Difference between revisions of "Obamaisms"

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Obama-isms refers to the gaffes, historical errors, falsehoods, and badly-worded statements spoken by Barack Obama. See also Bushisms and Obamaspeak. Examples:

• “From the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor….”

• “John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith.”

• “There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born.” (Obama was born in 1961 and the Selma march was in 1965)

• “I've now been in 57 states, I think, one left to go.”

• “….when you spread the wealth around, I think it’s good for everybody.”

• “If they [his daughters] make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

• “Thank you Sioux City” Obama said in Sioux Falls.

• “My father served in World War II, and when he came home, he got the services that he needed.” (At the end of WWII, Obama’s father was 10 years old.)

• Obama suggested that we need Arabic translators in Afghanistan, where they don’t speak Arabic.

• “Well, Tim, first of all, it's not me who's criticized these proposals,” Obama said to Matt Lauer.

• “Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?...I mean, they're charging a lot of money for this stuff,” Obama said to a crowd in Iowa, where there are no Whole Foods.

• “Well let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's.”

• “Israel is an ally of ours. It is the most important ally we have in the region, and there is no doubt that we would act forcefully and appropriately on any attack against Iran nuclear or otherwise.”

• “I'm running to be commander of chief on a record of standing up for our wounded warriors.”