5/4/2009 President Barack Obama’s joke was lost in translation—when he referred to a Cinco de Mayo celebration as “Cinco de Cuatro.” Obama jumbled his words as he welcomed guests to the White House to observe the Mexican holiday, sending the crowd into laughter before he referred to the day correctly.

“Welcome to Cinco de Cuatro—Cinco de Mayo at the White House,” said Obama, in what appeared to be an attempt to note they were celebrating on the fourth of May instead of the fifth.

Cinco de cuatro means “five of four” in Spanish.

“We are a day early, but we always like to get a head start here at the Obama White House,” he said.

From RightWingNews.com:

Lost in all the other fun stories of the day, ones such as Obama To Fire His First Gay Arabic Linguist, Obama asking to double the budget to catch tax cheats(snort!!!!!), and, as written at Fark, “Nancy Pelosi: I was not briefed on waterboarding practices. CIA: Our documents, let us show you them,” is President Obama’s plan for the border fence

President Obama’s budget blueprint Thursday shelved extension of the controversial border fence beyond the 670 miles already completed or planned — rejecting the much-heralded security approach orchestrated by former President George W. Bush.

The Obama administration’s turnabout left funds for roads, lights and so-called tactical infrastructure — but not a dime to extend the pedestrian fencing and vehicle barriers erected along roughly a third of the nation’s 1,947-mile border with Mexico.

Originally, Obama voted for it as a Senator, and will provide funds to finish the first 670 miles, but, nothing to go any further. What with the escalating violence at the US-Mexico border, the home invasions, and the continuing flow of illegal aliens, you would think that Mr. Constitutional Lawyer would read the part about protecting American citizens from all foes, but, making a surprise appearance for a burger photo op is more important. I’m sure the lights will really stop the cross border incursions.

But, we already know that Obama and the Democrat Congress are looking to bring back Shamnesty and count illegals during the next Census. And

As part of the upcoming year’s budget, President Barack Obama has proposed cutting the State Criminal Alien Assistance program, which spends $400 million annually to cover the costs state and local facilities incur in keeping in jail illegal immigrants who are also criminal offenders.

Unfortunately, if all the extreme right wing extremists who are considered extreme right wing extremists for against allowing illegal aliens to become citizens and giving them driver’s licenses stand up to make their voices heard, the powers that be will not sit down, listen, and act, as happened when the GOP still controlled Congress and the White House.

Again, loses his place and has to think on his own for a few moments:

Obama recently read a bit pretty well from the TOTUS (Teleprompter Of The United States) but incorrectly read the word “Orion” as OAR-ee-un rather than oar-EYE-on. The event is explained in more detail here, which says he afterward admitted that his teleprompter messed him up:

…All terrific press for Orion, except that Obama kept pronouncing the company’s name wrong, calling it OAR-ee-on.

After finishing his remarks and talking with a few people, the president returned to the microphone and said his prepared remarks led him to pronounce the firm’s name wrong.

“I suspect this is Or-EYE-on as opposed to OAR-ee-on. Just wanted to make sure that when I’m giving you a plug, that we’ve got the right plug. It’s Or-EYE-on.”

For the opening remarks of his most recent press conference Obama was prompted (a presidential first) not by his trusty glass teleprompters but by a new JUMBO sized prompting screen, which can be seen clearly in the video feed from the White House.

This is from back during the campaign, when his teleprompter went out during a speech, but always worth revisiting:

Let me count them up, in no particular order. Some are big. Some are small.

We all make mistakes. Here’s his:

1. A do-over on the oath of office.
2. Tim Geithner.
3. Bill Richardson.
4. Tom Daschle.
5. Eric “Nation of Cowards” Holder.
6. Leon Panetta.
7. Arne “Cappuccino” Duncan.
8. Hilda Solis (OK, her husband has the tax liens).
9. Nancy Killefer.
10. Charles Freeman Jr.
11. Ron Kirk.
12. Adolfo Carrion.
13. Banning offshore oil again.
14. Letting Nancy Pelosi write the $787 billion “stimulus’ plan.
15. Relying on Tim Geithner to explain it.
16. It is a $13-a-week stimulus, or as his wife said of Bush’s plan: “You’re getting $600. What can you do with that? Not to be ungrateful or anything. But maybe it pays down a bill, but it doesn’t pay down every bill every month.”
17. Going to a press conference without a TelePrompTer. I… Uhh… Umm… Could you repeat the question?
18. Using a TelePrompTer at a press conference. Big boys don’t need training wheels.
19. “Good evening, everybody. Please be seated. Before I take your questions tonight, I’d like to speak briefly.” 1,228 words later he took his first question.
20. Going after Rush Limbaugh.
21. Going after Rick Santelli.
22. Going after Jim Cramer.
23. “Never waste a good crisis.”
24. Obama supporter Warren Buffett: “I don’t think anybody on December 7th would have said a ‘war is a terrible thing to waste, and therefore we’re going to try and ram through a whole bunch of things and — but we expect to — expect the other party to unite behind us on the — on the big problem.’ It’s just a mistake, I think.”
25. Writing a love letter to Vlad and Dmitry.
26. Putting Poland under the bus.
27. Putting Tibet under the bus.
28. Putting Israel under the bus.
29. Taking Cuba out from under the bus.
30. Having his tax cheat go after the tax cheats in Switzerland. Cognitive dissonance.
31. “Karzai has a bunker mentality.”
32. Iran has plans to Marine One helicopters.
33. “I won.”
34. BlackBerry singing in the middle of the night/ Take these golden secrets and learn to fly…
35. Obama: “If Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off.” CEO: No. There will be more layoffs.
36. DVDs to Gordon Brown.
37. “You can’t take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers’ dime.” Vegas convention bookings nosedive.
38. Wagyu.
39. Reset/overcharge button given to Russia.
40. Taking a 4-day holiday weekend before signing “emergency” legislation.
41. “I did think it might be useful to point out that it wasn’t under me that we started buying a bunch of shares of banks. It wasn’t on my watch. And it wasn’t on my watch that we passed a massive new entitlement — the prescription drug plan — without a source of funding. And so I think it’s important just to note when you start hearing folks throw these words around that we’ve actually been operating in a way that has been entirely consistent with free-market principles and that some of the same folks who are throwing the word ’socialist’ around can’t say the same.”
42. Stiffing Chicago for nearly $2 million for that Election Night par-tay.
43. Caroline Kennedy.
44. Bombing Pakistan.
45. Sending the bust of Sir Winston Churchill back to the British.
46. Saying: “President Obama has accomplished more in 30 days than any president in modern history.”
47. A window is not a door.
48. Doctors must perform abortions.
49. Signing earmarks while denouncing them.
50. Adding signing statements while denouncing them.
51. Quadrupling the deficits, while denouncing them.
52. Missing the Gridiron Club dinner.

But be of good cheer. He has 1,409 days left to make up for his stumbles out of the starting gate.

53rd day, 53rd mistake.

You’ve got to check out some of the comments as well. Here are just a few that have been “added” to the list by commenters on its first day.

• Helicopter doors are not as high as regular doors.
• ‘I like being President. And it turns out I’m pretty good at it.’
• Blowing off the Medal of Honor recipients.
• Wanting to give 900 million in aid to the Palestinians(you know the people that cheered and danced while 9/11 was happening).
• Spending over 160 million on the inauguration. Our country is in deeeeep debt, yet Obamamateur keeps on spending like an extreme liberal.
• Dumping General Anthony Zinni
• Making Joe Biden in charge of making sure stimulus money is spent wisely
• Chris Hill as Ambassador to Iraq
• The outreach to the “moderate Taliban”. You know, the guys who merely shoot gays, instead of burying them alive.
• Trying to make veterans pay service related injuries with their own private health insurance.
• Giving Gordon Brown 25 DVD’s
• I will ban lobbyists from serving in the White House … unless I hire two of them
• 80 degrees in the Oval Office
• Sending his kids to Slidewell while yanking that opportunity away from poor kids in the DC area…HYPOCRITE!!!
• And this list doesn’t include Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko, and the rest of the unsavory Chicago bunch he hangs out and colludes with.

And don’t forget for #1 that he also screwed up his second Oath of Office by forgetting to use a bible. I suppose you could give him a break for the first one since he didn’t have his teleprompter.