This is just another in a long string of statements, from the "57 States" debacle to "Cominsky Park" and beyond, which demonstrate that this President has a profound lack of familiarity with both the country which elected him and the culture he pretends to represent. Nevertheless, as long as he continues to champion the Progressive / Liberal agenda his ignorance on other matters will be overlooked by those who support that agenda.

Seriously, how can anyone misspell R E S P E C T ! Classic song that 'almost' everyone knows

He deserves no respect so why should he know anything about it, including how to spell it.

He has no idea what the word is or means, how can you expect him to spell it?

I don't think he realized his mistake right away. His supporters will just say Dan Quayle stole the e to spell potatoe.

Oh, it must not have been his fault!! I was the teleprompter's fault. Some goon misspelled it, not dear leader. <SARCASM>

I wish the press would report on his really big blunders, like the one that the government can do a better job on health care than private markets can.

It won't matter in any of the "57 states" he visited on the campaign trail.

Or any of the gay bars he ever visited in Chicago, either,

If you recall, he even flubbed the words to the swearing in, in Jan 2009. It had to be re-done (in private!) He was elected as part of some popularity contest, and not as a CEO or Commander-in-Chief. He has no skills that are suitable or adequate for the job description as described in the US Constitution. So in line with that, of course he doesn't know how to sing the words (letters?) to that song. Apparently he is not even a very good basketball player either.

These are skills or talents that many have projected onto him, probably based on what they HOPE that he is, most likely due to their own race-based perceptions.

Joe Biden is probably the inspiration for many of these expectations, as he anointed Obama as "the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy."

The comparison that Joe was making is pretty obvious from his words here. Although we wonder still if Joe will "rspect" him in the morning.

he can't read

Dang it. Teleprompter bwoke again. I mean broke.