Barry can't spell "respect" -- what, no outrage?

When Dan Quayle, vice president under Bush 41 and one of the media's favorite examples of stupid Republicans, famously misspelled "potato" while at a school spelling bee by putting an e on the end, the media went apeshit. They did not, of course, bother to report that Quayle prompted the student involved to add the e because he was holding a school-provided flash card that spelled the word "potatoe," nor did the media report that Quayle didn't think that was right. Didn't matter. Quayle was an idiot.

Flash forward to a couple days ago at at White House event where Aretha Franklin performed, and when Barry misspelled "respect" during his remarks, the media didn't bat an eye. Never mind that his gaffe proved 1) that he reads from his teleprompter without regard for the content of what he is reading and b) the supposedly pop-culture-savvy president isn't even familiar enough with the sound and meter of Aretha belting out "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" that he would recognize that what he just said sounded wrong. This got reported, but in a very low-key way. I'll just sit back here and wait for the media to go on about what a twit Obama is because of this. I will not, of course, hold my breath.

Actually, I'm not suprised Barry can't spell "respect." After all, he has none for us.