Poll: OOTY prelims, flight 2

Time to continue our polling for which of the Obamateurisms of the Week deserve to compete for the final Obamateurism of the Year award.  Last week, readers chose the President’s odd complaint about PR. This week, we look back on these OOTD gems:

• Says “when the chips are down, I have Israel’s back,” WH claims it’s not a military doctrine
• Apology to Karzai “calmed things down“
• Uses Boeing plant in SC to cheer manufacturing after his NLRB tried to shut it down
• Emphasizes graduation rates in SOTU, cuts DC voucher program that nearly doubled grad rates
• “Well, it turns out our Founders designed a system that makes it more difficult to bring about change that I would like sometimes.”

Previous Obamateurisms of the Year:

• Giving 2 minutes of “shout-outs” before getting to the Fort Hood shooting (2009)
• Obama leaves Clinton at press conference podium on tax deal to attend Christmas party (2010)
• “I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president— with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln.” (2011)

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