Obamaism

Obamaisms are gaffes (similar to Bushisms) made by U.S. President Barack Obama that include unintentional factual inaccuracies, politically incorrect statements and misstatements, as well as other comments widely covered in the media. These statements have been used for comedic purposes, to demonize Obama and propagate false rumors that he is a Muslim. Parallels have been drawn to similar gaffes made by Vice President Joe Biden.
Obamaisms also refer to statements commonly used by President Obama, as well as words or phrases created from "Barack" or "Obama" as chronicled in the book '.
Notable gaffes
Obama is considered an eloquent speaker of high status in American society. Therefore, gaffes or misstatements are commonly reported in the media and virally spread via websites such as YouTube. A large number of Obamaisms occurred while the Illinois Senator campaigned throughout the nation during the 2008 presidential election. A few occurred while serving as President.
Misstatements
*"What I was suggesting -- you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith..." - Interview with George Stephanopoulos, September 7, 2008.
*"Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain...administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change." - Washington D.C., July 20, 2009.
Factual inaccuracies
*"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." - to Joe the Plumber, Toledo, Ohio, October 12, 2008.
*"I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances." - Washington D.C., November 7, 2008.
*"No, no. I have been practicing...I bowled a 129. It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something." - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, March 19, 2009.
Other
*Rush Limbaugh criticized Obama after a town hall campaign event in Bristol, VA when his teleprompter stopped working, it later became an Internet sensation: "What they'll say is, "Well it costs too much money," but you know what? It would cost, about... It—it—it would cost about the same as what we would spend... It... Over the course of 10 years it would cost what it would costs us... (nervous laugh) All right. Okay. We're going to... It... It would cost us about the same as it would cost for about—hold on one second. I can't hear myself. But I'm glad you're fired up, though. I'm glad."
*At the same event Obama stated: "Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma, they end up taking up a hospital bed, it costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave them treatment early and they got some treatment, and a, a breathalyzer, or inhalator, not a breathalyzer. (crowd laughing) I haven't had much sleep in the last 48 hours."
Adapted phraseology
During the 2008 presidential election, several phrases referred to as Obamaisms, where coined, which were adapted from his first and last names "Barack" and "Obama". Examples include Barackstar, Obamania, Omentum and Post-Baratic stress disorder. Slate magazine complied these into an online encyclopedia and came out with a book in June 2008 titled Obamamania!: The English Language, Barackafied, which listed and gave definitions to several Obamaisms.<ref name="slate"/>

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