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| Obama Confuses UK Finance Minister with Soul Singer |
| 2013-06-22 |
[An Nahar] U.S. President Barack Obama...I am not a dictator! repeatedly called British Finance Minister George Osborne "Jeffrey" at the G8 summit, media reported on Thursday. The U.S. president said three times that he agreed fully with "Jeffrey" during his presentation on G8 host Britannia's plans to crack down on tax evasion, leaving Osborne red-faced. Realising his blunder afterwards, Obama joked that he had mistaken the chancellor of the exchequer for the U.S. soul singer Jeffrey Osborne, The Sun and the Financial Times reported. "I'm sorry, man. I must have confused you with my favorite R and B singer," Obama was quoted as saying. The chancellor, 42, bears little resemblance to Jeffrey Osborne, a 65-year-old African-American hit singer-songwriter known for his 1982 classic "On the Wings of Love". The singer told Sky News television: "I was really delighted actually. I was really not aware that (Obama) was that much of a fan that he would call the chancellor Jeffrey Osborne. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #15 James Brown is the UK Finance Minister? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-06-22 17:29 |
| #14 When you don't care about anything but your own pipe dream agenda, these things happen. |
| Posted by: Newc 2013-06-22 14:26 |
| #13 At least the 47%... |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-06-22 12:13 |
| #12 When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men whose chief distinguishing mark is the fact that they are quite incapable of weighing ideas, or even of comprehending any save the most elemental — men whose whole thinking is done in terms of emotion, and whose dominant emotion is dread of what they cannot understand. So confronted, the candidate must either bark with the pack or be lost... All the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre — the man who can most adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum. The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. H.L. Mencken, Baltimore Sun (26 July 1920) |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-06-22 11:42 |
| #11 George Osborne note the resemblance Kinda looks like Charlie Sheen after a 2-month donut binge. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-06-22 10:55 |
| #10 Hey, Europe! Ya' wanted Bambi, begged for Bambi, now ya' got Bambi. Miss George Bush yet? |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-06-22 10:18 |
| #9 Accepted. Make that mistake all the time. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-06-22 10:15 |
| #8 Without losing his hand, Airandee? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-06-22 10:12 |
| #7 And in other news...George Osborne confused mrs Obama with one of the queens carriage pullers and feed her an apple. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2013-06-22 09:57 |
| #6 their self applied ideological shackles seem even more controlling than was the police state of the old Soviet Union. ^^^^^^^ This |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2013-06-22 09:41 |
| #5 Had Bush committed this gaffe, the press would have been overflowing with more of the "Bush is an idiot" theme. Obama shows all the intelligence of a waffle iron (especially if he is without his teleprompter or goes off his scripted remarks) and yet he gets a free pass from the leftist media. This has got to be remedied - we as a republic cannot continue to exist in liberty without a truly free press. And we no longer have a free press in the so called mainstream media; their self applied ideological shackles seem even more controlling than was the police state of the old Soviet Union. Want criticism of a president, wait til a conservative is elected. The leftist mass media will go after him or her with the fervor of the SS on the night of the Long Knives, in their pursuit of a one party state and elimination of all dissenting political views. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2013-06-22 09:34 |
| #4 Realising his blunder afterwards, Obama joked that he had mistaken the chancellor of the exchequer for the U.S. soul singer Jeffrey Osborne, Attributed to weed abuse no doubt. Names, why do they hate me. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-22 04:18 |
| #3 British Finance Minister George Osborne note the resemblance /sarc off |
| Posted by: Shomp Glert7500 2013-06-22 04:14 |
| #2 Yeah, I can see how Obama could be confused, (Light me another Dubbie will ya brother Prez... hey got anymore Coke ? Past life catching up with you, son ?) |
| Posted by: Shomp Glert7500 2013-06-22 01:20 |
| #1 I like Madonna, Osama liked Whitney. I like Ozzy, the Bammer likes Jeffrey. [REESE'S "YOU GOT CHOCOLATE IN MY PEANUT BUTTER" COMMERCIALS here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-06-22 00:51 |