WHAT WOULD FREUD SAY?
June 05, 2008
by: jovial_cynic
by: jovial_cynic
People make honest mistakes in their speeches, and while I don't think it's necessary to be too critical about those mistakes, I think that it's just fine to poke a little fun at politicians who do it, because they're in the spotlight trying to get attention.
Putin is not the president of Germany.
And then there's Obama's counting problem:
Fifty-seven? I have no clue where that number came from. Obviously some kind of slip up.
In any case, word flubs are enough to get a chuckle, but its unreasonable to question McCain's foreign policy or Obama's patriotism on account it. These are obvious meaningless mistakes that account for nothing.
However, there are statements that simply defy explanation.
McCain on babies:
Bottled hot water? What? Why? What are babies going to do with bottled hot water? Are we going to deliver it to them still hot? How is it going to stay hot? What on earth is going on? What possible Freudian slip could possibly produce such a statement?
It is a mystery. It's almost as baffling as Bush's "no more public scatology" note. Almost.
Putin is not the president of Germany.
And then there's Obama's counting problem:
Fifty-seven? I have no clue where that number came from. Obviously some kind of slip up.
In any case, word flubs are enough to get a chuckle, but its unreasonable to question McCain's foreign policy or Obama's patriotism on account it. These are obvious meaningless mistakes that account for nothing.
However, there are statements that simply defy explanation.
McCain on babies:
Bottled hot water? What? Why? What are babies going to do with bottled hot water? Are we going to deliver it to them still hot? How is it going to stay hot? What on earth is going on? What possible Freudian slip could possibly produce such a statement?
It is a mystery. It's almost as baffling as Bush's "no more public scatology" note. Almost.