Obamateurism of the Day
posted at 8:05 am on November 17, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Jules Crittenden spotted this doozy from Barack Obama’s attempt to ingratiate himself with his hosts during his first tour of Asia as President:
Trying to reassure allies and rivals, President Barack Obama billed himself Saturday as “America’s first Pacific president,” promising the nations of Asia “a new era of engagement with the world based on mutual interests and mutual respect.”
Er … Barack Obama, meet Richard Nixon and his birthplace:
| Location: | 18061 Yorba Linda Boulevard |
| Nearest city: | Yorba Linda, Orange County, California, USA |
Last I saw, California also qualifies as a Pacific state. Ronald Reagan spent far more time in California than Obama did in Hawaii, although the Gipper was born in the Midwest. As Jules concludes, Obama appears to consider himself the Alpha and Omega of … well, just about everything. If anything, Obama has shown himself to be much more of an Ivy League ivory-tower President — as his knowledge of Japanese customs in greetings amply demonstrated.
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C’mon that’s not Pacific-Pacific.
Caper29 on November 17, 2009 at 8:08 AM
it’s all about the O
cmsinaz on November 17, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Hoover worked in the Pacific as a mining engineer, including time in China where he learned to speak Mandarin fluently.
amerpundit on November 17, 2009 at 8:08 AM
And Mutual of Obamaha for all your insuarnce needs.
apostic on November 17, 2009 at 8:09 AM
As in, “O-Sh!t”?
PappaMac on November 17, 2009 at 8:11 AM
how can folks still take this man seriously?
cmsinaz on November 17, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Maybe he said pathetic.
Ronnie on November 17, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Ed, you might have to change the name of this contest to Obamateurism of the Hour.
I think there is enough material.
bitsy on November 17, 2009 at 8:11 AM
+1
cmsinaz on November 17, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Come on people… Haven’t we all learned that history didn’t exist before Obama? Obama is always first at anything because there was nothing before him.
doriangrey on November 17, 2009 at 8:12 AM
it was transcribed wrong. Obama actually stated that he wast the first pacifist president
gatorboy on November 17, 2009 at 8:12 AM
One word …. idjit Not even a useful idjit, just a plain old idjit. (Yes I know I spelled it wrong, shades of Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam)
Duncan Khuver on November 17, 2009 at 8:12 AM
Obama is very relative. He believes in and exercises relative morality, relative ethics, and relative truth.
kingsjester on November 17, 2009 at 8:12 AM
The Corner
aunursa on November 17, 2009 at 8:13 AM
I can haz arrogance?
Red Cloud on November 17, 2009 at 8:13 AM
I came. I saw. I bowed.
reaganaut on November 17, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Yep. Obama’s hardly the first Pacific president. He’s not even in the first five.
amerpundit on November 17, 2009 at 8:14 AM
Yeah, but Nixon was white.
Jim Treacher on November 17, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Obowa comes first, America comes last.
Bishop on November 17, 2009 at 8:16 AM
And a man.
amerpundit on November 17, 2009 at 8:16 AM
I bet the President has stayed in a Holiday Inn too.
What a joke!!!
yoda on November 17, 2009 at 8:17 AM
OK, who the hell is punk’ing the USA?
Ashton, you’ve got your footage, now put the camera down and have a good laugh at our expense. Just stop the punk’ing, ok?
rbj on November 17, 2009 at 8:17 AM
OK, tell me this isn’t worse than “I can see Russia”.
“I can see Russia…”, is another way of saying she is close to Russia. The conveniently nuanced left decided to play idiot and take the words literally (much like death panels).
What is Obowma saying? He touched the same body of water with his holy toes as the rest of Asia, so that means, err… what exactly?
I expect to see this stunningly irrelevant statement used in countless jokes by brave, brave comics all around the country.
reaganaut on November 17, 2009 at 8:19 AM
And the “Pacific President” went off to the Ivy-league and settled in Reagan’s old state. Somebody will have to point out where the filthy lying coward has done anything for the Pacific in his adult life.
We don’t even know if he was really born there or in Africa!
highhopes on November 17, 2009 at 8:19 AM
ObaMao has another brother and he said their father was a dirt bag.
mizflame98 on November 17, 2009 at 8:20 AM
You say “Pacific”
And I say “Pacifist”
Let’s call the whole thing off!
Haiku Guy on November 17, 2009 at 8:20 AM
Didn’t you see Krauthammers “Baby Jesus” takedown? Everything is historic, narcissism gone large.
the_nile on November 17, 2009 at 8:20 AM
“America’s first Pacific president,”
===================================
So,when do the Chinese start to build Obama’s
Presidential Palace,
and,what Asian country will it be built in!!
And,what Asian country will Obama rule from!!
(Snark).
canopfor on November 17, 2009 at 8:22 AM
History existed before the filthy lying coward. Unfortunately, much of that history has gone down the memory hole in order to justify the actions of a radical racist “citizen of the world” whose mission it is to destroy America from within.
highhopes on November 17, 2009 at 8:22 AM
Specific Pacific Strategery.
BigWyo on November 17, 2009 at 8:22 AM
After everything this dipsh1t has done and is doing to our country, my first response is to hope for something very bad to happen to him. But then I remember Joe Biden is VP.
But would that be so bad, really? Joe may be dumb as a box of rocks, but at least he isn’t evil.
Blarg the Destroyer on November 17, 2009 at 8:22 AM
Is that guy legit?
What an amazing job our press did in vetting The Bower.
reaganaut on November 17, 2009 at 8:23 AM
the_nile on November 17, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Maybe,Hopey/Changey’s dad was a Pacific King!!
canopfor on November 17, 2009 at 8:24 AM
For the next Obamateurism, I suggest Obama forgetting to bow to the president of China … ’cause you know it’s like protocol or something.
Ronnie on November 17, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Speaking of Nixon, wasn’t he the president that established relations with China?
loudmouth883 on November 17, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Palin never said that, Tina Fey did. See how effective propaganda is, maybe we should start a big lie and keep repeating it like the left does.
Blarg the Destroyer on November 17, 2009 at 8:25 AM
Maybe he was referring to the portion of his childhood spent in Indonesia? But that’s in the Indian Ocean, isn’t it.
I don’t think I can stand another three-plus years of the Obama Comedy Tour.
pugwriter on November 17, 2009 at 8:25 AM
Not Obowa exactly, but Michelle remembers sitting on her father’s lap and watching as King Kamehameha was crowned next to his outrigger canoe.
Bishop on November 17, 2009 at 8:26 AM
You need to post the video of CK discussing this.
He was on fire, pointed out that Teddy built the Panama Canal and that Taft was the governor of the Phillipines.
He also call President Obama ‘baby Jesus’.
BadgerHawk on November 17, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Next thing ya know,the press will say Obama
is a decendent of Atlantis!!
canopfor on November 17, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Well, Palin actually said “you can see land in Russia from here in Alaska”. Fey turned it into “I can see it from my house”.
reaganaut on November 17, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Trying to reassure allies and rivals, President Barack Obama billed himself Saturday as “America’s first Pacific president,” promising the nations of Asia “a new era of engagement with the world based on mutual interests and mutual respect.”
Words, just words.
BetseyRoss on November 17, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Not Obowa exactly, but Michelle remembers sitting on her father’s lap and watching as King Kamehameha was crowned next to his outrigger canoe.
Bishop on November 17, 2009 at 8:26 AM
Bishop: Btw,I’m trying to wipe the smirk off my face,
trying to figure out,how to answer this one!!:)
hehe.
canopfor on November 17, 2009 at 8:31 AM
America’s first post-partisan, post-racial president.
America is “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world”
This groveling little turd is too smart by half.
petefrt on November 17, 2009 at 8:32 AM
Next thing ya know,the press will say Obama
is a decendent of Atlantis!!
canopfor on November 17, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Thanks a lot. Now I’ve got Donovan’s song running through my head.
kingsjester on November 17, 2009 at 8:33 AM
There is a reason the ocean is named that, you know…
29Victor on November 17, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Nixion was from the 50 states; Obie rules over 57.
Dire Straits on November 17, 2009 at 8:34 AM
The difference between this and “I can see Russia…” is that you literally can see Russian from Alaska. A significant portion of the Aleutian Islands are Russian territory and are physically visible from the Alaskan Aleutians.
Two islands — Big Diomede, which sits in Russian territory, and Little Diomede, — which is part of the United States are less than two and a half miles apart, which means that, on a clear day, you can see Russia from Alaska. In fact, between mid-December and June, — when the water between the two islands freezes — you could walk from one frozen island to the other.
Obama’s claim of being the first Pacific American President on the other hand doesnt even have that much actual fact backing it up.
doriangrey on November 17, 2009 at 8:34 AM
I love Hot Air. Visit several times a day. The Obamateurism of the Day is a cute feature. But I don’t think Obama is stupid. None of this behavior— the bowing, the failure to cross his heart during the pledge of allegiance or national anthem — none of it is accidental. You can call it amateurish. But it’s no different than a professionally managed campaign to inflict brand damage — on the USA. It’s intentional. It weakens our national security posture. It emboldens our enemies. And it’s going to get somebody killed, if it hasn’t done so already. Witness the dithering re: Afghanistan. And, if it turns out his Justice Department shutdown the Hassan investigation earlier this year, then his hands are already bloody.
SleeplessinChicago on November 17, 2009 at 8:34 AM
One for the Trek geeks:
Only Obama could come from Pacific.
apostic on November 17, 2009 at 8:34 AM
TWO autobiographies in your 40s? What accomplishments warranted that? Obama seems to think by LIVING his life, he’s somehow special. The guy has been built up as a front-man for this fraud from a young age, and definitely believes “the hype”.
marklmail on November 17, 2009 at 8:35 AM
The Bonsai!
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=10925
canopfor on November 17, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Cough cough… and some of us wish he would descend back to Atlantis.
doriangrey on November 17, 2009 at 8:36 AM
Unless you’re W, then everything wrong with the country was caused by him.
rightside on November 17, 2009 at 8:38 AM
I guess theres no problem,just as long
as Obama can prove he has a Pacific
birth certificate!!(sarc).
canopfor on November 17, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Hoover worked in the Pacific as a mining engineer, including time in China where he learned to speak Mandarin fluently.
amerpundit on November 17, 2009 at 8:08 AM
That’s right!
And Nixon was born/raised in the Pacific state of California. But Obama doesn’t recognize former Quakers as legitimate, even though it was ex-Quakers in NYC who established the first free school for Freed Negros. Quakers did more to stop slavery in American than Obama’s ancestors. But then, beyond exploitation for his own selfish advancement by projecting guilt onto everyone but himself, slavery has never been an issue for Obama who endorses the slavery of the Asian peasants by their own governments today, China the world’s worst by sheer number of victims.
maverick muse on November 17, 2009 at 8:39 AM
Obowma should go to the Middle East; He could annoint himself the first Middle East President.
This turd is not only an embarrassment for the United States, he’s also an embarrassment for his race, (both halves), Harvard, the school that “educated” him, his family, the allies of America, and the human race as a whole.
Did I miss anything?
Cybergeezer on November 17, 2009 at 8:39 AM
Yes, the irony of Nixon and Obama rearing its ugly head again, as Nixon declared China “favored nation status”.
maverick muse on November 17, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Interesting. I did do a double-take at the end, when he talked about China being “all about family,” and the strong family bonds.
I understand the reverence for elders, etc., but… one-child policy?
cs89 on November 17, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Wait, seeing how Obama was brought up as an Indonesian Muslim, doesn’t he have a point?
ElectricPhase on November 17, 2009 at 8:41 AM
It seems that the more B.O. opens his big fat Chicago Democratic Machine Politician mouth, the deeper the hole he digs with it!
Thing is this guy gets less and less amusing by the hour, while becoming more and more infuriating at the same time.
pilamaye on November 17, 2009 at 8:42 AM
You mean like repeating any of the following:
This administration has created or saved millions of jobs.
The stimulus package is working!
The economy has turned around!
This President has brought the nation together in a new spirit of cooperation.
highhopes on November 17, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Cough cough… and some of us wish he would descend back to Atlantis.
doriangrey on November 17, 2009 at 8:36 AM
doriangrey:That would be a splendid idea,although the media
will say,he’s been resurrected!!:)
canopfor on November 17, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Yes, first President to establish relations with Communist China. Plus he recieved gifts of two Pandas (I think names were Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing). With Obie there is no telling what this dope took as a gift.
Dire Straits on November 17, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Neptune & Poseidon
maverick muse on November 17, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Good point.
highhopes on November 17, 2009 at 8:43 AM
How is it that Obowa can take circumstantial connections with everything and transform them into epics?
Bishop on November 17, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Air Force One pencil erasers, which of course were manufactured in China.
highhopes on November 17, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Common link connecting presidents, Obama since Nixon, KISSINGER.
maverick muse on November 17, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Ed — you should upload the clip of Krauthammer commenting on this yesterday on Special Report. It was classic…
D2Boston on November 17, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Good morning rightside…
doriangrey on November 17, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Btw,has Obama insulted China yet!!
So far,Obama’s batting average has
been smoking hot,pissing off,every
country he’s been to!!
canopfor on November 17, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Necessity. When as a politician you have nothing to offer but the same stale speech (Let me be clear….We must work together….etc), you have to make stuff up to appear relevant and interesting. Hard to do when you are actually an ignorant racist Chicago street thug who has lived a charmed affirmative action life with no real accomplishment or ability beyond reading TOTUS.
highhopes on November 17, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Though born in Idaho, Palin was raised in the great Pacific state of Alaska from where one can see Russia at a point. On a clear day, Obama should have seen for himself while passing through Alaska this past week.
maverick muse on November 17, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Thanks a lot. Now I’ve got Donovan’s song running through my head.
kingsjester on November 17, 2009 at 8:33 AM
kingsjester:Hehe:)
canopfor on November 17, 2009 at 8:51 AM
I don’t know about you folks but in the last year I have run into a lot of 40 year old types who think history began when they came “of age.” At 61, I can only hope I wasn’t that stupid, naive or self-centered when I was in my forties.
SleeplessinChicago on November 17, 2009 at 8:51 AM
How is it that Obowa can take circumstantial connections with everything and transform them into epics?
Bishop on November 17, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Bishop: Well then,Krakatoa is Obama’s fault then!!
canopfor on November 17, 2009 at 8:54 AM
Obama’s self proclaimed “gift” attempts the Midas touch; turning all into “gold” to enrich his globalist lords, Obama is killing life and bankrupting his own nation into ash.
maverick muse on November 17, 2009 at 8:55 AM
FIFY
psrch on November 17, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Here is what the Chinese gave Obama as a gift.
PS.. Anita Dunn ordered 5 dozens.
Dire Straits on November 17, 2009 at 8:59 AM
Them ain’t cigarettes this guys smokin’. Someone get him to rehab before the world dies laughing. Back in the USA though we aren’t laughing. We are stuck with him. Maybe the worlds laughing at US!
donh525 on November 17, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Coming to a college near you.
donh525 on November 17, 2009 at 9:08 AM
You nailed that. When those over 40 were 40, we had not bought into the perpetual immaturity complex that today’s 40-year-olds sold their souls to buy their version of eternal youth.
Those over 40 today generally appreciate the traditional concept regarding the aging process; that youthful idealism matures into wisdom by facing the realities of responsibility. The realizations that many used to reach by the age of 30 were defined after 1960s by the dictum, “Don’t trust anyone over 30.” As liberally radical kids aged, that morphed into ‘don’t trust anyone who knows better than to trust in Marxism to make the world perfect.’
maverick muse on November 17, 2009 at 9:08 AM
I wouldn’t say he’s the first, but he is certainly the most Pacific president…
1. Went to school in Indonesian…
2. Hawaii…
3. College in California for a couple of years…
ninjapirate on November 17, 2009 at 9:09 AM
Supposedly earned East Coast degrees without transcripts, traveled to Pakistan and Africa; settled in Chicago.
maverick muse on November 17, 2009 at 9:13 AM
“I’m the First! Look at ME!”
Grow up.
Oh, and Ed, still loving the new graphics.
cs89 on November 17, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Actually, Ed, he had made a similar comment before the
coronationelection when he was supposed to have been on vacation in Hawaii.It stuck out because it was about the same time that Biden injected race into the campaign when he had told union workers that BHO was half-white, so they should vote for him.
madmonkphotog on November 17, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Yea, FOX had a great time with this latest claim of his…he’s the everything to everybody president.
He’s the first flim flam president.
scalleywag on November 17, 2009 at 9:15 AM
And he was born somewhere in the Pacific. Records differ.
donh525 on November 17, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Only Nixon can go to China.
Kafir on November 17, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Is Indonesia considered a Pacific nation?
I thought that most of Indonesia had coastline on the Indian Ocean.
Crux Australis on November 17, 2009 at 9:22 AM
The Candyman. Remember that one? MB4, Lyrics please.
donh525 on November 17, 2009 at 9:23 AM
You two crack me up. You all remind me of those cranky old guys on the Muppet Show. Especially the bit about how immature 40-year-olds are today compared to 20 years ago. Priceless stuff.
highhopes on November 17, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Get used to it. You really think the filthy lying coward is go quietly when he finally leaves office. He will spend the rest of his life chasing cameras and seeking attention and he is young enough that there will be decades of the “look at me!” ex-president.
highhopes on November 17, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Wonder if Obama even knew that the father of current Emperor of Japan was behind the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii?
albill on November 17, 2009 at 9:27 AM
“America’s first Pacific president” unless he is in the inter-city in which case he reverts back to being “The First Black President”
When is he going to admit he is “The First Commie President of the US”?
Bicyea on November 17, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Shouldn’t it now be called: ‘O bow ma isms’ of the day????
TimothyJ on November 17, 2009 at 9:33 AM
The Boy Wonder wasn’t bowing, he was bending over so that he could pull more nonsense out of his ass.
I just hope “the first black president” and the “first Pacific president” isn’t the last president of the USA.
At the rate things are going…………………
Really Right on November 17, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Well, I agree with him. He’s only the president of some people, not the President of the United States.
Glad to see he admitted it.
Mommynator on November 17, 2009 at 9:41 AM
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