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OBAMA-isms

Posted by kirat92 • 12/19/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: bush, obama

And we thought that we would see the ends of these public mistakes with Bush on his way out.

Obama-isms:

"How's it going, Sunshine?" --campaigning in Sunrise, Florida

"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." --at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon

"In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed." --on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people

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12/20/08

freeatlast

agreed... his unscripted vs scripted is quite interesting to observe.

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12/20/08

lettershome

Wow, three mistakes in what - two years of campaigning? Bush makes that many a week.

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12/20/08

satijournal

Lame.

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12/20/08

MidwestMom

How about "help is on the way."

that's one I like.

Also, "Let's be clear..." (what a difference from the last 8 years.)

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12/24/08

kirat92

lol, more of them will probably become evident Jan 20th onwards.

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12/24/08

clioandme

Those are gaffes, not "Obamaisms." For the latter, try the following statement on the puppy issue, which I suspect is going to be more of the kind of thing comics and journalists notice. Someone at Politico, I recall, chuckled.

> "With respect to the dog, this is a major issue," Obama
> quipped.
>
> "Malia is allergic, so it has to be hypoallergenic. There
> are a number of breeds that are hypoallergenic," he said.
> "On the other hand, our preference would be to get a
> shelter dog, but obviously a lot of shelter dogs are
> mutts, like me. So whether we're going to be able to
> balance those two things, I think, is a pressing issue on
> the Obama household.

Source for quote: www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-transition8-2008nov08,0,5045336.story

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