In the 30-minute speech, Obama discussed the usual "challenges facing people across Indiana and all across this country are growing by the day," i.e. housing crisis, the economy and health care.
However, the key phrase to listen for is this (23:24):
"We're going to have do what I did when I went to Detroit and told the automakers that they're going to have to raise fuel-efficiency standards on cars. We can make more efficient cars right here in the United States. There's no way they have to be made in Japan. But, it requires that Detroit changes its ways. And I have to say that when I delivered that speech, nobody clapped. The room was really quiet. But that's OK, because that's part of what is the task of the next president."
Why is this the key phrase?
The speech that Obama refers to is from May 2007 when he spoke to the Detroit Economic Club. Despite what he said at the J-J Dinner and several other moments on the campaign trail, Obama was applauded by the audience when he proposed setting higher fuel efficiency standards....
You want to hear some REAL stupidity?
Obama's misstatement, caught on tape, is somewhat reminiscent of Sen. Hillary Clinton's story of landing under sniper fire in Bosnia.
No it's not.
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