May 5, 2008
Obama Talks to Tim Matt Lauer
This morning, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama appeared on the Today show, an early morning pre-primary day media blitz, as it were. While it's unclear which Democratic presidential candidate will be victorious this fall, one thing was clear: Obama kept calling Matt Lauer "Tim."
The first time Obama appeared, he did greet Lauer as "Matt," but then he refers to him as "Tim." Lauer ignored Obama's gaffe the first two times, but by the third time, Lauer said something along the lines of, "I know you are tired, sir, but this is Matt." There was some joking that at least Obama got the right network, but will the Clinton “War Room” pounce on the gaffe and the video dominate the news cycle until tomorrow’s primary?
Was Obama tired from roller-skating? And who is this ‘Tim” – did the junior Senator mean Russert (who interviewed Obama yesterday) or did he think he was talking with another shady ‘60s radical from Obama’s mysterious past? Let's face it: You do not cross Matt Lauer--remember what happened with Tom Cruise?
At any rate, Time's Mark Halperin has a scorecard of Obama's and Clinton's messages on all three morning shows.
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Tim as in Tim Russert.
This is stupid. Talk about something else.
sleep deprivation in action. whoops!
Easy mistake. Matt Lauer and Tim Russert are virtually identical and their names even rhyme. Also, making up excuses for Obama is fun.
If that's how incoherent he is during a morning talk show, imagine how utterly useless he'd be at 3 a.m. when that call comes in...
Who cares what his name is - Tim Lauer is about the most inconsequential journalist on the face of the earth. Did he flap his beautiful feathers around like a peacock like he usually does?
- What manner of man are you that you can summon up fire without flint or tinder?
+ I... am an enchanter.
- By what name are you known?
+ There are some who call me... 'Tim'?
You'd think and old geezer like McCain would mess up the names, not a young senator.
It's time for all 3 candidates to take a little nap. It will be a long road to November, at the rate things are going.
funny stuff.
This is a small thing, but I agree that if McCain has done this he would be facing much more criticism.
So what? He looks like a little Timmy.
"Timmah!!"
Early onset of Alzheimers. In ten years, Obama could be in a diaper.