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Obama, in Kansas, salutes Texas


When you travel a lot, you can get confused as to which state you're in.

Even if you're president.

Opening his speech today in Osawatomie, Kan., Obama said, "It is great to be back in the state of Tex-- ... state of Kansas!"

Obama briefly explained he had been giving a "hard time" to Bill Self, who is the men's basketball coach at Kansas University, a big hoop rival of the University of Texas.

Self's team did lose did lose to the Longhorns last season -- at home in Lawrence, no less -- but the Jayhawks got revenge by beating Texas in the finals of the Big 12 tournament.

In any event, Texas is not Kansas -- as residents in both states would surely be happy to tell you.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/12/obama-in-
kansas-salutes-texas/1?csp=34news

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LOST FUMBLER If John Kerry loses Michigan, he will probably blame it on his joke writers, then Woody Hayes and the mighty Ohio State Buckeyes. But he only has himself to blame. He should have used that several-decade gap between his job in Vietnam and his job of running for president boning up on his knowledge of sports. The Prowler has documented several examples thus far, and over weekend Kerry really goofed up.

To get his Ohio rallies up and rolling, Kerry used a set of jokes to open his events. In Bowling Green, his shtick went something like this:
"If you elect me and my running mate, John Edwards, we are going to give you the courageous leadership you need. We'll take the tough positions, the courageous positions, the tough stands. But there's one tough position I will not take: I am not going to choose between the Falcons and the Rockets" -- this is a local reference to the well-known rivalry between Bowling Green University and the University of Toledo.
"I will say this," he added. "There is nothing better than Buckeye football, period!"

Kerry used this set piece several times in Ohio, to great effect, never mind the waffling with the generality of "Buckeye" football. Was he talking Ohio State University specifically? Or just football in the state in general? Only Kerry knows.

But then Kerry dug a huge hole for himself. On Sunday and into Monday, Kerry hit Michigan, where he attempted to use the same Ohio jokes. Clearly, the sports humor has to be taken out of his hands before he really embarrasses himself.

"I just came here from Bowling Green," Kerry told the crowd to subdued applause. "I was smart enough not to pick a choice between the Falcons and the, well, you know, all those other teams out there. I just go for Buckeye football, that's where I'm coming from."

At that point, before all the boos began raining down upon him, Kerry seemed to realize his error. In an attempt to silent the angry crowd of University of Michigan supporters, Kerry said, "But that was while I was in Ohio. I know I'm in the state of Michigan and you got a great big M and a powerhouse of a team." Then his face, presumably, the Botox permitting, turned Big Blue.
http://spectator.org/archives/2004/08/03/blocking-dummy

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Posted by Rappy:

The hype and hyperbole over the minor gaffs by the media with some, but then to completely ignoring nearly identical faults by others, is a clear bias here.

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Posted by Rappy:

The hype and hyperbole over the minor gaffs by the media with some, but then to completely ignoring nearly identical faults by others, is a clear bias here.

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Huh. Wonder who you said that about...

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Originally posted by dreamtrove:
Nah, there's another reason. That's who the party *is*. Democrats the guy at the party who bores the girls to sleep. The republicans are the guy who shows up in the flashy car and brags about all the women he's had to try to cover up the fact that he's really gay. At the end of the night, thought, the democrats and republicans go home together.

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

At least w/ bands, someone can tape the name of city on the back of a guitar, so the lead man can easily look down an read what city he's in.

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Bah, they all believe that, he's just the only one dumb enough to say it out loud.

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