Talk:Obamaisms

Most of these I've heard before, and I'm fine with their inclusion. However, there's some I couldn't find any record of:

• “Our troops fight and die in 20-degree heat to give Iraq's leaders the space to agree, but they aren't filling that space.” (the actual quote I found says 120 degrees instead)
• "If I talked to Iran, I'm going to tell them, 'You should develop a nuclear weapon...." (only found it in a discussion forum, not a very reliable source)

Because I could find no evidence of these, I have removed them. Also, I think it might be good to include a disclaimer of sorts similar to what's in the Bushism article (e.g. politicians always flub lines, etc.). --KevinS 21:15, 17 January 2009 (EST)

• Commodore/KevinS....please refrain from acting as judge and jury. Your proper recourse for this kind of situation is to have posted here to Senior Administrator Ed Poor, asking for the references, if you could not find them. As for your suggestion about flub lines....you did the same, making a suggestion and then simply going ahead. Liberals do that, and say the lack of opposition is acquiescence, when it is anything but. I hope this clears things up for you. --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 22:19, 17 January 2009 (EST)

I thought I'd followed the editing etiquette, and I certainly meant no harm. Also, I'm not sure what you're accusing me of with your comment about flubbing lines; the suggestion I made and the action I took were two unrelated issues. I felt I had made the case for my actions. Oh well. Any more thinly veiled insults for me? KevinS 22:44, 17 January 2009 (EST)

If there is no citation for the 20 degree heat, let's remove it. Because you inserted a line saying 120 degree heat, which is not a gaffe. I am changing it to 20 degrees, and if we can't find a citation we'll get rid of it later. AddisonDM 22:46, 17 January 2009 (EST)

I didn't change the line to 120. Unless you mean I mentioned it on this talk page, I wasn't sure which you meant.