Gaffetastic!… Obama Botches Rank of Top Navy SEAL on Day After Misspelling “OHIO”
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, August 24, 2012, 7:23 AM
On Wednesday a smiling Barack Obama stood with supporters on the campus of Ohio State University and spelled out “OIHO.”
But that was Wednesday…
Then on Thursday he botched the rank of the top Navy SEAL. William McRaven is an admiral not a general. As a SEAL, he is member of the US Navy, not US Army or US Marines.
The Daily Mail reported:
Barack Obama has always been known for his silken words, soaring rhetoric and ability to use language to his advantage.
Lately, however, the president seems to be losing command of the details. In a speech at a fundraiser in New York on Wednesday night, he took aim at Todd Akin, the political punch bag du jour on both sides of the political aisle.
‘Recently, some of you have been paying attention to the commentary of the Senator of Missouri, Mr Akin, who – the interesting thing here is that this is an individual who sits on the House Committee on Science and Technology, but somehow missed science class.
The problem is, Akin is a congressman who is running for a US Senate seat in Missouri. Senator Claire McCaskill, Obama’s favourite Senator until a few months ago when she started to distance herself from him in an effort to win re-election, might not particularly appreciate the President having conceded her seat already.
Then there was the stop at Sloopy’s bar on the campus of Ohio State University where Obama posed will students to spell out the four letters in Ohio. Except that, initially at least, the President and the student on his right got their letters wrong, spelling: ‘O-I-H-O’
Perhaps most seriously, however, was Obama’s slip in an interview with KSDK in St Louis, Missouri when he was asked about the new 22-minute film ‘Dishonorable Disclosures’ by a group of former Special Forces troops and intelligence operatives.
‘I won’t take this film too seriously,’ he responded. ‘I gather that one of the producers is a birther who still doesn’t think I was born in this country.
‘You’ve got one who was a candidate, a Republican candidate for office. And a proud card carrying member of the Tea Party. So this is obviously a partisan film.‘I’d advise that you talk to General McRaven, who’s in charge of our Special Ops. I think he has a point of view in terms of how deeply
I care about what these folks do each and every day to protect our freedom.’
The difficulty with this is that William McRaven is an admiral not a general. As a SEAL, he is member of the US Navy, not US Army or US Marines.
Hat Tip Kathy
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Redlite commented:
What a joke the Commander in chief is. He has become nothing but a cartoon character in the eyes of the military. No one in the military would want Barry in their foxhole at nite!
illini guy commented:
Uh….umm…Redlite…with the loosening of standards in who can wear the uniform there are some who would giggle with delight if Barry was in their foxhole
mg4us commented:
Amazing what that Harvard Education did for Obama. . .and let us not forget his biggest flub of 57 States. . .
Me, I am a student of the School of Hard Knocks. . .
Obama is not just a joke but a bad nightmare that will linger on for years due to the damage he has done
and as for spelling OiHo, , ,that was done purposefully for Angry Big Mama Moochelle. .
Obama’s call to her: Oi-Ho!
Kathteach commented:
I cannot believe our American President in office thought Todd Akin is a US Senator…..even my kids know all the names of the current sitting US Senate….I mean….ifI don’t teach them, who will?
But the American President? This is just beyond belief…….how did this fox sneak in and steal our American Presidency?
Well folks……we know what to do in November, right? Good Grief. Enough is enough with this clearly “out of touch” President Obama.
Stonedome commented:
He’s in charge of the Marine Corpse too…
Stonedome commented:
Sometimes the ventriloquist forgets what the dummy is supposed to say…
n.a. palm commented:
But please remember muslims read from right to left. Obama’s just using islamic spelling.
Adirondack Patriot commented:
Cut him some slack. He’s only been Commander in Chief for three and half years.
It takes a long time for a Harvard Law Review editor to figure out that whole commodore, grand marshall, admiral thingy.
mg4us commented:
President Obama, bless his heart, shows kids the impotence (er importance) of a good Harvard education.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/08/gloves_are_off_mitt_said_bless_his_heart_to_barack.html
What a role model. . or is it roll as in jellyroll?
juandos commented:
“Barack Obama has always been known for his silken words, soaring rhetoric and ability to use language to his advantage“…
My question is, ‘just how moronic are people who have/had this opinion of the Kenyan Kommie Klown?’
Obama was a stuttering stumble bum right out of the gate…
iamsaved commented:
The most patriotic President this nation has ever seen. It probably took him four or five tries to salute with his right hand when he first graced us with his presence after the inauguration. I hear a couple of Marines had to give him remedial training for half a day in order for him to get it right.
He has the nerve to comment on Todd Akin’s gaffe? This, coming from the man who thinks if an aborted fetus survives the first attack, you should stab it again to make sure it’s dead?
Going to see the documentary 2012: Obama’s America. That should be an eye opener.
mg4us commented:
#6 Kathteach
With you on the whole teach the kids program
But methinks Obama is about re-writing history and facts
Called Indoctrination
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/08/is_re-education_a_part_of_obamas_transformation_of_america.html
Where else does his funny math makes sense?
or 57 states for geography?
or saying we are a muslim country when roots clearly Judeo-Christian?
See movie 2016 for an insight into this radical-in-thief
mg4us commented:
Oh and one other lesson President Obama seemed to have missed at Harvard
US Presidents NEVER, EVER Bow to Foreign Flags or Foreign Heads of States!
Never
Ever
Semper Fidelis
Kathteach commented:
#14 mg4us – My husband and I live – sadly – in Madison, WI and we don’t think the movie 2016 will come here……..you know……..unlikely.
We keep looking at Milwaukee area theaters for a showing.
And – when we need a fix to sustain us until the November Romney and Ryan victory, we might drive down to Chicago and catch a screening.
Thanks – hang in there my friend,
This is what it feels like to be at war – and that’s what Andrew called what we do when we engage in the conversation that Jim throws at us.
Restless commented:
It’s really pretty scary, actually. We have a Commander in Chief who has no basic knowledge of the military and its operations. (“Corpsemen.” “General.”) He has no respect for them either. It’s evident in his policies. It’s evident when he tries to take credit for bin Laden’s death. Obama is a fish out of water when he talks about anything military.
Joe College commented:
former CIA director wrote ‘highly lawyered’ note that would place blame on Navy Admiral William McRaven should mission fail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2141038/Revealed-How-White-House-planned-shield-Obama-blaming-Navy-chief-bin-Laden-raid-went-wrong.html
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I’ll bet Obama would have gotten his title right if the raid failed.
Eden12345 commented:
Looks like OIHI to me.
Tim in Cali commented:
You can’t expect the “Commander in Chief” to know the difference between a General and Admiral
In bootcamp,it took us 2… maybe 3 hours learn the difference.
He still thinks a Commodore is only a computer
Give him time,he’s learning…(sarc)
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