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Obama Gets Facts of Billie Jean King Tennis Career All Wrong at Award Ceremony - Video 8/12/09
Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | August 13, 2009 | BrianinMO

Posted on 08/13/2009 7:22:28 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot

Here is video of President Obama yesterday getting the facts of Tennis star Billie Jean King's career all wrong as he presented her the Medal of Freedom at the White House. You can see King's face as Obama cited her stats, but did so inaccurately.

“They didn’t get any of my facts right,” King lightheartedly noted afterward. “Did you see all the – how many titles I won? I was cracking up.”

“Not even in the ballpark,” she continued.

King found it amusing, and said her accomplishments on the court aren’t the most important.

“I thought it was adorable,” she said.

Asked what Obama got wrong, she said, “Well the Grand Slam’s at 39 not at 12.” . . . . . . . . (Watch Video)

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: billiejeanking; obama; obamgaffes

1 posted on 08/13/2009 7:22:28 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot
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To: Federalist Patriot

WHERE WAS TOTUS??


2 posted on 08/13/2009 7:24:34 AM PDT by Genoa
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To: Federalist Patriot

“I thought it was adorable,” she said.

Would she have said this if the POTUS had been a Republican? Methinks not.


3 posted on 08/13/2009 7:25:51 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable, and unambiguous clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: DennisR

NO WAY!


4 posted on 08/13/2009 7:26:18 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot
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To: Federalist Patriot

And all this time I thought Biden was a walking and talking gaff machine......


5 posted on 08/13/2009 7:26:19 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Federalist Patriot

I will give Obama a pass on this. He has no clue. Some intern will pay.


6 posted on 08/13/2009 7:28:21 AM PDT by mcjordansc
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To: Federalist Patriot

I’m so sick of seeing side to side head shots of Obama.

He’s reading everything coming out of his mouth and he’s still wrong half the time.

Does he hire morons to go along with his own ignorant self?


8 posted on 08/13/2009 7:29:25 AM PDT by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
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To: autumnraine

This is minor.

However, can you imagine if Bush did this?


10 posted on 08/13/2009 7:30:41 AM PDT by lakertaker (Democratic Party Economic plan: Declare all those who hate higher taxes as unpatriotic)
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To: Federalist Patriot

NO! Great Leader has spoken and so it must be. The ministry of truth will investigate this and prove His are the accurate figures.


11 posted on 08/13/2009 7:38:08 AM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Again! Amateur Hour at the White House. The most inexperienced bunch of hacks in its history. From their press offices spelling and grammar errors to their research staff constantly making errors and the fluid laziness of Obama and Biden to know what the f-ck they are talking about.

They are just along for the ride...facts are for someone else to be concerned about.


12 posted on 08/13/2009 7:40:22 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: Federalist Patriot

As a child, I often asked my mom “who is that man in a skirt on the tennis court.” She would say “Billie Jean King, son.”


13 posted on 08/13/2009 7:40:56 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: Clemenza

Bttt.


14 posted on 08/13/2009 7:41:10 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: autumnraine
Does he hire morons to go along with his own ignorant self?

Yes, but they're highly educated morons who've been carefully taught that facts mean nothing, especially when it's so much easier to just make it up as you go along.

15 posted on 08/13/2009 7:52:22 AM PDT by browardchad
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To: Federalist Patriot
“I thought it was adorable,” she said.

Somehow if President Bush made the same gaffe (which he wouldn't have), then BJ wouldn't have been so forgiving.

16 posted on 08/13/2009 7:53:41 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Federalist Patriot

Why would someone get a Medal of Freedom for being a really good tennis player? These medals are totally bogus.


17 posted on 08/13/2009 8:13:54 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: autumnraine

It would seem so, wouldn’t it.


18 posted on 08/13/2009 8:15:10 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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“Obama Gets Facts of Billie Jean King Tennis Career All Wrong at Award Ceremony”

What this boils down to is that Billie Jean accepted this award under false pretenses.


19 posted on 08/13/2009 9:37:19 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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