Politics and humor - for a relaxing weekend

Synonyms for misspeak: (WHICH ARE YOUR FAVORITES?)
noun. mistake, error, gaffe, lapse, miscue, misjudgment, recklessness, crudeness, excitability, folly, foolishness, foul-up, gaucherie, goof, hastiness, imprudence, indiscreetness, ingenuousness, rashness, slip, slip-up, stumble, stupidity, tactlessness, thoughtlessness, unseemliness, bumble, dropping the ball, dumb move, faux pas, fool mistake, naiveté, screw-up, simple-mindedness, slip of the tongue

My favorite: simple-mindedness. :rofllol

"Mr. Obama clearly :rofllol misspoke :rofllol when he said that. By law, insurers cannot continue to sell policies that don’t provide the minimum benefits and consumer protections required as of next year. So they’ve sent cancellation notices to hundreds of thousands of people who hold these substandard policies. (At issue here are not the 149 million people covered by employer plans, but the 10 million to 12 million people who buy policies directly on the individual market.) "

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/opini ... nion&_r=1&

Walter L Newton wrote: I thought I would chill out a bit and start a thread for political humor from both sides. I'll start with a little story I clipped and pasted from a comment at Politico. Obviously a tale from the conservative side... but read closely, it really skewers both political persuasions.

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.

She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican.

"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct. But I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "You must be an Obama-Democrat."

"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are -- or where you are going. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's my fault ! "

Your turn!

That was good, but you forgot the end.

You see while they were having this spirited debate, the sun set, the wind and rain kicked up. This crashed the balloon into the boat which then capsized.

As the two of them were going down, drowning in the pool of their neglect, feeling so smart due to their awesome quips, they continued the debate until their last breath. I think the last word uttered was "Teabag", no wait, I think it was "If you insist."

I wonder which one was right?

Barack Obama: Michele? Do you have the number for 1-800-Go-Daddy.Com?