Oops...
Well, I guess that it is okay to to slip up in a speech occasionally because everybody's favorite black, though inexperienced, presidential candidate is apparently fallible too.
Obama Overstates Kansas Tornado Deaths
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - 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....
As the Illinois senator concluded his remarks a few minutes later, he appeared to realize his gaffe.
"There are going to be times when I get tired," he said. "There are going to be times when I get weary. There are going to be times when I make mistakes."
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I'm all for honesty in politics, but I suspect that mistake of four orders of magnitude or higher ought not to happen, ever. I can just picture it, "I want to cut taxes by 10,000%... oh wait, I meant 12%"... or I want to put $120,000 into public health care... oh wait, I meant $1,000,000,000."
Obama Overstates Kansas Tornado Deaths
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - 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....
As the Illinois senator concluded his remarks a few minutes later, he appeared to realize his gaffe.
"There are going to be times when I get tired," he said. "There are going to be times when I get weary. There are going to be times when I make mistakes."
( Read more... )
I'm all for honesty in politics, but I suspect that mistake of four orders of magnitude or higher ought not to happen, ever. I can just picture it, "I want to cut taxes by 10,000%... oh wait, I meant 12%"... or I want to put $120,000 into public health care... oh wait, I meant $1,000,000,000."