Obama In Kansas: 'It Is Great To Be Back In The State Of Texas'

by (▪‿▪)DoctorWhoGuru(▪‿▪) Posted 2011/12/07 04:37:25

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President Obama continued his push for the extension of the payroll tax cut on Tuesday during aswing through Kansas.

Or was it Texas?

While making his introduction to what he called a "make or break moment for the middle class," Obama appeared to stumble over which state he was in.

"It is great to be back in the state of Tex--," Obama said, before cutting himself off and correcting himself with a smile. "State of Kansas."

(Video above via National Journal)

Obama made a quick recovery, claiming that he was making a joke about the University of Kansas basketball coach.

"I was giving Bill Self a hard time. He was here a while back," he said.

victoria 2011/12/07 05:29:09

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It was obviously a joke. I saw it and understood that immediately.
Whatever.
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Anna Syn 2011/12/07 18:57:00

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This is why you do not read from a teleprompter, heh I wished we had teleprompters in school when we had to get up in front of the class to do a speech or something.

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Reggie☮ 2011/12/07 17:44:05

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What???? was the teleprompter not on yet?

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Glitchie 2011/12/07 14:08:40

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It makes me wonder if he did it on purpose as a joke.

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lstl5 2011/12/07 13:24:36

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Big deal. I thought it was funny, but I bet that is what was played on Fox all morning.

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lonewolf 2011/12/07 11:15:42

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ServantOfAllah 2011/12/07 09:10:04

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Hasn't Obama heard of telecommuting?

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wolfshadow 2011/12/07 05:55:20

I'm still waiting to learn the names of the other 8 states....

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victoria 2011/12/07 05:29:09

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It was obviously a joke. I saw it and understood that immediately.
Whatever.

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my2cents to victoria 2011/12/07 08:17:07

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Conservatives have no sense of humor. They can't tell when someone is joking.

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victoria to my2cents 2011/12/07 08:23:16

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I saw it and it was done so slowly and deliberately that I could tell it was a joke that I wasn't in on- after 8 years of fool me once shame on you fool me twice you don't get fooled again- Lol.

Hey, I'm watching the speech right now- they called teddy Roosevelt a socialist and a communist too!

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my2cents to victoria 2011/12/07 09:36:46 (edited)

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Yep. Sound familiar? The name-calling remains the same. And Teddy was a Republican!

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victoria to my2cents 2011/12/07 10:15:43

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aND IT' S STILL THE SAME PEOPLE CALLING THE NAMES.

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Helmholtz 2011/12/07 05:08:56

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Annoying but understandable. A bigger pet-peeve of mine is when politicians (and their wives -- aka Michelle Obama) mispronounce the names of states. In the west, we natives make use of the "short a," which effects the way that such states as Nevada and Colorado are pronounced.

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