Obama, on fundraising swing, jokes about poor debate [more "bumps in the road"]
Yahoo ^ | 10/7/2012 | Olivier Knox
Posted on October 8, 2012 12:13:16 AM EDT by Hunton Peck
LOS ANGELES President Barack Obama opened a two-day fundraising swing through California on Sunday with a "30 Days to Victory Concert" starring George Clooney, Jon Bon Jovi, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry, and Jennifer Hudson. He also seemed to poke fun at his own listless debate performance last week against Mitt Romney.
"Everybody here is incredible professionals, they're such great friends and they just perform flawlessly night after night. I can't always say the same," Obama said, drawing laughter and cheers from the crowd.
Looking back at 2008, Obama said, "everybody always remembers the victory, but they don't always remember the bumps in the road." "Things always look good in retrospect. But in the middle of it we made all kinds of mistakes. We goofed up. I goofed up. But the American people carried us forward," he said.
About 6,000 people were on...
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Bump in the road just like the terrorist attack in lybia. What a piece of shit.