Obama tries to show some R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Washington (CNN) - President Obama celebrated the music that shaped "our American story" with some of the biggest female music legends Thursday night at the White House but came up a little lacking when he tried to show his R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
The White House welcomed the performances by American musical icons Aretha Franklin, Melissa Etheridge, and Patti Labelle as well as contemporary female artists Ariana Grande, Janelle Monae, and Jill Scott.
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While the President was paying tribute to Aretha Franklin, he had a hard time with the spelling of a word famously spelled out in one of her best known songs.
"When Aretha first told us what R-S-P-E-C-T meant to her, she had no idea it would become a rallying cry for African Americans, and women, and then everyone who felt marginalized because of what they looked like or who they loved," Obama said to chuckles from the audience.
The spelling error did not bring down the energy of the night as Patti LaBelle kicked off the performances with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," bringing the President and First Lady to their feet.
The "Women of Soul" event was part of the "In Performance at the White House" series that has honored the likes of Stevie Wonder, Sir Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
Let's just hope that if the President ever welcomes the Village People that he practices his Y-M-C-A.
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Patti LaBelle singing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", that's the song I want to be laid to rest with.
Outfreakingstanding.
The President made a spelling error.
Somebody call the po-po
Slow news day CNN? In other news, Rachel Maddow's "Why We Did It" came on last night. And while we were LIED to about weapons of mass destruction, it's clearly evident that the Iraq War was over O-I-L.
So if the press applies the same standards to Obama as it did to Bush for his verbal gaffes, then Obama must be a blithering idiot, right?
CNN...THIS IS NOT NEWSWORTHY! And the suits there wonder why their ratings are tanking????!!! Duh...
No wonder he won't release his college records.
I'm still laughing about Quail's "Potatoe."
thanks for reporting the top stories
Being a Community Organizer doesn't require a high degree of intelligence.
That's because he has no respect, for the rule of law, or the Constitution.
Why is this news? Who among us has never made this type of an error? And, the media asks why our politics are so nasty??!!!
Wow, I can't believe CNN published something so unflattering about dear leader.
Hmm. I wonder if the President of the 57 States Obama will get the same treatment from the press on this that Dan Quayle and George Bush did for their misspellings and malapropisms?
But we already know the answer to that, don't we?
Please.
Misspelling is no where near invading a country and getting 5,000 plus Americans killed like another president we know.
haha, what an idiot.
The village idiots are in charge. . . for now.
I am sure he knows how to spell potato though and that is the only word Code Pink cares about our politicians spelling correctly.
Slow news day.
Reminds me of Dan Quayle; however, I wonder if this will receive the same interest from the media. Remember Potatoe...
In the old days your political career was ruined by misspelling a word.
Unfortunately he can not run for third term, is constitution, I will, shall vote for him only. Period. Very brainy president of all times. God bless him!!!!
So what big deal.
This is the kind of in-depth news that the world needs to hear. Bravo CNN. Wait...did Bravo just buy CNN?
How can he be expected to spell that word correctly? He has none for us...
Hard-hitting news from the self-identified #1 trusted name in news.
Here we go. Bring on the crazies.