I may have found the real reason Sen. Barack Obama was hesitant to appear on "The O'Reilly Factor." Fear of flunking the "Great American Culture Quiz."
From an October 29 blog post by Chicago Sun-Times Washington bureau chief Lynn Sweet:
RALEIGH, N.C.--Barack Obama seemed to mix up black television sitcoms "Sanford and Son" and "The Jeffersons" in a speech Wednesday, where he was making the point that if Social Security had ever been privatized--as Republicans tried to do a few years ago, folks invested in the stock market would have been whacked with giant losses because of the economic meltdown.
"Can you imagine if you had your Social Security invested in the stock market these last two weeks, these last two months.
You wouldn't need Social Security. You'd be having a, ya know like Sanford and Sons, 'I'm coming Weezy."
One of George [sic*] Sanford's signature lines was 'I'm coming Elizabeth."
Weezy was the nickname for Louise Jefferson.
Obama departed from his prepared remarks in making the Sanford reference
*Actually the lead male characters in "Sanford and Son" and "The Jeffersons" were Fred Sanford (played by Redd Foxx) and George Jefferson (played by Sherman Hemsley), respectively.
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Guess all black sitcoms look
October 29, 2008 - 13:58 ET by suzycreamcheeseGuess all black sitcoms look alike. Racist!
Guess all black sitcoms
October 29, 2008 - 14:57 ET by Dan The Man 2Guess all black sitcoms look alike. Racist - Owch, thats gonna leave a mark.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Black Sitcoms = British Sitcoms
October 29, 2008 - 15:03 ET by GothampcActually, both of those shows came from British sources.
The Jeffersons were a spinoff from All in the Family which was based on a British show called "Til Death Us Do Part".
Sandford and Son was from a British series called "Steptoe and Son".
yes that is the difference
October 29, 2008 - 14:00 ET by dark_dsyes that is the difference between the obama economic plan and the Mc Cain plan .... Obamas is Sanford and Son having a heart attack in a junkyard .. MC Cains is"moving on up"
Obama Spokeman: "Senator
October 29, 2008 - 14:05 ET by SickofLibsObama Spokeman: "Senator Obama was of course referring to the Chicago Sanfords, not the Los Angeles Sanfords."
Like I am going to live to
October 29, 2008 - 14:07 ET by Pha PhaLike I am going to live to see socialist security.
Not if Barry has anything
October 29, 2008 - 14:23 ET by SentryDanNot if Barry has anything to do with it. There won't be a nickle left if he becomes POTUS (not that there's much there now). He will need it, to fund all his new spending programs.
Remember folks, it's hard to soar with eagles when you are surrounded by a flock of turkeys.
Maybe...
October 29, 2008 - 14:19 ET by Long Island PeteMaybe he was confused because his racist grandmother always told him that all black people look alike. /s
Obama departed from his prepared remarks...
October 29, 2008 - 14:18 ET by katainkentObama departed from his prepared remarks... ya that never seems to work out well for him.
You got that right!!
October 29, 2008 - 14:23 ET by motherbeltYou got that right!!
katainkent. that was
October 29, 2008 - 14:35 ET by d4mankatainkent. that was funny!!! I'm just glad I wasn' drinking a beverage when I read that.
Maybe if the government
October 29, 2008 - 14:27 ET by goldboughMaybe if the government would let me keep my social security money AND they would quit forcing bad loans, then we wouldn't be in this mess and I would have more of my earned money.
Interesting juxtaposition.
October 29, 2008 - 14:42 ET by Heather RadishFred Sanford and George Jefferson both owned a small business (presumably George's was larger, since he got to move on up).
Obama's never had a real job in his life.
HR, you're on to something - a line for McCain
October 29, 2008 - 15:30 ET by mom_roxMcCain could use something like this:
"Hey, you know that George Jefferson became a successful businessman and he and his family got to "Move on up to that deluxe apartment in the sky".
Well, George isn't happy. He just told his wife, Weezie, that because of Obama's tax plan, they'll be "Movin' on down to ________." (fill in the blank for a better punch line)
The Axis of Taxes: Obama, Pelosi and Reid (source unknown)
How about "Movin' on down to
October 29, 2008 - 15:56 ET by motherbeltHow about "Movin' on down to the Projects"?
Movin on down to Grove Parc
October 29, 2008 - 16:27 ET by Eileen RightMovin on down to Grove Parc Plaza...
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2008/07/photo-gallery-results-of-obamas.html
If Obama is Elected...
October 29, 2008 - 14:58 ET by Gothampc...the United States will be quoting Steve Urkel: "Did I do that?"
...we'll all be singing the "Good Times" song and living in government housing
"Temporary layoffs...ain't we lucky we got 'em, Good Times"
...we'll be like the Communists waiting for Oprah to say: "There's a snow shovel under everyone's seat." And everyone will have a snowshovel, but no food or clothes.
A Gaffe of Jeffersonian Proportions
October 29, 2008 - 15:28 ET by Agrarian-DecentralistWow. Finally we've found an Obama gaffe that makes you-know-who's inabilty to name any Supreme Court case other than Roe v. Wade pale by comparison.
I suspect that Obama's intellectual tastes tend more toward Jefferson, as in Thomas. Who cares what he knows about the other guy?
That's not fair
October 29, 2008 - 15:43 ET by Josh SNShe was asked to name any Supreme Court case she disagreed with.
Still, the whole idea that a verbal gaffe by Obama is news, while there is a certain twice-elected President who has never gone through a day without saying something pretty retarded is entirely laughable. Multiple books have been published, just filled with the verbal missteps of a certain George Walker.
I suspect that Obama's
October 29, 2008 - 16:00 ET by motherbeltI suspect that Obama's intellectual tastes tend more toward Jefferson, as in Thomas.
Really? Then why is he quoting George? And Sanford & Son?
Oh, I get it... he's gettin' down with the folks that he's speakin' to....He "knows" that they don't know no Thomas Jefferson, but they all know George and Weezy, right?
Condescending panderer.
I suspect that Obama's
October 29, 2008 - 16:01 ET by motherbeltI suspect that Obama's intellectual tastes tend more toward Jefferson, as in Thomas.
Really? Then why is he quoting George Jefferson? And Sanford & Son?
Oh, I get it... he's gettin' down with the folks that he's speakin' to! They don't know no Thomas Jefferson, but they all know George and Weezy, right?
\sarc off
Condescending panderer.
Ag
October 30, 2008 - 15:16 ET by NorthCoasterIf you use an example in a public forum, you better have your facts straight. Who cares what was used. The OBAMA chose the example himself!
Sarah was asked a gotcha question....she isn't a lawyer....even if she picked an important case, there is no answer that would have satisfied the questioner. It's just like the, "What do you read?", question. any way that Sarah answered would be wrong.
I would be tempted to say I read them all, because there are articles from many news sources that are readily available. I won't be boxed in by any one editors point of view, now that so much news and first hand sources are available on the web.
If there's one issue
October 29, 2008 - 16:24 ET by balboaIf there's one issue Republicans should demand be addressed, it's this one! This clinches it: he really IS a socialist! Run him out of town!!!
this is stupid because obama
October 29, 2008 - 18:01 ET by hirogen73this is stupid because obama should know what shows had weezy on it because he was black and probabley watch them. he dosent even watch black people tv shows at this time and so the black people should know this at this time and they no veto for him no more. but the liberal gotcha media to busy care about what supreme court case sarah palin read about and stuff and not stuff like who pals around with terorits in his own living room at this time. do not veto for barack hosain obama at this time.
You're kidding, right?
October 29, 2008 - 18:05 ET by balboaYou're kidding, right? Mixing up the names of characters from TV shows is not an indicator of anything.
I get Skippy Handelman mixed up with Burt from "The Hogans" all the time. Doesn't. Mean. Anything.
You're kidding, right?
October 29, 2008 - 18:13 ET by Dan The Man 2You're kidding, right? Mixing up the names of characters from TV shows is not an indicator of anything - Yes it is an indicator he doesnt care enough to get it right. Get the little things right at least, especially if your gonna use it as an example on a stump speech.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Get the little things right
October 29, 2008 - 18:56 ET by balboaGet the little things right at least, especially if your gonna use it as an example on a stump speech.
Like your buddy George?
Put Up OR...
October 29, 2008 - 21:24 ET by stratmanBal:
Since you brought up George, prove that Obama has fewer number of truly boneheaded gaffes than Bush did during his 2000 campaign drive.
Since The One has been in seclusion, carefully shielded from the Press since his Joe The Plumber bomb, make sure it is comparable to the same number of actual days available for malapropisms and blunders for both candidates. You should consider that a gimme since we're not counting Biden, THE human gaffe machine of modern times.
strat, I'm not trying to say
October 29, 2008 - 21:37 ET by balboastrat, I'm not trying to say one is better than the other. I'm saying that if someone's going to imply that Obama is stupid because he mixed up a couple of fictional TV characters, then they probably should consider someone stupid who can't get a simple cliche right.
I'm saying that if
October 30, 2008 - 01:24 ET by Dan The Man 2I'm saying that if someone's going to imply that Obama is stupid
because he mixed up a couple of fictional TV characters, then they
probably should consider someone stupid who can't get a simple cliche
right - link or slink. This was a prepared stump speechand the facts were not right. I am saying if he cant get the simple facts right then what kind of major facts is he wrong on? BTW Bush is in office and did well, Obama is vying for office so there is a difference.
Bush makes some gaffes but Obama makes more and my evidence is more volumous than yours.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
nah Obama isnt stupid, but
October 30, 2008 - 01:42 ET by dark_dsnah Obama isnt stupid, but he is extremely intelligent, manipulative, secretive, controlling, pompous, arogant person of dubious character .....some of his followers range from stupid, intelligent but blind, golddigging journalists jumping on the gravy train, easily manipulated, riddled with white guilt, naieve, utopian people that dont see the real world ... but no Obama isnt stupid
Bal:I agree that
October 30, 2008 - 14:40 ET by stratmanBal:
I agree that malapropisms are usually innocent and only noteworthy for the humor factor.
Still, Team Obama is the gaffe machine. The TV character gaffs are two of many for Obama. Then there is the Gaff Master, Joe Biden. There has not been as goof prone a candidacy team in my life.
I would think that most everyone that ridiculed Bush the past 8 years would pick up on this fact and traverse a wide berth from yet another version of the "babbling idiot", as Bush has been called.
It appears that canned speeches delivered off of teleprompters are more important to Liberals than well articulated extemporaneous speech. Where was this tolernce the last 8 years?
Better hope Obama has a teleprompter in the Oval Office and Camp David when he meets with despots sans preconditions.
If Liberals have defined presidential ability/capability in part based on language fluency and accuracy these past years, is it not "fair" they be held to the same standard now?
McCain, for the most part, has taken the high road and not used the preponderance of gaffs against his opponents. IMO, Reverend Wright should not been taken off the table, including the parsed responses of Obama to that unfolding/developing situation. Same concerning Ayers. Then the Israeli Wailing Wall debacle - "stolen" note actually provided to the Israeli media, yet Obama said nothing when the American media reported it as stolen. Then the Obama "no preconditions with despots" to which Biden outright lied in saying Obama didn't say that. Or the ever shrinking wage level for a tax cut, from $250K to $200K in last night's 30 minute infomercial (recorded days ago while the $250K value was still being floated) to Biden's "goof" of $150K.
There are more examples as I'm sure you are aware. The point is Team Obama is a rich gaff vein that has been undermined by Team McCain. Additionally, the hypocracy of the Left concerning gaff tolerance is unquestionable and condemnable.
you are just jealuos at this
October 29, 2008 - 21:36 ET by hirogen73you are just jealuos at this time. because you are knowing now that people find out obama pal around with terorits in his own living room and now he hangs out with the p.o.l and that hates isreal and likes revered wright at this time and people do not veto for that kind of people and they veto for other people like john maccain who wonts to clean up washignton and not surrounder in iraq and fight for the plumber and drill for oil and that what we need and not somebody who make them hold the world seres later at night when it to late. so shut up.
this is just another indicator...
October 29, 2008 - 18:19 ET by MightyMouthThat the big O is a terrible ad-libber. lets move on...
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
George W Bush would probably
October 29, 2008 - 19:31 ET by phbalancedGeorge W Bush would probably mix up The Jeffersons with their neighbors Tom & Helen Willis and then butcher the pronunciation of Fred Sanford's name calling him Standford or Branford.
John McCain would have no idea who the Jeffersons or the Sanfords were.
Keep it moving.
The point is well taken...
October 29, 2008 - 19:41 ET by Hero SquadThe point is well taken... but when George W. Bush makes a mistake like this, it gets played ad nauseum everywhere by all of the popular late night comments.
Will Obama's little gaffe be on Letterman tonight? Cause it could be funny.
Like Lionel says to his friend Rerun, "Hey Hey Hey!"
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Hero's "retro" blog. / "People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
because
October 29, 2008 - 20:07 ET by phbalanceddespite the fact that gwb is a 2 term president, by many he is considered to be a retard (no offense to the mentally challenged) who gets over because of his father despite his constant failures.
those facts make it real easy to pick on him. plus he looks like a chimp. http://www.bushorchimp.com
Oops, sorry. I didn't
October 29, 2008 - 20:11 ET by Hero SquadOops, sorry. I didn't realize you were a troll. My mistake. Won't happen again.
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Hero's "retro" blog. / "People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
silly
October 29, 2008 - 23:01 ET by phbalanceda blog posting on someone mixing up Weezy with Elizabeth is the stupidest thing i've seen. i point out that our current president mixes up the most basic things and i'm a troll. laughable, if not pathetic. the vitriol on this site clouds a lot of thinking.
and to the last poster (cool arrow), i won't even bother. no point. go waste your vote on mccain and get ready tell elizabeth about president obama. you're coming to join her.
"go waste your vote on
October 29, 2008 - 23:02 ET by Clear thinker"go waste your vote on mccain and get ready tell elizabeth about president obama. you're coming to join her."
That sounds an awful lot like a threat.
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»→ again phbalanced
October 29, 2008 - 23:06 ET by Cool ArrowMaybe Obama thinks they're all alike to him. Must be his typical white person side surfacing.
a blog posting on someone
October 30, 2008 - 01:30 ET by Dan The Man 2a blog posting on someone mixing up Weezy with Elizabeth is the stupidest thing i've seen - look in teh mirror. Link or slink Troll. Troll because the argument you give is equiviquation well look he did it and that means you have no real arguments. As far as teh mixup part of it is poor fact checking for a prepared stump speech and part is the double standard of reporting used.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
»→ prbalanced
October 30, 2008 - 01:47 ET by Cool Arrowand to the last poster (cool arrow), i won't even bother.
So what you're saying is that it's OK to call attention to people's alleged similarity to monkies. But you can't defend it.
Having established what you are, I'm not interested in haggling price with you.
Ph
October 30, 2008 - 15:24 ET by NorthCoasterunbalanced. I'm even wasting my time posting but you really don't get the point of the site. We appreciate the opposing points of view when posters have something to say or just post a personal comment without attacking the others personally. If you can't play nice go somewhere like KOS, where everyone expects to attack the other posters.
Good evening Northcoaster
October 30, 2008 - 15:49 ET by cocodrieRight you are and to use the spelling one of the most maligned people of recent times, PH is a "potatoe"-head.
»→ phbalanced
October 29, 2008 - 20:13 ET by Cool ArrowIs there any candidate in the current race who looks like a chimp?
What are you getting at?
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Donkey Desperation
October 29, 2008 - 20:43 ET by nkviking75I've notice a lot of Democrats in my area are dragging out the old Social Security privatization meme again. And as usual, they're leaving out a few facts. First, citizens over a certain age (I think it was 50) wouldn't be eligible for privatization. Second, only a percentage of one's Social Security "contributions" would be invested in the stock market. And finally, investing one's SS in the stock market would be voluntary.
Perhaps another symptom of Donkey Desperation?
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
i definately favor taking
October 30, 2008 - 11:16 ET by patmac49i definately favor taking care of my ss investment without the government..i would do a better job..but by no means was bush in favor of this for my benefit..he was for it to pump billions into wall street..since that is my business i don t have a problem with it..but georgie boy..please do not act like you give a damn about my future
be havin' cred
October 29, 2008 - 21:02 ET by nadadhimmiWhachu talkin' white boy, bro be havin' street cred, muthaf$cka.
Ain't it ironic
October 30, 2008 - 06:38 ET by BobAnthonyThat Obama, from Chicago, home to two classic TV channels, WWME MeTV23 and WMEU MeToo48, would screw up majorly in terms of classic TV. Then again, TV Land has become a $***hole of a channel on cable, owned by fascist media outlet Viacom. And Obama would MAJOR LEAGUE FLUNK The Culture quiz.
Chuck Baldwin--the candidate under the corporate fascist media's
radar--BUT SHOULDN'T BE! This election should be a REFERENDUM ON THE
MEDIA FOR NOT HIRING PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN HONESTY LIKE MYSELF!
Sanford and Son
October 30, 2008 - 09:00 ET by 173rdabnI'm glad I saw this post because something has been nagging me for some time about Michelle Obama. She kept reminding me of someone, and then it "clicked" when I saw this - Aunt Ester (sp?) on Sanford & Son.