'LOL!!' Obama spelling blunder inspires Pat Sajak to announce 'Wheel' rule change

Yesterday, while praising singer Aretha Franklin, President Obama made a spelling blunder when citing one of Franklin’s hits:

If it wasn't for that dang TelePrompTer, the potus MAY have spelled RSPECT correctly!!http://t.co/tBiSfC6R4m

— Lady Goodman (@LadyGoodman3) March 7, 2014

Obama Throws Aretha Some R-S-P-E-C-T http://t.co/H2wpmSSaav

— Keith Koffler (@keithkoffler) March 7, 2014

So much for teleprompters.

In honor of the spelling error, Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak joked about a rule change on the game show:

https://twitter.com/patsajak/status/441985343265308672

Well played!

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