(May 9, 2008): Barack Obama's 57 United States (LA Times)

[DemKR]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/barack-obama-wa.html

Well, okay, 55 if you discount Florida and Michigan :)

"It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."

Snip

(UPDATE: At a later stop Obama was talking with reporters and expressed concern he'd also mis-stated the number of potential cyclone victims in Burma. He said, ""I hope I said 100,000 people the first time instead of 100 million. I understand I said there were 57 states today. It's a sign that my numeracy is getting a little, uh." At that point, an aide cut him off and ushered journalists out. Before he could mis-speak again?)




YouTube - Obama Claims He's Visited 57 States

[Donald]

They said he was sleep deprived, the reason for the 57 state mistake..hmm, lets see, Hillary left Indiana, after they made her wait all night for a victory, and has not stopped yet...she looks and sounds good to me...Guess that takes experiance.

Whats Obama been doing since Tuesday to be sleep deprived..He took Wednesday off.

[xfiles]

I think cocaine has fried his brain. It can do permanent brain damage.

Look at Dubya!

[DemKR]

That's right, didn't Obama go home to his struggling black American Chicago mansion that night? was he too busy staring at Hamas photo to sleep? Flashback to the last time Hillary said she was sleep deprived after making a gaffe...oh wait, that's right, the media focused on it for FOUR FREAKING WEEKS. How long will this one last?

[JMS825]

I will give Obama the benefit of the doubt since we was told by Rev Wright and Rev Moss that Blacks didnt get a good education cause of their "skin condition"

[candyrose9460]

I seen michelle on c-span the way she sniffs all the time, she must have a problem with cocain too!

[DemKR]

You ignorant white american!

[Donald]

I will give Obama the benefit of the doubt since we was told by Rev Wright and Rev Moss that Blacks didnt get a good education cause of their "skin condition"

Maybe he thinking about the states he and Michelle want to add to make America a better, not bitter place..hear he's been looking a Kenya a lot lately...(ok thats wrong of me, but hey works for their side).

[Wyoming Dem]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/barack-obama-wa.html

Well, okay, 55 if you discount Florida and Michigan :)

"It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."

Snip

(UPDATE: At a later stop Obama was talking with reporters and expressed concern he'd also mis-stated the number of potential cyclone victims in Burma. He said, ""I hope I said 100,000 people the first time instead of 100 million. I understand I said there were 57 states today. It's a sign that my numeracy is getting a little, uh." At that point, an aide cut him off and ushered journalists out. Before he could mis-speak again?)
57 states? So now, which ones have the Great Lakes? Must be over there by "Obamafornia" or "New Obamaxico" or maybe "Obamasippi". Maybe we annexed Canada while I wasn't
looking? Did Saint Obamanus solve the illegal immigration problem by just making Mexico part of the US? Honest to God, an "Ivy League" education just isn't worth jack s**t anymore.
I hear Michelle bi****ng about re-paying student loans. Listening to the disinformation that comes out of Obama's mouth, I'd be asking for my money back If I was Michelle. OMG we already have "Howdy Doodie" as a president. Now they want us to elect "Cliff CLavin" from cheers. I'd laugh but then I would end up crying for this country.

[JMS825]

You ignorant white american!

How dare you call me ignorant and not racist

[JMS825]

Maybe he thinking about the states he and Michelle want to add to make America a better, not bitter place..hear he's been looking a Kenya a lot lately...(ok thats wrong of me, but hey works for their side).

Well he did say he wants to meet with Iran maybe that was to make them a state

[xfiles]

If he were treated like Hillary, the headlines would read:

Obama Lies, Exaggerates the Number of US States!

Barack Obama today lied and said he had visited 57 states and thinks
he has one more to go!

It is likely due to his terrorist links and associations, he is planning on bringing Palestine, Lebanon, Lybia, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan (his favorite since he visted there after college) and the Peoples Republic of China into the Union!

Saying that he was sleep deprived is absolutely NO excuse and his numeracy stinks! An aide cut him off before he could say something equally controversial and add to his list of lies!

[JMS825]

Thing is Hillary said she was sleep deprived with the Bosniagate so to push this would come back at Hillary

[Eddie3dfx]

HAHAHAH.
Maybe he was talking about the state of confusion hes in.
Anytime you get this guy off a written speech or teleprompter, he starts to make dan quayle look like einstein.

[Wyoming Dem]

Thats : A Bitter- Gun Totin'-Bible Thumpin'-Old-White Collar-Ignorant Hick-Racist if you please.

[JMS825]

HAHAHAH.
Maybe he was talking about the state of confusion hes in.
Anytime you get this guy off a written speech or teleprompter, he starts to make dan quayle look like einstein.

How you spell potatoe again lol

[JMS825]

Thats : A Bitter- Gun Totin'-Bible Thumpin'-Old-White Collar-Ignorant Hick-Racist if you please.

can I be a Bible totin Gun Thumpin Old White Collar Ignorant Hick Racist who is Mentally Deranged and lost my bearings

[Wyoming Dem]

You got it! Thought that one was taken but nope, it's all yours.
It was the "Mentally Deranged" that made me think it was taken! HAH

[JMS825]

You got it! Thought that one was taken but nope, it's all yours.
It was the "Mentally Deranged" that made me think it was taken! HAH

You would think Mentally Deranged would be a pet name for Obama supporters

[Wyoming Dem]

You would think Mentally Deranged would be a pet name for Obama supporters
I have other names "reserved" for them! How about "Lunatic Fringe"?

[Ace]

You would think Mentally Deranged would be a pet name for Obama supporters

lol

[Eddie3dfx]

The liberal media attacked mccain on his gaffe about sunni and shitte, I wonder if they will let obama slide on this one as well.
No wonder he only lectured 3 times per year.. it probably took him 4 months to remember the information ;)

[JMS825]

From now on when someone is caught in a lie we call them a "Lying sack of Obama Supporter"

[DemKR]

this whole obama thing.......let it blow over already!

[JMS825]

this whole obama thing.......let it blow over already!

Are we offending you?

[Donald]

If he were treated like Hillary, the headlines would read:

Obama Lies, Exaggerates the Number of US States!

Barack Obama today lied and said he had visited 57 states and thinks
he has one more to go!

It is likely due to his terrorist links and associations, he is planning on bringing Palestine, Lebanon, Lybia, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan (his favorite since he visted there after college) and the Peoples Republic of China into the Union!

Saying that he was sleep deprived is absolutely NO excuse and his numeracy stinks! An aide cut him off before he could say something equally controversial and add to his list of lies!

This is so true...can you imagine the media if hillary had said this...

Sure they would have added that this is a sign that she should quit..kinda of like when they went on about the one shot of Bill's face Tuesday night.....

But no, poor Obama is just so tired...

[Morgan]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/barack-obama-wa.html

Well, okay, 55 if you discount Florida and Michigan :)

"It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."

Snip

(UPDATE: At a later stop Obama was talking with reporters and expressed concern he'd also mis-stated the number of potential cyclone victims in Burma. He said, ""I hope I said 100,000 people the first time instead of 100 million. I understand I said there were 57 states today. It's a sign that my numeracy is getting a little, uh." At that point, an aide cut him off and ushered journalists out. Before he could mis-speak again?)


He has some kind of medical issues or it taking drugs.

[nette60]

I thought he was on the wagon. again....You know he told voters in Oregon they had beautiful "Great Lakes"..By the way he was in Oregon at a Latino affair. WE really need to call oregon BIG TIME this week end....They have started voting already.

[DemKR]

no....the obama thing meaning OBama himself! ;) Let this FAD with this unqualified afroracist-embracing Reagan-loving nut job be done with!

[xfiles]

What do you mean? This is an important issue and I think there is seriously something wrong with him. Can't remember, makes huge gaffes very often, etc.


Can't have a guy in the WH who is sleep deprived and can't remember who he said what to!

this whole obama thing.......let it blow over already!

[pnevai]

I think cocaine has fried his brain. It can do permanent brain damage.

Look at Dubya!

http://users.adelphia.net/~esmf01/Obama-on-crackbw.jpg

[DemKR]

I meant the fascination with him when I said the "Obama thing" hehe

[JMS825]

no....the obama thing meaning OBama himself! ;) Let this FAD with this unqualified afroracist-embracing Reagan-loving nut job be done with!

You had me worried you went to the dark side

[Oregonian4Hill]

Funny, I was under the impression that Obama thought there were 48 states.

[AlexG]

Obama makes mistakes, he gets away with it.
Anybody else makes mistakes, they must die.

said the Main Stream Media

[xfiles]

I've thought the same thing. Many of his gaffe's he doesnt catch and correct immediately.

In addition, he keeps hemming and hawing, er, er, which is a sign of either being distracted or unable to bring up the correct words.

I watched the video several times and he seems very "happy" to put it kindly.


You know, reading that bit about the aide cutting him off and ushering reporters out in mid-sentence.... Sounds very suspicious.

I've often wondered if Obama has had drug problems. I don't think his drug use was limited to his childhood.

If you watch the video, he thinks for a while before he says 57 and it seems very odd that he didn't realise his mistake.

YouTube - Obama Claims He's Visited 57 States (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws)

[Linda C]

Well I guess he can't say anything about McCain's age I wonder who is really loosing their bearings

[JMS825]

They mentioned it on CNN just now on Anderson 360 and he looks so not like himself. He seems lost or something. I sincerely hope he is not sick. We all joke but I dont wish him ill will

[lanney]

Guys n Gals,
Why you are making fun of BO? He did his early schooling in Indonesia, where they taught him number of Island in Sumatra. Before nomination either send him to grade school or like his other problems, ignore this. :D
As dubya says, "fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."

[xfiles]

Very true and when I heard that statement on the radio today before I knew about his 57 state gaffe, I thought saying "losing his bearings" was a little bit odd in and of itself.

Well I guess he can't say anything about McCain's age I wonder who is really loosing their bearings

[Borlah]

One thing that troubled me about Obama early was the response he gave in a debate when asked what his greatest weakness was and he said something along the lines of not being able to organize. That he would loose important papers and that his aides had to care of these things for him. Well, now he's not only misplaced FL and MI but, somehow he has replaced them with, by my count, 9 other states.

[Alessandro Machi]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/barack-obama-wa.html

Well, okay, 55 if you discount Florida and Michigan :)

"It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."

Snip

(UPDATE: At a later stop Obama was talking with reporters and expressed concern he'd also mis-stated the number of potential cyclone victims in Burma. He said, ""I hope I said 100,000 people the first time instead of 100 million. I understand I said there were 57 states today. It's a sign that my numeracy is getting a little, uh." At that point, an aide cut him off and ushered journalists out. Before he could mis-speak again?)

Definition of numeracy, the idiocy of how the caucus state delegates were allocated.

[Annie]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/barack-obama-wa.html

Well, okay, 55 if you discount Florida and Michigan :)

"It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."

Snip

(UPDATE: At a later stop Obama was talking with reporters and expressed concern he'd also mis-stated the number of potential cyclone victims in Burma. He said, ""I hope I said 100,000 people the first time instead of 100 million. I understand I said there were 57 states today. It's a sign that my numeracy is getting a little, uh." At that point, an aide cut him off and ushered journalists out. Before he could mis-speak again?)

Hmmmm crack anyone? Maybe the same thing Teddy (Chappaquidick) Kennedy is/was on.

[Annie]

I have other names "reserved" for them! How about "Lunatic Fringe"?

Lunatic Fringe.
Perfect name for Obama's Fresh New Democratic Party
full of Egg Heads, Blacks, anti-Americans and thugs!

Time for a different kind of party that encompases the blue collar workers, middle class and typical white people along with Hispanics, Asians and those blacks who encompass Martin Luther King's values - where character matters not the color of skin.
"Independent Democrats of America"
:)

[ZY123]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/jojoxii/57star.gif

[struck_dumb]

Oh my Lord does he think he is clever. What a sarky SOB. Not even very clever. I worked and went to Uni with people like him. He is so convinced of his own cleverness that lame sarcasm is hilarious. I am so sick of his unsubtle 'subtleties'

The middle finger 'subtlety'

The VP 'subtlety'

Basically all his statements are high school-level rubbish (well for me it was anyway, for him it's apparently Harvard-level put down) that all the knobheads I didn't talk to in High School are wetting themselves over. Because they were too stupid to 'get it' then, but now, OH NOW, they are the 'smart' ones. No one to look down on them anymore. SAD and SELFISH!!!

I think John McCain is laying back, playing a blinder. His comment the other day about graduating near the bottom of his class in the Naval Academy was brilliant. You see, one of BO's most closely guarded secrets is just how poorly he actually did at one of our most academically stringent institutions. McCain can openly talk about it, leaving the pretender to the throne to follow someone else's lead yet again. I predict at some time before the election he'll bring it up himself how poorly he did academically, in a 'charming' little aside, exactly like McCain did.

Yeah, Independance sounds flipping great right about now. The idea of a three party system is really good. I say, let the Party split along the Hillary/BO lines, and see how far the Far Left get with out us.

Basically what I am saying with this post is that his apparent gaffe is totally on purpose. HA flipping HA. His maths are off, to try to foreground his LYING SOB opinion that Clinton's maths are off.

[lynfreedom]

Now there could be good reasons he said things wrong besides being on drugs.
He could be going through withdrawal
or
He is counting all the behind door meetings with his local terriorists.

[agalfromcal4hill]

I'm new here, but this topic caused me to have bring myself out of the woodwork, after I made this connection. I have been reading and enjoying your forum for sometime, but this idea compelled me to bring this up for comment or reaction.

Almost anybody, certainly a Senator, would know that we have 50 states. I don't care how sleep deprived you are. This led me to thinking, hmmmm, 57 states pretty specific and really way off the mark. I did some research, on a hunch. I found that yes there are in fact 57 states; these would be the 57 states or nations of the OIC, (Organization of the Islamic Conference). According to wiki, there is fact are 57 Islamic nations, or countries in the world. Could he in fact have been referring to this, instead of our great USA? Seemed suspicious that he would be carted off quickly once any explanation tried to come out, we all know he's on par with W, for speaking without a prepared statement. Something about this fits so perfectly, and he seemed to not realize his mistake while speaking it.
Just a thought, anybody care to expand on my theory.

agalfromcal4hill

[hills]

They said he was sleep deprived, the reason for the 57 state mistake..hmm, lets see, Hillary left Indiana, after they made her wait all night for a victory, and has not stopped yet...she looks and sounds good to me...Guess that takes experiance.

Whats Obama been doing since Tuesday to be sleep deprived..He took Wednesday off.

Ain't it nice how they can justify it for him but when Hillary said she mispoke about Bosnia because she also sleep deprived, everyone called her a liar. Yeah, like you decide to go and lie and about something you wrote differently in your book which you know millions of people have read:rolleyes:

[Catherine]

Reasonable people might ask if he has the stamina, resilience for the Presidency. We've had 8 years now of someone who thought he could do this job with one hand tied behind his back.

Voters and the media need to look into his work ethic - just how much time has he spent "on the job"?

He strikes me as someone who thinks the presidency is a role - something like "I'm not the president, I just play one on TV".

[PAangelRN]

You know, reading that bit about the aide cutting him off and ushering reporters out in mid-sentence.... Sounds very suspicious.

I've often wondered if Obama has had drug problems. I don't think his drug use was limited to his childhood.

If you watch the video, he thinks for a while before he says 57 and it seems very odd that he didn't realise his mistake.

YouTube - Obama Claims He's Visited 57 States (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws)

This is Classic!

I never saw the video of him saying the President of Canada. Anyone have that video?

[Optixmom]

http://emergingwriter.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/frying_egg.jpg

This is the DNC's brain on Obama...any questions?

[PAangelRN]

So really he thinks there are 60 states because he thinks he has been to 57 states with 1 left to go and his staff didn't let him go to 2

57+1+2=60

HaHa..... I get an A+

[NYVIN4HILL08]

Oh my Lord does he think he is clever. What a sarky SOB. Not even very clever. I worked and went to Uni with people like him. He is so convinced of his own cleverness that lame sarcasm is hilarious. I am so sick of his unsubtle 'subtleties'

The middle finger 'subtlety'

The VP 'subtlety'

Basically all his statements are high school-level rubbish (well for me it was anyway, for him it's apparently Harvard-level put down) that all the knobheads I didn't talk to in High School are wetting themselves over. Because they were too stupid to 'get it' then, but now, OH NOW, they are the 'smart' ones. No one to look down on them anymore. SAD and SELFISH!!!

I think John McCain is laying back, playing a blinder. His comment the other day about graduating near the bottom of his class in the Naval Academy was brilliant. You see, one of BO's most closely guarded secrets is just how poorly he actually did at one of our most academically stringent institutions. McCain can openly talk about it, leaving the pretender to the throne to follow someone else's lead yet again. I predict at some time before the election he'll bring it up himself how poorly he did academically, in a 'charming' little aside, exactly like McCain did.

Yeah, Independance sounds flipping great right about now. The idea of a three party system is really good. I say, let the Party split along the Hillary/BO lines, and see how far the Far Left get with out us.

Basically what I am saying with this post is that his apparent gaffe is totally on purpose. HA flipping HA. His maths are off, to try to foreground his LYING SOB opinion that Clinton's maths are off.

right on the money

[Eddie3dfx]

YouTube - Obama Claims He's Visited 57 States

Looks like barry has been touching the nose candy again.

[Bloomer]

One thing that troubled me about Obama early was the response he gave in a debate when asked what his greatest weakness was and he said something along the lines of not being able to organize. That he would loose important papers and that his aides had to care of these things for him. Well, now he's not only misplaced FL and MI but, somehow he has replaced them with, by my count, 9 other states.

:D LMAO.......Evidently......He has his own math system that only he understands. :D

[Bloomer]

I'm new here, but this topic caused me to have bring myself out of the woodwork, after I made this connection. I have been reading and enjoying your forum for sometime, but this idea compelled me to bring this up for comment or reaction.

Almost anybody, certainly a Senator, would know that we have 50 states. I don't care how sleep deprived you are. This led me to thinking, hmmmm, 57 states pretty specific and really way off the mark. I did some research, on a hunch. I found that yes there are in fact 57 states; these would be the 57 states or nations of the OIC, (Organization of the Islamic Conference). According to wiki, there is fact are 57 Islamic nations, or countries in the world. Could he in fact have been referring to this, instead of our great USA? Seemed suspicious that he would be carted off quickly once any explanation tried to come out, we all know he's on par with W, for speaking without a prepared statement. Something about this fits so perfectly, and he seemed to not realize his mistake while speaking it.

Just a thought, anybody care to expand on my theory.
agalfromcal4hill

WHOA!!!! Good job! Great theory! You are right there are 57 states of the OIC. Until you mentioned it I didn't even connect those dots. I'm beginning to believe that anything is possible with this guy.

[Area504]

Dan Quayle, anyone?

[PuppyDogMom]

Dan Quayle, anyone?

How do you spell potato?

[NewHamster]

:p Ha-Ha. I heard this on the radio when I was in the car with my 13-year-old daughter. We both said, "WHAT DID HE JUST SAY????"!!!

[ALL4HILLARY]

maybe he counts Kenya's states as his countries states also

[Viktoriya]

I'm new here, but this topic caused me to have bring myself out of the woodwork, after I made this connection. I have been reading and enjoying your forum for sometime, but this idea compelled me to bring this up for comment or reaction.

Almost anybody, certainly a Senator, would know that we have 50 states. I don't care how sleep deprived you are. This led me to thinking, hmmmm, 57 states pretty specific and really way off the mark. I did some research, on a hunch. I found that yes there are in fact 57 states; these would be the 57 states or nations of the OIC, (Organization of the Islamic Conference). According to wiki, there is fact are 57 Islamic nations, or countries in the world. Could he in fact have been referring to this, instead of our great USA? Seemed suspicious that he would be carted off quickly once any explanation tried to come out, we all know he's on par with W, for speaking without a prepared statement. Something about this fits so perfectly, and he seemed to not realize his mistake while speaking it.
Just a thought, anybody care to expand on my theory.

agalfromcal4hill

You must send this theory to HQ and media.
I think it could be a good story. It is good story because if you want to a president, you have to know how many states in USA. Number that came to his mind - 57 is not American number.

[hillarymyhero]

For Obama and Michelle

Kenya is another american state and this poor Obama meant Kenya's states when he was counting US states....

[Justmy.02]

Yeah, the media might have focussed on the Bosnia gaffe for only four weeks but the BO supporters are still using it.

One gaffe for Hills vs.--let's see--how many for the O man. I can't count that high...

Yeah, he needs his aides or someone to shut him up when he makes such stupid mistakes. Wonder how in the world he could remember which Head-of-State came to a White House dinner....?

Sleep deprived? Hillary's working 16 hours (or more) a day and when she was on a conference call with some of us here in Nevada, she sounded fresh, upbeat and positive and spoke quite clearly and distinctly. Presidential material to my mind...

Waaahhh, Sen. O. Go home and get some sleep. Let Hillary take care of this country. She knows how to do it!

[Peppermint Patty]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/barack-obama-wa.html

Well, okay, 55 if you discount Florida and Michigan :)

"It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."

Snip

(UPDATE: At a later stop Obama was talking with reporters and expressed concern he'd also mis-stated the number of potential cyclone victims in Burma. He said, ""I hope I said 100,000 people the first time instead of 100 million. I understand I said there were 57 states today. It's a sign that my numeracy is getting a little, uh." At that point, an aide cut him off and ushered journalists out. Before he could mis-speak again?)

Oh brother!!! Another Bush!? Spare me! How the hell did he get into Harvard??? I mean, how do you misspeak 57 states??????????? How do you NOT KNOW WE HAVE 50 STATES?????? :rolleyes::eek:

[B positive]

Perhaps he's headed off the the Great Lakes of :pregon !!

[Peppermint Patty]

http://emergingwriter.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/frying_egg.jpg

This is the DNC's brain on Obama...any questions?

LOL :D:D:D:p

[Suzan]

How dare you call me ignorant and not racist
LOL! I guess we can take our pick, can't we?

Typical ignorant bitter white racists--and if we're women, like Hillary, we could throw a few sexist obscenities in there.

[samkm]

yes, except... like our leader, we treat people with RESPECT and DIGNITY.

And we treat ALL STATES and ALL CITIZENS with RESPECT and DIGNITY as we should IF WE ARE DEMOCRATIC as we claim to be.

[LadyLuck]

I think cocaine has fried his brain. It can do permanent brain damage.

Look at Dubya!

When Obama is back in the Senate he and Ole Mayor Barry can get together for alittle crack party.

[SadStateOfAffairs]

I'm new here, but this topic caused me to have bring myself out of the woodwork, after I made this connection. I have been reading and enjoying your forum for sometime, but this idea compelled me to bring this up for comment or reaction.

Almost anybody, certainly a Senator, would know that we have 50 states. I don't care how sleep deprived you are. This led me to thinking, hmmmm, 57 states pretty specific and really way off the mark. I did some research, on a hunch. I found that yes there are in fact 57 states; these would be the 57 states or nations of the OIC, (Organization of the Islamic Conference). According to wiki, there is fact are 57 Islamic nations, or countries in the world. Could he in fact have been referring to this, instead of our great USA? Seemed suspicious that he would be carted off quickly once any explanation tried to come out, we all know he's on par with W, for speaking without a prepared statement. Something about this fits so perfectly, and he seemed to not realize his mistake while speaking it.


Just a thought, anybody care to expand on my theory.

agalfromcal4hill

OMG!:eek::eek::eek:

[Morgan]

WHOA!!!! Good job! Great theory! You are right there are 57 states of the OIC. Until you mentioned it I didn't even connect those dots. I'm beginning to believe that anything is possible with this guy.


In view of his Islamic connections, I find this chilling.

[SadStateOfAffairs]

From Wikipedia: "The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is an international organization with a permanent delegation to the United Nations. It groups 57 nations, most of which are Islamic, from the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, Balkan, Southeast Asia, South Asia and South America. The official languages of the organization are Arabic, English and French."

AGalfromCal4Hill-What great instincts you have. Oh yeah. He's a sleeper, I'm convinced! Black Liberation Theology, awards to the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrahkan, Americans are mean, God Damn America. Yes, the chickens have indeed come home to roost.:(

[AdrienneJ]

Yes, Senator Obama is the new Dan Quayle. The following are all Quayle-isms, but they so easily could have been uttered by Obama.


"We're all capable of mistakes,
but I do not care to enlighten
you on the mistakes we may or
may not have made.."

"What a waste it is to lose one's mind.
Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful.
How true that is."

"We don't want to go back to
tomorrow, we want to go forward."

"I believe we are on an
irreversible trend toward more
freedom and democracy- but
that could change."

"I stand by all the misstatements
that I've made."

And one Quayle remark that certainly applies to Obama:

"People that are really very
weird can get into sensitive
positions and have a
tremendous impact on history."

[AdrienneJ]

I PMed AGalfromCal4Hill with one blog-site that would pick up her catch on the
57 states/islam connection. If anyone can help her out as a place to send this info to, please do it. Also please send it out to the media.

It was a brilliant catch on her part!

[EH]

Obama needs to put down the crack pipe...even the unborn know that America ha 50 states!

Oh right, we're the ones who are vile and repugnant for criticizing Obama over this...:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[skc1976]

I'm sure Obama wants to make states of areas that voted for him. I guess "Democrats Abroad" could be one too! LOL :D

[Bacio83]

LOL If you hear the quote correctly he actually said he's visited 57 states and there's 2 left to go so that makes 59 states in total :)

[RachachaSharon]

Wyoming DemThats : A Bitter- Gun Totin'-Bible Thumpin'-Old-White Collar-Ignorant Hick-Racist
Insert FEMALE here: ___________

if you please.

[hillary4change]

Well people as you all know, obama has added a few new states to this years election schedule!!
He was caught on tape talking about the 57 states he has campaigned in, minus Alaska & Hawaii because his staff didn't think that prudent!!

I think he is doing this to make up for the ones he continues to ignore.
Can we say Florida and Michigan...apparently he has decided that campaigning in West Virginia and Kentucky and P.R isn't important, but
Oregon is. Maybe because he has a chance to win there.

All kidding aside. I do think that we need to blog this and make mention of it when talking to voters. He is picking and choosing which states should count and which shouldn't. The ones that don't bode well, he doesn't campaign in and then he and the media say that it is because that partcular state has idiot, low income Hillary voters, and you can't expect much more out of them!!

But Oregon, the most liberal state out of all "57" Barack has campaigned in, he has a chance to take, so it is intelligent and worthy of his presence.

If this is the way that they want to play, and this is the card the obama campaign has given us, then I say use it to our advantage!!

Blog it, talk to voters about it!! It is all true and it is how they are choosing to campaign and treat certain states!!

I will go back out and find the video and post it back here!!

Go get 'em people!!!

YouTube - Obama Claims He's Visited 57 States

[Patsy]

Yes, since BO doesn't seem to think that FL and MI are states, I'm stymied as to the 9 that he is including in his 'new math.'

[Ace]

Yes, since BO doesn't seem to think that FL and MI are states, I'm stymied as to the 9 that he is including in his 'new math.'

:D

[hillary1]

obama on a speech run in oregon this past weekend, told a crowd of supporters? (probably paid or bused in) that he has campaigned in "57 STATES"

i'm sorry, did i sleep through history, have we acquired some territories since last i looked at a map

HAS MR. ELOQUENCE LOST HIS WAY, OR IS THIS THE MAP OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY, PERHAPS A NEW FINDING, A NEW ROAD, A DISCOVERY OF NEW LAND

what will he do with that 3 a.m. call, sit up in bed "where am i, who am i, what am I"

FIRST THEY'LL HAVE TO GIVE HIM A MAP THAT ILLUSTRATES "YOU ARE HERE", FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE CALLING PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL, I HOPE HE KNOWS HIS GEOGRAPHY, HE MAY DROP THAT BOMB ON THE WRONG HOUSE, IN THE WRONG COUNTRY, IT COULD BE ILLINOIS

[Bad Kitty]

ha Ha. At first I was refusing to hear him talk anymore but it really is funnier when you hear him saying it. So he actually thinks there are 58 states. Because he said 57 and one more to go. I wonder how they are going to try to spin this one.

Maybe he is planning to add more states after he moves the great lakes to Oregon.

LMAO. I can't stop laughing. This is the best.

[FlaDem]

I guess in BO's mind we went from from 48 staes to 57 states. I wonder if he includes Florida and Michigan in his 57 state count.

[Tom Terrific]

Just heard on Rush's radio program.

There are 57 Islamic states, i.e. countries.

Heh heh heh ... :)

[OkieforHRC2008]

Don't forget, there are great lakes in states where there isn't.... Obama needs to take history, geography and COMMON sense classes! (Too bad there really aren't common sense classes, or it'd be full of Obama supporters!)

~~OkieforHRC2008

[hillary1]

I guess in BO's mind we went from from 48 staes to 57 states. I wonder if he includes Florida and Michigan in his 57 state count.

sorry, that would make it 59 states, if he knew how to add he would

WITHDRAW FROM THE RACE BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN PLAYING WITH CROOKED DICE AND A FIXED DECK

[mkreyns]

Just heard on Rush's radio program.

There are 57 Islamic states, i.e. countries.

Heh heh heh ... :)

That's what I just heard. He said it is a slip of the tongue and something bigger may be behind it. I think we need to get in touch with government leaders who are concerned about the demise of our country and see if they can deny a top secret security clearance or do something to get him out of the nomination. It will probalby have to be some patriotic republicans or very moderate democrats.

The 57 Islamic States!!!!!

[Meg]

Before it was to a newspaper... slightly understandable. But to a live crowd i don't care how tired you are, 50 states is pretty much uhh one of those things you don't forget.:rolleyes:

[agalfromcal4hill]

Glad to hear Rush bringing up the 57 Islamic States correlation. I brought it up early Saturday morning here on the forum...wonder if he made the connection himself? I believe it was a definte slip up or something more sinister to his Islamic supporters. If you listen to the clip he said he had one more state to go, and that Hawaii and Alaska were unimportant to is aides. Would tht mean taking over the mainland US?

[Bad Kitty]

Before it was to a newspaper... slightly understandable. But to a live crowd i don't care how tired you are, 50 states is pretty much uhh one of those things you don't forget.:rolleyes:

Exactly. That was not a slip up. Look at his face. He thought about it and asked it like a question. He just doesn't know how many states there are and that is pathetic. What is it exactly that he wants to be the president of?

[Tea toaD]

Of course it's not getting the legs that "potatoe" got all those years ago with the Obama robo-supporters.

Here is what he really meant by 57 states:

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/oicstates1.html

[lanney]

Exactly. That was not a slip up. Look at his face. He thought about it and asked it like a question. He just doesn't know how many states there are and that is pathetic. What is it exactly that he wants to be the president of?

He wants to be president of OIC.:D
All his friends are from middle east, he is Hussien, he loves his hertiage.

[Bad Kitty]

Does anybody remember this song? Somebody please forward it to waffleman. It might help him remember the states.

Fifty Nifty United States
Lyrics by Ray Charles

Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies;
Fifty Nifty stars on the flag that billows so beautifully in the breeze.
Each individual state contributes a quality that is great.
Each individual state deserves a bow, We salute them now.

Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies,
Shout 'em, scout 'em, Tell all about 'em,
One by one,til we've given a name to every state in the USA in the USA in the USA,
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan.
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

North, South, East, West in our common, objective opinion (Name of home State)
Is the Best of the Fifty Nifty United States from thirteen original colonies
Shout 'em,scout'em, tell all about 'em
One by One, till we've given a name to every state in the good old U....S...A

[SantaCruzen]

LMAO.

I think that is evidence that BO is really lost his mind. Or, he cheated in History classes since 4th grade.

[RayinAR]

And don't forget them Great Lakes up there in Oregon. Funny thing is I never have seen them on the map up there. Maybe he is having them shipped in for the election?

[Bad Kitty]

I wish I had some art talent because I would draw the 57-58 states and add another set of great lakes near Oregon all named after his slimy friends and call it....Waffleman's America.

[Musicdude]

So if you ask the Obamabots at DU how many states there are........


they'll agree with him. *LOL*

[Leekosagrios]

Wow...

YouTube - Obama Claims He's Visited 57 States

I guess the 50 we all know and 7 in his imagination.

[joeysky18]

57 states plus one more to go. Then add FL & MI.

We have 60 states in the United State of Obama America.

[RayinAR]

lol actually it looks like he thinks there are 58 states because he said 'I've been to I think 57 states..and I have 1 left to go.'

it amazes me that someone can get this far in running for president and not even know the geography of the country he's trying to be president of. I mean seriously, is this guy some type of cooked up candidate that has an entire fake back story and history, planted by rich and powerful people? did the test tube they grew him from get freezer burned?

If he doesn't know something as simple as that, what else doesn't he know? he sounds like bush with all of the things he says that are incorrect.


http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r274/plastik_bucket/57states.png

It would actually be 62 counting MI and FL because he visited 57 with one left to go and he wasn't able to visit Hawaii and Alaska. mmm. Damn we invaded Canada!!!!

[UpstateNYRN]

I say lets have Obama tell us the names of those other states so Hillary can go kick his sorry ass there too! ;)

[Bad Kitty]

I say lets have Obama tell us the names of those other states so Hillary can go kick his sorry ass there too! ;)

LOL!:D

[FLHillRodSupporter]

Well, now he's not only misplaced FL and MI but, somehow he has replaced them with, by my count, 9 other states.

LOL :D

How does one manage this? :D