Ignorant Obama and the 57 States
First Obama claimed he’d merely “misspoken” when saying that the lives of over 3,000 soldiers who’d been killed in Iraq were “wasted”.
Then came that whole “bitter” episode in which Obama referred to financially strapped Midwestern workers as “typical white people”. (Get your “Typical White Person” t-shirt here.)
Now, Obama’s apparently misspoken yet again, saying that he wants to be president of all 57 states in the U.S. Yes, that’s right: he said fifty-seven states, and it’s pretty hard to claim that was taken out of context. See for yourself:
I’m not nearly as worried about who answers the phone at 3 a.m. as I am about having a President who apparently knows less about our government than my 8-year-old kid.
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How many more mistakes are people going to tolerate from him?
If you allow your son to run for president, let me know, I’ll vote for him.
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He’s welcome to run for President as soon as he completes his Ph.D. in theoretical mathematics after being named the Poet Laureate.
It’s amusing video, but not evidence that he actually thinks there are 57 states. More likely, he was processing three thoughts simultaneously, a la “I’d like to visit all 50 states” plus “I’ve been to 47 of the 48 continguous states, and will visit one more” plus “I’d also like to visit Alaska and Hawaii but will have to take a pass on those two” equals “I’ve been to 57 states, there is one more state out there, which consists of Alaska and Hawaii combined.”
So as substance goes, it’s a big nothing. Or it would be for most other politicans, who can be inarticulate over here and point to some other great strengths over there. In Obama’s case, being Mr. Articulate is all he had going for him in the first place, and now it seems he doesn’t even have that.
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XRLQ, you clearly didn’t listen to the video. He says, “I’ve now been in 57 states. I think I have one left to go…. Alaska and Hawaii I wasn’t allowed to go to. I really wanted to go, but my staff wouldn’t justify it.”
Which, frankly, is surprising considering he was BORN in Hawaii and they’d no doubt have appreciated that nod.
My partner said something to that effect but then I told him no, honey he really did mean 57 states the way he spoke. He was like “That’s ok I’m not voting for him anyway!”
Chelles last blog post..Vista Bites or The Networks Just Don’t Care
Anyone wanna know what kind of impact affirmative action is having on education? There ya go.
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Frankly, I think the man has shot himself in the foot too many times to make it as president.
As a Canadian not following the US election process very closely, I rely on VK for news of this sort. I am thankful she keeps the politics short and sweet, because my eyes tend to glaze over quickly, whether said politics be Canadian or American.
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My dear, I know who the PM of the UK is, but I fear that I don’t know who the PM of Canada is. Really, the the last PM of Canada whose name I actually knew was was “Joe Who?” and you probably weren’t born.
It would appear that every candidate has a whole heap of faults and short-comings. If that candidate happens to be *our* candidate, then “they’re really no big deal”. Frankly, I think all of the candidates suck, subscribe to poor philosophies (or at least largely incomplete ones), exhibit poor judgment, and pander to mediocrity. Leadership is gone. Appeasement is the watchword. Enjoy. “It is often said that a people inevitably get the government that they deserve.”
My eyes glaze over, too, mostly because I don’t believe a word any one of them says so why bother paying attention?
I no longer really vote “for” any politician. I just vote “against” all the others.
Venomous Kates last blog post..Ignorant Obama and the 57 States
So, if you don’t vote for him because of some stupid statements, how can anyone have justified voting for Bush, who no doubt would be unable to tell you how many states there were, let alone name most of them?
Though, Obama or Clinton…I don’t think it matters much. McCain will win the next election simply because the dems will shoot themselves in the foot/head/groin all over again.
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*sigh* Another knee-jerk response.
I don’t know there’s any evidence for your claim Bush wouldn’t be able to say how many states there are or name them, Steve. There is, however, evidence that Obama’s clearly confused about the number.
Venomous Kates last blog post..Ignorant Obama and the 57 States
Not knee-jerk…just curious about why it matters. I mean, in the grand scope of things, it doesn’t appear that brains/ethics/morality is any prerequisite for being a politician, let alone President.
As for Bush, anyone who can say things like:
“Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across this country.”
or
“Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?”
Probably doesn’t know what State he is in on any given day, let alone how many there are.
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Actually I believe Obama was relating his experiences in the arena of new double secret super quantum physics. In double secret super quantum physics, matter can exist in 64 states, and while he hasn’t achieved them all, 57 is no small number.
Among the 7 he has failed to visit:
a state of coherence
a state of relevance
and my favorite- solid state technology
I of course am posting this from the state of perfect nothingness- Delaware.
Ah, and see, I’m sitting here on my deck on a sunny spring day with a cold glass of ice tea to hand while reading it… which means I’m in the state of bliss.
Venomous Kates last blog post..Ignorant Obama and the 57 States
I have no idea why he said that but sometimes my mouth doesn’t work right either. Surely he knows there are 50 states. Surely he does!
There are those who think he was referring to the 57 Islamic states (google it). Surely not.
Just what is he talking about? And why does it not matter if he says such a thing, yet Dan Quayle (not my favorite, but in justice it should be mentioned) was crucified and still reviled for offering the second preferred spelling of “potato.”
It all makes me grumpy. And scared.
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Actually, yes, VK, I had heard the video. I’m not sure why you think my theory is off, but even if it is, I can’t see how you can conclude that he thinks there are 57 states in all. Either he thinks there are a total of 60 (the 57 he visited over the past 15 months, plus the one left to go, plus Alaska and Hawaii), or his wires crossed and he conflated the concept of 50 states with the 47 he meant to say he’d just been to. It’s no more evidence that Obama thinks there are 57 or 60 states than Dan Quayle’s infamous statement about the Holocaust thinks it is really part of “our nation’s history” or that he himself had not lived in “this century.”
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Oh, I think he believes there’s 57 states all right.
How do you land on the number 57? Even if one were to assume he didn’t misspeak, and actually meant to say exactly what he said, that would mean he thinks there are 60 states in all, unless you think he also thinks Alaska and Hawaii form a single state together. In that case, 59.
Xrlqs last blog post..Lost a Bet
I think he’s just used to thinking of 57 states, Xrlq. Maybe he picked that up in school in Jakarta and it stuck?