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1. #1
   On May 21st, 2009 at 11:17 am, no2pcbs1 said:

   the teleprompter screwed up. zero and other such malfunctions. the joke continues.

2. #2
   On May 21st, 2009 at 11:20 am, Craig said:

   What did he say? Bill Gates? Pearly Gates?

3. #3
   On May 21st, 2009 at 11:20 am, verogolfer said:

   In all fairness, I think Secretary Gates once referred to the president as Bobby Obama. So…

4. #4
   On May 21st, 2009 at 11:22 am, PhredE said:

   Bill Gates is our Sec. of Defense – LOL!

5. #5
   On May 21st, 2009 at 11:24 am, digits said:

   Brilliant move, upstaging Cheney by speaking before him. Now Cheney will look like a fool after another speech by the ever eloquent One.

6. #6
   On May 21st, 2009 at 11:26 am, b-cat said:

   I’m more concerned about National Security Advisor, Jim Jones. Don’t drink the Kool-Aid!

7. #7
   On May 21st, 2009 at 11:27 am, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

   MLK who?

   We do not need MLK anymore, we have Barack.

   I nominate now that we change every MLK honored street in America or even the world to “Obama Way” immediately.

   This guy is terrific.

   And every dead end off of those newly named Obama Ways could be “Biden Drives”

8. #8
   On May 21st, 2009 at 11:30 am, npphotog said:

   He’s a good speaker, doesn’t know what he is saying, but an excellent windshield wiper speaker. However, he let it slip out that William Gates, aka, Bill Gates is the REAL secretary of defense.

9. #9
   On May 21st, 2009 at 11:33 am, bradley said:

   George Bush made him say that.

10. #10
    On May 21st, 2009 at 11:34 am, tre said:

    So they’re so insignificant even he can’t remember them.

11. #11
    On May 21st, 2009 at 11:37 am, tarpon said:

    The joke that is ZERO and his 57 States continues. How could an Indonesian think he could act like an American, and get away with it.

12. #12
    On May 21st, 2009 at 11:41 am, spaceycakes said:

    Try as you might, you cannot polish a turd.

13. #13
    On May 21st, 2009 at 11:43 am, Lan Astaslem said:

    Bless his heart! (Gates, not PBHO…) It happened to him a few days ago too:

    We flew with him to three U.S. bases in southern Afghanistan. Our access was unprecedented. He usually avoids the spotlight, and he’s so low-key that “Bob Gates” is hardly a household name. At Camp Leatherneck, he was even misintroduced to the troops as “Bill Gates.”

14. #14
    On May 21st, 2009 at 11:46 am, MtsEdge said:

    Brilliant move, upstaging Cheney by speaking before him

    Reminds me of a kid racing to the front of the line who trips over his own feet.

15. #15
    On May 21st, 2009 at 11:47 am, JammieWearingFool said:

    Next thing you know he’ll be walking into windows.

    Oh wait…

    Hello Sunshine!

16. #17
    On May 21st, 2009 at 12:00 pm, Truesoldier said:

    Perhaps it was not a gaffe, but an insight into things to come. Remember Gates, Oprah, Soros, Buffet and Bloomberg all met recently. Maybe the meeting they had was to discuss there upcoming appointments….

17. #18
    On May 21st, 2009 at 12:04 pm, evilned said:

    Bill Gates as SecDef? Well that explains this!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CG-48)

    (Smart ship testbed section)

18. #19
    On May 21st, 2009 at 12:09 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Being highlighted on MSNBC in 6, 5, 4, 3, …….

    /sarc

19. #22
    On May 21st, 2009 at 12:51 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On May 21st, 2009 at 12:04 pm, evilned said:
    Bill Gates as SecDef? Well that explains this!

    I figured it was more along the lines of our hip, Ipod giving President figuring it was Microsoft who made Halo 3 for his XBox 360.

20. #23
    On May 21st, 2009 at 1:08 pm, rossputin said:

    What do you expect from a guy whose defense policy is essentially going to Muslim countries, apologizing for the US, and hoping that means nobody will be mad at us anymore? Of course he doesn’t know the Defense Secretary’s name…he’s Obama’s least important cabinet member.

21. #24
    On May 21st, 2009 at 1:22 pm, miron said:

    Oh, that’s why the Secretary of Defense William Gates met with the other members of the Billionaires’ Club! Maybe he will hit them up for money to close Gitmo since BO’s legislators denied him funding for it.

22. #25
    On May 21st, 2009 at 1:40 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    I wonder if he’s ever called his wife Oprah?

23. #27
    On May 21st, 2009 at 1:50 pm, mom2jack said:

    Man, I’ve got to ask TOTUS about this one. Big Guy must have looked away from the screen momentarily.

24. #29
    On May 21st, 2009 at 1:52 pm, mom2jack said:

    TOTUS just Twittered an apology – said he fell into sleep mode at about the 35 minute mark.

25. #31
    On May 21st, 2009 at 2:01 pm, fred5676 said:

    Dan Quail got hung out to dry when he questioned the spelling of a word written by the school staff, was told it was correct, then spelled it the way the school had it written.

    On the other hand Obama skates when he forgets the first name of his most important Dept. Secretary.

    Fair is fair, after all.

26. #32
    On May 21st, 2009 at 2:16 pm, cicerokid said:

    He meant to say Rowdy Yates.

27. #34
    On May 21st, 2009 at 2:30 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On May 21st, 2009 at 11:41 am, spaceycakes said:
    Try as you might, you cannot polish a turd.

    Okay! That right there just made my day. ROFL

28. #36
    On May 21st, 2009 at 2:37 pm, RetFireman said:

    I am STILL trying to figure out just how he obtained the reputation of being “eloquent” and “a good speaker”. Every time I have ever heard him read what others have written for him, he still makes mistakes. Take him away from the teleprompter and he sounds like an old 2-stroke Evinrude running far too rich, (but, but, but, umm, umm, umm, err, err, ahh,ahhh, umm, umm, umm). Yet there are MILLIONS in this nation who have been told by the media that he is a great speaker and ooooh so eloquent.

    Does anyone but me remember the stink the Libs made over GOVERNOR Palin’s speech and how it was written by someone else, thus she was an idiot?

    Was that merely just projection yet again from the Obama clan? Or do they actually think ANYTHING that he says is written by him?

    think about it…if they were his words, he would not only not need the teleprompter, but when he got lost, he would be able to recover. He is nothing but a puppet reading the script written for him by his handlers.

29. #37
    On May 21st, 2009 at 3:04 pm, Wildcatter1980 said:

    Oy & double oy!

30. #39
    On May 21st, 2009 at 6:08 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On May 21st, 2009 at 12:04 pm, evilned said:

    Bill Gates as SecDef? Well that explains this!

    (link fixed)

31. #40
    On May 21st, 2009 at 6:56 pm, FruNobulux said:

    What an f’n retard. Gates reports to Oboingo.

32. #41
    On May 21st, 2009 at 8:21 pm, frontierguy said:

    Wonder what the teleprompter is going to say tomorrow. You know BHO is yelling for a rebuttal speech for him to read ASAP. Bush would have gone back to work after something like that, it is so apparent now that the US was far more important to the Bush admin. over this one. But, Obama, his penchant for revenge severely suggests psychotic personality.

33. #42
    On May 21st, 2009 at 8:39 pm, Tuesday said:

    You guys got Obummer pegged down to a T!

34. #44
    On May 28th, 2009 at 9:51 pm, ErinF said:

    I don’t understand why people ever claimed he is such a perfecto public speaker. I think he’s lousy at it.