Comments on: The Obamessiah Gaff Machine Rolls Into Auschwitz

By: Stacy

Stacy — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:56:10 +0000

Hey, I feed my husband bullshit all the time to appease him. It’s a tactic that must sometimes be used for the greater good.

By: William Teach

William Teach — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:33:10 +0000

More then likely, Obama was just trying to patronize the audience by changing the story. It is more of the aggrandizing type gaffe.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:29:19 +0000

Although I hate, and baby I mean HATE, Obama; I’ll let him slide on this one as well. Being that Auschwitz was the most widely known camp, I’m sure it’s what pops into everyone’s mind first.

Now, the 57 states thing? I can’t get past that one. Even my 11 year old laughed at him for that.

By: darthcrUSAderworldtour2007

darthcrUSAderworldtour2007 — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:27:51 +0000

Comrade John Romanov Ryan never makes mistakes? Let’s hear it for Hellary Sniper Fire Clinton and Barack Hussein Vladimir Obama! These freaks – like NY Slimes writer Jason Blair… just make the sh*t up as they go. “Follow the yellow brick road of yellow journalism…their mainstream is also YELLOW!”

By: John Ryan

John Ryan — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:36:53 +0000

I would rather have a President who made a mistake about his uncle’s war story than a man like McCain who repeatedly mistakes Sunnis for Shia.
Which do you think is a more important fact to keep straight ??

By: Silke

Silke — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:00:45 +0000

Teach said: Why does Obama get a pass on this, Silke?

Well for me personally all the candidates get a pass when they make a harmless error such as this. McCain misspoke when he stated Iran was allowing al-Qaeda fighters into the country to be trained and returned to Iraq. I know what he meant. It’s no big deal. Mistakes are going to happen when candidates are on the trail constantly giving speeches. Hillary’s story about Bosnia was a flat out lie, though, and she was rightly called on it.

You think McCain or Bush would get a pass?

No. I think the media uses any opportunity it can to fill its 24-hour news cycle with gotcha stories like this. Blogs are even worse because they tend to be so partisan.

It’s unfortunate the bigger story (the one about Obama advocating for better health care for soldiers) was missed in all this. As a former soldier and the spouse of a current soldier I can tell you this is an important issue. A lot more can and should be done to help soldiers cope with the mental health issues they are experiencing upon returning from Iraq. The same is true for the families who are dealing with multiple deployments, by the way. I’m disappointed you took that to mean Obama thinks “veterans are all nuts.” I think he recognizes what a tremendous strain the military is under – which is true.

By: William Teach

William Teach — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:19:48 +0000

BTW, I never said it was a lie. It was a gaff. There is a difference

By: William Teach

William Teach — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:08:12 +0000

Why does Obama get a pass on this, Silke? You think McCain or Bush would get a pass? He just misspoke about a family story that had his great uncle went in to a different concentration camp? Or, was he just changing it up so it sounded “sexier?” How many would know what Buchenwald was right off the bat?

By: Silke

Silke — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:31:53 +0000

He misspoke. It happens. That’s very different from a lie or an exaggeration.

By: William Teach

William Teach — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:44:31 +0000

Kind of a big mistake to make for a story he knows so well, wouldn’t you think, Silke?

And, seriously, when have Democrats ever really cared about the military, except as political pawns when it suits them? They sure did not care about the military during the 2000 elections when they tried to block all their overseas votes.