"Both Presidents"

[Aerows]

Yes, we have more than one President of the United States when someone is running for office.

[Aerows]

1. did you know

That you elected Mitt Romney because there was a national crisis, and it was absolutely necessary that a Republican put his two cents in?

[panader0]

2. Who said this?

[Aerows]

3. I'll dredge it up in a minute

[Skidmore]

4. No we don't. We have a President in office and

someone applying for the job who has no clue what is actually happening behind the scenes. At least McCain had access to a little more info, but Romney is totally without information. He is most certainly NOT "President."

[Aerows]

5. Help me find that comment

It was floating around just now.

[Aerows]

6. Here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021328178#post27

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. I think you've parsed it differently form how it was meant

You seem to be taking it from the nationaljournal.com link in that OP:

Discrepencies between accounts of the sequence of events in a still unfolding crisis underscore the pitfalls of both presidents dealing with foreign policy crises in an election year and presidential contenders -- lacking inside intelligence and real-time information about a crisis -- wading into the fray.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/romney-campaign-denies-acting-rashly-on-libyan-situation-20120912

I think that is:
... underscore the pitfalls of
both
presidents dealing with foreign policy crises in an election year
and
presidential contenders -- lacking inside intelligence and real-time information about a crisis -- wading into the fray

ie the construction is "the pitfalls of both <x> and <y>", with x being "presidents dealing with foreign policy crises in an election year", and y "presidential contenders -- lacking inside intelligence and real-time information about a crisis -- wading into the fray".

[Aerows]

9. Okay

I'm not afraid to admit that I am wrong.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. I think your version was just as correct, grammatically

but I think, stylistically, the 'both <x> doing <y> and <a> doing <b>' version is more likely. Plus a "both presidents" remark is completely wrong, and National Journal is, I think, right wing but not wing nut.

[PD Turk]

11. heh

One would almost have to hear that spoken to know the intent of the speaker. The accent placed on the word "both" could change the meaning depending on the emphasis or lack thereof placed on it IMO

[spanone]

8. 100% absolutely false.

[ananda]

12. I tell you what.

From the amount of attention Romney is getting over this,
you'd think he WAS the prez, with Obama sort of standing
on the sideline like a second teamer.

Something is very wrong with this picture.

[Odin2005]

13. LOL, this reminds me of when Fox talked about the "Minority Speaker"...

After we retook Congress in 2006.