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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1156781" data-attributes="member: 1246">Idiot !!Bush would have been mocked relentlessly by the media if he did this.Via <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/obama-jeffrey-osborne_n_3470903.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003" target="_blank">HuffPo</a>:US President Barack Obama repeatedly called British finance minister George Osborne “Jeffrey” at the G8 summit, media reported on Thursday.

The US president said three times that he agreed fully with “Jeffrey” during his presentation on G8 host Britain’s plans to crack down on tax avoidance, leaving Osborne red-faced.

Realizing his blunder afterwards, Obama joked that he had mistaken Britain’s chancellor for the US soul singer Jeffrey Osborne, The Sun and the Financial Times reported.

“I’m sorry, man. I must have confused you with my favourite R and B singer,” Obama was quoted as saying.
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1156781, member: 1246"] Idiot !! Bush would have been mocked relentlessly by the media if he did this. Via [URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/obama-jeffrey-osborne_n_3470903.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003"]HuffPo[/URL]:[INDENT]US President Barack Obama repeatedly called British finance minister George Osborne “Jeffrey” at the G8 summit, media reported on Thursday. The US president said three times that he agreed fully with “Jeffrey” during his presentation on G8 host Britain’s plans to crack down on tax avoidance, leaving Osborne red-faced. Realizing his blunder afterwards, Obama joked that he had mistaken Britain’s chancellor for the US soul singer Jeffrey Osborne, The Sun and the Financial Times reported. “I’m sorry, man. I must have confused you with my favourite R and B singer,” Obama was quoted as saying. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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