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Tx4obama

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16. Wasn't a gaffe at all. Media is ignoring the fact President Obama said ''fewer'', whiich is true :)

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #15)

Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:34 PM

Oct 2012

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“I think Governor Romney maybe hasn’t spent enough time looking at how our military works. You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916,” Obama said. “Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them. We have ships that go underwater; nuclear submarines.”

Obama added: “And so the question is not a game of ‘Battleship’ where we’re counting ships. It’s: What are our capabilities?”

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For the folks that may have forgotten: Pres Obama majored in international relations... [View all] Tx4obama Oct 2012 OP

Plus Harvard Law Grad! Narraback Oct 2012 #1

Article Obama wrote nearly 30 years ago while at Columbia: cleduc Oct 2012 #2

If I had told you in 1983 that the author... ellisonz Oct 2012 #5

Thank you for that quote, cleduc! Cha Oct 2012 #7

How did he do? Ichingcarpenter Oct 2012 #3

short rundown: Obama kicked ass Skittles Oct 2012 #8

The phrases Willard used Rincewind Oct 2012 #9

Thanks everyone... yeah after just waking up Ichingcarpenter Oct 2012 #10

In my opinion President Obama did an awesome job and won the debate. Tx4obama Oct 2012 #14

Articles Tx4obama Oct 2012 #18

the thing with Romney is he has been running for 10 years but never thought JI7 Oct 2012 #4

That is the truly frightening part (running for 10 years) etherealtruth Oct 2012 #11

Thanks for the reminder, Tx4obama! Cha Oct 2012 #6

Plus he grew up overseas BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #12

One might think Obama groomed himself for the presidency loyalsister Oct 2012 #13

But the MSM is focusing on Obama making a supposed gaffe about bayonets flamingdem Oct 2012 #15

Wasn't a gaffe at all. Media is ignoring the fact President Obama said ''fewer'', whiich is true :) Tx4obama Oct 2012 #16

Ha! I forgot the Battleship comment flamingdem Oct 2012 #17