Ghost of a flea: President Obama mistakenly calls daughter "Maya"

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September 29, 2009

President Obama mistakenly calls daughter "Maya"

I don't blame the man. It can't be easy to keep your legend straight when you are so close to achieving your mission objectives.

In discussing distribution of flu vaccines in one of his interviews on Sunday morning, President Obama apparently mispronounced one of his own daughter's names.

He said after pregnant women receive the shot, "I think, you're looking at kids, and so, Maya and Sasha would fall into that category..."

Obama's daughter is named Malia. His half-sister's name is Maya.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at September 29, 2009 04:49 AM

Comments

He could also be one of those folks for whom the details aren't as important as the showmanship of the story.

My grandmother routinely transposed the names of my aunt (her daughter) and my cousin (her granddaughter). She used to call me by my dad's name all the time, too. And none of the names are remotely similar to each other.

Posted by: Chris Taylor at September 30, 2009 02:39 AM

I admit your hypothesis has merit but I am still going for the Daily Double under Cuban Sleeper Agent.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at September 30, 2009 07:19 AM

I don't think it matters whether he is or isn't in the long run, the foreign policy results we are getting are worse than if Castro were sitting in the White House. So from an end-result analysis your bet is correct, anyway.

Posted by: Chris Taylor at September 30, 2009 08:45 AM