I wonder if that was his personal card or if he has one in name our children drawn on the Bank of China.

Quote:On Tuesday, President Obama took Air Force One to New York to stop at the Gap in order to flog his case against income inequality. And there, Americans learned he had no idea how to use a credit card machine.

According to the White House press pool, Obama visited Gap because the company recently announced that it would voluntarily increase wages for employees. After telling employees that “the ladies will be impressed by my sense of style,” Obama then picked up a couple of sweaters for his girls, Sasha and Malia.

Upon checking out, however, the problems began. Obama took out his credit card and began handing it to the cashier, who told him that he could swipe his credit card in the automated machine. “Oh, wow,” Obama said, “so you can sign the machine?” He then said he was kidding: “They had these around the last time I shopped.”

The moment was reminiscent of a campaign moment in 1992, when then-President George H.W. Bush signed an electronic pad while grocery shopping. “If some guy came in and spelled George Bush differently, could you catch it?” Bush asked. He was told that fake signatures could be detected. The New York Times reported in typically condescending style (headline: “Bush Encounters the Supermarket, Amazed”):
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Then he grabbed a quart of milk, a light bulb and a bag of candy and ran them over an electronic scanner. The look of wonder flickered across his face again as he saw the item and price registered on the cash register screen.

"This is for checking out?" asked Mr. Bush. "I just took a tour through the exhibits here," he told the grocers later. "Amazed by some of the technology."

Marlin Fitzwater, the White House spokesman, assured reporters that he had seen the President in a grocery store. A year or so ago. In Kennebunkport.

Some grocery stores began using electornic scanners as early as 1976, and the devices have been in general use in American supermarkets for a decade.

That story, it turned out, was false.

And, of course, Mitt Romney was excoriated for being amazed by a Wawa touchscreen machine while ordering a meal during the 2012 campaign. He said during a speech:
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"I was at Wawas...I went in to order a sandwich. You press a little touchtone keypad, alright? You just touch that and, you know, the sandwich comes up. You touch this, touch this, touch this, go pay the cashier. There’s your sandwich. It’s amazing!”

The media acted as though Romney had never seen a Wawa machine before. That story, too, was false.

Remember, Zero cannot even spell Respect, but gets a media pass.

Remember the reaction when Bush the Elder thought the scanner was so cool?

(03-12-2014 11:59 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Remember, Zero cannot even spell Respect, but gets a media pass.

No surprise, Obama had problems spelling one of the fifty-seven states…
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You can't buy drugs with credit cards.

(03-12-2014 12:58 PM)AngryAphid Wrote:  

(03-12-2014 11:59 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Remember, Zero cannot even spell Respect, but gets a media pass.

No surprise, Obama had problems spelling one of the fifty-seven states…
Link

LOL

Somewhere, Dan Quayle chuckles.

(03-12-2014 01:04 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(03-12-2014 12:58 PM)AngryAphid Wrote:  

(03-12-2014 11:59 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Remember, Zero cannot even spell Respect, but gets a media pass.

No surprise, Obama had problems spelling one of the fifty-seven states…
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LOL

Democrats have mastered, "low expectation" of politicians. Zero, Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Rangle, Sheila Jackson Lee, Boxer, Wasserman-Schultz, Jackson Jr, Marion Barry, Hank Johnson and on and on and on. How do they do it.

(03-12-2014 01:12 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(03-12-2014 01:04 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(03-12-2014 12:58 PM)AngryAphid Wrote:  

(03-12-2014 11:59 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Remember, Zero cannot even spell Respect, but gets a media pass.

No surprise, Obama had problems spelling one of the fifty-seven states…
Link

LOL

Democrats have mastered, "low expectation" of politicians. Zero, Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Rangle, Sheila Jackson Lee, Boxer, Wasserman-Schultz, Jackson Jr, Marion Barry, Hank Johnson and on and on and on. How do they do it.

Look who's voting them in. Heck, we have them here too.

(03-12-2014 01:28 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  

(03-12-2014 01:12 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(03-12-2014 01:04 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(03-12-2014 12:58 PM)AngryAphid Wrote:  

(03-12-2014 11:59 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Remember, Zero cannot even spell Respect, but gets a media pass.

No surprise, Obama had problems spelling one of the fifty-seven states…
Link

LOL

Democrats have mastered, "low expectation" of politicians. Zero, Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Rangle, Sheila Jackson Lee, Boxer, Wasserman-Schultz, Jackson Jr, Marion Barry, Hank Johnson and on and on and on. How do they do it.

Look who's voting them in. Heck, we have them here too.

Seriously, the only difference between the Dems during Boss Tweed's time and today is that they've gone nationwide with their tactics. The tactic is to pretend to defend the common man and the immigrant, all the while utilizing these voting blocs to fill their own pockets. The sheep excuse this stuff because these guys give em somebody else's stuff.

Truly a man of the people.