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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The difference between the screecher, the oops governor, the flake from MN and other teaklans is that we know our president knows better.
I am sure he has had very little rest since the little shirtless guy from Russia decided to invade another country.
To the haters, grow up and get out of your monmy's basement.
Re vacation time at the same amount of days of presidency.
Obama 92 days vs and still the winner shrub #43 at 367
What an amateur.
@spike
If only the teleprompter was working. He would have been saved from the flub.
A teleprompter joke! So clever and original!
@Barbra
Imagine if Bush did this, he would be ridiculed to no end.
Umm, Barbra, Bush did this every time he opened his mouth.
Just like the whole "52 states" flub, or whatever the actual number was, anyone with a bit of common sense knows these are just cases of someone misspeaking in public or stumbling on their words, most of us don't actually believe that a Harvard law graduate doesn't know how to spell respect or know how many states are in the US.
In fairness, the same can be said for Bush, when he would say something stupid it was also him misspeaking or mixing his words, but what it made it so funny in his case was that he already had reputation for being a moron, so when he would misspeak it would just add to that perception. Keep grasping at straws though Republicans, keep grasping.
Just another case of Obama off the teleprompter.
telepromters could have been hard to read or mispelled.......
He didn't have a teleprompter.
What do you expect from an affirmative action President? Note how he hides his college record.
I guess he has so little respect for taxpayers, that he can't even spell the word.
If you dare to be self sufficient, you are the enemy – Russians, not so much.
Aretha did't write Respect. That was Otis Redding. Not only did he misspell it, but he gave the wrong person credit.
Wow. Who cares...
Finally. Republicans have something to use than the "57 state" blunder from six years ago. Bush made a blunder every other day in office.
It is hilarious. Add it to the 57 states and corpsmen. you libs are hilarious.
wendel with all due respect Palin isnt the President
Thats because no one respects him!!!!
Gurgyl
GOP, just don't worry for spelling, you needs to spell of mantra I told you holding your ears, closing eyes, facing east on one leg then say and recite this repeatedly–"Obamacare, Benghazi, Obama is bad. Ukraine" for 108 times each day. Good lucks, idiots.
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YUM! Some word salad to go with my lunch. Pass the wishbone!!
Mr. President
"R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB"
Aretha Franklin
That just HAS to be the fault of Bush...
Easy to pick up on the mistakes of others but consider what you wrote in paragraph 3:
While the President was paying tribute to Aretha Franklin, he had a hard timing with the spelling of a word famously spelled out in one of her best known songs.
I believe you meant to write "time" instead of "timing". (English Standard Version
Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?).
Let's see if he can re-learn how to spell P-O-V-E-R-T-Y and put it back up on the White House website and back on the White House agenda.
So funny.........So funny.... Add it to the long list of flubs. I think not knowing how many states there are is much worse than being a poor speller.
We all misspell words! This is a pathetic news story.
Conservative banker magazine Forbes pointed out that the 10 most educated states voted for President Obama, while 9 of the 10 least educated states voted GOP.
Simply put: Smart Americans vote for progressive Democrats, which is why they will elect President Hillary Clinton to 8 more years of good times for America.
Keep up the great job Prez: Record stock market. Record 401k. Deficit reduced 37% this year alone, 175,000 more jobs announced today. And best of all – no more Bush Oil Genocides in the middle east.
Good times America. Spelling? This President is one of the most intelligent we've had in our lifetime, and most successful. Republicans have lost every single battle he's fought with them.
I thought spelling corrections were the worst kind of trolling....well done, CNN.
Oh my GOD! He misspelled a word. Breaking news. Meanwhile, GWB doesn't know how to tie his shoes.