Obama says interesting to find wheeling, dealing happens in Europe, too

The Minneaplos-St. Paul Star-Tribune / The Associated Press ^ | April 4, 2009 | Tom Raum

[2ndDivisionVet]

STRASBOURGH, France - Wheeling and dealing in politics is universal.

That's one of the lessons President Barack Obama says he took away from his first NATO summit.

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"It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate," said Obama, a former senator. "There's a lot of — I don't know what the term is in Austrian — wheeling and dealing, and, you know, people are pursuing their interests, and everybody has their own particular issues and their own particular politics."

[2ndDivisionVet]

OMG, how naive is this neophyte Daley machine pol? Is he serious? Did we elect a complete buffoon?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Chicago politics has gone worldwide! Who’da thunk!

[bigbob]

I don't know what the term is in Austrian

the term is "socialism", Barry...

[Dallas59]

DUH

[COBOL2Java]

[MantillaMilitant]

Never send a boy to do a man’s job.

[OafOfOffice]

Obama Endorses Soros Plan to Loot America

http://www.newswithviews.com/Kincaid/cliff306.htm

[Iron Munro]

Obama Stars On Amateur Hour

[sphinx]

He thinks they speak Austrian in Austria?

[basil]

I have had the honor of never watching this idiot on television, but just reading what he says makes me sick to my to my stomach! How on earth did Americans become so stupid as to elect him? I know--I know---but it's still hard to deal with the results, isn't it?

I have a friend in Wisconsin who's making some bucks selling buttons that's she's made up that say merely: BO Stinks! I get a lot of chuckles when I wear mine.

[Fido969]

Oh, brother.

[9YearLurker]

Dan Quayle gets slammed for a Latins speaking Latin quote he never made, but...did Obama really say that?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

” I don’t know what the term is in Austrian”
What a maroon!

[mc5cents]

Never send a boy to do a man’s job.

Indeed. Better yet, never bring a knife to a gun fight.

[TexasNative2000]

He thinks they speak Austrian in Austria?

WHAT A DOPE.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Your thoughts were nearly exactly mine. What a clown.

[boomop1]

O’bozo thinks he invented dealing, what an idiot.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Oh, brother.

No kidding. We're horked.

[Parley Baer]

I wonder how much American sovereignty he has dealed away?

[NautiNurse]

I don't know what the term is in Austrian

There isn't an Austrian term for it, Obambi.

[Always Right]

Obama also was surprised they spoke English in England...

[crazyhorse691]

I don’t know what the term is in Austrian

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Sigh. Ma and Pa Kettle visit Europe....we are so screwed!!!!

[livius]

This guy is so dumb that he should be the anti-poster boy for Affirmative Action.

I think we’re lucky. He has a will to power, a nasty, abusive, hyper-senstive sociopathic personality - but he’s so stupid and inept he may actually be able to undo himself without any help from us.

[Argus]

He thinks they speak Austrian in Austria?

He's embarrassed by other Americans who go to Europe and all they can say is "Merci beaucoup", which he probably thinks is Canadian for "Where's the bathroom?"

[mc5cents]

"It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate," said Obama, a former senator. "There's a lot of — I don't know what the term is in Austrian — wheeling and dealing, and, you know, people are pursuing their interests, and everybody has their own particular issues and their own particular politics."

"I was shocked, shocked to find that there is gambling going on in here."

[mass55th]

I can’t wait to see what concessions he made at taxpayer’s expense, to get that extra 5,000 Nato troops sent to Afghanistan.

[BlueAngel]

Thank you for the link! Another thing, I enjoyed reading about Clarence Thomas on your profile.

[JustTheTruth]

When he goes off of the Tele-Prompter, the true (foolish) Boy Presidente shows through....!

I guess he had to leave the Wizard back home hiding behind the curtain...

[Frank_2001]

“He thinks they speak Austrian in Austria?”

The guy is a complete embarrassment and disgrace. But the MSM idiots will continue to blather about the brilliant Harvard lawyer and his lovely, stylish wife. DISGUSTING!

[Lady Jag]

Did we elect a complete buffoon?

Well, SOMEbody did and it wasn't me!

 

[x]

Tyrrell should have saved his title for a book on Obama.

Just as well, though. He probably couldn't use it.

[NautiNurse]

I checked my Austrian language dictionary. It sez, “Obambi ist nincompoop.”

[yankeedame]

Brother Rush was so right on this one: The average American -- like your's truly should not know more than the PONTUS (or in this case, the TOTUS).

What next? MARS bars come from the planet Mars? Bird dogs can fly? Diamonds ring? Porches swing?

[KansasGirl]

You know, it’s embarrassing — 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, “Merci beaucoup.” Right?--Barack Hussein Obama

Excellent context to put Obama's comments about speaking Austrian in Austria.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"Sprechen Sie Austrian?"

Ignoramus In Chief never fails to amuse, amaze and stupefy.

[hflynn]

Did we elect a complete buffoon? Man I hope your not saying you voted for the Teleprompter?

[fightinJAG]

Well, who knew? I’m shocked, shocked, I tell ya!

[popdonnelly]

Glad we’re providing the young Mr. Obama with an education.

This sounds eerily like a quote that could have come from Jimmy Carter.

[muglywump]

“...and, you know, people are pursuing their interests, and everybody has their own particular issues and their own particular politics.”

The point here is not so much that Obama does not know that German is spoken in Austria. What is much more telling is his naivete about world politics. Obama muses that ‘people are pursuing their interests, issues, and their own particular politics’. What exactly does he think politics is all about? Does he think that politics outside of the USA involves single party governments wherein everyone pursues the same ideals and goals? (Maybe that is the way it exists in his mind; that there is only my way and no other??)

[popdonnelly]

This must be why the news media is focusing on Michelle.

[zerosix]

"There's a lot of — I don't know what the term is in Austrian — wheeling and dealing, and, you know, people are pursuing their interests, and everybody has their own particular issues and their own particular politics."

A HUGE Gaffe by Obama.

Of course, the MSM idiots would NEVER point it out as that might infer that the "O" isn't bright, lacks international etiquette or knows nothing about the world!

Seemingly unknown to Obama -- Austria speaks GERMAN not "Austrian!"

One can only imagine how the MSM and everyone else, including the GOP "elite" would portray "W," had he committed such a blunder.

[snowsislander]

"There's a lot of — I don't know what the term is in Austrian — wheeling and dealing, and, you know, people are pursuing their interests, and everybody has their own particular issues and their own particular politics."

The Kenyan Clown is a pig-ignorant yokel.

Over and above the blatant ignorance, this ineloquent sentence sounds more like one from an eager but wet-behind-the-ears high school student rather than a president with a Harvard law degree. (I also would have expected a president with a Harvard law degree to do a better job of not mixing the singular "everybody" with a plural possessive "their" when publicly speaking. While in an informal setting it's not remarkable, in a more formal environ it comes across as unthoughtful at best.)

[Texas Eagle]

Scheisse in die hosen.

Pres--ent Ogabe ist ein dummkopf.

[arkady_renko]

Does he think that politics outside of the USA involves single party governments wherein everyone pursues the same ideals and goals? (Maybe that is the way it exists in his mind; that there is only my way and no other??)

Well, he was elected President of the World after all.

[Texas Eagle]

OMG, how naive is this neophyte Daley machine pol? Is he serious? Did we elect a complete buffoon?

We been punk'd I tell ya.

[Texas Eagle]

"There's a lot of — I don't know what the term is in Austrian —

Let me help you Pres--ent Arschloch. Repeat after me: Ich bin ein jelly doughnut.

[Candor7]

"There's a lot of — I don't know what the term is in Austrian — wheeling and dealing,>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

What Obama means is:

"Bestechung und Erpressung"

[manic4organic]

I’m sure this gaffe will be in the NYT tomorrow, front page! s/

[papasmurf]

My kids were like that on their first trip to Disneyland, too.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Obama sounds more like Gomer Pyle every day. Next thing you know he will express surprise that Europeans have electricity and indoor plumbing.