Bachmann flubs Elvis Presley's birthday

[sinkingfeeling]

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/08/michele-bachmann-elvis-presley-birthday-/1

GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann mistakenly wished Elvis Presley a "happy birthday" today during a campaign event in South Carolina.

Presley -- "The King" to music fans everywhere -- died 34 years ago on this date.

According to CNN's Political Ticker, the Minnesota congresswoman asked everyone at her rally in Spartanburg to wish a "happy birthday" to Presley after she took the stage. She had played his song Promised Land at the event.

Bachmann is a Presley fan, having said during a debate in June in New Hampshire that she keeps Elvis' Christmas music on her iPod.

Presley was born Jan. 8, 1935.

[moksha]

1. She misspoke. She meant "Happy Deathday!"

:rofl:

[KamaAina]

2. Hopefully that costs her Tennessee

at least. :dunce:

[Solly Mack]

3. "Bachmann flubs"...the story of her life.

[dembotoz]

4. born to eternal life?????

[lpbk2713]

5. Either she has no handlers ...

or she pays them no attention. She's a walking sitcom. :rofl:

[MineralMan]

7. Her handlers were probably born after Elvis died. They heard

something on the news this morning about Elvis while they were sipping their lattes, but weren't really listening. So they told her about it, and so it goes. She seems to get misinformation from them all the time. Like that business about John Wayne she crowed about. Someone Googled badly. Someone never heard of John Wayne Gacey, and may have thought that was The Duke's real name. And so...

You get the staff you pay for. Truly.

[KatyMan]

20. "sipping their lattes,"

Why do people say that like it's some elite, exclusive thing? I don't actually drink them myself, but loads of non elite normals do.

[MineralMan]

21. It's more like it's a youthful thing, which was my intent.

It wasn't meant as anything else. Frankly, I don't consider go-fers hired by politicians to be part of any elite. I've been around too many of them to ever think that.

Now, I don't drink lattes. My generation drinks strong coffee black. I prefer French Roast, with a shot of espresso in it. I'd drink a full mug of espresso, but I can't afford that at Caribou Coffee.

If latte references are some sort of cliche, I wasn't aware of it. Sorry for the confusion.

[dixiegrrrrl]

24. Black espresso coffee....

Ok, now I am starting to like you.:evilgrin:

[KatyMan]

27. I just didn't get the reference or what it was supposed to mean

I see it bandied about and thought in a lot of contexts it's like the arugula thing with Obama (IIRC)...thanks for the clarification!

And I agree with you on the coffee...!

[livetohike]

6. Pathetic. A fan wouldn't make that mistake, so she's lying

about that too.

[gratuitous]

14. Yep

I'm not a fan of Elvis Presley by any means, but if you're going to hold yourself out as some kind of fan, you don't make such an elementary mistake. It's like saying you're a John Cougar Mellencamp fan and citing "Born in the USA" as your favorite song. First, it's John Mellencamp, and second, Mellencamp did "R-O-C-K in the USA," not "Born in the USA."

[dtexdem]

8. Getting the King's birthday wrong? That's lese majeste.

Thinking that the day the King died is his birthday -- that's treason.

;-)

[Brother Buzz]

9. Has anyone from the Bachmann campaign edited Elvis' Wikipedia page yet?

I'm just saying.

[JBoy]

10. It's OK. She also gets Christmas and Easter confused.

[Yavin4]

11. Didn't She Get John Wayne's Birth Place Wrong?

Didn't she get Lexington and Concord wrong as well?

Wow, this Republican field is shaping up to be like an SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skit.

[Rex]

13. Worser then that!

She went to the town that John Wayne Gacy was born in and thought it was the OTHER John Wayne! Can you believe she is THAT stupid!? She lost all those votes...yeah praise a serial killer MB! Brilliant move!

[Yavin4]

12. Didn't She Get John Wayne's Birth Place Wrong?

Didn't she get Lexington and Concord wrong as well?

Wow, this Republican field is shaping up to be like an SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skit.

[JuniperLea]

15. It's so like her to confuse birth and death...

Not surprising at all.

And I'm betting the Presley estate wasn't asked for permission to use his song. Those asshats never ask first.

[rsmith6621]

16. You Forgot.......She is a Revisionist and doing a good job ..

eom

[malaise]

17. OMFG

Maybe she'll remember Marcus Garvey's birthday tomorrow - after all 'Mr pray away the gays' name is Marcus :evilgrin:

[DefenseLawyer]

18. Don't be cruel!

She was all shook up.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. Isn't that the day that Elvis was riding to Concord & Lexington and ringing bells?

[Erose999]

22. Theres a large constituency in the South who believe Elvis isn't dead. The once and future king of

rock n' roll.

[Earth_First]

23. Obviously math isn't her forte?

Elivs' 34th birthday?!?

[dixiegrrrrl]

25. "You, madam, are NO fan of The King".

That may have cost her the over 50 Southern vote.

[Bluebear]

26. More dominionist revisionism!