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Indenturedebtor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-09-07 04:52 AM
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104. Agreed
He mispoke. Or lets assume for a second that he doesn't know the exact component makeup of every single one of our allies so well that he's immune to these gaffes.

Um, who cares? :shrug: I'm not behind Obama though he's in my top three. Frankly I'll take someone that answers questions, has detailed and maleable plans to fix things, and is vocally against the corporate lobbying groups. If he is ignorant of the exact makeup of every government around the world, but knows how to fix ours, i'll take him ;)
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  -Um...Obama, Canada does not have a president. It has a prime minister (another gaffe?) draft_mario_cuomo  Aug-07-07 06:30 PM   #0 
  - well ya know illinois is a LONG WAY from canda...minor gaffe at best... nt  msongs   Aug-07-07 06:31 PM   #1 
  - Actually, Chicago is pretty close to Canada.  Hieronymus   Aug-07-07 08:34 PM   #40 
  - It's 513 miles from Toronto.  terrya   Aug-07-07 08:36 PM   #42 
     - And it's 1792 miles from Yellowknife  muriel_volestrangler   Aug-08-07 06:31 AM   #75 
     - A place I like to visit.  terrya   Aug-08-07 06:42 AM   #77 
     - And it's about 180 million miles from Jupiter...  WCGreen   Aug-08-07 09:33 PM   #99 
     - It's 238 miles from Chicago to Detroit, which is on the Canadian border.  Hieronymus   Aug-09-07 03:29 AM   #103 
  - I guess it's a long way compared to Milwaukee, but it's hardly far away...  DinoBoy   Aug-07-07 11:56 PM   #59 
  - Yep, I saw that too. nt.  Lirwin2   Aug-07-07 06:32 PM   #2 
  - who the fuck cares JESUS!!!!!  bigdarryl   Aug-07-07 06:32 PM   #3 
  - Not the Obamaramas... (who probably think Canada has a President, too...)  MethuenProgressive   Aug-07-07 06:37 PM   #12 
     - No, but they may understand that Obama knows that too.  Mass   Aug-07-07 07:04 PM   #20 
     - Who cares? It's CANADA.  youthere   Aug-09-07 11:42 AM   #106 
  - So what? Big Deal.......  Ethelk2044   Aug-07-07 06:33 PM   #4 
  - Ignorance of other countries is a key characteristic of the current administration  Lirwin2   Aug-07-07 06:33 PM   #6 
  - Never mispoke? Amazing how DU is full of people who never mispoke.  Mass   Aug-07-07 07:05 PM   #21 
  - How do you know what Obama thinks and knows?  draft_mario_cuomo   Aug-07-07 07:18 PM   #26 
  - Is the DU full of people running for the most important office in the world?  seriousstan   Aug-07-07 07:19 PM   #29 
  - He is correct about the foreign policy. He made the people who smeared him look stupid.  Ethelk2044   Aug-07-07 07:29 PM   #33 
  - No, misquoting a title did not cause our current political situation  Ethelk2044   Aug-07-07 09:31 PM   #50 
  - He is running for prez, says he is ready for the job but apparently has no clue about Canada?  draft_mario_cuomo   Aug-07-07 06:35 PM   #10 
  - A few years ago, Bush travelled to Canada and  Lirwin2   Aug-07-07 06:42 PM   #13 
  - Well, Canada is one of our closest friends and allies.  terrya   Aug-07-07 07:01 PM   #18 
  - ...That is the lowest nitpick I have seen yet.  Kagemusha   Aug-07-07 06:33 PM   #5 
  - Lowest nitpick? it's like a 4th grade civics fact!  DinoBoy   Aug-07-07 11:58 PM   #61 
     - Exactly. Who in America goes around discussing the matter beyond 4th grade?  Kagemusha   Aug-08-07 12:45 AM   #72 
        - Uh, anyone with any sense of the outside world?  DinoBoy   Aug-08-07 11:35 AM   #83 
           - I know all about Canada... that's why I'm not hard on people about it.  Kagemusha   Aug-08-07 11:53 AM   #84 
              - Did I say he wasn't worthy to lick Hillary's shoes?  DinoBoy   Aug-08-07 12:08 PM   #86 
                 - Fine, assume that Obama is a blubbering fool all you like.  Kagemusha   Aug-08-07 02:34 PM   #92 
                    - You obviously care since you keep responding  DinoBoy   Aug-08-07 02:42 PM   #93 
  - That's shockingly ignorant.  terrya   Aug-07-07 06:33 PM   #7 
  - Me too....  bgb217   Aug-07-07 06:34 PM   #8 
  - More of a nitpick..  bgb217   Aug-07-07 06:35 PM   #9 
  - Two Ivy League degrees, and no basic knowledge of government?  MethuenProgressive   Aug-07-07 06:36 PM   #11 
  - Well, thats the state of education in Amerika today. It's a good thing  1620rock   Aug-07-07 06:50 PM   #14 
  - US History and Geography , Obama has little to no knowledge of...  Tellurian   Aug-07-07 09:01 PM   #44 
  - It also has a Governor General  rockymountaindem   Aug-07-07 06:51 PM   #15 
  - Yes. Michelle Jean. The governor-general is appointed by the Queen of England nt  draft_mario_cuomo   Aug-07-07 06:55 PM   #16 
     - I know  rockymountaindem   Aug-07-07 06:58 PM   #17 
     - Never said accidentally something because you were caught in the rythm of a sentence.  Mass   Aug-07-07 07:03 PM   #19 
     - I know. I'm just responding to a remark someone made upthread about Harvard and Columbia  rockymountaindem   Aug-07-07 07:19 PM   #27 
     - Well, in fairness, U of T is the equivalent of Canada's Harvard. NT.  Lirwin2   Aug-07-07 07:11 PM   #24 
     - Not to nitpick but..  ncabot22   Aug-07-07 09:31 PM   #49 
        - She is appointed by the Queen, on the recommendation of the PM.  Lirwin2   Aug-07-07 11:40 PM   #57 
           - Yes but  ncabot22   Aug-08-07 12:08 AM   #67 
              - As far as I'm aware, no but  Lirwin2   Aug-08-07 12:18 AM   #68 
  - Lame.  jefferson_dem   Aug-07-07 07:07 PM   #22 
  - Agreed  Indenturedebtor   Aug-09-07 04:52 AM   #104 
  - wow what a deal breaker  thatsrightimirish   Aug-07-07 07:09 PM   #23 
  - I care. Basic knowledge - not like bush all over again.  emilyg   Aug-07-07 07:16 PM   #25 
  - You're right  thatsrightimirish   Aug-07-07 07:23 PM   #30 
     - No need for sarcasm.  emilyg   Aug-07-07 08:20 PM   #37 
  - If Americans didn't care why are BO fans quickly doing damage control/whining in this thread?  draft_mario_cuomo   Aug-07-07 07:19 PM   #28 
  - Oh please  thatsrightimirish   Aug-07-07 07:30 PM   #34 
     - Don't kid yourself, Obama didn't oppose the war  Lirwin2   Aug-07-07 08:25 PM   #38 
        - Well  thatsrightimirish   Aug-07-07 08:30 PM   #39 
           - You have a point. Obama voted to defund the war about 2 minutes before Clinton did  draft_mario_cuomo   Aug-07-07 09:09 PM   #45 
              - And Clinton was any different?  thatsrightimirish   Aug-07-07 09:34 PM   #52 
              - It's called follow  laugle   Aug-07-07 10:42 PM   #55 
  - It's over. Obama is finished.  killbotfactory   Aug-07-07 07:24 PM   #31 
  - much to do about nothing  madrchsod   Aug-07-07 07:27 PM   #32 
  - Canadians won't be surprised, they're quite used to US ignorance  MethuenProgressive   Aug-07-07 07:43 PM   #35 
  - Ordinarily, yes but not in Obama's case. This only reinforces the perception of him on experience  draft_mario_cuomo   Aug-07-07 07:52 PM   #36 
  - That's "ado"  PurityOfEssence   Aug-07-07 09:34 PM   #51 
  - At least he didn't get booed.  Dawgs   Aug-07-07 08:35 PM   #41 
  - ZING!  Katzenkavalier   Aug-07-07 08:37 PM   #43 
  - So why are you always in my threads?  draft_mario_cuomo   Aug-07-07 09:10 PM   #46 
  - Oh, good grief  Canuckistanian   Aug-07-07 09:14 PM   #47 
  - Hey, I hear he's got a summer place in those "mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan", too  PurityOfEssence   Aug-07-07 09:27 PM   #48 
  - Youre the Prime Minister of inane anti-Obama snipes.  A-Schwarzenegger   Aug-07-07 10:17 PM   #53 
  - Yeah, when he said he was going to call the president's of  laugle   Aug-07-07 10:36 PM   #54 
  - He misspoke. Nothing more, nothing less  ripple   Aug-07-07 10:43 PM   #56 
  - NOT ready for prime time. Not by a long shot.  DinoBoy   Aug-07-07 11:54 PM   #58 
  - Yeah I caught that too. Smart move by Biden nt  draft_mario_cuomo   Aug-07-07 11:57 PM   #60 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-08-07 12:01 AM   #62 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Aug-08-07 12:03 AM   #64 
  - maybe the Senator knows something we don't know!  Lisa   Aug-08-07 12:02 AM   #63 
  - It doesn't matter that it was a minor gaffe...  incapsulated   Aug-08-07 12:05 AM   #65 
  - Exactly nt  draft_mario_cuomo   Aug-08-07 12:07 AM   #66 
  - The media doesn't give the public enough credit  killbotfactory   Aug-08-07 12:20 AM   #69 
     - It's not one thing...  incapsulated   Aug-08-07 12:25 AM   #70 
  - I'll take the guy that was against the war and doesn't know that Canada has a PM  CalebHayes   Aug-08-07 12:41 AM   #71 
  - Hey lots of countries have presidents and PM's. Iraq does.  Kagemusha   Aug-08-07 12:52 AM   #73 
  - Perhaps he misspoke?  Hippo_Tron   Aug-08-07 01:06 AM   #74 
  - We faulted Bush for this sort of thing  MaineDem   Aug-08-07 06:32 AM   #76 
  - Everyone or anyone else would be faulted for it , too. It seems for some reason  Alamom   Aug-08-07 07:00 AM   #78 
  - He's definitely a guy with an ever-changing history  PurityOfEssence   Aug-08-07 10:20 AM   #81 
     - ....Am I reading you right? Obama = Dick Cheney? Seriously?  Kagemusha   Aug-08-07 11:54 AM   #85 
        - No, that's not the intention  PurityOfEssence   Aug-08-07 03:57 PM   #95 
           - "For this wholesale disregard for reality and his own statements, he's in a league with Cheney."  Kagemusha   Aug-08-07 04:20 PM   #96 
              - Identical tactics don't mean the people are exactly the same  PurityOfEssence   Aug-08-07 09:03 PM   #97 
  - I remember pretty clearly when DUers ripped into Bush when he called Spain's Aznar "president"  DinoBoy   Aug-08-07 12:09 PM   #87 
  - Speak for yourself.  Dawgs   Aug-08-07 02:24 PM   #89 
  - I wonder if he'll ever call the president of the UK?  BigDDem   Aug-08-07 08:25 AM   #79 
  - You guys are something else  ellacott   Aug-08-07 08:38 AM   #80 
  - Gotta be honest here...  LanternWaste   Aug-08-07 10:53 AM   #82 
  - Pay attention to dmc's posts; 90%+ attack Obama.  Dawgs   Aug-08-07 02:27 PM   #90 
  - Is there any evidence this wasn't just a slip of the tongue?  liberalpragmatist   Aug-08-07 01:49 PM   #88 
  - I think there was an American politician once (not sure who)...  LeftishBrit   Aug-08-07 02:28 PM   #91 
  - and let's not forget JFK's "I am a jelly donut."  beaconess   Aug-09-07 08:03 AM   #105 
  - Bigger gaffe: Voting for the war or getting Canada's  sidwill   Aug-08-07 02:46 PM   #94 
  - I say flog him. (nt)  AtomicKitten   Aug-08-07 09:18 PM   #98 
  - I don't think the gaffe is important but it does sound like something * would say. n/t  goodgd_yall   Aug-08-07 09:38 PM   #100 
  - Oh, you've got to be kidding. What difference does it make?  calteacherguy   Aug-08-07 09:53 PM   #101 
  - He was smart enough to know  darboy   Aug-08-07 09:57 PM   #102 
 

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