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DrafterX
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12 years ago

Dan Quayle moment? Obama flubs spelling of 'respect'
Published March 07, 2014 •

Could a White House spell-off be in the works between President Obama and former Vice President Dan Quayle?

In a throwback to the latter's infamous misspelling of the word "potato," Obama accidentally misspelled "respect" while introducing singer Aretha Franklin during a tribute to "Women of Soul" at the White House Thursday.

“When Aretha first told us what … R-S-P-E-C-T meant to her,” Obama said, pausing briefly before the audience began laughing, apparently realizing his mistake. “She had no idea it would become a rallying cry for African Americans and women and anyone else who felt marginalized because of what they looked like, who they loved. They wanted some respect.”

Also looking for some respect is Quayle, who in 1992 was schooled by a sixth grader on how to spell potato.

Quayle was at the Munoz Rivera Elementary School spelling bee in Trenton, N.J., when he relied on a notecard provided by the school on the spelling of the word potato, a word used in the contest. The notecard incorrectly added an “e” to the end of the word, and Quayle advised the student to spell it that way.

In his 1994 autobiography, Quayle called the day “a defining moment of the worst kind imaginable." He added, “Politicians live and die by the symbolic sound bite.”

Film at 11... 🤐 🤐

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DrafterX
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12 years ago

“She had no idea it would become a rallying cry for African Americans and women and anyone else who felt marginalized because of what they looked like, who they loved.

DrafterX wrote:

I had no idea that was what the song was about either..... 🤔 🤔

Buckwheat
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12 years ago

It was Otis Redding that first told us what "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" meant to us. Aretha flipped it around to a women's point of view and had the "hit" with the song.
Isn't RSPECT the Russian spelling for respect? Damn commie. [sarcasm]

DrafterX
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12 years ago

🤣

HockeyDad
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12 years ago

Obama is tired. He needs a vacation.

DrafterX
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12 years ago

I'm just glad he got this Russia thing all worked out so he could attend the 'Women of Soul' tribute... 😟

DrafterX
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12 years ago

I wonder if he invited Okrah to join him.... 🤔

tailgater
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12 years ago

In 25 hours we'll have forgotten all about this, despite having bashed a former VP for over 25 years for a similar error.

Buckwheat
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12 years ago

25 hours... hell its Friday and just about time for my weekend to start... I've already forgotten about it. Just wait till one of the Kardashians or some other idiot farts and the US will have forgotten that we are still at war, in debt up to our eyeballs, etc, etc., etc... What these idiots do is the most important news that we have ever heard. [ram27bat]

Edited by user 12 years ago | Reason: Not specified

victor809
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12 years ago

#10

Just going to throw this out there...

but we ARE talking about two different types of mistake, and everyone involved realizes it.

One is an actual spelling error. As in, if you asked Quayle to spell potato 10 times in a row (without correcting him the first time) he would spell it exactly the same.

The second is a speaking error. While he made an error in spelling respect out loud, no one believes he ACTUALLY doesn't think there is an "e" between the R&S. If you asked him to spell it a second time, he would have included the "E".

But sure... the whiners that want to hang their party on the "poor us, we're picked on more than the other" cross will whine and pretend these are exactly the same error.

cacman
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12 years ago

#11

^^^ No matter how you justify it, it was a major slip-of-the-tongue especially in front of the group he was speaking to. But of course it's not his fault so its OK.

Burner02
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12 years ago

#12

Bush's fault.

Just saying!

TMCTLT
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12 years ago

#13

victor809 wrote:

Yeah toolbag this was no more intentional than his claiming to have been to ALL 57 states.....when R U gonna Stop defending this Socialist F' up??? I'll bet if you could die and come back as something else...it would be O bummers underpants, or maybe his commode.

Edited by user 12 years ago | Reason: Not specified

tailgater
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12 years ago

#14

victor809 wrote:

Couple things:
1. It's not the mistake that proves the media hypocrisy. It's the attention given to it. Remember when Bush tried to use binoculars with the lens cap on? That was played for years.

2. It would be very unlikely that Dan Quayle would have spelled potato with an E. The Veep's brain was on cruise control. He was assisting with a spelling bee by reading cue cards. The CARD spelled it "potatoe". Nobody in that position would think to do a fact check on the cue cards.

Yes, Obama knows how to spell respect.
He just doesn't know how to show any when it comes to our Constitution or our Country.

JadeRose
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12 years ago

#15

THIS IS OUR PRESIDENT!!!

SHOW SOME GADDAM ERSPICT!!

gryphonms
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12 years ago

#16

Jade, very funny!

I think these are minor spelling errors on both parts. Quails has been perpetuated for 2 reasons my mind.
1) The student called him am idiot.
2) The general perception of him is that he is an idiot.

While I think it is fair to feel Obama has been an ineffective president I do not feel it is fair to bash him on all levels. I did not feel this was fair to W either.

I do find it interesting that no matter what opinion Victor has it ends up being viciously attacked by someone or many. If his opinion is correct or not is certainly open for debate; if it is logical or not is not open for debate. When a logical opinion is stated, refuting it logically makes sense. A vicious angry response is just something I laugh at.