WH Says Obama Misspoke; Apology Demanded over Polish Death Camp Gaffe
 

What do you expect from somebody who pronounces Corpsmen "Corpse Men"?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...#ixzz1wL8L8gTr

US President Barack Obama's description of a Nazi German Holocaust site as a "Polish death camp" shocked Poland, whose leaders insist the record be set straight 67 years after World War II.

Obama on Tuesday labeled the Nazi facility used to process Jews for extermination as a "Polish death camp." The White House later said the president "misspoke" and expressed "regret".

The linguistic faux pas overshadowed Obama's posthumous award of the highest US civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Jan Karski, a former Polish underground officer who provided early eyewitness accounts of Nazi Germany's genocide of European Jews.

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday Obama's words had hurt all Poles and he expected more from Washington than just "regret".

"I am convinced that our American friends can today allow themselves a stronger reaction than a simple expression of regret from the White House spokesman -- a reaction more inclined to eliminate once and for all these kinds of errors," Tusk told reporters in Warsaw.

"Today, this is a problem for the reputation of the United States," the prime minister said.

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Not so much the U.S.,but big O's mouth(:rolleyes:) going before he thinks about what he should be saying first.........:mad:

Big Teddy :munchin

Somehow, it's Bush's fault.

I heard those very same words from several ex- eastern bloc compatriots on January 20, 2009. Imagine that.

Look for the First Teleprompter to be added to the "Kill List" in the near future...

lol This gaffe almost puts The First Gay Black Marxist Unifier up there with Stand Up Chuck Biden. :D

Meh - our apology for this faux pas is enough as far as I'm concerned...and the Polish PM can go pound sand.

And so it goes...

Richard :munchin

He was referring to the perpetrator of the gaffe, not the gaffe itself, maybe? :D

Didn't Obama state his Grandfather liberated death camps in World War 2 before?

As far as telling the Pm of Poland to pound sand. Poland is one of the few countries I actually think are allies. It would be nice if the White house speech writer, his aid, his co writer, the reviewer, and maybe Obama could up their game a little.

Amateur hour

Alternate ending:

As far as telling the Pm of Poland to pound sand. Poland is one of the few countries I actually think are allies. It would be nice if the White house speech writer, his aid, his co writer, the reviewer, and maybe Obama could pound sand.
:D

I guess the annointed one is not too concerned about the Polish people "Liking us."

There seems to be an epidemic of misspeaking going on with the demwits:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry says he misspoke when he referred to the Polish community with the disparaging term "Polacks."

Barry made the remark when he was meeting with Asian-Americans. That meeting was set up after Barry made two offensive statements last month about Asians. He later apologized.

Barry was asked Thursday about racial tensions in the United States and he said: "The Irish caught hell, the Jews caught hell, the Polacks caught hell."

In a seven-word statement Friday, Barry says he misspoke and should have said Polish.

http://www.thehour.com/news/nation_a...765693ee6.html

Pat

A classless pair.

RF 1

I hope that along with pounding sand they are soon packing bags;).

This must get old in Poland....remember when Jimmy Carter had some dipshit interpreter that told the Poles...
"I want to get to know you carnally and I've come to Poland never to return"...
Then you smile and wait for the response....