What City Are We in Again? For Obama It’s Multiple-Choice
EmailABC News’ Sunlen Miller Reports: Less than 72 hours before the Iowa caucus, it’s easy to forget where you’ve come from or where you’re going, especially when you’re a presidential candidate.
Obama’s spent his New Years day jetting from central Iowa, to the westernmost part of the state and then all the way to the eastern most part of the banks of the Mississippi river.
Somewhere in between he forgot where he was.
Hitting the part of his stump speech when he gives a shout out to the city he’s in, Obama said, "You know what it looks like we may be on to something, Sioux City," then paused a half second (as Sioux City was where he had just come from) and added "Cedar Rapids….Iowa City…..Davenport…..all across Iowa people are excited."
The problem?
Obama never quite got the city right: he was in Council Bluffs.
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And he expects us to trust him to make split second decisions in the middle of 72 hour crises?
Just vote for someone who can handle herself, Hillary.
Posted by: Ryan | January 2, 2008, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm
sounds like a presidential candidate on a mission let’s not sweat small stuff this country is truly in a crises like never before, trust the man with the plan for us all, and yes he did get it right …..
Posted by: gena | January 2, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm
Just another example of how Obama is not ready to take on the job of President. He’s an amateur. That was an amateur mistake. He’s already burnt out by the campaigning. There’s no way he could handle the stress and demands of the White House. We need someone who’s on top of his game–Joe Biden.
Posted by: Chris | January 2, 2008, 4:27 pm 4:27 pm
James77: That video was outstanding. Great!
Obama has had larger crowds (by several hundred) than Edwards and Clinton over the past week on his final tour of Iowa.
The Iowa Caucus is his!
Obama ’08!
Posted by: Major Man | January 2, 2008, 6:57 pm 6:57 pm
It took him about 2 seconds to recover—Tom Brady sometimes takes that long to successfully react to a blitz. How long did it take Hillary to figure out that Musharraf’s name is not on the ballot in the upcoming election? At least two national television shows, because she insulted the people of Pakistan by her display of ignorance to both Blitzer and her buddy Stephanopolous, who managed to stifle his laughter.
Posted by: kjoe | January 2, 2008, 6:58 pm 6:58 pm
ha! that’s actually kind of funny.
The commenters above are clearly being paid by the hour
Posted by: Democrats against Hillary | January 2, 2008, 10:32 pm 10:32 pm
I was there, and actually incredibly impressed with how Obama handled this. It came at the end of a big applause line, and the applause continued through his list of cities. He ended by saying “People all over Iowa are pumped up and ready for change.” and then added “Council Bluffs”. After the speech, I told a few of my friends how impressed I was with how he handled his initial slip. Thing was, none of them even noticed.
Posted by: Ryan Anderson | January 3, 2008, 1:06 am 1:06 am
It’s really funny to see people try to spin a minor faux pas like this as a reason not to vote for Obama. I think I can be pretty confident in saying that this isn’t exactly going to lose him any votes…
Posted by: Howard | January 3, 2008, 9:40 am 9:40 am
This obviously proves that Obama would fail as President. After all, he might be trying to rebuild New Orleans, and then discover he’s rebuilt Baton Rouge! Or our successful rehabilitation of post-Musharif Pakistan will hit a snag when it turns out Obama has been negotiating with a 7/11 owner in Hoboken.
But that’s a mistake Hillary would never make. She’d likely try to socialize Pakistan, the commie harridan GO-aPpeaser. But Biden would know how to handle such a gaffe, seeing as he makes them by the minute, so he’s no good. This is why we should all vote for Richardson, although he’s far too qualified to ever be president, so any vote not for Edwards is wasted. Just like Edwards is, all the time, the crazy drunk. So vote Kucinich! Or maybe Ron Paul! Gravel?
Let’s face it, Dems. We’ve got an embarrassment of riches with our candidates. And our candidates have embarrassing supporters with computers.
Posted by: Lettuce | January 3, 2008, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm