Obama's been to 57 states!

[J-Ri]

That's right, apparently he thinks we have more than 50.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH0...eature=related

And to think the media sunk Dan Quayle’s campaign over a word in a spelling bee.

[freakray]

Maybe he's counting the Muslim states of the UAE too?

[72chevelleOhio]

Mexico, Cuba, China, Canada, Iraq, and Japan?
Maybe he thinks since there are North and South Dakota and Carolina. There must be an East and West too?

[00accord44]

Maybe he's planning on a hostile takeover of Canada and making the provinces all states... which I'm completely in favor of

[03cavPA]

There has to be more to it than that. He says, "fifty ... seven? states, one left to go." He said he hadn't been to AK or HI. That makes 47.

Oh well, we've heard Hillbillary say much worse shit than that.

[BNaylor]

Reminds me of the time last year when he claimed 10,000 people died in a Kansas tornado.

See video here.

I still say he is the "Manchurian Candidate".

['97ventureowner]

Don't forget the other "states" such as the State of confusion, denial,disrepair, etc. Maybe he's counting those too?

[VR43000GT]

Alright let's cut the guy some slack Bob. He was only off by 9,988 dead bodies. It's an honest mistake. And as someone else in there stated, the lefties get after GWB for "not reading from the book. And also that everyone in Greensburg would be dead 5 times over agian.

[thrasher]

Some people take this shit way too seriously...why can't we just laugh because a politician misstated something that he obviously knows. It's one of the best aspects of politics.

[VR43000GT]

^^I don't know about you but I am laughing. Presidential candidates should be better spoken than that. I don't care if it is a conservative, liberal, independent,.... I laugh at things like that. Stupid mistakes like those also turn them hypocrtical, which, agian, I think is funny.

[BNaylor]

I laughed too! We laughed at GW for the past 8 years so I guess it is no big issue laughing for another 4 years if he gets elected President. Big if though. An honest mistake is one thing but sounding like a fool is another. I wonder how he would do on the new test for U.S. citizenship.

Maybe it was a "Freudian Slip" of the tongue. And he has big plans of acquiring 7 more states to the union?

Which brings up another subject with Hillary Clinton and those under sniper fire exaggeration comments she made while visiting the Balkans.

Also, I'm still trying to figure out what he (Obama) means by these breath taking changes he plans on making since he never really goes into any discussion or details about them. Changes for the better or worse? Just food for thought.

[03cavPA]

Originally Posted by BNaylor

Also, I'm still trying to figure out what he (Obama) means by these breath taking changes he plans on making since he never really goes into any discussion or details about them. Changes for the better or worse? Just food for thought.

It's easy to talk about change, especially if that's what people are looking for. Toss out a few buzzwords and you're the new media darling.

It's another thing altogether to create meaningful change. Unfortunately, "put up or shut up" won't work once he's in the White House.

Re: the "57 states" gaff. We all misspeak at at times. A candidate for the presidency of this nation has to do better than that. And, yes, I'm well aware that "W don't talk so good, neither." I shake my head at the crap he says, too.

[Quintilian]

I'd say at this point in the game, Obama has at least done better on the gaffs in speech than W or Hillary. Not that he should be forgiven and everyone should pass it off, but if we're going to consider poor choices in wording, we might as well compare.

[ericn1300]

I think everyone from the media down, especially the media, should look at their own bloopers tape or list and let it go. I'm sure everybody reading this post has said or done something embarrassing in public at some time so don't throw stones. Obama's gaffes are not an ongoing problem like Bush's or McCain's.

[Quintilian]

I think another thing to consider as well is that these are individuals who are being judged by their words more than we are in our everyday practices. The things that they are saying can most certainly make or break their chances at the presidency, which makes their word choice almost a fine art.