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Barack Obama blunders
again on the world stage

Telegraph [UK], by Nile Gardiner

Original Article

Posted By:Attercliffe, 11/19/2012 2:00:11 PM

It is only two weeks since his re-election, and his second term remains two months away, but Barack Obama is already blundering again on the world stage, with the kind of gaffes that would have been plastered on the front page of The New York Times if they had been committed by George W. Bush when he was in the White House. Obama´s first term was littered with foreign policy gaffes, and there is every chance the second term will be more of the same. On his trip to Asia this week, President Obama struggled to pronounce the name of

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So many mistakes in protocol on this visit too. Embarrassing.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: toodles3956, 11/19/2012 2:02:25 PM     (No. 9023932)

If only we could tie him up and stick him in a closet for the next 4 years!


Reply 2 - Posted by: Johnny Angle, 11/19/2012 2:04:38 PM     (No. 9023935)

He is not the "leader of the free world."


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter, 11/19/2012 2:06:09 PM     (No. 9023939)

I haven´t read that he bowed to Thein Sein - maybe things are looking up.


Reply 4 - Posted by: pineledger, 11/19/2012 2:08:55 PM     (No. 9023947)

Some citizen of the world.

He´s trying to top Mooch hugging the Queen.


Reply 5 - Posted by: hotrod, 11/19/2012 2:13:14 PM     (No. 9023953)

I guess the dictator can call people whatever he wants to. He thinks is so special that people love him for being a buffoon!


Reply 6 - Posted by: bighambone, 11/19/2012 2:38:52 PM     (No. 9023997)

You would think that he would have taken a few minutes while on his journey over there to learn how to properly pronounce the names of the people who he would be meeting, and referring to, while in their countries.

But Obama does not care, because he has just been re-elected and most of the people who re-elected him could care less, exclaiming "well, he did the best he could" which is their standard of excellence.


Reply 7 - Posted by: Nimby, 11/19/2012 2:41:40 PM     (No. 9024002)

Well said Nile! This maroon is a disgrace to the country. Lets not forget the USA press whores, who are spitting and polishing his shoes!!


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: TinCan, 11/19/2012 2:47:00 PM     (No. 9024015)

#2, better the outhouse; of course the THREE seater so there´s room for Moochie.


Reply 9 - Posted by: Pepper Tree, 11/19/2012 2:51:44 PM     (No. 9024022)

Can´t say what he was like as a person before, but after twenty years of marriage to Michelle, he is a perfect oaf.


Reply 10 - Posted by: horacer, 11/19/2012 3:01:50 PM     (No. 9024038)

He doesn´t care. These people are photo ops. Whatever he knows of Burma will be forgotten by the time he hits the golf course.


Reply 11 - Posted by: paulfromTexas, 11/19/2012 3:17:27 PM     (No. 9024068)

Where are the reporters crying out
"Mr President, what about your gaffes"

This guy needs to encounter some reality somewhere....I´m voting on gravity catching up to him somehow.


Reply 12 - Posted by: NYBruin, 11/19/2012 3:35:33 PM     (No. 9024087)

# 12 - that would be racist!! /s


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: Kurto, 11/19/2012 3:37:22 PM     (No. 9024091)

It least there weren´t any Corpse-Men!


Reply 14 - Posted by: Bla Bla, 11/19/2012 3:45:43 PM     (No. 9024106)

fta:
Barack Obama’s gaffes demonstrate not only a marked lack of attention to detail and a high degree of amateurishness on the part of the White House, but also a disturbing willingness to curry favour with unsavoury regimes.

That about sums up his administration here in America, also -- not just abroad.


Reply 15 - Posted by: Clinger, 11/19/2012 3:56:49 PM     (No. 9024120)

Evidentally the free pass on past blunders demonstrated that there was no reason to do any homework this time either.


Reply 16 - Posted by: GOPinTN, 11/19/2012 4:05:54 PM     (No. 9024138)

It could be worse, we could have our crazy Uncle Joe as POTUS. Of course, he wouldn´t be working as hard to destroy what is (was) America.


Reply 17 - Posted by: harper, 11/19/2012 4:08:41 PM     (No. 9024142)

Hardly a blunder, anymore than the spin on Benghazi was a blunder. BO and the Democrats are the party of appeasement, and this is just the application of standard appeasement ideas to situations as they arise.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: Grambo, 11/19/2012 4:21:33 PM     (No. 9024163)

He was exercising his post-election flexibility.


Reply 19 - Posted by: Stopstoreload, 11/19/2012 5:07:35 PM     (No. 9024222)

but he gave us free sell phones.


Reply 20 - Posted by: heartlandconservative, 11/19/2012 6:32:01 PM     (No. 9024325)

free ice cream


Reply 21 - Posted by: 3XALADY, 11/19/2012 7:50:58 PM     (No. 9024454)

I continue to be embarrassed for my country.


Reply 22 - Posted by: enemyofthestate, 11/19/2012 9:02:14 PM     (No. 9024532)

Stinky demonstrates why we need the words "dumb ass."


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623, 11/19/2012 11:13:46 PM     (No. 9024614)

He is like one of the kids at school that you can´t criticize. Let´s don´t hurt his feelings.

What are the chances they would keep him ?


Reply 24 - Posted by: surgedr, 11/19/2012 11:36:25 PM     (No. 9024633)

The British press does its job by reporting the gaffes of our great President while the MSM continues to do its job too by their mutual silence!


Reply 25 - Posted by: mizzmac, 11/20/2012 7:33:50 AM     (No. 9024918)

He doesn´t care about the words, much less how they´re pronounced. Words have no inherent meaning to him. They mean what he wants them to mean for the few seconds he speaks them, then they mean what he decides they mean after he said them. This POTUS is all about the photo op: "Just take my picture, press, then shut up and move on."


Reply 26 - Posted by: TexasRed, 11/20/2012 7:42:41 AM     (No. 9024933)

As a token apology he could give her a DVD of his campaign speeches and a player the DVD wouldn´t play on. Classless ass!


Reply 27 - Posted by: Maybeth, 11/20/2012 7:55:34 AM     (No. 9024968)

Protocol person? Surely you jest.


Reply 28 - Posted by: LZK, 11/20/2012 7:56:28 AM     (No. 9024970)

OMG -- what a fool...!

The MSM loves it. They get to ride on Air Force One all over the world on the taxpayer´s back.

obama needs those taxes so he and his buddies can live the life of Riley....

LZK


Reply 29 - Posted by: Hermoine, 11/20/2012 8:00:44 AM     (No. 9024982)

Sounds like Susan Rice prepared his remarks.


Reply 30 - Posted by: maryc, 11/20/2012 8:10:32 AM     (No. 9025011)

looking for an ounce of class in this man is like looking for a bb in a box car. and he really doesn´t care because only he matters.


Reply 31 - Posted by: JLoophole, 11/20/2012 8:18:38 AM     (No. 9025030)

I doubt there´s an Obama supporter out there who cares about these gaffes.


Reply 32 - Posted by: southernboy, 11/20/2012 8:20:02 AM     (No. 9025036)

He´s burned out whatever little brain he ever had. Even if he had advisors coaching him (they probably know as little as he does) his brain couldn´t retain the knowledge.
Short term memory loss, brought about by too many substance-enhanced BS sessions in dormitories and faculty lounges.


Reply 33 - Posted by: jerrodmason, 11/20/2012 8:21:49 AM     (No. 9025040)

They´re sending Joe Biden over to clean up the mess.


Reply 34 - Posted by: Husker Infidel, 11/20/2012 8:33:16 AM     (No. 9025059)

He is such a pathetic jerk. He is really stupid. That is what an Ivy League education looks like nowadays.


Reply 35 - Posted by: Crosscut, 11/20/2012 8:42:02 AM     (No. 9025080)

The Democrat Party must be so proud. Eliminate the votes of those who only voted solely by skin color and he´d be packing up.


Reply 36 - Posted by: steveracer, 11/20/2012 10:00:09 AM     (No. 9025296)

Arrogant and stupid, the know it all fool on the street corner. Why the MSM believes in Barry, I am at a loss.


Reply 37 - Posted by: Analyn, 11/20/2012 10:06:23 AM     (No. 9025314)

It is soooo embarrassing watching him pretend to be smart.


Reply 38 - Posted by: RancherJack, 11/20/2012 10:25:33 AM     (No. 9025379)

#1 - tenth power


Reply 39 - Posted by: strike3, 11/20/2012 12:10:41 PM     (No. 9025665)

Laziness, stupidity, lack of class and no regard for anybody but himself. Other than that, the voters got a pretty good deal.


Reply 40 - Posted by: GreatPlains, 11/20/2012 12:34:05 PM     (No. 9025734)

Lay-Z is just that.
He is pathologically lazy when it comes to
actual work .
Spending 1 minute learning how to properly
pronounce the name of one of the world´s leading human rights activists requires too much energy.
Notice he never mispronounces the names of NBA players , rappers and all things Muslim.


Reply 41 - Posted by: walcb, 11/20/2012 12:50:38 PM     (No. 9025786)

The Myanmar-Burma misspeak was not done accidentaly, so not a blunder.


Reply 42 - Posted by: larryp, 11/20/2012 12:54:56 PM     (No. 9025805)

Obama might well be our last President. Partic if he gets 2 more Justices, which he will on the sup Ct. Then the 22nd Amendment is overturned and he will run in 2016,etc.
I think he does not cae about names, does not try, is onthe phoneto his friends all the time, and might be ´mood-altered´ quite a bit of the time...
Also he did give a goofy gift to the Thai king. He gave a photo album of the Presidents (kinda weird) and also a large photo of himself!!!(very strange). All about him.


Reply 43 - Posted by: mikeman, 11/20/2012 2:07:16 PM     (No. 9025955)

Please don´t come back obama/clinton.

And don´t call us, we´ll call you.


Reply 44 - Posted by: Little Peep, 11/20/2012 3:00:06 PM     (No. 9026051)

He´s a feckless moron, a result of affirmative action that cannot even speak without reading a script. I am ashamed for my country everytime the idiot steps on a platform in the name of the USA.


Reply 45 - Posted by: Little Peep, 11/20/2012 3:03:04 PM     (No. 9026054)

If it were a muslim name, he would have pronounced it perfectly.


Reply 46 - Posted by: lencu255, 11/20/2012 3:47:55 PM     (No. 9026144)

Guys, stop yapping at commies and bite them on the ankles.
We need a strategy - imo, it is laid out in David Kahane´s book Rules for Radical Conservatives:
We need conservative mainstream media to counter lefties propaganda and money.
Not a big tent of course. And let´s not financially support the ones who propose to become commie-light!


Reply 47 - Posted by: 4Justice, 11/20/2012 3:55:15 PM     (No. 9026153)

Oh darn...I was really hoping that he did lick someone´s face!!


Reply 48 - Posted by: steveW, 11/20/2012 3:55:29 PM     (No. 9026154)

Reality will catch up with this imposter. In some way or other, reality will catch up.


Reply 49 - Posted by: Pook60, 11/20/2012 4:38:58 PM     (No. 9026229)

He probably blew off the briefing where these things were discussed.


Reply 50 - Posted by: scarface67, 11/20/2012 5:00:53 PM     (No. 9026269)


I have never been so embarrassed for my country.



Reply 51 - Posted by: Dodge Boy, 11/20/2012 7:36:26 PM     (No. 9026539)

While this information should be no revelation given Obie´s past gaffes, Obie is quite the slob, no?



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New York Daily News, by Erik Ortiz    Original Article
Posted By: Drive- 4/8/2013 8:52:23 AM     Post Reply
The case of a same-sex Connecticut couple accused of repeatedly raping and abusing two of their nine adopted boys is headed for trial. Married couple George Harasz and Douglas Wirth of Glastonbury were supposed to be sentenced Friday in Hartford Superior Court under a plea deal, but instead withdrew from their agreement with prosecutors. The men had already pleaded no contest in January to one felony count each of risk of injury to a minor — a reduction from even more serious charges related to sexual assault....


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