"In case you missed it, this week there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died--an entire town destroyed."
-President Barack Obama, on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people
{Horrendous} Do you think this amendment abuse is: Horrendous, Heinous, or Hilarious?
Update (6/7):It was brought to our attention by a visitor that this amendment abuse have a source. President Obama's comments were made at a campaign rally in Richmond, VA. His remarks and gaffe are covered hereat MSNBC andhereat Fox News.
They may be an interesting topic to discuss.
Politicians, company CEOs, and even parents can often get caught up in the "fervor" of an environment and make grave communication errors to help their cause. How damaging is this amendment abuse?
" They can criticize you without even knowing you, and hate you when they don't even know you. All of a sudden, you're, like, the bin Laden of America. Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through."
-Rapper R. Kelly, 2003, comments to press after court hearing on child pornography charges
{Heinous} Do you think this amendment abuse is: Horrendous, Heinous, or Hilarious?
“When I pictured heroin, I pictured some crazy crackhead with no shoes under a bridge. You never think that is going to be you. And it never was me. I was never under a bridge, and I always had shoes."
-Socialite and Recovering Heroin Addict Nicole Richie, 2007, in an interview with Nylon Magazine
{Heinous} Do you think this amendment abuse is: Horrendous, Heinous, or Hilarious?
"So many of the people in the arenas here were under-privileged anyway. This is working very well for them."
- Former First Lady Barabra Bush, September 2005, American Public Media's "Marketplace" Program, on the conditions in the Astrodome following the Hurricane Katrina disaster
{Horrendous} Do you think this amendment abuse is: Horrendous, Heinous, or Hilarious?
Update (6/7): Seem too bad to be true? Read about this gaffe here, at Editor And Publisher Online Magazine
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