MONTH 11
November 24, 2009
Another party crasher?!
The Secret Service says the now-infamous Salahis weren’t the only party crashers at the November state dinner honoring the prime minister of India.
State dinner riddled with typos
The menu for President Obama’s first state dinner was full of typos. Spell check anyone?
Letting wannabe reality-TV stars crash a state dinner
A couple positioning themselves for a reality-TV debut on the Bravo network attended the White House state dinner honoring India’s prime minister — even though they weren’t invited.
November 20, 2009
TSA nominee admits to ‘distorting’ his record before Congress
The president’s nominee to run the Transportation Security Administration told a Senate committee he lied to it — one day after the committee voted to confirm him.
November 17, 2009
Biden mocks his bowing president
Vice President Joe Biden made fun of President Obama during an appearance on The Daily Show.
November 16, 2009
Obama: I’ve never used Twitter
The president said he’s never used Twitter, but whoever runs his Twitter account sure uses “I” and “me” a lot.
November 14, 2009
Another bow, this time in Japan
President Obama stoops before a foreign leader once again, to Emperor Akihito of Japan.
November 12, 2009
Telling the Air Force to move F-22 from speech venue
President Obama wound up offending airmen when the White House demanded they move an F-22 Raptor from the the hangar where he was set to speak.
November 9, 2009
Berlin good for campaign, not for Wall anniversary
Barack Obama had no problem taking time off the campaign trail in July 2008 to visit Berlin and give a speech to a throng of 200,000. But as president, he’s “too busy” to travel to Germany and commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
November 5, 2009
Shout-out to Medal of Honor winner who wasn’t
Not only did President Obama insensitively use the first half of his remarks on Ft. Hood to give a “shout-out,” he got his facts wrong about Joe Medicine Crow.
Shout-outs before tragedy
President Obama used the first half of his remarks on the shooting at Ft. Hood to give shout-outs.