Video: Bob Turner Didn't Take Long To Make His First Mistake

Bob Turner's "my bad" face.

So Bob Turner won the special election for Anthony Weiner's old seat and today was his first day on the job. How long did it take the former TV executive to make a gaffe? Oh, no time at all! Cue the C-SPAN!

To see what Turner did (and honestly it isn't really that bad of a gaffe, especially for a political neophyte) you'll want to jump the 3:20 mark, after Charlie Rangel introduces the new member of congress. See, Turner starts talking—"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, thank you, Congressman Rangel, thank you, Congressman..."—BEFORE he had been officially recognized by the House Speaker, John Boehner. Whoops! You know the speaker's gonna be crying about that snub tonight.

After Turner realized his mistake and was properly recognized he began again, to laughs, by saying: "Thank you Mr. Speaker...now?"

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By Garth Johnston in News on September 15, 2011 5:37 PM

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Roger_the_Shrubber

Grasping at straws.

petey2

OMG how could it be? He should resign.

LazyNanny

Why are you telling us this? It's a complete non event.

Emmily_Litella

Its just an excuse to keep the Turner story alive. Its a pretty big deal that he won, a SHONDA!

Pierce Inverarity

That's it? He flubbed the procedural sequence on his first day?

Come on , guys...

Have we already forgotten the titanic awesomeness of Rep. Weiner? Weiner would have snapped a smartphone pic of his c*ck and sent it to Pelosi before she even had a chance to say " The gentleman from New York is , (oh my!), recognized."