Redstate says President Obama made a "world class gaffe"

By GottaLaff

I discovered this one as I was checking referrals (links) on TPC's SiteMeter, which led me straight to:

American President thinks ‘Austrian’ is a language

President Barack Obama made a world-class gaffe in front of the entire planet’s press during his news conference in Strasbourg, France. Here’s an excerpt from the transcript released by the White House on April 4, 2009. Notice the part which I have put in bold type: [...]

It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. 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.

Then the post and the commenters went on to ridicule and demean President Obama to their lack-of-hearts' content. They amuse themselves so easily.

The problem is, had they done one ounce (it took me about five seconds) of research, they would have discovered this:

Austrian German (Österreichisches Deutsch, Austrian Standard German) is the national standard variety of the German language spoken in Austria and in South Tyrol. The standardized form of Austrian German for official texts and schools is defined by the Austrian dictionary (Österreichisches Wörterbuch), published under the authority of the ministry of education, art and culture.

There is even Austrian sign language. Of course, their source says this:

German is the official language of Austria.

Now then. Just because it is categorized as the "official" language doesn't mean that German is the only language spoken in Austria. My source, and others I Googled, confirm that. And one of those languages is Austrian German. Austrian. As in... Austrian.

So, Prez O wasn't gaffey after all, as their howls of stupid say he was.

They also whined and moaned about how maligned Sarah Palin was for her, er, ignorance. 'Nuff said.

But the real issue isn't quibbling over Obama's accuracy, or whose source is better. The real issue is...

This is all they've got. It's even worse than what they had the last time I said, "This is all they've got." They're down to the mere essence of "all they've got". It's not even a whiff. In fact, it's barely "all they've got" hope.

And if there is one adjective that nobody, but nobody, can pin on Obama, it's "ignorant".

The Rushpublics are empty. Barren. Pathetic.

Oh, and finally, let's not forget these two words-worth of rightie genius:

George Bush.