Press Secretary Jay Carney Confuses Sen. Mitch McConnell With Jimi Hendrix Drummer

First, the guy from The Eagles gets into it with Chris Matthews, and now this. Maybe he was in a Purple Haze, but White House Press Secretary Jay Carney kicked off Wednesday’s briefing by announcing that President Obama had spoken about the debt ceiling negotiations with several Congressional leaders, and…Mitch Mitchell. Carney quickly corrected himself, to laughs from reporters, and reminded them that Mitch Mitchell was not only the name of the late Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer, but also a guitarist in Guided By Voices.

I once thought that Gibbs had made a similar mistake with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), but it turns out the Senator’s real first name actually is Bootsy.

Here’s the clip, from The White House:

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