Obama : Foot in mouth again...

David Letterman will be happy. He was so disappointed about Obama being so educated because it cut WAY back on the material he could use for comedy, which was most everything previous presidents did or said. Besides, as you said, the speech writers didn't catch it either. Clinton had his share of bloopers, both political and social (no kidding, Monica!) Bush was always tripping over his tongue politically, socially and otherwise, and giving the camera this stupid "did it again" grin almost every time. It was if he did it on purpose because he thought it was funny. There are plenty of people who attribute the "car" to Ford and think Ford is American, so it wouldn't make Obama more ignorant than any of them. As far as truly American cars, I don't know if there are any that are 100% American. Many engine parts and electrical components are Korean, Japanese, Chinese, or something else. Chrysler had a car a few years ago that was on the market and they made no secret of it being a Japanese made car. Of course if the world were ideal, there would be no countries, borders, etc. We would all do stuff together and for each other. ....hmm... how come John Lennon never got to be a government leader of somewhere...? hehe

I think that your average fifth grader whoever he or she may be is probably not so smart as you think. Many consider the designs of Leonard DaVinci to be the true first invention of the automobile. Although Benz can probably be credited with the first GASOLINE powered automobile, there were electricity powered road vehicles that would certainly be considered automobiles before Benz. Two trivial slips by Obama do not yet approach the book full of bloopers from George Bush and since both men attended some of the finest universities in America, I think we can safely assume that true itelligence involves more than trivial pursuit. I recall from my own school days that it was always the dumbest kid in the class who caught others on every trivial little slip and criticised them. Guess it made them fel smart.

The automobile inventio may be a slip of tongue and defective in sentence framing. No president knows too much about politics and such stuff when they come to power. They learn it in course of time. You must know that failureis the stepping stone of success. Did you know that Bush did now know the ABCD of International politics. When he came to power he told Musharraf was the president of India. It is better to forget such errors. Ability matters as president more than knowledge.

He doesn't impress me much, but I love the bloopers. I liked Bush but still love to watch his bloopers.

depends what kind of automobile your on about because France created the first one in 1769. and George Baldwin created a one for the u.s.a in 1886 the same year Germany did. so depending on how you look at if he could be right.

The 57 states comment was a slip of the lip but it's not the huge gaff people want to make it. We have 50 states. According to usa.gov We also have the following US territories: 1. American Samoa 2. Federated States of Micronesia 3. Guam 4. Midway Islands 5. Puerto Rico 6. US Virgin Islands Every state was a territory before it became a state. Whether or not these will become our 51st, 52nd, 53rd etc states remains to be seen...but there is one more area we have: 7. Washington DC. That makes a total of 57 just like he said even if he used the wrong word. The US Mint is putting out quarter coins for the territories with George Washington on one side and a regional specific reverse on the other just like it has done for the states. What did I think of his speech? I don't think it did indicate a "lack of knowledge of the history of our country and inventors." Like every president before him he has speech writers. He writes some of his own speeches, but not every word of every speech and I'm sure he is far to busy with much more important things to be fact checking minutia. Maybe it was his mistake, maybe it was someone elses mistake he repeated but really, so what? The sky isn't falling. If you want to sweat the small stuff that's your perogative. But what's the point really? Does it make you feel better? I'm asking because I really don't understand why people bother working themselves up over stuff that just doesn't matter. None of us are perfect, but few of us have or "oops" moments broadcast to the nation. And BTW I'd say the same thing if it were President McCain we were talking about.

well, i guess that the honeymoon is over eh? seriously, i think that too much faith was put into obama. he has broken many a campaign promise already!

I agree, I mean most people thought he was a better candidate for president than McCain partially because of his education...but the point I made in reference to that was he may have some book smarts(obviously not in American History..lol) But McCain knows this country. But..its too late on that now, because Obama has been elected and is the president...So, yes the fact that he doesnt know little things like that about AMerica does make you wonder...what else doesnt he know? And he is speaking to the American people, who know those facts..so What kind of people ARE his speech-writers? And dont you think they as well as he should know this isnt true? Ugh! Some people just should not have voted this year lol!

I wish bloopers were his only flaw. Reagan was a noted king of the gaffe, yet probably one of the greatest presidents we ever had. For that kind of service from an elected servant, I could deal with verbal goof ups and even enjoy them as a humorous part of a person's character. What makes my blood BOIL is the man is claiming to be a constitutional scholar and yet, has not clue one of it's principals, has a perversed interpretation of the role it outlines for the federal government and complete blatent disreguard for governing in the constitutionaly prescribed limits.

He does remind me of a debate partner that I got stuck with in high school. He was not very smart and he wouldn't study the material but he was not shy about talking and would just make stuff up as he went along to try to counter the opponents points. While the judges may not have noticed, I and I'm sure the other team certainly did. Now Obama is a smooth orator and therefore gets away with a lot and unfortunately we are going to pay for it in the future with all the liberal policies he is getting passed that will raise taxes grow government.

least of our worries is him not knowing trivial facts (in comparison to the issues going on these are trivial) This is the same man who is going to continue to sign away trillions of dollars and then complain that his predisessors have left the country in debt.

I love that he does that. Maybe he will keep it up and people will lay off of Bush. Remember "potatoe"...you have to admit, our polititions are not the brainiest people in the country.