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Obama gaffe: President says billionaires should pay ‘Jew’ tax rate
The Daily Caller ^ | 09/25/2011 | Jamie Weinstein

Posted on 09/25/2011 6:31:31 PM PDT by martosko

Speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus annual awards dinner in Washington Saturday night, President Obama made a verbal boo-boo.

While defending his call for the rich to pay more in taxes, the president said he didn’t mind people calling him a class warrior for merely asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as a Jew. Whoops!

The president meant to say “janitor” instead of “Jew,” and he immediately corrected himself. After all, he doesn’t need any more problems keeping Jewish voters enthusiastic about his re-election bid.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; classwarfare; gaffe; gaffes; jew; jews; obama; obamagaffe; obamagaffes; taxes
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To: martosko

It would sure be fun to edit-out the self-correction and then post it on You Tube (for an hour, if lucky). Not much different than when Newt said that he wanted to make the Healthcare Financing Agency (or something close to that name) “wither on the vine” and the Dems said he wanted Medicare to wither on the vine.


121 posted on 09/25/2011 8:01:39 PM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
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To: Nachum

Well now we know what’s been on his mind since the Dems lost Weiner’s NY-9 seat.


122 posted on 09/25/2011 8:03:07 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: LostInBayport

Brilliant!


123 posted on 09/25/2011 8:11:41 PM PDT by clyde260 (Public Enemy #1: Network News!)
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To: martosko

I always say Jew when I mean janitor,
I mean they’re so close phonetically.
And what Christian or Jew or Buddhist doesn’t occasionally slip and refer to their Muslim faith ?
Barry also told the CBC to “ take off their bedroom slippers “ and
put on their “ marching shoes .”
Maybe he thought he was speaking to the marching bands during halftime at the Bayou Classic.
http://www.marchingnetwork.tv/ondemand/view_video.php?viewkey=63da1bb0539592597a52
Is that Michelle at 7:47 ?


124 posted on 09/25/2011 8:16:40 PM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue
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To: martosko

“my muslim faith...” oops.
“same tax rate as a Jew....” oops.
“corpse man, corpse man, corpse man...” oops.
“It’s not like I’m running for president...” oops.
(said to Alan Keyes during the IL Senate debate when Alan said Hussein wasn’t even born in the USA.)


125 posted on 09/25/2011 8:34:35 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (PALIN 45 -The cure for "meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Sarah Palin 2012 "Not For Sale!")
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To: TheConservativeParty

“army base...” oops.


126 posted on 09/25/2011 8:41:30 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (California: Making Texas more Conservative one voter at a time)
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To: martosko
Freudian slip is right.

But even if he did not slip and said janitor. How long is he going to get away with that BS about Billionaires paying a less percentage in taxes than a janitor? The man is sick.

127 posted on 09/25/2011 8:51:08 PM PDT by NavyCanDo (GO MAMA GRIZZLY!)
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To: martosko

Not a gaffe at all. He said exactly what he meant.


128 posted on 09/25/2011 10:07:57 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: martosko

Hussein...Hussein...Just when you got some Jewish support back from your UN speech...


129 posted on 09/25/2011 11:25:23 PM PDT by blasater1960 (Deut 30, Psalm 111...the Torah and the Law, is attainable past, present and forever.)
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To: martosko

Cracks in the China?


130 posted on 09/26/2011 3:26:28 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (V)
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To: cradle of freedom

certainly sounds like he is.
if people cannot see this admin and zero have a less than favorable view of jews then they really are blind.

Rev Wright and Bill Ayers combined and I’ll wait to see this corrupt media report this

ARF. Imagine Palin saying this EEK


131 posted on 09/26/2011 4:25:18 AM PDT by manc (Hannity the fraud he admitted he's socially liberal he's no conservative marriage=1man+ 1 woman)
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To: martosko

Obama must have just come from a White House visit with Jeremiah Wright and Calypso Louie.

Dey hate dem Jooos.

These Freudian slips of Obamas give a person real insight into what Obama probably talks like off camera.


132 posted on 09/26/2011 4:31:00 AM PDT by dforest
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bump


133 posted on 09/26/2011 5:07:56 AM PDT by Ghengis
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To: Carling

Still nothing on Drudge. Maybe Matt doesn’t see a story here either. If this clip were what is claimed, it’d be a banner headline on Drudge.


134 posted on 09/26/2011 5:08:58 AM PDT by Huck (But the glass IS half-empty!)
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To: Revolting cat!
They chose “potatoe” to be a story of national significance.

In modified form: I distinctly remember that on CNN Headline News, Linda Ellerbee reporting. The first time I heard it, it ended with "Most of the reporters in the room thought Quayle was right!" OK, with that, it's just an amusing anecdote.

In all later iterations (remember Headline News used to repeat the same things pretty much each hour?), that line was cut -- and I was listening for it!

135 posted on 09/26/2011 6:00:52 AM PDT by maryz
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To: Huck
I’m sure you would. Probably want to sell whatever you got stuck with. No thanks....

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Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. If you believe that this is a non story then you would likely be gullible enough to purchase worthless land in Florida. The MSM does not have to pick up this story for it to have legs. I have a niece in Atlanta who married a Jewish man who loves Obama, but he hates anyone who uses the term “Jew” in any kind of derogatory manner. I haven't spoken to him yet about this, he will need time to cool down. Anyway, I'm sure his support for the “One” just evaporated.

People are starting to see Obama for what he really is. We knew years ago but some people are a little slow.

136 posted on 09/26/2011 6:05:00 AM PDT by JAKraig (Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
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To: martosko

Kind of Sounded like a fake Freudian slip...? Could a body language or speech expert tell?


137 posted on 09/26/2011 6:12:29 AM PDT by Leep
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To: JAKraig

http://comedians.jokes.com/louis-c-k-/videos/dvd-exclusive-—louis-c-k-——jew—is-a-funny-word

(some salty language)


138 posted on 09/26/2011 6:17:22 AM PDT by Huck (But the glass IS half-empty!)
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To: allmendream

classic :-)


139 posted on 09/26/2011 6:19:06 AM PDT by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: windcliff; onedoug

ping


140 posted on 09/26/2011 6:40:41 AM PDT by stylecouncilor (Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant...better left unstirred.-PG Wodehouse)
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