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Barack Obama: 10,000 People Died In Kansas

I know, it's old. Just figured I should mention it. He's off by a mere 9,988, or a factor of approximately 1000.

He says he was "tired." With all due respect, "tired" is only a good enough excuse to explain away an error of a single order of magnitude. For three orders of magnitude, I'm afraid we blow right through "tired" and head straight on towards "retarded" territory.

The media makes a big deal when a Republican guesses the price of bread wrong by a factor of 2 or less. It demonstrates the Republican is "out of touch" with the concerns of "everyday Americans."

I don't notice the MSM reading much into this Rain Man level gaffe.

Barack, how much does a loaf of bread cost?

About ten thousand dollars.

How much does a space shuttle cost?

Ten thousand dollars.

Also ten thousand dollars?

Ten thousand dollars, yeah. Definitely. A thousand dollars.

How many troops are in Iraq?

I'd say about ten thousand. Yeah, ten thousand. Give or take.

How many people died in Kansas, Barack?

Ten thousand people, yeah. Definitely.

He was "tired" though.

Certainly it doesn't reflect on whether he's "out of touch" with fifth-grade level current events or anything.

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Comments

1

10,000 is probably wishful thinking on his part. Imagine how much they'd throw at Bush if he did nothing to stop a tornado from killing 10,000 citizens. It would be worse than when he didn't stop that hurricane that only killed black people.

Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at May 09, 2007 07:50 PM (/rgAZ)

2 Y'know, I don't really care as much about the massive idiocy he displayed.  All it says is that he's firing the guys who fact-check his speeches.

To me (and to a lot of other people), the larger issue is politicizing natural disasters like this.  And you know what it's about?  Iraq.  EVERYTHING is about Iraq. 

Why can't a politician ever just say, "Wow, sorry guys, hope you get things back to normal soon enough.  Anything we can do to help?"

I'm not gonna hold my breath.

Posted by: Hal at May 09, 2007 07:51 PM (UhiFq)

3 My God!!  The humanity.. the humanity!

Posted by: Obama at May 09, 2007 07:54 PM (c3AXa)

4 "Sexual Genius" is funnay.
He's the anti-Olber-Who?

Posted by: Nom de Blog at May 09, 2007 08:01 PM (wTSkN)

5

That's nothing.  By the new Obamath we've lost 3 million soldiers in Iraq.  And Katrina claimed over a million lives.

It's like Auschwitz all over again.  Why, why do people elect Republicans?  Didn't the media tell you they were evil?

Posted by: TallDave at May 09, 2007 08:05 PM (odS+4)

6 I like the new math - my cock is now officially 10,000 centimeters long.

Posted by: steve_in_hb at May 09, 2007 08:15 PM (krU6k)

7 Sorry about the 10K deaths thing, I wasn't supposed to let that get through my fact checking.  He's so gonna fire me.

Posted by: Wickedpinto at May 09, 2007 08:17 PM (QTv8u)

8 Tornados don't like black people!

Posted by: Kanye West at May 09, 2007 08:19 PM (x8Std)

9

I like the new math - my cock is now officially 10,000 centimeters long.

You actually took out a ruler and measured it, didn't you?

*tsk, tsk*

Posted by: plinko at May 09, 2007 08:21 PM (x8Std)

10 This is worse the my womens outreach gig when I worked for barney frank.

Posted by: Wickedpinto at May 09, 2007 08:26 PM (QTv8u)

11 Your johnson is 3.937 inches long?
May God have mercy on you, dear boy.

Posted by: Nom de Blog at May 09, 2007 08:38 PM (wTSkN)

12 I kinda don't want him anywhere near our Strategic Nuclear Arsenal.  Just sayin'.

Posted by: eman at May 09, 2007 08:41 PM (FWrFx)

13 He thinks he's Wayne Palmer and some sweaty arab just blew up Kansas.

Posted by: E Buzz Miller at May 09, 2007 08:45 PM (2WK36)

14

I still think we should elect him president, because he has other skills we need in a president.

Like....he's a really good driver.

.....

You guys know 10,000 centimeters is 100 meters? Approximately the size of a football field, around 300 feet?

2.5 centimeters = 1 inch.

Posted by: Entropy at May 09, 2007 08:48 PM (HgAV0)

15

They weren't killed, they went to Oz.

 

 

Posted by: eman at May 09, 2007 08:49 PM (FWrFx)

16

That's three thousand, nine hundred and thirty-seven inches long Nom de blog. Not 3.

Nom de blog? Is that you Barrack?

Posted by: Entropy at May 09, 2007 08:51 PM (HgAV0)

17

11 Your johnson is 3.937 inches long?
May God have mercy on you, dear boy.

3.937 long with 5 inch diameter -  the girls call me tuna can.

Posted by: steve_in_hb at May 09, 2007 08:52 PM (krU6k)

18

the girls call me tuna can.

HAHA

Posted by: Wickedpinto at May 09, 2007 09:06 PM (QTv8u)

19

Does anyone believe his handlers didn't help him with his speech talking points?

 

Do you imagine they're all tired?

Posted by: Dave in Texas at May 09, 2007 11:03 PM (FXakj)

20 I remember when Obama was asked who is favorite singer is.  He replied "Natalie Merchant from 12 Maniacs" 

Posted by: Gary at May 10, 2007 02:41 AM (vRKeE)

21 I'm not terribly surprised. The Donks used Katrina as a giant political stick & used it to get people pissed off at Dubya. It worked too, despite all the good fact-finding by the blogosphere, too. It didn't work this time, because people realized that math that 1 Kansas town does not = 1 New Orleans.

Non-Democrats say "boy that was some storm", compose some anecdotes for the kids, and get on with cleanup & starting over. Democrats wail & moan about unfairness of life, demand the government step in & construct new lives for them, then moan some more when the government is slow getting things done, as it always has been.

Posted by: exdem13 at May 10, 2007 11:17 AM (I4jEf)

22 Hey guys...read a few of Nora Roberts romance novels...easier than caving some guys' face in or feeling stupid!!!

Posted by: Sue at May 10, 2007 01:37 PM (72h23)

23

Huh.  My dad actually told me about this yesterday.  He wanted to know where the other 8-1/2 thousand victims had been bused in from.

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There are now 20 combat brigades in the country, a number that is scheduled to drop to 15 by next summer. Mr. Gates has previously expressed hope that if security conditions in the country continue to improve, force levels in Iraq could drop to 10 brigades by the end of 2008.

Mr. Gates gave no timetable for reaching that force level or for how long the forces would be required to stay. He added that there had been no detailed planning by the Pentagon about what level of forces would be required on a more or less permanent basis.

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Mr. Gates also laid out at the hearing a Bush administration request for an added $42 billion for war-related expenses in 2008. The request increases to nearly $190 billion the amount the Bush administration is seeking for 2008 to finance military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. In February, the administration asked for $141.7 billion for the wars, an amount that officials said at the time was an estimate that could increase.

The Appropriations Committee chairman, Senator Robert C. Byrd, a Democrat from West Virginia, responded with blistering criticism of the administrations Iraq strategy and warned that his panel would not rubber stamp Mr. Bushs requests for war financing.

The president and his supporters claim that were now finally on the cusp of progress and that we must continue to stay the course, Mr. Byrd said. Ive heard that before. Call me a skeptic, but we have heard this tune before. Yes, havent we?

Antiwar protesters in the hearing room responded with cries of Yes! Yes!

Mr. Byrd later had the room cleared of protesters after they disrupted an answer by Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Mr. Gates said $11 billion of the requested money was for building 15,000 heavily armored vehicles designed to better withstand the roadside bombs that cause the majority of American casualties in Iraq.

The Pentagon also seeks $9 billion to repair and refit American equipment stocks. The administration is also requesting $1 billion to train Iraqi security forces, bringing the total 2008 request for training funds to $5.7 billion.

But Mr. Gates said that American troops, under some of the most trying conditions, have done far more than what was asked of them, and far more than what was expected.

 

 

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