Sooner Be Blue

 

What's up with flubbed numbers this past week? 1776 instead of 1976 .. 10,000 instead of 10.

 

Associated Press: "Barack Obama, caught up in the fervor of a campaign speech Tuesday, drastically overstated the Kansas tornadoes death toll, saying 10,000 had died. The death toll was 12."

 

 

Sorry Obama, but that's funny .. yet, uncomfortably close to our present Gaffe Guy. I'll chalk this one up to just a flub, but please don't start doing things like this on a regular basis.

 

And at least you corrected yourself right away. You said, "There are going to be times when I get tired, there are going to be times when I get weary. There are going to be times when I make mistakes."

 

Of course, the Righties quickly jumped on it to deflect attention away from the fact that so much Kansas National Guard emergency equipment is in Iraq. Greenburg, Kansas is just a smaller version of Katrina .. one of the biggest hurdles of the recovery effort is the lack of readily available National Guard resources.

 

At present, some 40% of our National Guard are stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan .. once again we are learning the consequences of not them here to protect the homeland.

 

"Last week, a devastating tornado hit the Midwest. Our hearts go out to the people of Kansas. And just as their lives were getting back to normal, Kansas was hit by an even big disaster ... the behavior of their Governor Kathleen Sebelius. On Monday, Governor Sebelius complained that help for Kansas was slowed because so much of the National Guard equipment is in Iraq. White House Press Secretary Tony Snow sympathized, saying, 'If you don't request it, you're not going to get it.' How is the White House supposed to know a town was wiped out? They're not meteorologists." --Stephen Colbert

 

Anyway .. cheer up Barack .. no matter how badly you misspeak you could never top Commander Guy. It is the one thing about him that I love. Here are some of his latest from this year:

 

"I'm honored to be here with the eternal general of the United States, mi amigo Alberto Gonzales." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 4, 2007

 

"Wisdom and strength, and my family, is what I'd like for you to pray for." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007

 

"Information is moving -- you know, nightly news is one way, of course, but it's also moving through the blogosphere and through the Internets." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007

 

"And so, what Gen. Petraeus is saying, some early signs, still dangerous, but give me -- give my chance a plan to work." --George W. Bush, in an interview with Charlie Rose, April 24, 2007

 

"There are jobs Americans aren't doing. ... If you've got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you know what I'm talking about." --George W. Bush. Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007

 

"And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it."--George W. Bush, interview on National Public Radio, Jan. 29, 2007

 

"The best way to defeat the totalitarian of hate is with an ideology of hope -- an ideology of hate -- excuse me --with an ideology of hope." --George W. Bush, Fort Benning, Ga., Jan. 11, 2007" --George W. Bush, interview on National Public Radio, Jan. 29, 2007

 

My personal favorite is the one he popped out at a campaign stop in Poplar Bluff, Missouri in 2004. He was discussing malpractice lawsuit reforms and he said that "too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country."