Dan Quayle moment? Obama flubs spelling of 'respect'

[lostinblue 1,989]

Dan Quayle moment? Obama flubs spelling of 'respect'

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.”

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[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Dan Quayle moment? Obama flubs spelling of 'respect'

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.”

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/07/obama-flubs-spelling-respect/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29

Obama flubs spelling a word while speaking it and immediately recognises his mistake.

Dan Quayle flubs the spelling of "potato" while reading a card and does not realise he is incorrect.

Yeah, those are pretty equal.

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Obama flubs spelling a word while speaking it and immediately recognises his mistake.

Dan Quayle flubs the spelling of "potato" while reading a card and does not realise he is incorrect.

Yeah, those are pretty equal.

You forgot he tried to correct the kid with his misspelling too! Lol

[GandD 5,966]

How's a black man gonna misspell "respect?"

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Impeachment is the only logical response to this outrageous misspelling/mispeaking by the Kenyan! I'm outraged! What will Putin think of us and our dear leader?

[GandD 5,966]

This is why Putin doesn't respect our "mom-jeans" wearing president.

[Ban Hammer 13,604]

This is why Putin doesn't respect our "mom-jeans" wearing president.

he's wearing hillary's pants?

[GandD 5,966]

he's wearing hillary's pants?

http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/03/03/sarah-palin-people-see-putin-wrestling-bears-obama-wearing-%E2%80%98mom-jeans%E2%80%99

[Ban Hammer 13,604]

http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/03/03/sarah-palin-people-see-putin-wrestling-bears-obama-wearing-%E2%80%98mom-jeans%E2%80%99

video. don't watch videos at home, too much bandwidth eaten up against my isp's fair access policy.

[GandD 5,966]

video. don't watch videos at home, too much bandwidth eaten up against my isp's fair access policy.

Oh, well, apparently Obama wear's mom jeans.

Unlimited downloads here in KY FTW!

[Darnell 8,479]

How's a black man gonna misspell "respect?"

OH, it's a big dealio - a true mark that he's not an African-American.

All African-American Males his age, regardless of socio-economic standing, can spell that word.