Obama's first gaffe

 
More of a thoughtless comment than an overtly stupid "Bushism" but I suppose it's sobering to know the man can gaffe it up with the rest of them if he doesn't have his teleprompter.

Addendum (following debate with a US friend):
Note I inferred "lacking thought" rather than "calamitous". I like Obama and didn't personally think there was anything hard/cold in what he said or how he said it - but many people did (as the press reported). I'm questioning why would he even chance "going there" by even attempting to joke about what is a sensitive topic in today's society. There are so many things people will and already do attack him over - does he really need to give them ammunition, however subjective/perceptive it may be? That's where the gaffe is for me - and for what it's worth I do hope it blows over for him.