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'Bassar Ashad'? Really, President Obama?
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| Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 05/13/2013 12:50:54 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Sure, it was just one of those tongue-tied moments we've all experienced. But if it had been George W. Bush mispronouncing the name of a world leader who is very much in the news, imagine the field day the MSM would have had with it.
At his press appearance with British PM David Cameron today, aired on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports, President Obama was seen pronouncing the name of the Syrian dictator Bashir Assad as "Bassar Ashad." PBO pauses before pronouncing, seeming to sense he's about to get it wrong, but deciding to press ahead. There's another priceless moment: when the show cuts back to the studio, guest-hosting Chuck Todd is seen with a hilariously baffled look on his face.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: barackobama; bashirassad; chucktodd; georgewbush
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To: cripplecreek
It’s a cultural thing.
For some, dysprecision in language is the norm.
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posted on
05/13/2013 1:47:17 PM PDT
by
gasport
(I ain't got no guns.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Are you sure it was not “Buzzard Asshat”?
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posted on
05/13/2013 1:49:33 PM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: Sir Napsalot
I mean, how many times Obama thinking of just such words in private??!!???!!
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posted on
05/13/2013 1:50:49 PM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: rfp1234
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posted on
05/13/2013 2:44:12 PM PDT
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
In flawless Austrian the pResident said “Bassar Ashad will soon be a corpse man or my name isn’t, uh, look a squirrel!”
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posted on
05/13/2013 2:49:31 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
To: Jyotishi
Obama has also claimed that the U.S. has 57 states...No he didn't.
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posted on
05/13/2013 8:27:13 PM PDT
by
houeto
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To: houeto
You’ve taped his every spoken word?
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posted on
05/13/2013 8:31:02 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(The Palin Doctrine.)
To: Gene Eric
You’ve taped his every spoken word?Nope. But I heard what he said. He referred to 61 states but everybody says 57. Either way, he's a lying dumbass POS!
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posted on
05/13/2013 8:48:55 PM PDT
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houeto
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To: houeto
LOL... you made that worthwhile.
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posted on
05/13/2013 9:21:05 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(The Palin Doctrine.)
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