aches go away, yeah!!!

What a jackasss!

John   March 17th, 2010 - 11:03 pm

You know… the earthquake that destroyed all of Hawaii’s records of Obama’s birth there…

John   March 17th, 2010 - 11:04 pm

What did he say?

eric   March 17th, 2010 - 11:04 pm

I am sure he meant Haiti, I am 3000% sure…

ray   March 17th, 2010 - 11:04 pm

From someone who lives in Hawaii. I was really puzzled about the earthquake comment myself. The Big Island had one last week but it was only a 5.0 and it wasn’t devestating…I can tell you that!! What in God’s name is he talking about?? He was nervous because he was on Fox and he knew he wasn’t going to get softball questions….eventhough he did do his best to avoid answering them directly.

big bill   March 17th, 2010 - 11:04 pm

You just don’t understand the thinking processes of the most brilliant man to ever hold the office of the President of The United States according to his people.

MC   March 17th, 2010 - 11:05 pm

This is just weird.

stoppointingthatfinger   March 17th, 2010 - 11:05 pm

Correct your title. He said Louisiana “provision,” not “Purchase.” He still doesn’t know what he’s talking about, but at least you can keep accurate.

david   March 17th, 2010 - 11:05 pm

without Mr. Telepromoter, Obozo is clueless. Even with his trusty companion, he will misread and make stupid statements such as his bill will bring premiums down 3,000%

He is a narcisist and does not like being challenged by the truth

does he really think we dumb?   March 17th, 2010 - 11:06 pm

why wasnt louisianna given funds on their own merit?
why is it linked to healthcare?
you see its obama’s arrogance that is a huge problem. he says this stuff and expects to swallow it? co’on now.

briany   March 17th, 2010 - 11:06 pm

WOW!!! WHAT A TOTAL MORON!!!

Dude What's Up   March 17th, 2010 - 11:06 pm

Dudes, the president bites. Lame, Lamo, Lamest. Dishonest, Fibber, Liar, Cheat, fraudster. B
Trashy, biley, crappy, shitty

Jim   March 17th, 2010 - 11:06 pm

I’m no fan of Obama, but in Hawaii we had a major earthquake in 2006. It measured between a 6.7 and 7.2, depending on what source was measuring it, and caused a lot of damage, especially on Maui and the Island of Hawaii.

Don’t know if this is what Obama is referring to. . . .

Geoff   March 17th, 2010 - 11:06 pm

This clinches it for me. Either this guy is still on the”weed” from his college days (IF he ever went to any!) or his programmers at the CIA left a few glitches left in in his android programming. This Manchurian Candidate is only partially human and his failing Borg counterparts are fowling up the rest of his human faculties.

Far out? How else do you explain the ever persistent inanities and insanities of one Barak “Insane” Obama?

Paul   March 17th, 2010 - 11:07 pm

HAHAHA!!! What a joke, and what a complete lack of intelligence displayed by our coke-sniffing, heavy-drinking, chain-smoking, former homosexual, Kenya-born president. We’re all doomed. Lobotomies all around for you moronic “White Guilters” who voted this criminally-corrupt loser into office. I voted for Allan Keys…up yours!

Jack   March 17th, 2010 - 11:07 pm

Obama probably meant the other 57Th state Haiti. this guy is clueless. May God help us.

ed   March 17th, 2010 - 11:07 pm

the earhquake was in the blue room.

FOX won’t get another interview, don’t be surprised if they get banished from Gibbs forum

Marv   March 17th, 2010 - 11:07 pm

Earthquakes are down 3000% since Hawaii became the 57th state. Nothing new already know Obama is a complete idiot, liar and fraud. MSNBC: How cute our first affirmative action made another historic error, better pull out the race card Barry.

Paul Mann   March 17th, 2010 - 11:07 pm

I think he’s prophesying. He is the Messiah, after all.

Jose Kanusee   March 17th, 2010 - 11:07 pm

What he meant to say was that he wants Haiti to become our next state…a true welfare state!

gopher   March 17th, 2010 - 11:08 pm

It was way too much fun watching Brent Baird tear him a new one. I’ll bet there will be a horses’ head in his bed when he wakes up in the morning.

Or Michelle . . . same thing.

KennyP   March 17th, 2010 - 11:08 pm

Ahh, the embarrassment of a former drug abuser….which state are we in again?? Maybe your Muslim brothers know…………

Vic   March 17th, 2010 - 11:09 pm

Only if you’re poor and living on welfare (and vote democrcat) will everything the govt spends help you.

if it doesnt make sense its non-sensical   March 17th, 2010 - 11:09 pm

all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light.

mike   March 17th, 2010 - 11:09 pm

This man is out of his mind. Needs to be Fired now. and all his followers replaced. Anti American Socialist .

Dennis K   March 17th, 2010 - 11:10 pm

Let me summarize for y’all

All 57 states including Hawaii, which annexed Haiti today, will have their health care premiums reduced by 3,000%
This is transparent, on Cspan and the interent for 72 hours. But first we have to have an up and down vote on health care which will be bi-partisan.

No wonder this guy needs a teleprompter to speak to 5 year olds.

He is right on one thing. all 50 states have a true disaster, it is called the Obama presidency.
The narcissist, racist, anti semite is acting stupidly. Maybe a beer summit is needed.

Jose Kanusee   March 17th, 2010 - 11:10 pm

In one year, Obama has regressed from being POTUS to being just a POS.

Daisy   March 17th, 2010 - 11:10 pm

I can’t stand Obama, and he said nothing about the Louisiana Purchase.

nathan j   March 17th, 2010 - 11:11 pm

It’s BUSH’s Fault!

JoeMac   March 17th, 2010 - 11:11 pm

There was a single point during the presidential campaign when Obama’s “handlers” decided that it was just flat out too risky to let this guy speak off the cuff because…well, he can’t! The teleprompters appeared right after that and have been omnipresent ever since. Never has a president been so dependent on a mechanical device to speak English to the American people, and yet, the media and public (albeit fewer and fewer every day) think this guy is a great orator! He’s not. Period.

JM

Lajonga   March 17th, 2010 - 11:11 pm

Barack Obama is more smarterer than you right wingers with your racists talk. Free healthcare is going to make things beter.

mike   March 17th, 2010 - 11:11 pm

Lay off Obama, he meant to say Haiti, and everyone know Hawaii was our 53rd state and Haiti was the 57th state.

Mary   March 17th, 2010 - 11:11 pm

DODGEBALL is the Dear Leaders favorite sport!

Yo'bama   March 17th, 2010 - 11:12 pm

How can morons still have this guy’s bumper stickers on their cars? Oh yeah, they’re morons, that explains it…

JohnK   March 17th, 2010 - 11:12 pm

I personally hate Obama. I can’t wait to see him voted out of office.

BUT…. in this case what he said is in fact technically correct.

On March 9, 2010 Hawaii had an eathquake.

However, Obama needs to do some fact checking before he opens his mouth. The earthquake was a relatively weak 4.4, and was located 20 miles underground, so it had virtually no effect on the Hawaiian islands.

Yeeeech   March 17th, 2010 - 11:13 pm

I get it, his name was misspelled….Barack Odumbo

hawaii, huh?   March 17th, 2010 - 11:13 pm

eric March 17th, 2010 – 11:04 pm
I am sure he meant Haiti, I am 3000% sure…
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its that darn birthCetificate-thing on his mind :-)
he’s hoping for a hawaii earthquake so he can claim his original b.certificate got washed away.

Landry   March 17th, 2010 - 11:13 pm

Every time he speaks is turning out to be a “natural catastrophe.

john   March 17th, 2010 - 11:14 pm

There should be something in the job qualifications for president of this great country that requires an honerable discharge from any branch of the military service. At least that way we wouldn’t get a prez that pronounces the marine corp “corpses.”

shivers   March 17th, 2010 - 11:14 pm

Listening to Obama speak with Bret made me think back to my days of working with relatively hi functioning adults who had some brain damage. He was just stuck in a groove and no mattter what was asked or what he said to him he just kept repeating the same things over and over again. I know politicians like to make their points but is he rigid and obtuse purpose…something is not quite right with that cat.

Geosota   March 17th, 2010 - 11:15 pm

In Ohio, “your employer it’s estimated would see premiums fall by as much as 3,000 percent” and “she upped her deductible last year to the minimum”.

Lynn   March 17th, 2010 - 11:16 pm

Did he mean Haiti? Haiti is not a state. What in the heck is he talking about?

JOHN C   March 17th, 2010 - 11:16 pm

Obama is just a old fashion fool with no business experience or common sense.

colin   March 17th, 2010 - 11:17 pm

wha—huh? Hawaii hit by an earthquake? When did this happen? Why aren’t the news outlets covering it?
Maybe it was that 57th state Hawaii he was thinking of. The one where he was born.

michael   March 17th, 2010 - 11:17 pm

I didn’t hear the word “purchase” at all. He compared “what happened in Louisiana” with the earthquake that happened just off the coast of Hawaii a couple of days ago. Sounds like you guys are just grasping at straws and looking for ANYTHING that you can to make Obama look bad. I think you need to do some research and listen (not just hear what you want to hear) before posting headlines and making comments. If you don’t believe me then listen again.

Dale   March 17th, 2010 - 11:17 pm

So, what’s the explanation for this?

Crack?

MiPain   March 17th, 2010 - 11:17 pm

Com on guys give him a break, you know he was referring to the tidal wave that wipe out hawaii after the earth quake in chile. JEEEESSHHHH

just sayin...   March 17th, 2010 - 11:17 pm

Jim March 17th, 2010 – 11:06 pm
I’m no fan of Obama, but in Hawaii we had a major earthquake in 2006. It measured between a 6.7 and 7.2, depending on what source was measuring it, and caused a lot of damage, especially on Maui and the Island of Hawaii.

Don’t know if this is what Obama is referring to. . . .

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from what you gleaned you think this was the earthquake he was referring to?
and why wasnt he able to make that clear? or was he recalling from cliff notes?

Terry   March 17th, 2010 - 11:18 pm

You liberals need to do a better job with the community organizer-he is not supposed to be speaking without his teleprompter! And we want you to control health care?

I guess the main stream media only makes fun of this when it is a republican president. The anointed one is excused.

Ken72   March 17th, 2010 - 11:18 pm

Lying Idiot

RB   March 17th, 2010 - 11:18 pm

Seems the Pres is back on the nose candy or something.

Goodgold   March 17th, 2010 - 11:19 pm

Darn – where’s that teleprompter when I need it. Get this guy outta here. Guess we’ll have to wait until 2012.

HA!   March 17th, 2010 - 11:19 pm

there’s no way he was referring to the Hawaii earthquake.
his words were that the “LOUISIANA PURCHASE WILL HELP WITH THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAWAII. ‘

i think if you got past the 6th grade you know he screwed up.

ALL   March 17th, 2010 - 11:19 pm

Ok, lets get on the guy for saying grammar mistake in a tough interview. Go read a real story.

Dave Fuqua   March 17th, 2010 - 11:20 pm

Sounds like he picked a bad week to give up crack.

lemonsip   March 17th, 2010 - 11:20 pm

Good grief. Who is this guy again? Why was he elected? Maybe God is playing some kind of bizarre trick on us, the kind where blood sucking aliens invade tomorrow and take over our lives and turn us into slaves. Oh, wait. We have Obama and the Congress. That’s already happened.

Novus   March 17th, 2010 - 11:20 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Hawaii_earthquake

There was a 6.7 earthquake on the Big Island back in 2006 that caused some serious damage. Is that what Obama was referring to? It was fairly big. But it was also 4 years ago.

eat yr wheaties   March 17th, 2010 - 11:20 pm

i’m eating my blueberries and wheaties first thing in the morning so i dont miss a lick when Gibbs tries to explain this one.

phat shantz   March 17th, 2010 - 11:21 pm

He remembers because he bowed to the King of Hawai’i before he granted them statehood and ordered food and fuel be flown in during the blockade.

Jeff   March 17th, 2010 - 11:21 pm

He forgot about Dorothy and that terrible tornado in Illinois, that swept her away but then she
came back on a stimulus package. To hell with Hawaii they got all those pineapples to survive.

JJB   March 17th, 2010 - 11:21 pm

Why does the title of this article say that he said ‘Louisiana Purchase’? He said ‘Louisiana Provision’.

Jeff   March 17th, 2010 - 11:22 pm

Uh, hate to break up the ignorance, but Hawaii had a major earthquake in 2006, which President Bush called an “emergency.” This resulted in the ability for them to get aid. This is what Obama was referring to. Natural disasters happen everywhere.

Jimmy Carter Part Deux   March 17th, 2010 - 11:22 pm

I’ll have you know that under Obama’s leadership earthquake fatalities are down 3,000%. We are all going to get raises.

What a supergenius of a president we have.

wilmac   March 17th, 2010 - 11:22 pm

omfg.. they said bush dumb.,
now u know why he has teleprompters
he has a very hi iq..really what is it.,
idk,,do you.,this is how liberals think.,,
and he wants to run my health care.,,lol.
idthink so moron.

Bob   March 17th, 2010 - 11:22 pm

Now you see what happens when he leaves his teleprompter at home.

big red   March 17th, 2010 - 11:22 pm

Don’t you guys listen to what he said. He said the Loisiana Provision not the Loisiana Purchase. Huh.

Akston   March 17th, 2010 - 11:22 pm

I say billion, you say a trillion, I say Haiti you say Hawaii -let’s call the whole thing off.

LES   March 17th, 2010 - 11:22 pm

Holy Moly. He’s losin’ it. The “it” that he never really had to begin with.
Good grief, can’t SOMEbody stop this guy???

patriarch   March 17th, 2010 - 11:22 pm

Did any of you watch the interview? This is taken completely out of context. A new low for Breitbart. Watch it. or shut the f up.

get outta here :-)   March 17th, 2010 - 11:22 pm

ALL March 17th, 2010 – 11:19 pm
Ok, lets get on the guy for saying grammar mistake in a tough interview. Go read a real story.
===========================
GRAMMER?
how about context?
how about context on a subject he came to discuss?

dakine   March 17th, 2010 - 11:22 pm

There are earthquakes in Hawaii all the time.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/HI10/15.25.-162.-152.php

And by all rights, this “state” should be its own independent sovereign nation under Hawaiian authority. It got a taste of US-style regime change in 1898.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom

alexxxbond   March 17th, 2010 - 11:22 pm

This is the sort of confusion that typing 3000 pages of nonsense (in lieu of a real bill to be followed for the betterment of our nation) can cause. Poor Barak. Apparently BUSH is not as dumb as he seemed. He has clearly caused Obama to look stupid every time he is in the public eye. We cannot fault our current prez. After all, he has informed us that all which is bad for America was conceived and executed by GWB. I think we should just relieve him of the duty for the next 3 years as prez. It’s not really fair to make him suffer through another 3 years of failure just because GWB preceded him in the office. Who is with me on this?

get outta here :-)   March 17th, 2010 - 11:23 pm

grammAar.. . sorry

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