Much as I dislike having to disagree with the lovely and talented Mary Katharine Ham on any issue, I have to say that this particular incident is somewhat excusable.
After all, Presidents are human beings, with their own special skills, advantages, and disadvantages. They’re not at all interchangeable.
On the eve of the Mexican holiday, Obama on Monday had an event in the East Room of the White House with Mexico’s Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan (sahr-oo-KHAN’).
Obama joked that it was “Cinco de Cuatro,” botching a play on the Spanish word for “four” when he meant to say “Cuatro de Mayo,” or the Fourth of May. He tried again, but he still did not get it right.
So it’s a bit unreasonable to expect Barack Obama to be as linguistically gifted as George W Bush*.
Moe Lane
*The more you criticize the last President’s Spanish, the worse you make this one’s look. Have fun with that!
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
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Especially considering that hapless rube...
Crowe (Diary) Tuesday, May 5th at 7:30AM EST (link)Actually spoke Spanish fairly well, and without a teleprompter and hours of pronunciation coaching beforehand.
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”Sounds like a Mexican bank or Star Trek character
blooch Tuesday, May 5th at 7:49AM EST (link)But understand this:
“We should have every child speaking more than one language. It’s embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak English, they speak French, they speak German. And then we go over to Europe and all we can say is merci beacoup, right?”
“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”
excellent...
Jack (Diary) Tuesday, May 5th at 8:02AM EST (link)A good point
Jack
“If at age 20 you are conservative you have no heart. It at age 30 you are liberal you have no brains.” Sir Winston Churchill
Please pardon my Austrian:
blooch Tuesday, May 5th at 9:51AM EST (link)Merci Beaucoup, Jack.
“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”
But when TheOne does it, it's cute!
gonzo55 (Diary) Tuesday, May 5th at 8:12AM EST (link)God, just mention the word “nuclear” to a lib and he becomes a frothing mess.
“Facts are stubborn things” — Ronald Wilson Reagan
sooner or later, some folks will start to see these things
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Tuesday, May 5th at 9:07AM EST (link)a pattern of buffoonery has emerged.
We’ll have to wait and see if SNL will give another pass!?!?
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“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
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Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
Bambi is an idiot in any language
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Tuesday, May 5th at 10:28AM EST (link)But in the spirit of compassionate conservatism, I will show the same amount of mercy toward him that the Treason Media showed to President Bush.
Bambi is a frakking submoronic flake.
Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO
The Bottom Line is Hypocrisy
farstar99 (Diary) Tuesday, May 5th at 2:35PM EST (link)ObamaNazi shrills about us not being multilingual, which he’s not.
He’s sold as the most intelligent being who ever lived, EVAH!
Yet he thinks Austrian is a language.
Sorry, no free passes.
He’s an idiot.
Perhaps the Teleprompter wasn't programmed for "Mexican"
JustLeaveMeAlone (Diary) Tuesday, May 5th at 7:20PM EST (link)¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo, amigos!
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Thomas Jefferson
Funny.
itrytobenice (Diary) Wednesday, May 6th at 10:06AM EST (link)5.
Proper grammar saves lives.
Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.