Obama’s NASCAR History Lesson
Posted on 08.20.09 by Danny Glover @ 8:32 pm

Any man who wins a famous award for being the elitist of the year really should just keep his mouth shut when it comes to subjects like professional racing. But President Obama decided to go there this week and lodged his foot squarely in his mouth.

Obama goofed when recounting NASCAR’s connection to moonshiners. Ed Morrissey gave Obama a much-needed everyman history lesson at Hot Air, where he tracks the many “Obamateurisms” of a president who can’t survive without his TelePrompter:

There’s no doubt that NASCAR has its roots in the moonshine business, but Daytona Beach isn’t where they raced. … The first stock car race at Daytona Beach didn’t take place until 1936, three years after the repeal of Prohibition.

Please stick to Urdu poetry and arugula, Mr. President, and leave NASCAR and swamp cabbage to all of us rednecks you so despise.


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