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==President Ford on Poland==

==President Ford on Poland==

* I don't believe, - Mr. Frankel that - the Yugoslavians consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union. I don't believe that the Rumanians consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union. I don't believe that the Poles consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union. Each of those countries is independent, autonomous: it has its own territorial integrity and the United States does not concede that those countries are under the domination of the Soviet Union. As a matter of fact, I visited Poland, Yugoslavia and Rumania to make certain that the people of those countries understood that the president of the United States and the people of the United are dedicated to their independence, their autonomy and their freedom. [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9441.html]

* I don't believe, - Mr. Frankel that - the Yugoslavians consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union. I don't believe that the Rumanians consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union. I don't believe that the Poles consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union. Each of those countries is independent, autonomous: it has its own territorial integrity and the United States does not concede that those countries are under the domination of the Soviet Union. As a matter of fact, I visited Poland, Yugoslavia and Rumania to make certain that the people of those countries understood that the president of the United States and the people of the United are dedicated to their independence, their autonomy and their freedom.<ref name="PoliticoGaffes">[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9441.html "50 greatest political moments: Famous gaffes"]</ref>

He was presumably making a statement about what should be, rather than what really was — but the effect was to make him look out of touch with reality. [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9441.html]

 

He was presumably making a statement about what should be, rather than what really was — but the effect was to make him look out of touch with reality.<ref name="PoliticoGaffes"/>

==John Kerry on Iraq==

==John Kerry on Iraq==

==Barack Obama==

==Barack Obama==

[[Barack Obama]] has been known to make some mistakes, from referring to [[the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor]], describing America's [[Fifty-seven states]], and discussing [[My Muslim faith|"his Muslim faith."]] The latter was instantly corrected.

[[Barack Obama]] has been known to make some mistakes, from referring to [[the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor]], describing America's [[Fifty-seven states]], and discussing [[My Muslim faith|"his Muslim faith."]] The latter was instantly corrected.

[[category:Politics]]

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[[category:Rhetoric]]

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