Poll: Obamateurism of the Year, Flight 8

The semifinal flights for the OOTY are beginning to take shape.  Yesterday, in your wisdom, readers chose Barack Obama’s first-he-did, then-he-didn’t defense of the Ground Zero mosque as a semifinalist.  Today, I hope you’re (shovel-) ready for today’s selections, because I’m not going to feel your pain if you leave out your vote and let this be a poll that goes on forever:

• He realized too late that “there’s no such thing as shovel-ready projects” when it comes to public works
• Cuts off microphone when questioner starts debating tax policies
• “I can’t let this be a war without end, and I can’t lose the whole Democratic Party.”
• Obama quotes Declaration, leaves out “endowed by their Creator”
• Obama trots out “feel your pain” attempt the day after WH releases his social calendar

Don’t forget to come back Sunday for Flight 9!  Also, I’ll still be looking for fresh OOTD candidates, even though I’ll likely hold off publishing them until after the first of the year.

Got an Obamateurism of the Day? If you see a foul-up by Barack Obama, e-mail it to me at[email protected] 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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