Gaffetastic-o video: Obama celebrates “Cinco de Cuatro”

How many times over the last year have we said “If George Bush said what Barack Obama said…”
Here’s the enchanting, eloquent Obama’s latest gaffetastic-o gaffe, fumbling a joke about Cinco de Mayo:
“Welcome to Cinco de Cuatro – Cinco de Mayo at the White House,” said Obama, in what appeared to be an attempt to note they were celebrating on the fourth of May instead of the fifth.
Cinco de cuatro means “five of four” in Spanish.
Fortunately, Ed Morrissey is keeping a running tally with his “Obamateurism of the Day.”
Mary Katharine Ham reminds: “This from a unilingual man who’s embarrassed that more of us can’t speak French. If only he were as conversant in Spanish as he is in noted non-language ‘Austrian,’ this wouldn’t have happened.”
Flashback: May 2008 – Barack Obama: Gaffe Machine.
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Oh me, oh my oh, why did I leave Ohio?
This little gaffe is nothing that amnesty can’t fix!
Mary Katherine Ham beat me to it…I was going to say too bad this isn’t an Austrian holiday. Then Obama would have gotten it right.
“Cinco de Cuatro”
It’s arrogance Mr. O’Dopey…..
How does say Dope and Fail in Austrian?
lol
Wasn’t this supposed to be an intentional (lame) joke noting the fact that they were celebrating it a day early?
I’ll admit to a gaffe when its made, but I dunno…the fact that he immediately looks at his watch after saying it make it look like this was intentional to me.
He’ de s articulado mismo, don’ t que usted sabe.
Sorry, Babelfish mangled that. Supposed to be ” He’s very articulate, don’t you know.”
He’s got a teleprompter watch?
Yeaaahh……that’s the ticket!
What is he trying to do, ruin a perfectly good excuse for the gringo college students to drink mid week? Oh well come July they can have a fifth on the fourth and again on el quinto de julio.
I’ll be playing golf at VerdeAzul Greens
Chap – just me – if I were trying to poke a funny at celebrating “5 of May” – I’d have said something about celebrating 4th of May – like Quatro de Mayo…not five of four.
And fwiw – I’m pretty sure teleprompter got it right – the president went off on his own there.
He botched the joke. He meant Cuatro de Mayo, not Cinco de Cuatro.
And remember:
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And Always
Practice Safe
Right Wing Extremism
Snort!
I THINK Chappy may have left off the /sarc tag on his comment above.
Otherwise, I have REALLY overestimated him.
Maybe. I know Cuatro de Mayo would be the technically correct joke, but Cico de Quatro sounds better.
Eh. Whatever.
Either way, kinda stupid.
yikes. spelling. need. coffee.
Okay… what IS it with our presidents needing to celebrate it a day early?
Is there anything wrong with celebrating Cinco de Mayo on the freaking Cinco?
5 of May?
Cuarto y quinto de cinco camarada y amigo Yanqui norteamericano!
Help the lad. Send him to Latin America for several years to learn the various Spanish terms and catch Swine Flu
And another, from a different year. (2005)
And another. (2007)
Government NEVER celebrates on the holiday…All MLK celebrations held on previous thursday so, their long weekend not affected. Nothing new here.
stinko de mayo is more like it…this is purely a mexican pride event celebrating some victory against the French…who cares….let them celebrate it in mexihole…personally I boycott any business that promotes this foreign celebration…I’ll return when they celebrate some Scottish pride event….ooops is that racist??
I can see that if it is a weekend thing. But not so here. I think it is bizarre. Actually, its bizarre that any presidents really take any time to recognize this holiday which, as I understand it, is only celebrated in one part of Mexico. I guess they too have bought into the Corona marketing juggernaut.
I overestimated him.
Wow. Chap REALLY doesn’t get the gaffe (or the joke itself), does he?
I do. I just think its strange that our Presidents, if they are going to recognize this holiday at all, seem to have a compulsive need to do it a day early.
Uhhh…ever heard of Highland Games?
Is Cinco de Cuatro being celebrated in all 57 states?
Maybe Tim Geithner will celebrate by paying all of his taxes.
Obambi was probably confused about celebrating “Первая Мая” three days late.
And of course no Sinko De Mayo would be complete without Obama’s explanation of the event.
Or maybe he thought it was “Sinko de Cilantro?”
I think Jay Leno put this holiday in perspective. “If the French had won, not only would we be overrun with illegal immigrants, but they would be rude too.”
Goes right along with all those 57 states.
Mi el presidento est el stupido..est el dumbo.
In those states along the border, Cinco de mayo is no longer celebrated as a Mexican holiday in its traditional way. It has become more of a way for Mexicans, both legal and illegal, to justify coming to the U.S. and trying to take over everything. Many of them yell slogans that we stole this part of the U.S. from Mexico and they want it back. And since our government will not control our borders, they may succeed.
I agree. The more he blunders, the more obvious it becomes. Obama hasn’t the wits to make even a lame joke like this, teleprompter notwithstanding, and his “gift” is as shallow as the man himself.
Dumb? Arguably. Stupid? Manifestly.
Actually, I prefer to call it my birthday.
Happy Birthday! 25th Anniversary for us!
Congratulations! Here’s my gift.
Awww, I knew you were a softy! Thanks!
If Bush had said it..
That’s the key to the whole thing. Isn’t it? Where is the “What an idiot” brigade now?
Hypocrites with power. The worst kind.
He gets it. He just needs to try to deflect attention from his beloved Messiah onto the hated Bush. Some people just never let go.
Thanks! And Happy Anniversary to you!
I agree it was stupid, and not funny.
But what bothers me more is the way the crowd laughed like friggin’ hyenas at it!
You clearly, and unsuprisingly, missed my point. This is not a Bush v. Obama thing. They are both equally stupid in 1) making a big deal of this non-holiday and 2) not even doing it on the actual day of the non-holiday.
You have to remember Spaceycakes, that was a strong batch of Kool-Aid they drank. It may never wear off.
I’m thinking it may have been embarrassed laughter. Embarrassed that they voted for him.
Were they laughing with him, or at him?
Did you catch Hannity last night and see how the press stands up when Obama enters a room, but not for President Bush? And we’re supposed to believe these people objectively report on the new admin? HA!
I’ll drink to that.
Come to Milwaukee and drive down Ceasar Chavez Drive today. Granted, given that the Cinco de Mayo festivities have been canceled this year due to swine flu, I guarantee you’ll still see Mexican flags flying from cars and some form of celebration on the near south side.
For fear of insulting our neighbors to the North, I think we should retroactively celebrate Louis Riel Day by eating bison and drinking Labatts.
Exactly. Nevermind the history behind the ‘games’ was to keep the clans from fighting. You know, since they were gonna fight anyway! So the MacDonalds can return to Lord of the Isles status of course.
Hey, I get a fifth every 1st and 15th, a 40 on the 4th and 80 proof in my egg nog on the 25th. I stay away from 20/20 though…gives me headaches.
I don’t understand why any President of the USA makes such a big deal out of Cinco de Mayo. I guess Bush did it because he’s from Texas and it’s celebrated down here but Obama, Chicago? Cinco de Mayo is not a USA holiday, so why celebrate it at all. I resent it.
Fool me once, shame on all ya’ll!
There comes a time to end the stupidity – regardless of who started it. Obama is popular enough w/ Hispanics, although I don’t see why, and didn’t need to do this ridiculous thing.
Way to go O-BOZO… “SI SE PUEDA” AMIGO…
He’s part of the Borg Hive Mind…. he was trying to say:
http://gandt.blogs.brynmawr.edu/files/2009/02/seven-of-nine.jpg
Please, let us soon celebrate”
“Sinko de BO” day!!
Make that “Sinko de B.O.”
The dog is OK in my book.
Chicago is 25% Hispanic. Texas is 35%. Not as much difference as you’d think.
My father’s side of the family is from Mexico. Chihuahua to be exact.
Liberation from the French colonialist didn’t do much for the country. Ya ya ya. The “rag tag” army kicked the evil Europeans out of the country. And then the rag tags defiled their own people for the better part of 3 decades following this “great victory” that made the French look like Mother Theresa.
The Mexican Revolution (led by Zapata and Villa) supplanted the tumor of “Mexican Rule” (elite europhiles) for a brief period until the “revolutionary government” murdered the two populist leaders. And then back to business as usual into present day.
Cinco de Mayo is a sham. Mexico is a sham. Barry Soetoro is a sham.
The joke is on us.
Let’s see what kind of joke Soetoro makes on the 3rd of July. The man has no shame.
Not my President.
Bear1909 out.
PS: The bigger joke was the screen shot of the Timmy “Render unto Caesar” Geithner standing next to His President as His President announced he was going after offshore tax havens. Good luck with that one, Boyz.
O/T – but is this another example of possible WH coercion, at the international level?
From the Jerusalem Post.com:
I never miss your points. You’re not that deep. Your point is “Bush did it too!! Bush did it too!! Neener, neener, neener!!!”
Also, OT, but look at this list of people newly banned from travel in the UK.
Hamas MP Yunis Al-Astal
Jewish extremist Mike Guzovsky
former KKK leader Stephen Donald Black
neo-Nazi Erich Gliebe
Fred Phelps
Artur Ryno and Pavel Skachevsky, former leaders of a violent Russian skinhead gang which committed 20 racially motivated murders
Radio host Michael Savage…
Wait….Wha?!? I am certainly no fan of Michael Savage, but how does he possibly warrant landing on a list with those people?
He looks drunk.
Not reassuring to see the president drunk.
Here is my point for this post: You are an idiot.
Hope that was clear enough.
Could have been worse. He could have used the California expression “Drinko de Mayo” and gone nuclear with “Drinko do Cuatro”.
Biden and Napolitano would have nailed it. They OWN gaffetastic! Good effort though by Barry.
Soetoro’s Presidency is on a “birth certificate” bubble….drink up, You Twit. The ride home is going to make Watergate look like a church social.
On 3 everyone say “OMG!!!!”
Bear1909 out.
PS: Chapoutier—- let it go, Bro! ROFLMAO
Because Michael Savage (who I personally don’t listen to) is “politically incorrect.”
Britain also detained and denied entry to Geert Wilders for his “Islamophobic” statements.
At the same time, they allow “youths” to parade in the streets with signs like this without repercussions.
Cognitive dissonance, indeed.
Hmm. Personal insults. The last refuge of a shallow mind.
So you were able to figure out my point. Getting better, there, tiger!
But apparently you didn’t get mine. No surprise.
I’m not sure why Americans don’t celebrate Texas Independence day or San Jacinto day more than they do. Cinco de Mayo? Except for and excuse to get smashed on Dos Equis and Tequilla, who cares?
Oh No – one of our soldiers just gave Obama a “terrorist fist jab:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3484860056/
Why any American would celebrate the Mexican equivalent of Bastille Day is beyond me.
warden probably has the best reason.
Pander, pander, pander.
Obama toast: “¡Más allá de los labios y sobre las gomas, mire hacia fuera el hígado, aquí él viene!”
.
.
***TYPO***?
Obama “celebratrates”, does he?
Did I miss part of the joke or is this a typo? This is funny and awful, given the content of the post.
I wish this didn’t happen so often on conservative web sites, and that it would get fixed when I write in about it. Please oh please fix it if it isn’t part of the joke.
I don’t celebrate foreign holidays, do I care if the Mexicans beat the French in the 1800’s? No. Nor do I care if they celebrate, in their own country.
P.S. I don’t celebrate Boxing day, either.
A drunk Marxist/mohammedan/Community Organizer? Is that what we call diversity? He looks drunk, sounds drunk and the teleprompter is probably drunk-not that there is anything wrong with that.
It would be fun seeing His Smugness going through the DTs
But don’t drink the water while in D.C.
Sign, I’ll play.
What would you on “the right” say if Obama negligently allowed jihadists to hijack domestic airplanes and allow them to fly into domestic targets like the World Trade Center? What if Obama, Clinton, and Gates were briefed about the possiblity of a planned domestic attack coordinated by a guy named Osama Bin Ladin? What if, after the attacks, Obama secured the known American relatives of Bin Ladin, and safely secured their flights out of the country? Really, what would you say? Would the word incompetence come out of your mouths? How about clueless, or WTF? Would Obama get the same nods of trust and encouragement while saving ALL of the blame for the previous administration? Do you really wanna make threads like this common along the lines of “What if Obama/Bush did x, y, and z”? Is it constructive? Are there better things to blog about?
Rant over.
You mean like Bill Clinton?
If it will calm that Canadian who called me an idiot a few days ago…that reminds me, every time I answer my phone someone says, “Est-ce Frank?” (Yes, it’s my francophone.)
I need more coffee, it’s still early out here in the ocean.
This is a classic line fron The One:
“We can remain the world’s leading importer of oil, or we can become the world’s leading exporter of clean energy”.
How does The One propose to export energy?
People are right, if Bush had said this they would have had a field day on what a dunce he is. But The One is given a constant pass.
Paging Jamie Gorelick…
Bottling the glow off his pecs.
AlohaGuy said:
I forgot that. Or his Halo.