Can U spell potato, dodge snipers, name the states?

[Mo_Gearhead]

During the 1992 presidential campaign, when incumbent Vice President Dan Quayle made a spelling mistake, the media had a convulsive wet dream over the mistake.

We all heard about Hillary and daughter dodging all that sniper fire.

On Friday, Barack Obama, told an Oregon audience that "I've been in 57 states, (with) I think one left to go."

He now gets his new lapel pin (as many wanted him to wear)




Or maybe he was channeling his real roots???

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is an international organization with a permanent delegation to the United Nations. It groups 57 nations, most of which are Islamic, from the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, Balkan, Southeast Asia, South Asia and South America.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Your hate won't stick. clearly tongue in cheek, kidding about his (any candidate's) travel schedule.

[lendaddy]

Kidding?

I don't think this is a big deal at all but you don't actually think he was kidding do you? The man screwed up, big deal....but he screwed up none the less.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

You didn't get the intonation, the pause, the ssssseven, casual smirk, the HI and AL?...he was joking about his schedule, nothing more. Folks that feed on hate seem to look for anything to destroy hope.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

You didn't get the intonation, the pause, the ssssseven, casual smirk, the HI and AL?...he was joking about his schedule, nothing more. Folks that feed on hate seem to look for anything to destroy hope.

Horray for knee-jerk buzzwords!

[lendaddy]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

You didn't get the intonation, the pause, the ssssseven, casual smirk, the HI and AL?...he was joking about his schedule, nothing more. Folks that feed on hate seem to look for anything to destroy hope.

Uhh no. I saw awkward stumbling because he knew he screwed something up but was so lost he wasn't sure what and tried to cover/stall with the Hawaii/AK thing.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by lendaddy

Uhh no. I saw awkward stumbling because he knew he screwed something up but was so lost he wasn't sure what and tried to cover/stall with the Hawaii/AK thing.

Watch again without the Republican decoder glasses.

[lendaddy]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

Watch again without the Republican decoder glasses.

Your man-love is strong my friend.

[IROC]

Maybe he was borrowing from an old Steve Martin joke about going to see a nude show in Vegas after having a few too many to drink..."wow, look at all the t!ts!! Why, there must be...57 t!ts up there!"

[Rearden]

Originally Posted by lendaddy

Kidding?

I don't think this is a big deal at all but you don't actually think he was kidding do you? The man screwed up, big deal....but he screwed up none the less.

He did it on purpose, yea right

Would-be Attorney General John Edwards, that lightweight vehicle for moving a $400 haircut around town, threw in his gravitas behind Obama yesterday. That should help.

[SpartanToJo]

I'm as much of a gun-totin' conservative as they come, but that looked (and sounded) like a joke to me.

Much ado about nothing.

[lendaddy]

Originally Posted by SpartanToJo

Much ado about nothing.

Indeed

[javadog]

I think he actually meant 47. He looked worn out.

Not that I'm a fan, but I do believe he would know we have 50.

JR

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by javadog

I think he actually meant 47. He looked worn out.

Not that I'm a fan, but I do believe he would know we have 50.

JR

Exactly.

Definition of Fatigue
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9879

Fatigue: A condition characterized by a lessened capacity for work and reduced efficiency of accomplishment, usually accompanied by a feeling of weariness and tiredness. Fatigue can be acute and come on suddenly or chronic and persist.

"Fatigue" is a favorite medical word. When a patient says they have been feeling unusually tired, "real tired," the doctor will usually write down that the patient presents with "fatigue."

[URY914]

Yea, everybody knows theres only 52.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

Watch again without the Republican decoder glasses.

right on!

[Mo_Gearhead]

QUOTE: "Your hate won't stick. clearly tongue in cheek, kidding about his (any candidate's) travel schedule."
______________________

Ohhhh ...too bad. (and your redundant 'rolling eyes' was unnecessary.)

No hate here kid. The pathetic truth is: if BHO were a WHITE, male, Demo. candidate, running on his 'policies' (?) he would be on the sidelines by now, (ala J. Edwards) endorsing the still standing Demo. candidate.

My attempt was to AGAIN point out the media's liberal bias. They beat the shyt out of Quayle over his stumble, they sat on the Hillary 'bullet dodging' for (how many months?) and did you see any of them even mentioning this amusing gaff?

(Also ...note the smiley face at the end of my post ...only one necessary) Unless you are trying perhaps too hard to explain your boy????

[MichiganMat]

Originally Posted by Mo_Gearhead

QUOTE: "Your hate won't stick. clearly tongue in cheek, kidding about his (any candidate's) travel schedule."
______________________

Ohhhh ...too bad. (and your redundant 'rolling eyes' was unnecessary.)

No hate here kid. The pathetic truth is: if BHO were a WHITE, male, Demo. candidate, running on his 'policies' (?) he would be on the sidelines by now, (ala J. Edwards) endorsing the still standing Demo. candidate.

My attempt was to AGAIN point out the media's liberal bias. They beat the shyt out of Quayle over his stumble, they sat on the Hillary 'bullet dodging' for (how many months?) and did you see any of them even mentioning this amusing gaff?

(Also ...note the smiley face at the end of my post ...only one necessary) Unless you are trying perhaps too hard to explain your boy????

No hate, but maybe just a little dose of southern-style racism. Did it ever occur to you that Americans might respond positively to _any_ candidate with something good to say?

In fewer more digestible words: It ain't cuz he's black.

[island911]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

... Folks that feed on hate seem to look for anything to destroy hope.

So let's examine that. Shaun seems to imply that Hope is a good thing . .. that those being against hope are hateful.

So let's see here, has Shaun opened Pandora's box?

They common defn of Hope is:

Hope is a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. Hope implies a certain amount of despair, wanting, wishing, suffering or perseverance — i.e., believing that a better or positive outcome is possible even when there is some evidence to the contrary.

Now, back to Pandora (and her box) the story sez that when Pandora opened Pandora's Box, she let out all the evils of mankind— greed, vanity, slander, envy, pining— leaving only hope inside ... for a while.

(per Wiki) Apparently, the Greeks considered hope to be as dangerous as all the world's evils. But without hope to accompany all their troubles, humanity was filled with despair. It was a great relief when Pandora revisited her box and let out hope as well. It may be worthy to note that in the story, hope is represented as weakly leaving the box but is in effect far more potent than any of the major evils.

To that, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche had this to say about hope:

Hope. Pandora brought the jar with the evils and opened it. It was the gods' gift to man, on the outside a beautiful, enticing gift, called the "lucky jar." Then all the evils, those lively, winged beings, flew out of it. Since that time, they roam around and do harm to men by day and night. One single evil had not yet slipped out of the jar. As Zeus had wished, Pandora slammed the top down and it remained inside. So now man has the lucky jar in his house forever and thinks the world of the treasure. It is at his service; he reaches for it when he fancies it. For he does not know that that jar which Pandora brought was the jar of evils, and he takes the remaining evil for the greatest worldly good--it is hope, for Zeus did not want man to throw his life away, no matter how much the other evils might torment him, but rather to go on letting himself be tormented anew. To that end, he gives man hope. In truth, it is the most evil of evils because it prolongs man's torment.

So you see Shaun, Obama's Potatoe is Hope. Obama sells an evil to weak minded individuals like Lottery tickets for a bad cause. --Apparently, you're buying.

[Overpaid Slacker]

Where is everybody hastening to point out that (1) "potatoe" is a correct alternate spellng and (2) that was "correct" spelling provided on the card given to the judge (including Quayle) to determine the proper spelling?

Or was it "fatigue" or some other lame excuse?

Just askin'

JP