Gaffe, tasteless, or funny?

President Obama was on Leno Thursday night.  Leno steers O toward his recreational activities and jokes that the bowling alley has probably been closed.  Pres. O comments that he has been practicing and actually rolled a 129.

Here is the video

Barack Obama "Special Olympics" Comment On Leno - 03/19/09

My personal favorite comment about this quote is from the American Thinker

Barack Obama uses retarded athletes as a throwaway line on a two-bit talk show

What do you think?

Another Obama Gaffe

Found at Hot Air.

President Obama compares AIG to a Homicide Bomber, with himself in the role of negotiator trying to talk them down.

You can't make this stuff up.

President Obama flubs basic math

Just saw this.

President Obama is at an electric car factory in California.  He exclaims that a Ford Model T gets better gas mileage than an SUV.

The Stats:

Model T: 20.2 BHP, top speed 40-45 MPH, 13-21 MPG

Ford Explorer: 292 BHP, top speed ~120 MPH, 15-21 MPG
Plus it has a climate enclosure (roof, doors and windows), climate control (AC and heat), AM/FM CD and cruise control!

How could the Teleprompter do this to him?

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Via Powerline

(Not So) Smart Diplomacy pt 2

The story so far.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits the White House.

President Obama doesn't even schedule lunch. Or the standard Podium to Podium press conference. The US media doesn't even report it.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown gifts President Obama with a pen holder handcrafted from the oak timbers of the Victorian-era anti-slave ship HMS Gannet (formerly commissioned as HMS President).  Additionally, PM Brown gave Pres. Obama the commission of the HMS Resolute - the sister ship of the Gannet and the ship from which the president's desk is carved.  Finally, Mr. Brown gave a first edition set of the seven-volume classic biography of Winston Churchill by Sir Martin Gilbert.

President Obama gave Prime Minister Brown a set of 25 classic movies on DVD.

Mrs. Brown gave Sasha and Malia Obama an outfit each from Topshop - a British clothing store, along with six books (yet to be published in the US) from top British authors.

Mrs. Obama gave the Brown's sons toy models of Marine 1 from the White House gift shop

Of course, the question is, were those DVDs playable in British machines?

Apparently not. (via Powerline)

Obama and His Teleprompter

It seems that Pres Obama had teleprompter problems at the White House yesterday.

The money line from Sky News:

...the US president ended up thanking himself for inviting everyone to the party.

Can anyone say Ron Burgundy?

Stimulus

Ok, the story so far.  President Obama believes that increased taxes and government spending will stimulate the economy. He eschews private sector spending in favor of the "targeted" approach that government provides.

The Chinese, however, believe that cutting taxes will stimulate their economy.  Looks like it is working.

Amazing when GM can increase market share in China, while losing it here.

GM, the biggest overseas automaker in China, raised its forecast for the nation’s market growth this year to a range of between 5 percent and 10 percent from an earlier prediction of less than 3 percent, GM Asia-Pacific President Nick Reilly, said last week.

So, cutting taxes in China leads to increased auto sales, which lead to increased jobs.  I wonder if this approach would work here?