Remember when everyone thought Senator John McCain was getting senile during the 2008 presidential race? Statements such as “John McCain isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer” resulted in millions of nervous Americans casting their votes for his opponent, Senator Barack Obama.
But shortly after Obama’s historic landslide election in 2008, clues began to emerge that he wasn’t the brightest bulb in the pack either.
For instance, while giving a speech in London, England in 2009, Mr. Obama forgot where he met his wife, Michelle Obama.
Coincidentally, the most recent sign of a disturbing lapse in Mr. Obama’s memory occurred in London again. This time, Mr. Obama forgot what year it was when he signed a guestbook in the nave of Westminster Abbey yesterday.
According to London’s Daily Mail: instead of signing ‘2011’ after his name in the guestbook, Obama wrote ’24 May 2008′ (it is customary for the British to write the day first followed by the month and year). He got the date wrong by three years when he signed the guestbook – despite apparently asking the dean what day it was.
“DOESN’T OBAMA KNOW WHAT YEAR IT IS?” shouts the embarrassing headlines in the London papers today.
In the first stage of Alzheimer’s, a disease that destroys brain cells, there is no visible impairment. In stage 2, the individual begins to experience memory lapses, forgetting familiar words or locations. In stage 3, there is a noticeable cognitive decline and the person has trouble remembering names and dates. The symptoms develop slowly and get worse over time.
It is believed that former president Ronald Reagan suffered from Alzheimer’s while he was still in office.
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AWWWWWW obama
Low and Behold Obama has proven that he too is human
it’s okay Barack.
i went all day yesterday thinking it was Monday.
reaching much
I wrote 2010 on my annual leave request form the other day lol.
I hope he’s not. That’s a devastating disease.
So a person is in early stages of Alzheimer’s if they forget things here and there? Smdh at this even being a post.
Choco aka Hippie says:
Low and Behold Obama has proven that he too is human
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Wow. I hope you’re not in denial? it’s human to forget the day, but not the year. That’s obviously a sign that something is wrong.
He’s vying for re election, 2008 is still on his mind. I guess I have “Old Timers” also, I wrote 2009 the other day. LOL. (Must have been a good yr. I don’t remember why though).
WOW really
@ LadyT: shaking my head at you for being in denial.
It is NEVER normal to forget what year it is.
Sandra, I’m 20 years old and make that same mistake with the date every now and then, it happens. Maybe I have early onset Alheizmers too. #shrug
If he was talking about something and wrote it down that normal. I do it all the time. Unless I’m in the beginning stages too
Sandra, please. So I guess whenever January rolls around you never forget that it’s new year when you write down the date.
Considering all of the stuff Obama has had to deal with I am surprised that he knows his left from his right.
(sigh)
I knew it wouldn’t last…The hate is strong in this one.
That man is Human…
Humans makes mistakes and he is not exempt!!!
Leave my President alone!!!
Its sad that any simple thing a person does gets blown up to something more that it has to be… The man is trying to rebuild a country for God’s sake…
Memory loss is bound to happen a time or two!!! I know up until the month of February I be putting the previous year on paper Lol… And I’m just trying to run a household (that feels like a durn Country at times)!!!
It is possible. Didn’t one of his grandparents have it… *sads*
Since I am in clinical research it is customary for us to date every single document as above. So today is 25May2011. I have even started using it in my regular life (on bank items, school documents) and I sometimes get a side eye from folks….like “heffa what is you DOING?”
I’m shocked at you young people who are making excuses for Obama forgetting the date by three years!
Sandra we don’t know what went on there so to pose the question that this man could possibly be in early stages of Alzheimer’s is a big stretch of the imagination. I told someone that the year was 2001 last Saturday and it wasn’t because I didn’t know what year it was it was just a slip of the tongue and brain. For all we know President Obama could have been talking about something that happened in 2008 shortly before he incorrectly wrote the date.
KDub says:
It is possible. Didn’t one of his grandparents have it… *sads*
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Yes. And studies show that it runs in families.
lol, just imagine how much stress this man has on him. I know a lot of time my manager forget what month this is and several people think its friday when its thursday… so considering he has half the world hating him.. and all this other ish going on big deal.. Not a Obama fan by far…but I doubt this is the case…. When he spells his name wrong, then we have a problem.. maybe he was nervous?
Sandra Rose says:
I’m shocked at you young people who are making excuses for Obama forgetting the date by three years!
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Three years is a bit much I would have to agree on that, but I don’t believe that Sexy Left Handed President is getting: “All The Timers” as Mr. Brown would say… Lol!
maybe it is really 2008 and the government is telling us it is 2011 and he slipped up….mmmmm lol
Sandra Im not in denial – Im 40 so temp memory loss is an occurence I’ve become accustomed to
Im certain you know where Im coming from
Sandra Rose says:
I’m shocked at you young people who are making excuses for Obama forgetting the date by three years!
Who is this Obama dude yall keep mentioning? Isn’t our president George Bush? Hell I lost my mind the second time he was elected…
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:think:Now how did I get here and where are my keys?…
As many as typos as all of us make on this blog – you saying this glitch is any different simply becuz it was numbers as opposed to letters
Good Morning…Who Ever Yall Are!!
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@sandrs You’ve never been thinking something or saying something and wrote/typed that instead of what you were intending to write? I do it all the time.
Hell I forgot how old I was the other day. The lady asked me how old I was and I really had to think on it for a minute!
That is a little strange, but methinks maybe he was saying something about the year 2008 while he was writing…I do that stuff ALL THE TIME…
Yes. And studies show that it runs in families
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It sure does. Which makes it even sadder cause of his fam history…
Maybe he didn’t “forget” the date but was just preoccupied or distracted. It was just a mistake.
Wut shut up
Good morning!
i really wish i could see sandra’s face as she reads the comments. You really know how she hates yall don’t agree with her…..or “get her point” so to speak… she probably looks like this right about now
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sometimes i slip up and write 2011 instead of 1987 for my birth year so what
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let me know when it does it more than once otherwise i could give a rat’s butt
CandiB 1987?
1987? Okay
can i live?! damn
Well go ahead in put me in the nursing home then, because yesterday when I went to Food Lion, and the twins wanted to stay in the car, and when I came out I forgot where I had parked the car and I started SCREAMING frantically, SOMEBODY HELP ME, SOMEBODY HAS TAKEN MY KIDS!!!! Everyone one started looking at me, and then I was like Oh…nevermind…
:lolol:
People write down wrong dates and years all the time…
I started typing the date yesterday and put January instead of May. Hey it is what it is. I have a lot on my mind and as the president of the US I’m sure he does too.
i think they mean 1987 your young. sorta like right after my birthday i was telling people i was 24, when i had just turned 2005…..
WUTWUZMISSIN!
You are cracking me up this morning!!! LMBO…
leapyearpisces says:
Well go ahead in put me in the nursing home then, because yesterday when I went to Food Lion, and the twins wanted to stay in the car, and when I came out I forgot where I had parked the car and I started SCREAMING frantically, SOMEBODY HELP ME, SOMEBODY HAS TAKEN MY KIDS!!!! Everyone one started looking at me, and then I was like Oh…nevermind…
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leapyearpisces says:

Well go ahead in put me in the nursing home then, because yesterday when I went to Food Lion, and the twins wanted to stay in the car, and when I came out I forgot where I had parked the car and I started SCREAMING frantically, SOMEBODY HELP ME, SOMEBODY HAS TAKEN MY KIDS!!!! Everyone one started looking at me, and then I was like Oh…nevermind…
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Best post of the morning
“Everyone one started looking at me, and then I was like Oh…nevermind…”
Velvet and Ohoney,
Well chit, lock me up and throw away the key b/c *in my Tiny Harris voice* “All-Timers” runs deep and wide in my family too! Just a few weeks ago, I misplaced my keys. I don’t know if I threw them in the garbage or baked them in the “meatloaf” but them thangs are GONE!
Oh and Sandy, do you think that preacher that “miscalculated” the rapture has Alzheimers? I mean from the looks of it, it looks like he lost a few marbles back in the day. IJS
leapyearpisces says:
Well go ahead in put me in the nursing home then, because yesterday when I went to Food Lion, and the twins wanted to stay in the car, and when I came out I forgot where I had parked the car and I started SCREAMING frantically, SOMEBODY HELP ME, SOMEBODY HAS TAKEN MY KIDS!!!! Everyone one started looking at me, and then I was like Oh…nevermind…

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OMG… THIS IS TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing….
@leap
How old are your twins?
leapyearpisces says:
Velvet and Ohoney,
is exactly what everyone was doing to me too… I was soooooo embarassed…. I think I have lost all my cool points for 2011…..
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I think you have Ole’Timers too… did you just read it is 2008?
tiny might have alltimers too since she thinks its still the 1990s by the way she does her hair
Okay Guys…
don’t freak out and get too excited but I think Obama may have won the election and is our First Black President
prynsexxx says:
Just a few weeks ago, I misplaced my keys. I don’t know if I threw them in the garbage or baked them in the “meatloaf” but them thangs are GONE!
Oh and Sandy, do you think that preacher that “miscalculated” the rapture has Alzheimers? I mean from the looks of it, it looks like he lost a few marbles back in the day. IJS
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OMG!!! Now here you go with this stuff!!! In the Meatloaf?! Lol… I feel sorry for the person that didn’t realize that they had swallowed them… They Azz (Literally) gone unlocked many opportunities… We talking Bathrooms, ERs/Hospitals, Doctor’s Offices etc…
And don’t even get me started on the Preacher!!!
President Reagan had AD while he was in office.
This is not a joking matter, & I’m certain that they scanned his brain during medical testing, and saw no shrinkage.
Maybe he’s just stressed
#notindenial
#butwillkeepaneyeoutgoingforward
OH MY GOSH! I FINALLY MADE ON SANDRA ROSE. COM!!!
HI I’M…. (CHECKS NAME) OH WUTWUZMISSIN…WUTWUZMISSIN (WHODAHELLNAMETHEMSELVESTHAT?)NICE TO MEET EVERYONE!!!
Twin, Auntie just saw your post over there >>>>> and here she goes writing about our President & alltimers… Go figure
WUT, getcho azz to the regulars section over there—>know you ain’t new!
WUT please log off
Nurse Rose, you aren’t giving accurate info here:
“In the first stage of Alzheimer’s, a disease that destroys brain cells, there is no visible impairment. In stage 2, the individual begins to experience memory lapses, forgetting familiar words or locations. In stage 3, there is a noticeable cognitive decline and the person has trouble remembering names and dates.”
Stage I: Loss of short term memory
Stage II: Loss of long term memory
Stage III: The brain forgets to tell the organs what to do, thus everything starts shutting down.
ALL STAGES CAN LAST ANY AMOUNT OF TIME. IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT FORGETS, GET THEM TESTED, THERE ARE SOOOOOO MANY NEW MEDS THAT CAN “PRESS A PAUSE BUTTON” ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR BRAIN. ALSO SUPPORT STEM CELL RESEARCH & WE CAN WIPE THIS OUT!!!!
#imdone
Choco aka Hippie says:
Sandra Im not in denial – Im 40 so temp memory loss is an occurence I’ve become accustomed to Im certain you know where Im coming from
WAIT. Choco your 40?
61 OHoney says:
WUT please log off
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Prynn,
My twins are nine going on nineteen…even after I got in the car, I was still embarassed and in denial so I accused them of moving the car. :lolol:
LOL @ WUT…
Hey Smurfette !!!!!!
Obama was granted the honor of being the first U.S. president to speak from the grand setting of Westminster Hall to both houses of parliament and he received a deeply friendly welcome. I bet you wont be hearing that from fox news.
Obama knows what year it is.. duh!!~- Its the chronic that makes him forget from time to time
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@Leap what Food Lion was your fool self at???
But but………2008 is sooooo random. I could see writing 2010 instead of 2011, but 2008??
I’m not gonna lie, my first reaction was shocked and concerned. I hope it was just a case of “brain fart” because I love me some President Obama and want him to be OK 
Maybe its a significant date for him? Whenever I have to write the date that my anniversary falls on I gravitate towards writing that year.
Or, maybe Manchurian Candidate Monarch clones aren’t programmed to know the date? *snicker*
WUTWUZMISSIN! says:
Sandra Rose says:
I’m shocked at you young people who are making excuses for Obama forgetting the date by three years!
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Who is this Obama dude yall keep mentioning? Isn’t our president George Bush? Hell I lost my mind the second time he was elected…
Now how did I get here and where are my keys?…
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