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rvablue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-09 12:35 AM
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25. Big deal. Most halfway intelligent people can speak a few sentences in another language
it's just another faux "heart attack" from the MSM about something that EVERY American should be able to do.

I think it's cool. But not impresive. All of us should be able to do this at the ripe old age of 47.

That is, if we were doing the right things.
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  -President Obama Speaks Indonesian!!!!!!!! MochaMan121  Jan-22-09 07:58 PM   #0 
  - What did he say?  leftstreet   Jan-22-09 07:58 PM   #1 
  - Gado Gado.  jkirch   Jan-22-09 08:00 PM   #4 
     - mmm, delicious, now i'm hungry  whirlygigspin   Jan-22-09 09:30 PM   #15 
     - Just made some for supper tonight. Had to use Skippy, but mmmm good! n/t  54anickel   Jan-22-09 10:43 PM   #18 
  - he used to live there  bambino   Jan-22-09 07:59 PM   #2 
  - isn't his stepfather Indonesian  CatWoman   Jan-22-09 08:06 PM   #6 
     - yes  bambino   Jan-22-09 08:06 PM   #7 
  - I caught the tail end of this...what did he say?  Kaylee   Jan-22-09 08:00 PM   #3 
  - He does. That's been mentioned in a place or two - maybe one of his books...  Triana   Jan-22-09 08:03 PM   #5 
  - Yes, in "Dreams From My Father" he talks about his time in Indonesia.  Lex   Jan-22-09 08:46 PM   #10 
     - He picked up Indonesian so well that his mother had to tutor him in English prior to sending him  K Gardner   Jan-23-09 04:44 AM   #26 
  - As opposed to Two Shoes.....  Aviation Pro   Jan-22-09 08:14 PM   #8 
  - Hell, Two Shoes couldn't even speak English!  SeattleGirl   Jan-22-09 08:42 PM   #9 
     - That was my 1st thought  TheKentuckian   Jan-22-09 09:29 PM   #14 
  - Once again, here's my complete knowledge of Indonesian..  Hawkeye-X   Jan-22-09 08:53 PM   #11 
  - Cool!  InvisibleTouch   Jan-22-09 09:07 PM   #12 
  - Indonesia has eleventy brazillion language families  Posteritatis   Jan-23-09 12:20 AM   #22 
     - that maybe true  anakie   Jan-23-09 07:39 AM   #30 
  - I saw that on tv today I wish it was on youtube  EraOfResponsibility   Jan-22-09 09:12 PM   #13 
  - Who? Huh? What? When was this?  Clio the Leo   Jan-22-09 09:31 PM   #16 
  - ABC has the video up on their website.  pot luck   Jan-22-09 09:42 PM   #17 
  - Went to the link but couldn't find it.. !  K Gardner   Jan-23-09 04:44 AM   #27 
  - Too f'in cool....  Kaylee   Jan-23-09 05:11 AM   #28 
  - I think he's just great so cool in manner and demeanor.  alyce douglas   Jan-23-09 10:43 AM   #38 
  - is there video of this?  marimour   Jan-22-09 10:43 PM   #19 
  - He lived there for a couple of years as a child.  igil   Jan-22-09 11:35 PM   #20 
  - That's gotta be a new one for the presidents  Posteritatis   Jan-23-09 12:17 AM   #21 
  - That just ain't right. The President should only speak American.  MetricSystem   Jan-23-09 12:21 AM   #23 
  - Clinton spoke some German  kskiska   Jan-23-09 12:23 AM   #24 
  - I knew it.  InvisibleTouch   Jan-23-09 11:19 AM   #39 
  - Big deal. Most halfway intelligent people can speak a few sentences in another language  rvablue   Jan-23-09 12:35 AM   #25 
  - The ability to speak another language is not the impressive part.  Kaylee   Jan-23-09 05:19 AM   #29 
  - There's a reason that trilingual/bilingual/American joke exists, though  Posteritatis   Jan-24-09 01:07 PM   #41 
  - He went to grade school there....  niceypoo   Jan-23-09 10:15 AM   #31 
  - I was at a Muslim blog and the people were impressed that he prounounced Pakistan correctly  ellacott   Jan-23-09 10:23 AM   #32 
  - Barack speaks Indonesian fluently. He grew up there, after all.  ClarkUSA   Jan-23-09 10:26 AM   #33 
  - And cue freeper outrage in 5... 4... 3... 2...  beac   Jan-23-09 10:32 AM   #34 
  - that's great, President Obama is sooo multi cultural.  alyce douglas   Jan-23-09 10:38 AM   #35 
  - Oh whatever. Bush could speak fluent Spanglish!  olkaz   Jan-23-09 10:40 AM   #36 
  - OMG I KNEW HE WAS A MUSLIN  Maven   Jan-23-09 10:42 AM   #37 
     - Yep . . . and he was probably giving instructions to the "cell."  Vinca   Jan-23-09 12:01 PM   #40 
 

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