Jim Blazsik

Let’s have some fun in a look back at Obama’s first 100 days! We will look at the gaffes, mistakes, blunders and the other stupid stuff by the President.

As you enjoy – please think: what if it was George Bush that accomplished all this in just 100 days? Would someone who has done all this stuff in such a short period of time be considered “brilliant?”

But we will also look beyond his first 100 days to the future of the President who keeps on giving. I will add to the list as I find more stuff.

1) The President started his streak of gaffes, mistakes, blunders and the other stupid stuff – in his inaugural speech!

He stated that “44 Americans have taken the oath,” not realizing that Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24rd president. So, the correct number is 43.

As we shall see, this was a sign of things to come.

2) Is he still there?

Could someone please tell the President – that isn’t a door!

3) Duck!

4) Teleprompter.

I am not sure if there is anything quite like the President when experiencing teleprompter issues. The President gives the impression that he is not quick on his feet – and certainly not brilliant.

Compare Sarah Palin’s speech at the Republican National Convention while experiencing teleprompter problems.

5) Remember Biden’s comments about Chief Justice John Roberts and Obama’s reaction?

6) Barack Obama jokes about Nancy Reagan having séances in the White House. He later called her to apologize after the AP noted that although she had consulted astrologers, “she did not hold conversations with the dead”:

7) Obama breaches protocol by shaking a serviceman’s hand as he’s saluting him.

It would have done Barack some good by serving his country in the military – George Bush was a fighter pilot and gave a great salute.

The President lists Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks (outside the US).

He seems to have forgotten Madrid.

9) Stupid Stuff – announcing that you are going to close Gitmo in a year without a plan to close it in a year.

10) Stupid stuff – reversing the Mexico City Policy to promote abortion overseas, especially after those campaigning for Obama claimed that he would reduce abortions.

11) The President it seems has a thing for offending people. What about Obama calling the capitol of Canada, Iowa? Well, I guess Iowa does sound like Ottawa.

12) And then what about German ingenuity? I am sorry Mr. President, but America did not invent the automobile! Maybe that is why he got a cold shoulder from Merkel.

13) Obama mispronounces the word Orion – the “i” is pronounced as “eye.” Can you imagine how the poor guy feels as the President is missing up on his company’s name?

14) How about if you choose the caption for this one!

15) Stupid stuff – Obama cowardly reinstates the ban on off-shore drilling during the Stimulus Bill saga. Our economic and nation’s security depends on being energy independent – thank you Mr. President in placing us in harms way.

16) Stupid stuff - remember Obama’s “You can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done,” comment? His war on Rush Limbaugh backfired and Limbaugh is enjoying higher ratings.

17) Stupid stuff – breaking the campaign promise of transparency by shoving the Stimulus Bill through without reading it or leaving room for debate.

18) Stupid stuff - wasting jet fuel in economic hard times to sign the Stimulus Bill in Colorado.

19) Stupid stuff – by signing the Stimulus Bill, Obama personally approved the AIG bonuses!

Let’s take some time in a goodbye to all those Obama nominees that had to drop out because of tax issues and other sundry scandals.

20) Bill Richardson

21) Tom Daschle

22) Nancy Killefer

23) Joseph Cannon

24) Dr Sanjay Gupta

25) Charles Freeman

26) H. Rodgin Cohen

27) I also would like to include Blago! After all, his ejection from being Governor is directly tied in the replacement of Obama’s senate seat.

28) Stupid stuff - Timothy Geithner

29) Stupid Stuff – Obama administration’s taking the Census (which determines House representation) out of the hands of the Commerce Department and giving it to Rahm Emanuel.

This is tyranny.

30) Hero – Sen. Gregg Withdraws as Commerce Secretary Nominee!

31) Gordon Brown presents the new President with: a pen holder carved from the timbers of HMS Gannett, a sister ship of HMS Resolute; the commissioning certificate of HMS Resolute; and a seven-volume biography of Winston Churchill. In return, the Prime minister gets 25 DVDS, which don’t work in Britain:

32) St. Patrick’s Day Parties. Remember the excuse the White House gave in regards to Obama’s tacky gift to Brown? He wasn’t getting enough sleep! Mr. President – please party responsibly!

33) I am sure that the President’s party spirit and not enough sleep contributed to yet another teleprompter gaffe. During the St.Patrick’s Day festivities he read the wrong speech on the teleprompter and “thanked himself for inviting himself!”

34) He offended Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, when Obama rescheduled their meeting from St Patrick’s Day to Saturday because of the Saint Patrick’s day festivities. Parties are important.

35) During the same week, as Obama is pounding fear mongering on the economy, he did a special interview with ESPN for the purpose of choosing his picks for the NCAA tournament. I can’t for the life of me remember, when a future college basketball Hall of Fame Coach criticized a President. But coach Krzyzewski of Duke, gave Obama some advice: “Somebody said that, you know, we’re not in President Obama’s Final Four, you know. And as much as I respect what he’s doing, really, you know, the economy is something that he should focus on, you know, probably more than the brackets. And so why would I care about that?” Ouch, or should I say – Man!

36) The Special Olympics Comment – not funny. Why is the President of the United States trashing on kids?

Why was this slight swept under the rug? Can you imagine if the President said his bowling score was like:

a racial group?

sexual preference?

the “guys” at Gitmo? (They could be living in a neighborhood near you!).

public school teachers?

leftist radicals like Bill Ayers and Ward Churchill?

union bosses?

how about the Doom Team of Pelosi, Reid, Frank, and Dodd?

Hollywood elites?

his pals at ACORN?

people who believe in global warming?

the guys and gals at MSNBC?

Putin?

As you can see, his words actually targeted the very identity of a person – how are those kids supposed to feel, when the President of the United States feels that it is OK to target them? What about their parents and their families?

37) Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers

38) Replaced by a flat screen TV monitor – what’s a teleprompter to do?

39) The Creepy Laugh while being “Punch Drunk”

40) Stupid stuff – breaking a campaign promise and signing the Omnibus Spending Bill with over 8,000 earmarks.

41) Stupid stuff – signing the Omnibus Spending Bill that provides 50 million dollars for China’s One Child Policy and forced abortions.

42) Stupid stuff – trying to promote the idea that our injured warriors in the military should pay for their own medical insurance.

43) Stupid stuff – Removing the ban on spending federal funds for embryonic stem cell research.

44) Stupid stuff - the inability to comprehend that Islamic Terrorists do not respect girlie men.

45) Of course the talk was the President’s gift to the Queen of England. An iPod is an interesting gift – it is a step up from the DVD pack he gave to PM Gordon Brown.

46) The President was successful in keeping his streak alive in offending somebody! This time he was able to offend Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, by referring to Great Britain as only England.

47) 12 teleprompters! I know what folks were wondering – and yes! Not only was there the beloved teleprompter, but there were 12 for the President’s European trip! Now that’s what I’m talking about.

“The President will touch down at Stansted Airport tomorrow and be taken to the US ambassador’s residence in Regent’s Park. Accompanying the party will be a total of 500 officials including kitchen staff, 35 vehicles in all, four speech writers and 12 teleprompters.”

48) Must not touch!

Hot Air quotes Time Magazine that Michelle broke protocol by touching the Queen:

“The rules are set in stone, and so the eagerly watching British media sputtered when the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, briefly put her hand on the back of Queen Elizabeth II as the two chatted at a reception. Etiquette is quite stern about this (“Whatever you do, don’t touch the Queen!”). In 2000 John Howard, then Prime Minister of Australia, got plenty of criticism for apparently putting his arm around the Queen to direct her through a crowd. He denied actually touching her, but photographs suggest that he came quite close. (Another former Australian Prime Minister did put his hand on the Queen in a similar circumstance and was later branded “the Lizard of Oz.”)”

It is nice that after all the talk about how the Obamas will make us proud (as compared to that uncouth cowboy), that the First Lady broke time honored protocol and freaked out those Brits.

Again, I think that it would be a good idea to hire some of the folks that the President plans to fire. Some of them have probably paid their taxes – and I am sure they would know a whole lot more about protocol.

49) The President fumbles a question from a British reporter. Just imagine the worldwide reaction if Bush gave this answer.

50) That’s quite a bow for a President! This new diplomatic stuff by Obama with a European flair: wanting to negotiate with the moderates in the Taliban (isn’t that a oxymoron?), changing the term Global War on Terror to “Overseas Contingency Operation,” and now bowing like a school girl to King Abdullah.

Ed Morrissey from Hot Air put together a video comparing his bow before the Queen of England and King Abdullah.

Ed comments –

People criticized George Bush for holding hands with the Saudi king, but holding hands does not signify submission to anothers authority, and certainly not in the manner that Obama’s bow does here. Holding hands is a sign of friendship. And for those who believe that a bow is another sign of friendship, note that Obama didn’t execute a bow like this for the Queen of the UK, and the Saudi monarch doesn’t bother to reciprocate, either.

Well, I just guess it’s a different world now.

51) Bow Denial! Bow denial? BOW DENIAL? If there is one thing that gets me – it’s bow denial!

52) Obama appreciates folks who evaluates the world with racist comments!

I think our President just appreciates it when a guy speaks his mind – even when he makes racist comments! Remember Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva and his stating that the global financial crisis was caused by “the irrational behaviour of white people with blue eyes”? I think there is a feeling of comradeship here, since Lula is also a Socialist.

Boston Globe LONDON: President Barack Obama wildly popular the world over says he isn’t the globe’s most admired politician. He says that title belongs to
Brazil’s president.

During a lunch at the Group of 20 summit in London, Obama shook hands with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and said:“This is my man, right here. I love this guy.”

53) Watch out Eastern Europe, Comrade Obama is about to sell you out – how nice.

What a difference the G20 party will make.

The pair also discussed thorny issues including NATO’s eastwards expansion, long opposed by Moscow which sees it as a power-grab by the West’s former Cold War-era military bloc into former Soviet territory.

“Yesterday I spoke about this with my new comrade President Barack Obama,” Medvedev told reporters traveling with him to the London summit.

They also discussed US plans for a missile defence shield, based in former communist-bloc countries which are now members of NATO and the European Union, like the Czech Republic.” LONDON (AFP)

Remember when Medvedev exposed Obama’s secret letter asking for help with Iran, and in turn offered to drop Bush’s plan for the missile defense shield in Eastern Europe? How about the Russian invasion of Georgia?

How nice, Obama is exemplifying the importance of thugs liking you instead of respecting you. I wonder if we have the affection and respect of the new eastern democracies of Europe.

54) Bruni backs off from Obama kiss

Now pardon me. My parents are from Europe, and I thought they kissed everybody!

The Sun – “FRANCE’S first lady broke with protocol today as she held out a frosty hand to welcome Barack Obama.

Stunning Carla Bruni was business-like in her greeting — while her hubby treated the US President’s wife to a hug and Continental double kiss.

The former model gave customary pecks on both cheeks to Michelle Obama and other dignitaries when the couple arrived in France.

But when it came to the dashing US President the beauty kept a noticeable distance.”

Check out the video, Did France’s First Lady Back Off From Obama Kiss? at Breitbart.com

55) Maybe Obama doesn’t like the French after all!

The French got a taste of how our President handles a news conference:

President Obama held a much ballyhooed town hall in Strasbourg, France, on Friday, touted by the White House as an outreach to Europeans on the second leg of the president’s “listening” tour.

But the first person he called on was an American — and the third, too. By the end of the hourlong session, not a single French citizen got to ask the U.S. president a question. Washington Times

Good for him – the offending people streak continues.

56) OK, I believe that it’s not the teleprompter’s fault.

Thanks Michelle – did the teleprompter make a mistake? Is that big screen TV monitor going to come back?

You know what – he just lost his place. And when he does, nothing happens. You go teleprompter!

57) Obama is Mr Congeniality as North Korea launches missile.

I am sure we all agree that our President was one liked guy at the G20. I think it was because he didn’t make a fuss when all those G20 leaders blew off his requests for help.

But nothing more exemplified his “nice guy” status was his “do nothing” strategy when North Korea launched it’s missile. Referring that hot potato to the U.N., was the best way of not getting European leaders mad at you.

Now I know North Korea’s missile fizzled in the Pacific – but look at that happy communist little guy with all his followers. I am sure that Obama being Mr. Congeniality will go a long way in the little guy’s evil plans for more missile launches.

58) Our president thinks Austrian is a language

There is no Austrian language: Austrians mostly speak German. But then again, maybe if those Austrians spent some time developing their own language – our President would be right on the mark!

There is another thing that is very nice: how the MSM supports our President – even Tom Raum with the AP concurs that Austrian is a language.

“It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate,” said Obama, a former senator. “There’s a lot of — I don’t know what the term is in Austrian — wheeling and dealing, and, you know, people are pursuing their interests, and everybody has their own particular issues and their own particular politics.” (thanks NewsBusted)

59) Way to go – Obama ticks off the French and Germans!

One thing is sure: our President knows how to offend people. And to tick off the French and Germans – shows some chutzpah for such a Leftist.

Thanks Hot Air:

Obama Bashing in Bavaria and Paris
SPIEGEL ONLINE

US President Barack Obama says Turkey’s future is in the European Union. Not everyone agrees. Numerous politicians in Germany have gone on the attack, and even French President Sarkozy is unimpressed. Turkey’s role at the NATO summit has soured the mood.

During his stay in Europe, everybody seemed eager to be President Barack Obama’s friend. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi threw his arm around the US leader. French President Nicolas Sarkozy seemed to be on Obama’s heels wherever he went during the G-20 meeting in London, the NATO summit in Strasbourg and the EU get-together in Prague. Even Russian President Dmitry Medvedev seemed to be enjoying his proximity to the American superstar.

Now that Obama is in Turkey, however, some political camps — particularly in Germany — have discovered the political efficacy of Obama bashing. While in Ankara, Obama reiterated his support for Turkish membership in the European Union, a position he first voiced on Sunday in Prague. That doesn’t sit well with some…

…Markus Ferber, the CSU’s lead candidate in European Parliament elections set for early June, echoed his party colleague. “There is no question that the US has a voice in NATO. But when it comes to membership in its own club, the EU decides by itself,” he said. “We don’t need any tutoring from abroad.” Read about more ticked off Europeans

Good for him – the offending people streak continues.

60) Stupid stuff – The President declares that America is not a Christian nation to the Turkish Parliament.

61) “Compared to Turkey and how old this civilization is, America is still very new.”

Turkey was founded in 1923!

62) Stupid stuff - President Obama’s desire to rescind “conscience protections” that protect health care workers and organizations who choose not to provide abortions or other medical procedures that violate their convictions.

63) What’s up with Obama, Despots and Dictators?

We all remember his bow to King Abdullah, his apologizing for America to all the socialist nations in Europe, and His loosening restrictions with Cuba. But now – kumbaya with Hugo?

Are they shaking thumb to thumb? Are you kidding me? Is this the secret despot handshake?

What could they be talking about? Maybe they got the secret Despot Handshake wrong…

64) “I’m grateful that President Ortega did not blame me for things that happened when I was three months old.”

Fox News -Actually, the president misspoke on the sequence of events in Cuba. The invasion of CIA-trained rebels at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba occurred in April 1961. Obama was born August 4, 1961.

65) Obama requests that Georgetown University covers the name of Jesus – but then he actually quotes Jesus in his speech.

66) Stupid stuff - The report by Homeland Security: Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.

67) Stupid stuff – Janet Napolitano as director of the Department of Homeland Security.

68) Stupid stuff – Obama fails to recognize the National Tax Day Tea Party events.

69) ABC Finds Obama Goofed, Science Funding Went Up Under Reagan

70) Barack asking his cabinet to shave 100 million from their budgets.

It may be a lot of money to Gibbs, but it’s like the captain of the Titanic asking his crew to make a snowball from the iceberg and throw it overboard to take care of the problem.

71) President Obama found himself ahead of the teleprompter -

President Obama’s speech at the National Academy of Sciences Monday morning hit a brief snag when Obama got ahead of his script.

Laying his plan for a President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Obama began to name the members of PCAST listed in his prepared remarks – before realizing he’d already introduced them, earlier in his speech.

“In addition to John – sorry, the – I just noticed I jumped the gun here,” Obama said, pausing for several seconds as he looked at the prompter. “Go ahead. Move it up. I had already introduced all you guys.”

The audience, which gave the president a warm reception, responded with a quiet laugh.

There has been a long standing struggle between the President and the beloved teleprompter. If you remember, Obama replaced it with a large screen TV monitor at his last press conference.

Correcting the teleprompter in front of everybody can’t be good for it’s self esteem – I honestly think it’s giving out a 110%. Maybe if they both sat down together to work things out…

72) White House terrifies New York City. Maybe Barack is just displaying that “gallows humor” again!

73)Stupid stuff – Kathleen Sebelius as director of Health and Human Services.

74) President Obama finally acknowledges the existence of Tea Parties, but does it with his usual ridicule:

Mr. President, there is a reason for those Tea Parties – leave the ridicule behind and honor the convictions of Americans that you represent. You are their President also – aren’t you?

75) Come on, let’s include some Joe. Biden’s “symphony of stupid”

76) Let’s not make Gibbs feel unwanted.

77) Obama praises Churchill, the man who had Prez’s own grandfather tortured – Irish Central

78) h/t to Tim Slagle. Is this just Obama, or was it a teleprompter thing? Instead of piracy, he says privacy.

79) Our Genius President: ‘Happy Cuatro de Cinco!’

I like to note these little incidents when they happen, not because I think it makes Obama an idiot because he occasionally stumbles over his words, but because his somewhat overblown reputation as the most cerebral, eloquent, utterly erudite president of all time could really use a pricking every now and then.

Also, because if Bush had made such a blunder, it would have been the basis of a four-part MSNBC investigative series on the malapropism’s deleterious effects on the Republican Party’s attempts to woo Hispanic voters, Mexican-American relations, and our “place in the world.”

So, Obama, I will not turn your tendency to mispeak (and, then reprimand your Teleprompter) into an international incident, but I will note it with some glee:

On the eve of the Mexican holiday, Obama on Monday had an event in the East Room of the White House with Mexico’s Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan (sahr-oo-KHAN’).

Obama joked that it was “Cinco de Cuatro,” botching a play on the Spanish word for “four” when he meant to say “Cuatro de Mayo,” or the Fourth of May. He tried again, but he still did not get it right.

This from a unilingual man who’s embarrassed that more of us can’t speak French. If only he were as conversant in Spanish as he is in noted non-language “Austrian,” this wouldn’t have happened.

h/t to Michelle Malkin for the video:

Here is the why can’t we all speak French comment by Obama. Weird thing though – Obama doesn’t speak French!

80) The President keeps his promise in enforcing fiscal responsibility by cutting “one-half of 1 percent” of the $3.4 trillion budget Congress has approved for next year!”

81) I know there are those who will try to blame this gaffe on the beloved teleprompter.

But I tend to think it’s because the President just didn’t read the beloved teleprompter correctly.

I wonder how Robert Gates feels about the President of the United States calling him William. Has he done this before, with Robert just nodding his head in agreement – not wanting to correct the President?

I don’t want to get picky here, but Obama had no problem remembering all of his Democratic appointees.

82) The President makes his first Supreme pick! And why not a real liberal one.

Michelle Malkin –
-Judge Sotomayor’s personal views may cloud her jurisprudence. As Judge Sotomayor explained in a 2002 speech at Berkeley, she believes it is appropriate for a judge to consider their “experiences as women and people of color” in their decisionmaking, which she believes should “affect our decisions.”

-Only just recently, in Ricci v. DeStefano, Judge Sotomayor was chastised by fellow Clinton-appointee Jose Cabranes for going to extraordinary lengths to dispense with claims of unfair treatment raised by firefighters. Judge Sotomayor’s panel heard a case raising important questions under Title VII and equal protection law, but attempted to dispose of the firefighter’s arguments in a summary order, until called out by Judge Cabranes. The Supreme Court has agreed to review the case.

-Substantial questions also persist regarding Judge Sotomayor’s temperament and disposition to be a Supreme Court justice. Lawyers who have appeared before her have described her as a “bully” who “does not have a very good temperament,” and who “abuses lawyers” with “inappropriate outbursts.”

Stupid Stuff. So much for blind justice. Not only will she bully lawyers, watch her bully fellow Supreme Court Justices.

83) Maybe Joe understands Barack more than anyone else.

84) OK. Maybe he is trying to pronounce Pakistan like folks in Pakistan.

But if he is trying to pronounce Pakistan like folks in Pakistan, than why is he pronouncing Afghanistan the way we say Afghanistan?

85) h/t to CQblogger. Does the President understand that the Constitution was NOT written 20 centuries ago?

86) So now it’s OK to talk about Obama’s Muslim roots?

Drudge highlighted an article by Jake Tapper from ABC News:

The other day we heard a comment from a White House aide that never would have been uttered during the primaries or general election campaign.

During a conference call in preparation for President Obama’s trip to Cairo, Egypt, where he will address the Muslim world, deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Denis McDonough said “the President himself experienced Islam on three continents before he was able to — or before he’s been able to visit, really, the heart of the Islamic world — you know, growing up in Indonesia, having a Muslim father — obviously Muslim Americans (are) a key part of Illinois and Chicago.”

With the Obama campaign hyper-sensitive to anything Muslim during the election, Denis McDonough’s statement is almost shocking. Can you imagine someone from the Hillary campaign saying something like this?

Is this trip the coming out party of Obama’s Muslim side?

87) NBC’s Brian Williams bows to Barack Obama.

h/t to Hot Air. Man! Does the President have an effect on the MSM, or does the President have an effect on the MSM!

Notice though, that Brian William’s bow was nothing like Barack’s:

Now, that’s a bow.

88) NBC’s Brian Williams gets President Obama to do a commercial for Conan

Again – Does the President have an effect on the MSM, or does the President have an effect on the MSM!

Now, it doesn’t say much for Brian Williams, but I will give that the President was a good sport.

89) President Obama’s sense of humor

Thomas L. Friedman, filling in for Maureen Dowd, shared President Obama’s sense of humor in his interview about his trip to the Middle East.

“We have a joke around the White House,” the president said. “We’re just going to keep on telling the truth until it stops working — and nowhere is truth-telling more important than the Middle East.”

The President does have a unique sense of humor – remember him sharing his “gallows humor” in his interview with 60 Minutes accompanied by his creepy laugh?

I wonder – when does the truth stop working?

90) “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.”

The President has declared that America isn’t a Christian nation, but now he asserts that it could be considered “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.”

Now, the flip side is I think that the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam. And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. And so there’s got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples.

Sometimes you wonder if Obama remembers that he is the President of the United States, and that it would be nice if he were consistent and accurate when he says something. The response to this statement that pretty much explains why the President is not brilliant is in blog proportions here.

91) Humiliation at the welcome line?

h/t to Ms Underestimated. So, are staffers Axelrod and Jarrett blowing off their boss by not shaking his hand, or is the President just being awkward in introducing them to King Abdullah?

Have you ever worried about welcome lines? Have you ever been afraid that a welcome line was under your bed?

92) “Goodness gracious, that’s something there.”

Oh, yes it is. I think that we can pretty much bet that they will not be discussing human rights violations with Saudi Arabia.

Just think about it all you liberals, progressives and Michael Moore disciples – Obama, the King and the bling! Remember all the talk and conspiracy theories about Bush and the Saudis? Did you know that George Bush received this same reward too – but not until his last year as President. Obama receives this honor within the first 5 months of his Presidency. How does that make you feel?

That’s really nice King Abdullah – bowing to you does have it’s rewards!

93) It’s tough to work a crowd in Cairo, but is that Obama with a mustache?

94) It’s important to know your history!

h/t to Barcepundit via Hot Air. History is very important. Accurate history is even more important – especially when you give a major speech in Cairo. Obamarama happens when you don’t know your accurate history.

Barcepundit quotes the President’s speech regarding Islamic tolerance:

The fifth issue that we must address together is religious freedom.

Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance. We see it in the history of Andalusia and Cordoba during the Inquisition.

Barcepundit, who is from Spain, corrects Obama on his recollection of history.

[B]y the time the Spanish Inquisition was created in 1478, Cordoba has been reconquered from Islamic hands almost 150 years earlier, in 1236.

Ed Morrisey continues:

Andalusia didn’t last long in the Inquisition period, either. It fell to Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic monarchs of Spain, in 1492, which completed the reconquest of Spain by Christian forces. Andalusia as an Islamic outpost had declined steadily for most of the previous 150 years.

Much of the recollection of the Spanish Inquisition is myth anyway.

95) Obama sees himself in a pyramid

I can remember the time when the President was sensitive about his ears – so it’s nice that he seems to have gotten over it. Also, it’s a good thing to joke about oneself. But then again, does it always have to be about oneself? Does it?

The great pyramid is one of the Seven Wonders of the World and during a brief stop here Thursday after delivering a major speech aimed at Muslims around the world, President Obama spotted another notable sight: a hieroglyphic that showed the face of a man with big ears.

Obama entered the tomb and saw it right away.

“That looks like me!” he said. “Look at those ears!”

Dr. Zahi Hawass, the secretary general of the supreme council of antiquities — who played tour guide to Obama and his entourage — went on to explain to the president, his Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and others the history of the tomb of Kar, who was a priest, a scholar and a judge.

Maybe a better way of saying it would be, “I look like him!” instead. This way, there is the recognition that Kar did proceed Obama, and folks thought he was cool enough to have his picture on the wall of the great pyramid.

96) The mystery is over! The President offending someone streak continues!

But snubbing the French? Liberals and progressives and some Michael Moore disciples love the French!

TimesOnline: The Obamas turn up in Paris this evening, but have declined a dinner invitation from the couple next door: the Sarkozys.

President Obama’s reluctance to spend more than minimum time with the French leader on his visit for the D-Day anniversary has come as an embarrassment to the Elysée Palace.

America’s First Family will not be dining with President Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, even though they are staying at the residence of the US Ambassador, yards from the Elysée apartments where the Sarkozys spend their weekends.

Mr Sarkozy’s staff were trying yesterday to arrange another private moment between the couples. Mr Obama is due to fly back to Washington tomorrow night or on Sunday.

You know what I think: maybe this is the Obama’s payback for Carla snubbing Barack.

97) Michelle! Man, if looks could kill…

The camera can catch all of us in an unfavorable way – it happens to me all the time. Or is it just the way I look? But sometimes we help that unfavorable look and turn it into something quite – well, let me leave it at that.

Michelle, what’s up with that look at Carla? Man, if looks could kill…

Please, all this snubbing back and forth! Where does it get you? Pain, heartache and looks to kill – that’s where.

98) he’s sort of God…

Stupid Stuff – and scary. This is the step over. The press reveals what they really believe about Obama.

99) ‘Obama Beach’

Was that right? PM Gordon Brown accidentally (or is it an accident?) calls Omaha Beach, Obama Beach. The worship of the newly revealed god continues!

100) Come on Mr. President, embarrass your daughters with a tacky gift to their school charity?

I know President Obama has a problem with his lousy gift giving, but embarrass your daughters with a tacky gift to their school charity?

When Chelsea Clinton was a student at the Sidwell Friends School, the same school the Obama girls attend, the Clinton family’s involvement with the school’s annual benefit brought in big bucks. In 1996, a round of golf with Bill Clinton went for nearly six figures; another year Chelsea Clinton offered up her babysitting services to the highest bidder.

This past weekend was the Obamas’ first chance to participate in the Sidwell Friends School Dollars for Scholars benefit, and some families who remember the Clintons’ support are disappointed in the Obamas’ first showing.

According to a source with ties to the school, the only items up for bid from the Obamas included a signed copy of the Rolling Stone issue featuring the president and a signed copy of the January Vogue that featured the first lady.

Still this Narcissistic obsession with their gift giving! Does it always have to be about you? Does it?

101) Obama and the fly

There is certainly drama here. A fawning lackey from the MSM, a President basking in the worship of the fawning lackey from the MSM – and a fly.

A fly is certainly annoying and it certainly annoyed the President. With all the bowing, fawning, adulation and worship from the MSM, this one fly was probably the toughest thing the President had to deal with in all these love-fests called interviews.

Is this fly just annoying, or is this fly showing courage by trying to teach us a listen? A press interview is not intended to be a love-fest between a President and a fawning lackey. The press has a purpose, a calling if you will. It is to keep politicians honest, is it not?

As the President confidently took down this annoying fly, you could tell that he has done this before. We have a President that can take down those pesky flies. And as he triumphantly looked down at his fallen enemy, and as the camera focused on the deceased – I couldn’t help but feel bad for the little guy.

So I want to thank the little guy, even though he was a fly.Thank you little guy – for in that one brief moment the President had to deal with something other than a fawning lackey from the MSM.

102) President Obama and the importance of knowing your right and left

As you watch this video, please ask yourself this question: what would the MSM, left-wing blogosphere, and late night funny guys do if it was George Bush?

President Obama is so busy these days dealing with pressing foreign policy issues like Iran and North Korea, that he can’t seem to tell his right from his left.

After holding a bilateral meeting in the Oval office with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, the two leaders walked out to the Rose Garden podiums. That’s when the left-right two-step happened. Mr. Obama took his place behind the right podium, leaving President Lee a bit confused. He smiled as Obama realized the mistake and switched to the left podium.

That oops moment alone wouldn’t have deserved a write-up, but for the fact that there was more confusion after the press availability. After thanking reporters, Obama and Lee turned and walked back toward the Oval Office. Oops again! Reggie Love, President Obama’s personal assistant, stepped in and the two leaders pivoted before making the long walk along the colonnade.

They are now having lunch in the Old Family Dining Room. I presume the president will use the right fork.

Here is the Top 10 Obama Apologies by Human Events.

103) Apology to Europe: Speech in Strasbourg, France, April 3.

“In America, there’s a failure to appreciate Europe‘s leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.”

104) Apology to the Muslim world: Interview with Al Arabiya, January 27.

“My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect.”

105) Apology to the Summit of the Americas: Address to the Summit of the Americas, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, April 17.

“While the United States has done much to promote peace and prosperity in the hemisphere, we have at times been disengaged, and at times we sought to dictate our terms.”

106) Apology at the G-20 Summit of World Leaders: News conference in London, April 2.

“I just think in a world that is as complex as it is, that it is very important for us to be able to forge partnerships as opposed to simply dictating solutions.”

107) Apology for the War on Terror: Speech in Washington, D.C., May 21.

“Unfortunately, faced with an uncertain threat, our government made a series of hasty decisions. I believe that many of these decisions were motivated by a sincere desire to protect the American people. But I also believe that all too often our government made decisions based on fear rather than foresight, that all too often our government trimmed facts and evidence to fit ideological predispositions.”

108) Apology for Guantanamo in France: Speech in Strasbourg, France, April 3.

“In dealing with terrorism, we can’t lose sight of our values and who we are. That’s why I closed Guantanamo. That’s why I made very clear that we will not engage in certain interrogation practices. I don’t believe that there is a contradiction between our security and our values. And when you start sacrificing your values, when you lose yourself, then over the long term that will make you less secure.”

109) Apology for America before the Turkish Parliament: Speech to the Turkish Parliament, Ankara, Turkey, April 6.

“The United States is still working through some of our own darker periods in our history. Facing the Washington Monument that I spoke of is a memorial of Abraham Lincoln, the man who freed those who were enslaved even after Washington led our Revolution. Our country still struggles with the legacies of slavery and segregation, the past treatment of Native Americans.”

110) Apology for U.S. Policy toward the Americas: Editorial “Choosing a Better Future in the Americas,” April 16.

“Too often, the United States has not pursued and sustained engagement with our neighbors. We have been too easily distracted by other priorities, and have failed to see that our own progress is tied directly to progress throughout the Americas.”

111) Apology for the Mistakes of the CIA: Remarks to CIA employees at Langley, Va., April 29.

“Don’t be discouraged that we have to acknowledge potentially we’ve made some mistakes.”

112) Apology for Guantanamo: Speech in Washington, D.C., May 21.

“There is also no question that Guantanamo set back the moral authority that is America’s strongest currency in the world.”

113) A sign that the honeymoon may be over. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t know that the President had a smoking problem.

A reporter actually asked him a question about his smoking! Watch Obama’s reaction – if looks could kill.

114) Mr. President, the press is starting to ask questions about your broken promises.

The press corp is laughing at Mr. Gibbs again. I know the press corp has laughed at Mr. Gibbs before, but the reporter actually asked a tough question about Obama breaking a campaign promise.

115) Mr. President, the press is starting to challenge how you handle your Town Hall meetings.

This is a double team on Gibbs with Chip Reid and Helen Thomas. Helen accused the Obama administration that media events are prepackaged with no answers. Helen, you’ve just noticed?

Will this incur the ‘evil eye’ when they next meet? Helen and Chip, please remember that you are expected to be fawning lackeys, and you must conduct yourself in this manner in the future.

The question: will President Obama have the courage to ever conduct a real Town Hall?

Obamarama in Russia, Italy and Africa!

116) Where’s Hillary?

This is a good question, isn’t it? The Secretary of State not accompanying the President of the United States on such an important trip with talks on nuclear arms reduction and missile defense? There has been speculation that it may be because of an opening rift between Obama and Clinton, because of the weak response by President over events in Iran.

Of course this could be part of the reason. But I think it could be something else.

I think Obama realized that the Russian press would have made even more of an issue of Hillary’s tacky, and well, stupid gift. (DVD’s of Elvis movies would have been much better). “Reset” would have tagged the summit, instead of Obama tagging the Summit.

This also means that Hillary would have shared in press coverage – and Barack shares the limelight with no one.

117) Obama trips up over Russian leadership tandem

MOSCOW (Reuters) – In a slip of the tongue, U.S. President Barack Obama described Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday as president, echoing the widely held view that he remains Russia’s most powerful man.

Putin surrendered the presidency to protege Dmitry Medvedev last May to take the lesser post of prime minister, but most political analysts say Putin remains Russia’s ultimate decision maker…

“I suspect when I speak to President..eh.. Prime Minister Putin tomorrow, he will say the same thing.”

Can you imagine Putin accidentally calling Pelosi “President” and Obama “House Speaker”? There is the perception that Pelosi is the one driving this maddening legislation by the Democrats, while Obama just sits back and bask in lackey worship.

118) By the way: while you were gone Mr. President, Vice President Joe Biden stated that you blew it with the Stimulus Bill.

“We Misread How Bad The Economy Was”

119) It is always important to correlate words and actions.

On July 7th Obama said:

“The future does not belong to those who gather armies on a field of battle or bury missiles in the ground” - 4:15 AM

On July 7th Obama did:

Suspected US missiles, Pakistan jets hit militants – 7:45 AM

h/t Drudge

120) By the way: while you are gone, your approval numbers are continuing to slip.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 32% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-seven percent (37%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –5.

The number who strongly disapprove inched up another point to the highest level measured to date and the overall Approval Index is at the lowest level yet for Obama.

121) The President’s offending someone streak continues!

guardian.co.uk7/2 – “I think that it’s important that, even as we move forward with President Medvedev, that Putin understand that the old cold war approaches to US-Russian relations is outdated – that it’s time to move forward in a different direction”, said Obama. “I think Medvedev understands that.

“I think Putin has one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new. To the extent that we can provide him and the Russian people a clear sense that the US is not seeking an antagonistic relationship, but wants co-operation on nuclear non-proliferation, fighting terrorism, energy issues, we’ll end up having a stronger partner overall in this process.”

Of all the people that Obama could offend, Vladimir Putin isn’t the guy.

122) Putin responds to Obama’s comment by praising Bush.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin praised the hospitality and openness of U.S. former President George W. Bush in a telegramme sent hours before meeting his successor Barack Obama.

“During the last years we have been working on strengthening Russia-U.S. cooperation. Although there were differences between our countries, I always valued your openness and sincerity,” Putin said, congratulating Bush on his 63rd birthday on July 6.

“With special warmth I recall your hospitality in the Crawford ranch and your family estate in Kennebunkport,” Putin wrote, referring to their 2007 meeting at the Bush family vacation home when the two leaders went fishing and ate lobster.

Sending this message to Bush just hours before his meeting with Obama, is a clear message in itself. I guess this happens with one foot in the past: you do to me – I do to you.

123) Barack responds like a lackey – “Putin Doing an “extraordinary” Job As P.M”

Well, he bowed before King Abdullah, why not the lackey move toward Putin?

I am sure that Putin feels that he has done an “extraordinary” job in the Russian invasion of Georgia.

124) “We are maybe the one country in the world where there is no Obamamania,”

MOSCOW (Reuters)The students of the school sat quietly and applauded only at the end of the 31-minute speech, which was delivered late because Obama’s meeting with Russia’s powerful prime minister, Vladimir Putin, went over time.

During other keynote speeches in Prague in April and Cairo in June, Obama was repeatedly applauded. His speech in Moscow was not carried live on the main Russian television channels, showing only on a cable news channel not seen by most.

“We are maybe the one country in the world where there is no Obamamania,” Sergei Markov, a parliamentary deputy from the ruling United Russia party which Putin heads, told Reuters.

“For us he is not president of the world but the president of the United States of America.”

Well. “For us he is not president of the world but the president of the United States of America.” I am not sure that the President knows that.

125) The offending someone streak continues

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama made a pointed quip Tuesday about Russia’s sale of Alaska to the United States in the 19th century.

Referring to the long history of Russia-U.S. trade stretching back more than two centuries, Obama told an audience of business people in Moscow:

“Along the way, you gave us a pretty good deal on Alaska. Thank you.”

Czar Alexander II’s sale of Alaska to the United States in 1867 for $7.2 million in gold, around 1.9 cents per acre, was regarded by Russians as a national disgrace — particularly once it became clear that the province was rich in oil.

Moscow was short of cash at the time.

126) Hey Barack – now, where did you meet Michelle?

Because Michelle said that you met each other at a law firm in Chicago.

Have you ever heard of being in the dog house? I know – blame it on the teleprompter!

h/t to DK

127) Malia is getting the “Leftist” thing down!

MailOnline Barack Obama’s eldest daughter has a clear message for her father – it’s time to get rid of the world’s nuclear weapons.

Just 48 hours after the U.S. President shook hands with Vladimir Putin over an agreement to reduce their stockpile of nuclear weapons, Malia spotted out wearing not one, but two anti-nuclear T-shirts.

The 11-year-old wore tops bearing the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament’s famous symbol as her father prepared for three days of G8 talks in Italy.

128) Who misspelled the Presidents name?

Who indeed. I mean it may not seem like a big thing, but it is a document concerning arms reduction. Could it be a staffer, slipped in by Putin, or could it be the teleprompter?

The Hill – Someone might want to look into whether an impostor took President Obama’s place during his trip to Russia

In a release touting an agreement between Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev over how to craft a follow-up to the START arms reduction treaty, the White House claimed the document had been signed by one “Barak Obama.”

Whoops:

129) Nice Purse Michelle!

I guess it’s a purse. I don’t know, it’s one of those hand held things. But – it’s a $6,000 hand held thing.

Is First Lady Michelle Obama sporting a taste for ultra-expensive fashion pieces, or is she cementing her status as a savvy shopper?

Back in April she wore a pair of $540 Lanvin sneakers at a Washington food bank. Earlier this week (while strolling the wooded landscape outside of Moscow), she carried a sexy black clutch, which Italian luxury house VBH boasts is their shiny black alligator manila bag – with a retail sticker price of $5,950.

The White House says she was carrying the $875 VBH patent leather clutch.Read more.

Purse denial? Purse denial? I hate purse denial! First there was bow denial - now this! The White House denies it’s the $6,000 model, but the $875 model. The manufacturer affirms it’s the $6,000 baby. OK, so which is it? A $6,000 purse (I mean hand held thing), or a $875 hand held thing?

While Americans are losing their jobs, and our nation with the rest of the world going through an economic downturn – does it really matter? Both hand held things lack taste and commonsense.

130) Let’s offend the Russians one more time

NYT – After passing on dinner with the French president to go on a date in the City of Light with his wife last month, President Obama took leave of his Russian hosts on Tuesday night to seclude himself in his Moscow hotel with his wife, Michelle, and their daughters…

…The decision to brush off the Russians on one of his two nights here miffed some in the Moscow government who did not understand why he would not devote the scarce time to his hosts.

h/t to Frugal Café

131) Maybe you should stop offending people

What a difference a country will make. It must be surreal for the President to have his visit treated as almost a non-event in Russia, but to be snubbed is quite another thing altogether.

h/t to a friend

132) The President was noted as babbling

NYT – Mr. Obama has seemed tired here, several times fumbling the pronunciation of Mr. Medvedev’s name and Mr. Putin’s title. Beginning a speech here, he mistakenly said he first met his wife in school instead of at the law firm where they actually met. And he misstated his younger daughter’s age.

133) By the way: Mr. President, your approval numbers are continuing to slide

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 30% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –8. The President’s Approval Index rating has fallen six points since release of a disappointing jobs report last week (see trends).

Thirty-nine percent (39%) now give the President good or excellent marks for handling the economy while 43% say he is doing a poor job. Those are by far his lowest ratings yet on the economy…

134) Hello, Barack, over here – the camera is over here!

h/t to Hot Air.

Here is a video posted by Jake Tapper with ABC that will shed a different light on this picture. When In Rome…? Actually, not so much

135) OK, but what about this picture?

136) The President is not god after all – he trips walking through a doorway

We have all done this before, and some of us quite a few times. But just imagine if George Bush had done this – or how about Sarah Palin?

137) Pope Benedict’s surprise gift to President Obama

Mr. Obama, I think someone is trying to tell you something.

138) What? George Bush got the same welcome as Barack Obama

There is a certain justice here. CNN’s Don Lemon set up a soft ball question (as fawning lackeys will do) for the praise of Obama – only to it explode in his face.

Enjoy.

h/t to News Busted.

I hope you enjoyed this list – the President just keeps on giving! Again, I will add to the list as I find more stuff. So, be sure to stop by again.

Please ask yourself: what if it was George Bush on this trip?

I hope you enjoyed this list – the President just keeps on giving! Again, I will add to the list as I find more stuff.

And again, please ask yourself: what if it was George Bush that accomplished all this in just less than six months? Would someone who has done all this stuff in such a short period of time – be considered “brilliant?”