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Old 05-10-2008, 04:25 AM
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Icon11 Obama: I want to be president of all 57 states

Yet ANOTHER Math and History mistake a fifth grader shouldn't make:

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In his prepared remarks Obama was ready to start blasting Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, to show the Illinois Democrat is moving on to the general election campaign.

But first the freshman senator had to go through all the....

...obligatory delighted to see you, delighted to be here part of stump speeches that also require that you actually know where you are.

Obama pulled that off O.K. But then he drifted away from the text a tad, as rookies are wont to do sometimes, forgetting how exhausting this primary process is and should be. And trusting in their instincts, their very tired instincts.

"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."

The Times' conscientious Robin Abcarian thought she heard something different there. She checked her tape recorder. It had captured what he had actually said -- 57 states now. A new Louisiana Purchase that's gone unannounced so far? Was he channeling his inner John Kerry-Heinz 57 personality?
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Haha he is another Bush in the making. America sure knows how to pick em. That said, wasn't he in Indonesia during 5th grade? He might know how many states they have... maybe.
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It's funny how these people are campaigning or making appearances almost constantly. Mistakes like this are bound to happen yet the american people feel it necessary to rip apart everything they say to convince each other there stupid... oww but since he's a democrat this time it will do more good than harm.
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If this was Bush all the photos of the upside down book would be coming out !! I admit that he is probably very tired from campaigning , but being the President is hard work , becareful what you wish for Obaaaamaaaaaa
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If this was Bush all the photos of the upside down book would be coming out !! I admit that he is probably very tired from campaigning , but being the President is hard work , becareful what you wish for Obaaaamaaaaaa
That's it in a nutshell. IF he can't even handle a CAMPAIGN well enough to realize that we do not have 57 states in the union...how the HE!! is he going to be able to handle the presidency?

Hey maybe he wouldn't even bother to answer the phone at 3am cause he'd be "too tired"! Now there's a scary thought! Or maybe he will answer it and think it's one of those states that don't exist...and hang up! Yeah...that's who I want in the white house. (said with extreme sarcasm!)
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^^see what i mean..
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Well he's going to be tired from all the campaigns, and he's saying so many things you can't expect him not to make technical errors like this one.
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Well he's going to be tired from all the campaigns, and he's saying so many things you can't expect him not to make technical errors like this one.
Forgetting how many states are in your country is not a technical error.
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He just said fifty when he meant to say forty. It's not really that big of a deal. I have to wonder what Alaska and Hawaii think about the "one left to go" remark though.
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Someone please tell Obama that the Nation of Islam is not a state.
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