Michelle Malkin » Gaffetastic: D’ohbama’s post office blunder

Gaffetastic: D’ohbama’s post office blunder

By Michelle Malkin • August 11, 2009 04:01 PM

This is what happens when the teleprompter of the United States goes on vacation, via Philip Klein:

[A]t another point of today’s town hall meeting, Obama was pushing back against the idea that the creation of a new government-run plan would drive private insurers out of business, and he said that UPS and FedEx were doing fine, but “it’s the post office that’s always having problems.” Oops!

The gaffe arose from the inherent contradiction of those arguing for the introduction of a government government-run plan. On the one hand, Obama and other supporters of the idea argue that we need to have a strong government plan to create more efficiency, drive down prices, and “keep private insurers honest.” Yet at the same time, they have to make it appear weaker to push back against those of us who argue that it will threaten private insurance and move us toward a single-payer system. So then you get statements in which Obama, in the course of arguing for a government-run system, takes a shot at the government-run post office.

Allah’s got the gaffetastic video.

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#104

On August 12th, 2009 at 12:42 pm, terristeelmagnolia said:

Bwahhh haaa haaaa…
so freaking funny!!!
#105

On August 12th, 2009 at 12:51 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

On August 11th, 2009 at 10:16 pm, lgm said:

What a profoundly naive and thoughtless dunce.
#106

On August 12th, 2009 at 1:29 pm, txvet2 said:

On August 11th, 2009 at 10:16 pm, lgm said:

Good. I’m glad you’re finally starting to realize what a terrible plan this is. It’s everything you just described as bad – It’s mandatory, it sets cost and limits of coverage for everybody, and it will be a huge addition to the deficit.
#107

On August 12th, 2009 at 1:51 pm, denver republican said:

And they called Bush dumb.
#108

On August 12th, 2009 at 5:44 pm, cwbois said:

I had this same conversation with some guys at work last week. They said that private companies like UPS still stayed in business even with competition from the Post Office so that proved that a national health care system would not drive private insurers out of business. I pointed out that the problem with that view was that in shipping there is no mandatory public option and that businesses do not get an extra tax placed on them if they choose to use UPS over the Post Office. In this case this is not a valid comparison to use.
#109

On August 12th, 2009 at 7:04 pm, yohannbiimu said:

On August 12th, 2009 at 1:51 pm, denver republican said:

And they called Bush dumb.

On Bush’s worst day, he looks brilliant compared to this idiot. He’s merely one of MANY stupid people in Washington. When will people get a CLUE?