Gibbs: 8 Percent of Americans Don't Know Hawaii Is a State

FoxNew.com ^ | Aug. 12, 2009 | Fox News

[PressurePoint]

"I did see a poll yesterday where 8% of the people said they didn't know if Hawaii was, or weren't sure if Hawaii was, a state."

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[PressurePoint]

1. Public education

2. Number sounds low

3. And all 8% voted for Obama

[EagleUSA]

Gibbs was one of them. That was on his resume — he was hired.

[Drango]

Ask the same people how many think New Mexico is a state?

[Berlin_Freeper]

4)Television

[benjibrowder]

Just a little curious here Mr. Gibbs, how many states are there in the country? Because last I heard, Barack Obama said their were fifty-seven.

[Godzilla]

Ask our president how many states there are.

[edcoil]

“didn’t know if Hawaii was, or weren’t sure if Hawaii was, a state.”

Well, is it?

Inquiring minds want to know.

92% seem to know, 5% are functionally illiterate

Hell, 3% never know anything.

[jla]

LOL - Only 8%?

[Mr. Lucky]

It’s common knowledge that Hawaii is the 57th state.

[FTJM]

That’s the gift that keeps on giving.

[Normal4me]

97% think Universal healthcare is in the Constitution too...

[Plutarch]

Mr. Gibbs, of this 8%, what percent voted for Obama vs. McCain?

[joejm65]

So, 92% of folks know Hawaii is a state. In other news, Zero thinks there’s 57 states. I can name 50 of them, but the other 7 might be real stumpers. :-)

[Smokeyblue]

Yeah, and they are all Obama voters.

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

Kenya must be a state as well, if a person born there can become President.

[boomop1]

How about Kenya?

[curth]

You think those people are dumb? How about the 52.9% of voters who voted for Obama?

[scottdeus12]

.00001% of Americans think there are 57 states.

Hint - he sleeps in the White House.

[Norman Bates]

Actually I don’t think so.

[Jewbacca]

I lived in New Mexico. It shouldn’t be a state.

[KarlInOhio]

5. Tired of idiot pollsters.

On the rare occasions I'm not paying attention to caller ID and talk to some marketing research (I never get political pollsters), I try to screw them up.

[alecqss]

Please don’t forget 1 or 2 more, still unvisited by the Dear Leader.

[cranked]

It has been estimated that approx’ly 3% of the American population is mentally retarded. The other 5% must be borderline. /s

[PressurePoint]

97% think Universal healthcare is in the Constitution too...

Lol!

Were you at the Rep. Schiff fake town hall yesterday too? We heard exactly that, "Healthcare is an inalienable right."

[HereInTheHeartland]

A large percentage of White House employees, do not know the difference between a certificate of live birth, and a original birth certificate.

[taxtruth]

Most Americans think Kenya is a state of America.

[50mm]

Just a little curious here Mr. Gibbs, how many states are there in the country? Because last I heard, Barack Obama said their were fifty-seven.

Yup. He even had Air Force One redone to reflect the correct number of states.

[Drango]

Berkeley is a state of mind. A poor one....

[DCPatriot]

...and 99% don’t know who in the hell Gibbs is.

[OpusatFR]

They polled Chicago for that question.

How’s that community activism working for ya?

[chainsaw]

Gibbs: 8 Percent of Americans Don't Know Hawaii Is a State

99.999% of the American people don't know there are 57 states. </sarcasm>

[nufsed]

LOL. Jay Leno was doing a Jaywalk skit in which he walks around and asks people historical questions.

One breezy day he asked a woman how many stars on the nearby American flag. She responded I don't know. It's flapping so hard in the wind I can't count them.

[meyer]

"I did see a poll yesterday where 8% of the people said they didn't know if Hawaii was, or weren't sure if Hawaii was, a state."

Most would hard-pressed to name all 57 states...

[Tai_Chung]

Yes, but why does Hawaii have an interstate?

[SunTzuWu]

He thought he had been to 57 and still had 2 more to go. I wonder what Gibbs thinks of that.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

"Keep checking.  We need to come up with 57 states".

[SUSSA]

It’s one of the 58 States Obama thinks we have.

[RobbyS]

My wife is from West Virginia. Have many times have I heard people say, after she told them where she is from, “Oh, I know someone in Norfolk etc. “

[RobbyS]

My wife is from West Virginia. Have many times have I heard people say, after she told them where she is from, “Oh, I know someone in Norfolk etc. “

[RobbyS]

My wife is from West Virginia. Have many times have I heard people say, after she told them where she is from, “Oh, I know someone in Norfolk etc. “

[chris_bdba]

Yep bet all 8% voted for Obozo’s hopey changey!

[Paine in the Neck]

Did he get their party affiliation, ‘cuz I’d be willing to make a bet.

[airborne]

And what percentage of that 8% is liberal?

I’d bet 70% or more.

[DB]

Or how about 8% of “Americans” aren’t actually Americans...

[khnyny]

...and 99% don’t know who in the hell Gibbs is.



Why he's Peter Griffin, of course.

[blasater1960]

If Gibbs was a PSP for a Republican....He would have been run out of town and had a tell-all book deal by now.

[john mirse]

How about the following statistics that may have some truth to them:

1. 99% of Americans have not seen Obama's 1961 long form Hawaii birth certificate, and it looks like Obama won't let Americans take a look at it for a very long time, if he has anything to say about it.

2. And Obama will probably remain stubborn concerning the release of his long form birth certificate right up to the 2012 presidential primaries.

3. 99% of Americans----including ALL students and alumni at Occidental, Columbia, and Harvard----have not seen Obama's college records at Occidental, Columbia, and Harvard, and it looks like Hell will freeze over before Obama allows 99% of Americans to take a look at his Occidental, Columbia, and Harvard college records.

4. There is a 100% chance that the reason Obama is spending millions and counting to keep his 1961 Hawaii long form birth certificate and his Occidental, Columbia, and Harvard college records from the eyes of a judge and the public is this: There is something politically damaging to Obama in those documents.

[john mirse]

...and 99% don’t know who in the hell Gibbs is.

*******

Isn't he the great NFL coach that led the Washington Redskins to 4 Super Bowls, winning 3? I think he is in the Hall of Fame.

[Redbob]

More’n 8% WISH Hawaii was not a state!

I know I do.

[indylindy]

He should just shut up. Leftists are in control of the schools...oh wait....he was just telling us all that this is how we are being screwed.

Ignorance is a very expensive commodity. Something that should be an insult to a decent American.