This is how President Obama signed the guestbook at Westminster Abbey earlier today, where he got a tour from the Very Reverend Dr. John Hall and laid a wreath on the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

Quoted Text

    It is a great privilege to commemorate our common heritage, and common sacrifice.

    Barack Obama

    24 May 2008

It was really nice until he got the date wrong by three years. Granted, 2008 was a great year for him, and we might try to live it for as long as possible, too, if we were him. Also, though, he may have had a stroke.

Update: For those who find the European-style date suspicious, the Telegraph reports that a "Westminster Abbey spokeswoman confirmed it was the president who had written the wrong date."

he was trying to make a copy of his birth certificate

Don't forget that Obama once said there were 57 states too!!!

When you're that close to perfect, every little flaw is noted.  

After 8 years of Bushisms and Bush screw ups... the country is grateful for a reminder every once and a while of what those disaster years were like.  Obama proving that he isn't actually a god but human like the rest of us is reassuring!