White House Edits Out Charlie Crist Hose-Grab Remark

BarackObama.com has the official "remarks as prepared for delivery" up from yesterday's town hall meeting in Fort Myers. Suspiciously missing? "Every body needs to grab a hose and that is what Charlie Crist is doing here today." It just ends with "...grab a hose!"Meaning, someone edited it out, or more likely President...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

February 11, 2009

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BarackObama.com has the official "remarks as prepared for delivery" up from yesterday's town hall meeting in Fort Myers. Suspiciously missing? "Every body needs to grab a hose and that is what Charlie Crist is doing here today." It just ends with "...grab a hose!"

Meaning, someone edited it out, or more likely President Obama made a bit of a freudian slip on the spot and deviated from the script. Oh, Obama, you rascal.

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