Hey, so remember when President Obama warned Vladimir Putin not to be on “the wrong side of history”? During a speech today extolling the virtues of Lyndon B. Johnson, Obama apparently amended his earlier position:
President Obama: "We are here today because we know we cannot be complacent. History travels not only forwards, but backwards and sideways."
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) April 10, 2014
Pardon?
Word salad. RT @RBPundit: "History travels backwards." https://t.co/CKBrR6ONOD WHAT?
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) April 10, 2014
"History travels backwards." https://t.co/6B17mZvwRV WHAT?
— RBe (@RBPundit) April 10, 2014
@WhiteHouse uh, what!?
— Matt Vespa (@mVespa1) April 10, 2014
.@WhiteHouse I know what all those words mean, but those sentences don't make any sense.
— Dr. Kankokage (@kankokage) April 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/bleuteaux/status/454314304603295744
.@WhiteHouse
WTF?! What does that even mean?
Who writes this piffle?— aThirdOfDuane (@aThirdOfDuane) April 10, 2014
Joe Biden?
Can someone explain what the hell Obama is talking about? RT @RBPundit: "History travels backwards." https://t.co/GbUmoLeQR8 WHAT?
— Christy Lynn (@ChristyLynnLSU) April 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/NoahWehrman/status/454314120574038016
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/454314200551018496
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https://twitter.com/CurtisKalin/status/454316010578137088
How can you stand on the wrong side of history — or any side, for that matter — when history moves forwards and backwards and sideways?
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/454313270334464001
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/454313890239639552
Wonkavision! RT @RBPundit: "History travels backwards." https://t.co/syfOylXId0 WHAT?
— Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl) April 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/ScottLofquist/status/454314048872398848
Good question. Here’s another one: What the hell is going on at the Obama White House?
https://twitter.com/bitingtea/status/454313761432948737
Maybe he’s keeping some other stuff in the basement as well:
https://twitter.com/gordonshuckrow/status/454313043888189440
Lay off the choom, @whitehouse https://t.co/3lZZ06o68h
— The H2 (@TheH2) April 10, 2014
Choom. MT @WhiteHouse President Obama: "…we know we cannot be complacent. History travels not only forwards, but backwards and sideways."
— Leslie ن (@LADowd) April 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/454314037967613953
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/454314886181318656
@WhiteHouse Obama's back on the crackpipe, huh?
— GoSellCrazy… (@rrobertschwartz) April 10, 2014
@WhiteHouse Day drinking again?
— James Humphreys ?? (@BPratto) April 10, 2014
@WhiteHouse Step away from the blotter acid. I repeat: step away from the blotter acid!
— We are screwed…from a distance (@PornPops69) April 10, 2014
We’re in good hands, America.
Smrtest. POTUS. Evar. pic.twitter.com/32o7ZzXru4
— Mike (@ThePantau) April 10, 2014
And once again, The Simpsons were right:
https://twitter.com/OrwellForks/status/454315519324487680
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