Rachel Lucas caught this one. Listen to what Obama says at about 1:10 on this video:
He says he wants to get us on the “right” battlefield, but what the hell is “Pockiston”? Was that the region conquered by Jenjis Khan?
I’m starting to think this guy is so dumb that he should be stuck in Iraq.
That is an acceptable pronunciation. See http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Pakistan
Pa·ki·stan [pak-uh-stan, pah-kuh-stahn]
He is using the second pronunciation.
Agreed. By the bye, is Jenjis Khan in any way related to Jomer Pyle?
He might be related to Gorge Joober Lynd-Say.
Brak al O’Bama is looking less and less a real threat to the Hildebeest, and I’m strangely pleased at this development. As heinous as she is, he would be a total disaster in the White House.
(What the hell am I doing up so late on a school night? Hey, lights out up there Mister!)
plz, plz plz nominate osamabomber. i am from ill and this piece of vertical stupidity is the republicans best chance of winning. and if wrong it works like kennedy and kerry-just keep him the H our of our state.
PS osamabomber would do well in california. will they adopt!?
Interesting that Hillary would caution Senator Obama against making certain statements because they might have “consequences around the world” yet she does not do the same for her fellow liberals Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, and Michael Moore.
Frank:
Starting?
As a Chicagoan, I’ve thought this practically from the beginning. I’ve heard Pakistan pronounced “Pack-Is-Stahn” on the BBC and Sky News, but never … ever … “Pock-Is-Stahn”. I think Barack’s pretentiousness is a symptom of his guiding principle: convince people you are who you say you are by “acting the part”. You don’t actually have to possess those qualities, so long as they are convinced you possess them and give you what you want. Hillary has a little of that probelm, too, especially when she affects a Southern accent in front of a Southern audience.
I bet Obama thinks pronoucing it this way makes him sound more European, and thus more civilized than Bush.
It fits: Barack’s all about seducing the audience, and he needs lots of rehearsal to make the magic happen. The DNC convention speech was an anomaly: get him in a room speaking off the cuff and he flounders terribly. I’ve heard this from a number of people who have seen him at informal events and fundraisers and they say, to a person, that they “weren’t impressed.”
//It fits: Barack’s all about seducing the audience…//
That’s not all- He seduced me like a pro. And I think he fit quite nicely & didn’t muss my hair while he was “doing the deed”. The magic was there, alright.
Wow. What a magnificent display of ’empty-headedness.’
I’m having horrible flashbacks of Dan Quayle, only this time, there are FIVE of his clones running for office on the Democrat side.
…maybe we can get them to pronounce to Hugo Chavez that Sean Penn is a covert CIA agent / paramilitary operative?
Wow. The Osama Obama used the phrase “actionable intelligence.” Impressive. Is he a 2-year senator or something? Wow. Fast study. I knew the real Jack Kenedy – and he IS Jack Kennedy.
John F. Kennedy would have kicked his ass. And this from a Goldwater Republican.
Listen to a minute 9 of this idiot just to hear him say something stupider? Frank, what the hail is wrong wit ya?