RWers mocking Obama for calling Comiskey Park 'Cominsky Park'

[Enrique]

the joke's on them, because yeah it's technically "wrong" but it's a "mistake" made by some of the most authentic Chicagoans you will find. It's "wrong" in the way that the "correct" name of Jewel grocery store is singular, but it's not uncommon to hear people say "I'm gonna go down to the Jewels". It's wrong, but who cares, that's the way real people talk.

My 89-year-old father who grew up on the south side insisted on calling it Cominsky. I am almost positive I've heard Mayor Daley call it that. Maybe it's an Irish thing? My dad's big-time Irish. Obama's Irish. :shrug:

[4lbs]

1. Dubya's NEW-KEW-LURR anyone?

Or how about Dan Quayle's "We're gonna go past to the back!" instead of "back to the past".

At least 'Comiskey' and 'Cominsky' sound almost alike.

[GoCubsGo]

9. Not just Dumbya.

Most of them pronounce it that way, too.

[Chulanowa]

2. Saying it like it's spelled makes me feel like my nose is stuffy

Putting an N in there is perfectly natural for speaking comfortably.

[elleng]

3. Mock and bully.

:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Just Googled the term 'Cominskey'

and I see that the flying monkey brigade is all over it. FWIW, I called it 'Cominskey Park' for years, even though I knew better; it just rolls off the tongue easier than 'Comiskey,' and I've heard a boatload of people call it 'Cominskey' - even sportscasters. For that matter, I have to catch myself to keep from saying 'Soldiers Field' instead of the correct singular version.

In the end, it just points to the pettiness and mean-spiritedness of these dickheimers. After eight years of hearing Chimpy McCokespoon mangle the English language, they've got some fuckin' nerve even mentioning such a minor grammatical infraction. I'm sure this 'major gaffe' will be a great comfort to them.

[boppers]

5. LOL, found an over-the-top blog on it:

http://bigjournalism.com/mopelka/2010/04/07/cominsky-park-enough-is-enough-let-the-impeachment-process-begin/

The author recommends.... impeachment?

[mucifer]

6. the mayors daley both of them referred to it as Cominsky.

I thought Obama had butchered the name even worse. It doesn't really matter . Actually, why am I replying to this thread?

:)

Oh yeah President Obama is cutting down on nukes! Oh and president reagan tried doing it too. Somehow things are only evil when Obama does them.

[Pirate Smile]

8. Yes, I see there is "no way" the new START treaty can pass the Senate even though the previous ones

passed overwhelming. Didn't Lieberman say that today? I read the headline but haven't bothered with checking it out further yet.

It is just f#$king pathetic how Republicans act now.

[Cha]

7. Add that to the neverending list of gop

Hypocrisy.

[Berry Cool]

10. Isn't it "U.S. Cellular Field" anyway now?

Ewwww...

[fishwax]

11. It's *spelled* that way, but *pronounced* Comiskey (or Cominsky)

;)

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. They should read the signs at a Teabagger rally

if they want a real laugh.

[Caretha]

13. So little time

and so many "Bushisms" but I will sacrifice myself before the "Gods of the Inane" just for posterities sake.....

"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." --Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000.

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." --Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000

"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror." --interview with CBS News' Katie Couric, Sept. 6, 2006

"This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating." --as quoted by the New York Daily News, April 23, 2002

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." --Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005

"Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere!" --joking about his administration's failure to find WMDs in Iraq as he narrated a comic slideshow during the Radio & TV Correspondents' Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 24, 2004