Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?

Time once again to make the call and choose the Obamateurism of the Week!  We have quite a few ugly choices this week to chew over.  If you’re inclined towards prayer to make your choice, just make sure that any nearby microphones are off first.

Previous 2011 “winners”:

• State Dept distributes $70,000 in Obama-written books abroad
• Claims he’s made “all right choices” on economy, adviser disagrees
• “You can go ahead and clap. Go ahead, nothing wrong with it.”
• Wonders who believes reducing regulation will create jobs after his own jobs-council chair says it will
• Obama reads own book and shows cartoon of himself to pre-schoolers
• “If asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as a Jew, uh, as a janitor makes me a warrior for the working class…”
• Obama waves during UN photo session, covering up face of Mongolian leader
• “But if you love me, you’ve got to help me pass this bill!”
• Demands joint session to compete with GOP debate, forced to back down
• President & First Lady take separate jets to Martha’s Vineyard 4 hours apart
• Says “I want to sell goods all over the world that are stamped with three words: ‘Made in America’” … from Canadian bus
• Rails against “big money flooding the airwaves” in politics … at a $35,800 per person fundraiser
• When I said, “change we can believe in,” I didn’t say “change we can believe in tomorrow.”
• “I’d rather be talking about stuff that everybody welcomes — like new programs.”
• “Job-killing tax cuts.”
• “Eric, don’t call my bluff. I’m going to the American people with this.”
• “And certainly at the federal level where I do have influence, I can make sure that we make these adjustments without affecting people’s collective bargaining rights.”
• Six references to tax breaks for “corporate jet owners” as reason budget isn’t balanced
• Identifies wrong soldier as non-posthumous MoH recipient
• “You see it when you go to a bank and you use an ATM; you don’t go to a bank teller.”
• Uses restaurant as example of success of auto bailouts, closes two weeks later
• Goes for 70th round of golf on Memorial Day
• Obama botches toast to Queen Elizabeth
• “Israel must be able to defend itself – by itself – against any threat“
• WH gripes that immigration debate too often uses caricatures after Obama says, “Maybe they’ll need a moat.”
• White House issues Earth Day proclamation, skips Easter
• Can’t name a mistake at townhall in which he made three in one sentence
• Accuses GOP of trying to hurt seniors after lecturing them not to demagogue on entitlement reform
• “If you’re complaining about the price of gas and you’re only getting 8 miles a gallon, you know, you might want to think about a trade-in.”
• Obama accepts his transparency award in secret, no-press meeting
• “War” first changed to “kinetic military action,” then “time-limited, scope-limited military action”
• Obama telling people it would be easier to be President of China because “No one is scrutinizing Hu Jintao’s words in Tahrir Square.”
• Obama tells group that there is a “subterranean” racially-based agenda in opposition to his presidency
• Ferry for Americans in Libya comes three days late — and with a bill for passengers
• WH says Obama not addressing Libya because of “scheduling issue“
• After saying he hadn’t followed the Wisconsin issue, says Walker’s plan “seems like more of an assault on unions.”
• Businesses have “obligation” to create jobs and “pay decent wages”
• After losing verdict on first ever federal mandate to purchase private-sector product, accuses judge of “overreach”
• Obama bogarts Newt Gingrich’s book title for his “Winning the Future” SOTU speech
• 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner holds state dinner for man who has 2010 winner under house arrest
• After telling Boehner and McConnell that “there will be plenty of time to campaign for 2012 in 2012,”announces March start to re-election bid
• “I really want to figure out a way where I can spend more time outside of Washington listening and learning and engaging the American people.”

Got an Obamateurism of the Day? If you see a foul-up by Barack Obama, e-mail it to me at obamaisms@edmorrissey.com with the quote and the link to the Obamateurism. I’ll post the best Obamateurisms on a daily basis, depending on how many I receive. Include a link to your blog, and I’ll give some link love as well. And unlike Slate, I promise to end the feature when Barack Obama leaves office.

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