Obamateurism of the Day - Video

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Today’s entry comes from Greyhawk, who caught something I might not have noticed. Earlier this week, when Barack Obama visited the troops in Iraq, he started by rattling off the names of the commands in the theater. Unfortunately, even with only four, Obama still needed a Teleprompter — or at least its low-tech equivalent:

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, guys. Let me say, [reads card] Multinational Force Iraq, Multinational Corps Iraq, Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq First Corps, America’s Corp Band: Thanks to all of you.

Greyhawk wrote: “Seriously, those shouldn’t be that unfamiliar to their commander.” In Obama’s defense, I think he was hoping that they wouldn’t be there at all when he took office. But yeah, one might have expected Obama to have at least worked on memorizing the different units under his command in a war zone, especially since there were only four.

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[imatard]

They paid their taxes thats why Obama didnt know them.

[Lenny]

Give him a pass on this one. He obviously didn’t want to screw up. This is minor.
Mason on April 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM

Try watching the video. This was nothing like a “memory jogger” for someone intimitely familiar with the subject matter. Obama stood there and read each word aloud, practically sounding them out phonetically.

logis on April 10, 2009 at 11:41 AM

You need to watch the video. The pretender had to read the entire introduction, not just the names of the four (only four) units present. But his Teleprompter is really low tech this time.