Boehner Repeatedly Mispronounces ‘Tuskegee’ During Congressional Ceremony
Boehner Repeatedly Mispronounces ‘Tuskegee’ During Congressional Ceremony
The Tuskegee airmen were the U.S. military’s first group of African American fighter pilots, an elite unit that served with distinction during World War II only to return home to face to discrimination and harassment. Today, they received the Congressional Gold Medal, “the most prestigious Congress has to offer.”
But the event was marred slightly by the presentation of House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH):
During his short speech to those in attendance, Boehner six times mispronounced the group’s name as the “Tusk-E-gee,” eliciting audible groans from the front to the back of the Capitol Rotunda. One woman standing in front of me leaned to her companion and whispered, “This is so embarrassing, and he’s from my state.”
Perhaps making matters worse, almost all of Boehner’s speech focused on the general accomplishments of American forces in World War II, paying little direct respect to those in the room.
As if to remove any doubt about the verbal kerfuffle, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took the stage and began his speech by pronouncing the group’s name correctly, while making a clear, if passing, glance in Boehner’s direction. Immediately afterward, the entire crowd broke into applause at the correction.
Watch a montage of Boehner:
It’s been a rough week for Boehner. Yesterday, he was booed by construction workers when he talked about Iraq, and today he accidentally voted in favor of a budget bill that he’s been deriding for the last week.
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How can you NOT know about the Tuskegee Airmen?
I think this says a LOT about the secluded little upper-class world they live in.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:19 pmEverybody has mispronounced his name so many times in his life (it’s pronounced “Boner,” isn’t it?) it’s his passive-aggressive way of getting even.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:19 pmLet’s be honest: it’s a regrettably common error. I loathe Boehner, but I think this is a tempest in a teacup.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:21 pmPerhaps making matters worse, almost all of Boehner’s speech focused on the general accomplishments of American forces in World War II, paying little direct respect to those in the room.
Boner,
If you’re going to “honor” a group of people, please learn to pronounce the name of the group — and you might try actually addressing the group.
Ass.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:24 pmOK. So how is it pronounced? Here in Nueva Yawk we say Tusk-E-Gee, too.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:28 pmWell, what do you expect? The man has a name that is pronounced like .
March 29th, 2007 at 9:30 pmSomewhere in Ohio, a village is missing its town idiot.
Hi Zooey, when is your protest again?
What really sucks is that I have not found any pix of me at the march on the Pentagon on any websites, even though some people asked me to pose with my handmade sign.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:32 pmIt’s been a rough week for Boehner. Yesterday, he was booed by construction workers when he talked about Iraq, and today he accidentally voted in favor of a budget bill that he’s been deriding for the last week.
Cuz he’s dumb as a bag of hair.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:33 pmBay-ner has much in common with Shrub:
During the Vietnam War, he enlisted in the Navy. He was discharged after eight weeks of training because of a bad back.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:33 pmHi Zooey, when is your protest again?
Hi, Uncle Ho. The men have told me it’s in “a couple weeks.” Probably right after their Spring Break next week. I’ll nail ‘em down when I’m up there tomorrow, if they haven’t begun their brain drain by then.
What really sucks is that I have not found any pix of me at the march on the Pentagon on any websites, even though some people asked me to pose with my handmade sign.
Comment by Uncle Ho
That does suck! Ok, I already know how handsome you are in your boonie hat & shades — what did your sign say?
March 29th, 2007 at 9:36 pmNever, ever, have I heard it pronounced tusk-eee-jee
And indeed, when two vowels go walking the first one does the talking BONER.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:38 pmI’m confused: are you saying he pronounced it wrong by putting the long e in there? If you are, then you’re wrong. The problem was the soft g. It’s tus-key-gee, with a harg g.
If you didn’t mean to say that, then well okay.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:38 pmBoehner is a tool.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:40 pmRe. my #12 comment, that was supposed to be “hard” g, as in goat.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:45 pmMy sign read BUSH: (nazi swastika)
March 29th, 2007 at 9:45 pmBoehner isn’t pronounced “boner”???
new one on me.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:51 pmOK TP, honestly who cares? There are so many better sories out there. Come on, you can do better.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:52 pmMy sign read BUSH: (nazi swastika)
WAR CRIMINAL with red paint splattered (dripping blood) all over it.
Comment by Uncle Ho
Excellent….
I found out that in Coeur d’Alene we can’t have signs in our protests. The reason is that when the neo-nazis were still around, there was a protest where there was a big-assed fight and the nazis and normal people were beating each other with the signs.
No way the sign ban will stand up in court. I’m making a sign. :D
March 29th, 2007 at 9:56 pm“Boner” is just getting even for everyone mispronouncing his name!
March 29th, 2007 at 9:58 pmThis guy is as dumb as the day is long! AND he still needs to be investigated for his “complicitous part in FoleyGate” and the enabling of predators against our children under the auspices of the Page Program.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:59 pmZooey; what are you gonna put on your sign?
I have some upcoming protests in Detroit and Port Huron in the next few weeks. No more all-night bus rides to DC and back looming on the immediate horizon.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:01 pmWell, the syllable “gee” is pronounce “jee” when you want to make a mule team turn right. Sometimes it is, anyway.
Really, though, if the man only knows about the Tuskegee airmen from reading, rather than speaking, it is a real easy mistake to make. He is from Ohio, after all, and not from Alabama. Probably only knows about Tuskegee from one or two references in a college history class and a magazine article or two.
While it is sadly typical for a white middle-class guy to have no active interest in minority history or the civil rights movemenet, can’t we find something more substantial with which to nail this SOB?
March 29th, 2007 at 10:01 pmThe problem is that he’s using a soft “g” instead of a hard “g.” What a doofus.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:03 pmIt’s a matter of pronouncing their name correctly. The Tus-kee-keeeeee airmen provided the necessary cover for their white pilots while not being recognized as pilots themselves.
They’re the same heroes as those of Col. Robert Shaw who was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers . Their valient efforts led to the freedom of all.
Theresa
March 29th, 2007 at 10:09 pmGates calls for Guantanamo closure
POSTED: 9:36 p.m. EDT, March 29, 2007
• Gates: New law may be needed for inmates needing “to be incarcerated forever”
• Lawmakers say the Guantanamo facility hurts U.S. credibility with its allies
• Gates: Some nations do not want detainees to be returned
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Congress and the administration of President George W. Bush should work together to allow the U.S. to permanently imprison some of the more dangerous Guantanamo Bay detainees elsewhere so the facility can be closed, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.
Hi everyone.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:16 pmIf it wasn’t so disrespectful it would be funny. “Support the troops”. Unless of course they are black airmen from long ago. It sounded like he not only didn’t know how to pronounce their name but also he didn’t know exactly what they did except something that could be placed on an index card.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:17 pmHey, at least he didn’t use the N word.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:18 pmCuz he’s dumb as a bag of hair.
Comment by Zooey
He’s as sharp as the bottom of my shoe.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:18 pmSllooooowwww weeeeek, Nico? Think of how much more people would have enjoyed a thought provoking article about the “brilliant” metallurgist, Rosie O’Donnell. The rotund lesbian, complete with her PlUnGeR and Braid Faire conspiracy theories about 9/11 to the British naval hostages, is so kindly and compassionate. Her protestation that poor Iran is NEVER thought by the US to do “anything ethical” was just precious!! (That poor thing might want to get to Nutrisystem, Jenny Craig oe Weight Watchers……You don’t think her head would fall off due to her excessive weight if she were hung for treason, do you? Yuck!)
March 29th, 2007 at 10:23 pmZooey; what are you gonna put on your sign?
Comment by Uncle Ho
I’m gonna be the hippy I always wanted to be — with a nod to the Clinton administration: “Make Love, Not War.” :-D
Cool, no long bus rides, Uncle Ho. That has to be murder on your…..everything.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:23 pmHi everyone.
Comment by ForTruth
Hi.
–from everyone :)
Thanks for that info. Gates is gonna be spending more time with his family soon….
March 29th, 2007 at 10:24 pmHe’s as sharp as the bottom of my shoe.
Comment by dlet
Heh.
He’s a taco short of a combo plate. :D
March 29th, 2007 at 10:26 pm“What really sucks is that I have not found any pix of me at the march on the Pentagon on any websites, even though some people asked me to pose with my handmade sign.”
Comment by Publicity Ho
Maybe you should have taken a camera to capture the moment…..
March 29th, 2007 at 10:28 pmJesus Christ! And I thought that Jake with half the mental acumen of a flatworm was lacking. This sets a new low! Does this guy even know how to pass gas?
March 29th, 2007 at 10:29 pm(That poor thing might want to get to Nutrisystem, Jenny Craig oe Weight Watchers……You don’t think her head would fall off due to her excessive weight if she were hung for treason, do you? Yuck!)
Comment by valiant venus
You poor, sad creature. Who cares?
March 29th, 2007 at 10:35 pmMaybe you should have taken a camera to capture the moment…..
Comment by valiant venus
You need to learn to respect your betters, Hagfish.
Is this how you support the troops? The ones who fight to protect your right to be the insane b*tch you are?
Do you see what you are? We do.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:38 pmV Venus- go f*ck yourself.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:41 pmDoes this guy even know how to pass gas?
Comment by WaltTheMan
Yes, directly into his left ear. He has to fill up somehow.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:41 pmZooey; I marched on the side where the counter-protesters could see my sign. What are they gonna do-send me to Vietnam? Draft me again?
2251 here in Michigan, time to go. g’night.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:48 pmLets face it, he’s probably never heard of them. It kind of
sickens me as the Tuskegee airmen are one of the greatest
examples of the greatest generation. It was not easy to
get themselves into the position where they could wearily
climb into their fighter planes every day to escort bombers.
The missions were long, arduous and terrifying. Think of strapping
yourself into a subcompact car, driving 6,7,8 hours to get into
a position where you could be shot at by an enemy who wanted
nothing more than to blow you off the face of the earth.
The Tuskegee airmen are heroes to me. Their courageous efforts
March 29th, 2007 at 10:48 pmto demonstrate their courage and patriotism is something that
has to be admired, or at least pronounced correctly.
Yes, directly into his left ear. He has to fill up somehow.
Comment by dlet
To do that, he would have to insert his head into a lower orifice.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:50 pmhe’s the cry baby, right? cried for the cameras… very sad guy.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:51 pmTo do that, he would have to insert his head into a lower orifice.
Comment by WaltTheMan
LOL Bingo!
March 29th, 2007 at 10:51 pmComment by valiant venus — March 29, 2007 @ 10:23 pm
You think your anorexia makes you more attractive than Rosie O’Donnell. You must have puked up your brain then because ratings on the Biew are up over 20 points since she got there. Way more people watch the View now than watch Fox News. And we would pay to never hear from you pathetic self again. But Rosie is getting offers to do her own show again.
Beside TP isn’t for people like you. It’s for progressives not for backward, bible-thumping, trailer trash like you.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:53 pmI am off for a while Stewart is coming up.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:53 pmDuring his short speech to those in attendance, Boehner six times mispronounced the group’s name as the “Tusk-E-gee,†eliciting audible groans from the front to the back of the Capitol Rotunda.
Boy, was I confused when I read this, because “tusk-E-gee” is a *correct* phonetic representation of the word.
To better represent boner’s error in print, it should be written “tusk-E-jee”.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:54 pmZooey; I marched on the side where the counter-protesters could see my sign. What are they gonna do-send me to Vietnam? Draft me again?
2251 here in Michigan, time to go. g’night.
Comment by Uncle Ho
Good for you, Uncle Ho. Right in their faces. Maybe one of the counter-protesters managed to have a synapse fire, and your sign made them think.
Goodnight, Uncle Ho. :)
March 29th, 2007 at 10:55 pmMaybe you should have taken a camera to capture the moment…..
Comment by valiant venus — March 29, 2007 @ 10:28 pm
Maybe you should go where you’re wanted - if you ever find some place.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:56 pmMaybe you should have taken a camera to capture the moment…..
Comment by valiant venus — March 29, 2007 @ 10:28 pm
Maybe you should STFU, st*pid c*nt.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:56 pmThe great irony about Boehner being booed by construction workers is that the working class, such as the construction workers, were considered to have been great supporters of the Viernam War thirty five to forty years ago, hailed by Richard Nixon as the Silent Majority. If Boehner and, as an extension, the White House, do not have support of the working class then, to paraphrase LBJ, they have all but lost support for the war/occupation in Iraq and said war should be considered a lost cause for the Bush administration.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:59 pmI only wish this was the stupidest think Boehner ever did. But alas, tis not to be.
But you know this wasn’t an accidental oversight. The first thing you learn in acting or speech making is to make sure you check pronounciation of names or words you have trouble with. This was definitely a show of disrespect for these brave airmen otherwise it wouldn’t be an issue.
March 29th, 2007 at 11:00 pmSomehow this brings to mind the whole Washington Press Corps guffawing over the fact that he didn’t know that a PhillyCheese Steak should only be made with Cheez Whiz.
I’ll say to Boehner what I said to Kerry: this is what you’ve got a staff for. If you had a decent stafff, they’d know how clueless you are, and prep you.
It’s gonna be a whiteboard and pointer in the Congressman’s office from here on in.
(Although–good God, it’s in his home state. If there’s one skill I thought was simply required for politicians, it’s remembering names. Wrong again.)
March 29th, 2007 at 11:02 pmMost of the men who served are dead now. It was a little funny to see such brave airmen being awarded by a weak drunken druggie who was to scared to serve the air force. Now that’s strange. Boner is just Boner he is much like the Hammer aka bug man. He and George have alot in common as both skipped out of serving in Vietnam. Boner had a bad back in just 8 weeks so he went home where it was safe. Now as for the disrespect he showed this great men well it speaks for itself. At lease the racist are few so we have many good non racist in America.
March 29th, 2007 at 11:12 pmSllooooowwww weeeeek, Nico? Think of how much more people would have enjoyed a thought provoking article about the “brilliant†metallurgist, Rosie O’Donnell. The rotund lesbian, complete with her PlUnGeR and Braid Faire conspiracy theories about 9/11 to the British naval hostages, is so kindly and compassionate.
I congratulate you on your ability to so many real or assumed personal slurs crammed into one paragraph. However, you do understand that Ms O’Donnell is an entertainer, while Mr. Boehner is one of the most powerful elected officials in our government? This is a political blog, so people pretty only talk here about politicians with, you know, actual power and responsibility, and they don’t usually waste time talking about entertainers. You probably want to find one of the lowbrow gossip blogs. Enjoy.
March 29th, 2007 at 11:43 pmNotice how Jake exhibits typical pedophile/rapist behavior. As soon as he sees a new name he engages that person.
At 75 years old he’s had many years to perfect that winnowing out the weak from the herd. Of course as soon as he finds that person is wise to him he strikes back and gives up the “grooming phase†of the victim. After all if he’s not getting anything out of it why pretend to be nice.
So Jake is that how you “found Jesus?†Did your attorney tell you judges go easier on defendents who are “born again�
March 30th, 2007 at 12:00 amThis loser isn’t even embarrassed by this.
March 30th, 2007 at 12:05 amJackass.
Places Tus·ke·gee (tÅs-kÄ“’gÄ“)
A city of eastern Alabama.
End of pissing contest.
March 30th, 2007 at 12:13 amRUC,
You know it’s bad when assh*le of the century, Mitch McConnell, disrespects and disdains you.
March 30th, 2007 at 12:14 amMistress Z~
March 30th, 2007 at 12:20 amI’m surprised nobody dissed his dains all over the podium.
RUC,
Too funny…. :D
March 30th, 2007 at 12:46 amI did not vote for this man.
I don’t live in his state though I am considering moving there just to make my not voting for him have all the more meaning.
March 30th, 2007 at 1:31 amGET THIS TOTAL F*CK-UP “Boner” Boehner(PROBABLY HAS A BONER THINKING ABOUT CHIMPya) OFF THE SCENE—HE’S A NATIONAL DISGRACE, JUST LIKE THE FAT F*CK Hastert WHO HE KNIFED IN THE BACK AND DEPOSED AS LEADER OF THE repugnant-repubs–Hastert COULDN’T EVEN SING THE “STAR-SPANGLED BANNER”, OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM CORRECTLY—-REMEMBER??????
March 30th, 2007 at 1:32 amWhy aren’t people taking aggressive action to stop Bush/Cheney from their imminent bombing of IRAN???
http://www.counterpunch.com/lindorff03292007.html
Why are so many people just waiting for it to happen???
March 30th, 2007 at 1:40 amNot sure if this is of any help in the pronunciation department, but those of us who live in Alabama (I live in Montgomery, less than an hour west of Tuskegee) tend to pronounce the city’s name as “tuh-SKEE-gee” (spelling-wise, it would be Tu-ske-gee; NOT Tusk-e-gee). And yes, the “g” is a hard “g” as in “get” or “go”.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:45 amtusk-E-Gee, not Tusk-E-jee. The end doesn’t sound like “squeegie.”
March 30th, 2007 at 2:56 amAnd this is relevant because…?
March 30th, 2007 at 6:06 am#
The problem is that he’s using a soft “g†instead of a hard “g.†What a doofus.
Comment by porgy tirebiter — March 29, 2007 @ 10:03 pm
so he’s saying it with a “j” sound - what an idiot!
March 30th, 2007 at 7:04 amapparently Boehner is no nucular scientist…
March 30th, 2007 at 7:06 amanother unimpressive display of idiocy
March 30th, 2007 at 8:00 amWhat a maroon! Excuse me while I whip out my Haner harmonica and play a little tune in Boner’s honor.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:04 amI am glad that the service of these African American citizens finally recognized.
While they were doing their job,they were disciminated against….that was not long time ago…they are still alive and with us.
I hope this event will be another nail in discrimination coffin.
Looking with hope to America without discimination,racial and other….
This was long overdue,and the recognition of these peoples’service will be a reminder that we should look forward to America without racial,religious ,gender and other discrimiantions.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:21 amThe air strip has been preserved. You can drive up to a hangar that preserves a plane and has several small but fascinating displays of memorabilia, including photos, newspaper pages, etc. My favorite was the one illustrating Eleanor Roosevelt, who had one of the airmen give her a ride in his plane. You can only imagine the impact that had at the time!
As for Boner of Ohio, the citizens of that state should be (*U)(*& ashamed of themselves that they elected him. He is an ignoramus, a disgrace, and his every word and acts brands him for the fool he is.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:29 amHe looks somewhat polished but it ends there. How did this man get to the position which he holds? Then again America looks for the polish only. If we only looked at the credentials.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:41 amSee my post #57 for a link as to how to pronounce the city’s name.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:50 amActually, I’m surprised Republicans remember to zip up their flys.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:00 amwhat a f. dumbass. now come on. and leave it to the white man to further degragate a group of men that shocked and awed the very ones that discriminated against them. only in nazi america
March 30th, 2007 at 10:10 am76+ comments on a mispronounced word??
We got a president who says “nookular”
Perspective people!! Perspective!!
March 30th, 2007 at 10:51 amThis is the type of guy this nation needs as a Republican Minority leader. Leave him alone and let him lead the righties over a cliff.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:08 amBoehner’s Boners. I’m loving it!
March 30th, 2007 at 11:10 am#77
it’s gp. the white man throw these courageous men under the bus thinking that they would be picked off one by one. they were proven wrong. and not only that they KICKED ASS. so to use them in that manner and wait all these years to give them the very thing they deserve and mispronounce their name. you mean to tell me this prick had no idea he couldn’t say tuskegee. practice peckerwood. THAT IS SHAMEFUL. no excuse. none, nadda, zip, zero, period, the f. end. the only slack i’ll give him is to get the noose around his neck.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:15 am#77
by the way, as for bush, he is an F student. dumber than dumb, stupider than stupid. and is a patsy to the real criminals. that is expected.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:16 amIt is important to highlight Repubs like this, even though it seems trivial, as it must be shown to the American People, at every opportunity, that they are not qualified, in any sense, to hold their office.
Sorry for the messy sentence!
March 30th, 2007 at 11:55 amBoehner needs to be burned at every opportunity because he’s the SOB that handed out CASH to representatives from big tobacco. Keep his name in the dirt!
March 30th, 2007 at 12:19 pmRemember, Boner is someone who passionately insists we are fighting an “enemy” in Iraq, and that if we leave it will constitute “surrendering” to this “enemy” and that the “enemy” will magically “follow us home” if we stop engaging them over there.
He, like all the Republican morons who share this view, obviously can’t tell the difference between a conflict between one state and another, and policing a civil war between Sunni and Shia, so pronouncing Tuskegee correctly is the least of his problems.
March 30th, 2007 at 12:22 pm[…] what’s the opposite of white-hot contempt?) for crazy old Mitch McConnell after reading this earlier this morning. But then I read this and everything’s back to normal. No Comments […]
March 30th, 2007 at 12:30 pmCORRECTION : The Tuskegee Air men will recieve a Bronse medal, NOT a GOLD !
Oh so typical.
March 30th, 2007 at 12:31 pmTus-Kee-Gee,
Soft G, Hard G,
Like Boner
Soft Boner, Hard Boner.
Who Cares about him?
March 30th, 2007 at 1:01 pmThis is so stupid…just shows the petty nature of this site at time. This is not a damn story. OMG. Someone mis-pronounced a word….give me a break.
March 30th, 2007 at 1:39 pm[…] act surprised: After all, he’s been mispronouncing “Boehner” for years. Permalink […]
March 30th, 2007 at 1:56 pmWasn’t half as embarrassing as this….
http://www.ifilm.com/ profile/ breitbart/ video/ 2829104
March 30th, 2007 at 2:09 pm#87
So, goes half of the stories posted here!
March 30th, 2007 at 2:13 pmBoehner is one of the all-time dumbest Congress members. How he got into a leadership position is a real mystery. He must be really good at taking orders, or give really good head. Maybe both.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:48 pmI do loathe the Boner and at first glance would probably give even him a break. Anyone can make a mistake. But, given the importance of the talk he was giving and the fact that all the family members were in the audience, he should have asked how to pronounce that before he even got to the podium.
March 30th, 2007 at 2:51 pmZooey and Uncle Ho…..how about you use email instead of this comment section for your personal conversation?
March 30th, 2007 at 2:55 pmYou ahve to have lived under a rock for the last ten years in order not to have heard someone pronounce the word “Tuskeegee.” Not only in regard to the airmen but what of the syphilis experiments at the Tuskegee insittue that Pres. Clinton apologized for in 1997.
My toaster is smarter than this guy.
March 30th, 2007 at 3:01 pmyeah yeah - anyone can make a mistake, but if you were about to give a speech honoring these fine men - wouldn’t you check with someone first about the proper pronunciation? this is a big deal for these veterans - they are finally getting some recognition and this jerk can’t even learn how to pronounce the name. boner is a bonehead.
March 30th, 2007 at 3:05 pmLet’s face it people, Bonner has not heart…
March 30th, 2007 at 3:33 pmDRUNK…IMO
March 30th, 2007 at 3:46 pmBoner is an ASS, a BUSH ass-kisser, and ENABLER! He’s all congratulatory now…but, I have no doubt he’d be one of the main Pro-ponants against “Intergrating the Service” back in the 40’s….I could hear him now…”Blacks and Whites can’t serve with each other…Unit Cohesion blah blah”! ….since he’s so for the DODT policy against gays and lesbians!
March 30th, 2007 at 3:50 pm[…] Watch Video […]
March 30th, 2007 at 4:24 pmTuskegee: a Chocktaw word meaning….. another white politician’s brain has gone fishin’
March 30th, 2007 at 5:33 pmDo all Republican males dye their hair and get Botox? He’s a quiet version of Tom deLay, only just plain stupid with no political smarts. His misspeaks are like Bush saying the “Democrat party”. It’s just their little way of demeaning people every chance they get. He drinks, he smokes and he’s an idiot. “How should I vote again?”
March 30th, 2007 at 6:11 pmMoron. My mom graduated with her first degree from Tuskegee. I can almost guarantee she would have had a fit listening to this nitwit.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:55 pmWhile the Boner is a moron and a disgrace, he pronounced Tuskegee the same way most people from Southwest Ohio do, even the African-American population from SW OH incorrectly pronounce it.
Why don’t we look into Boehner’s ties to big businesses like predatory lenders (Sallie Mae, aka SLM Financial) and big tobacco? Those wrongdoings of his require a lot less inference and have more hard facts of corruption on Boner’s part than the way he mispronounces words does.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:35 pmIt’s “Tusk-ee-gee with a hard “g.” Some folk have no respect when they speak to “AAs.” Boener is one of those arrogant a–holes that just doesn’t care.
Could his next election fail because he mispronounced Tuskeegee. I have never heard anyone in my entire life mispronounce in such a horrible way, just like others have posted, during his presentation.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:18 pmBonehead and all of the Repugs owe the freedoms they claim to love to the Tuskegee Airmen, yet they are the very creatures whose ranks include people directly responsible for preventing the appropriate acknowledgement of their valor in battle.
Make no mistake; I have met some of the Tuskegee Airmen! They are without a doubt among the finest soldiers our nation has ever produced. All that they endured, forced to fight both the Nazis AND racist fools in their own amred forces and government who often expended more energy to shoot them all down than any German flak batteries or fighter pilots over Europe! To mispronounce a person or group’s name is an insult. Period.
Boner only shows how pathetic he really is, as is his entire Repug party. If he had any shred of honor, is he was even a shred of a real man, he would resign.
Leland R. Erickson
March 30th, 2007 at 11:24 pmCitizen
Proud son of a WW2 USMC Veteran, PTO, 1941-45
It’s pathetic because it shows a complete lack of interest in an important topic of American history and total disrespect for the Tuskegee airman. The fact is, this will garner him more votes from the racist Right, who denigrate the accomplishments of African-Americans by labeling it as “just Black History,” which patriotic white Americans can safely ignore, because, they think, it’s not REAL American history.
I’m also from Ohio, there is NO reason anyone with half a brain should mispronounce Tuskegee. Hell, I was taught how to pronounce the word by the time I was 10. The only way to remain ignorant about the pronunciation of Tuskegee is if one has spent their life deliberately trying not to learn about the accomplishments of African-Americas.
March 31st, 2007 at 7:41 amhttp://encarta.msn.com/ encnet/ features/ dictionary/ DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861722652
Tuh-skeegee; click on the above link to hear it pronounced.
March 31st, 2007 at 8:24 amHe isn’t embarrassed , nor will be be . These types just move on
March 31st, 2007 at 4:36 pmto the next screw-up with full confidence in themselves. Help us .
I am enjoying seeing The Boner with egg on his face, however I feel I must point out that while it’s true that “when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking”, it generally does not apply to proper nouns. For example “Fielding”, or “Heinz”. Therefore Boehner is pronounced Bay-ner, not Bow-ner.
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