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Obama Mangles U.S., World History In Energy Speech
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But while Obama thinks the GOP is in need of a science lesson, he may need to bone up on history himself.
“He was pretty technology-oriented for the time,” Card said. “Between the telephone, the telegraph, the phonograph and photography, I think he was pretty much on the cutting edge.”
My gosh, can this imbecile make his points without attacking someone, whether it be a business, an individual, his predecessor, or a dead president?
Ok, clearly Obama was wrong. But you could lighten up on the drama queen act a bit..jeez... he viciously SLURRED AND ATTACKED HIM!!! Lighten up.
He was trying to make an anecdotal point, and he got the facts wrong. It happens to many. It's not the first time this particular thing has happened to a President.
In fact, this same particular "slur" was uttered some time back... by none other than...wait for it...
Spoiler
Saint Ronald Reagan!
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Reagan did once made a similar observation, according to Feb. 23, 1985 report by UPI reporter Helen Thomas. In this case, Reagan poked fun at his age, clearly making a joke:
Reagan recalled that President Rutherford B. Hayes once was “shown a recently invented device.”
“That's an amazing invention,” he said. “But who would ever want to use one of them?” He was talking about a telephone. I thought at the time that he might be mistaken.”
"My gosh, can this imbecile make his points without attacking someone..."
Just thought I'd quote this.
5 minutes on google archives brought this out and yet the right-wing blogs are all over this quote as if there was no precedence. Do those guys do any research?
On the age question, Reagan's never fails to bring down the house when he quips about his own longevity.
At a recent ceremony in which technology awards were given, Reagan recalled that President Rutherford B. Hayes once was "shown a recently invented device."
"'That's an amazing invention,'he said. 'But who would ever want to use one of them?' He was talking about a telephone. I thought at the time that he might be mistaken."
Last edited by 5trillion; 03-16-2012 at 09:31 AM..
I bet the Right wingers are appalled and disgusted when a president is slurred and smeared! Keep up the good work...and pin a medal on yourself for innocence.
I bet the Right wingers are appalled and disgusted when a president is slurred and smeared! Keep up the good work...and pin a medal on yourself for innocence.
Not really. But as a Conservative and an American I find it appalling to have a man who is such an embarrassment in the White House.
Santorum makes a horrific statement about JFK, but the OP was in hibernation when that happened. Do we detect the smell of contrived and phony indignation????
well now you're smearing obama, so pat yourself on the back.
How utterly ironic.
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Keep up the good work...and pin a medal on yourself for innocence.
