Posted on 09/08/2008 2:53:52 PM PDT by nsidetrk
I received this in an email today and wonder if this is authentic.From Rush Limbaugh's radio show ..... Hey, folks, you want to tweak the Drive-By Media with me right now? You are aware, probably, that Barack Obama lost his bearings recently and said that he was going to campaign in all 57 states. You heard this? And everybody chalked it up to, 'Well, he's tired.' You know, this is a Dan Quayle moment. I mean, Dan Quayle goes out there and misspells 'potato,' and we still hear jokes about it. Barack Obama says he's gonna go out and campaign in 57 states, he was just tired, you know, it's been such a long campaign, he's been so many places, he probably thinks there are 57 states. Well, I have here a print-out from a web site called the International Humanist and Ethical Union . And here is how the second paragraph of an article on that website begins. 'Every year from 1999 to 2005 the organization of the Islamic conference representing the 57 Islamic states presented a resolution to the United Nations Commission ! on! human rights called combating.' Obama said he's going to campaign in 57 states, and it turns out that there are 57 Islamic states. There are 57 Islamic states. So did Obama just lose his bearings, or was this a more telling slip, ladies and gentlemen? KEEP IT GOING, FOLKS!
Resume of: B HUSSEIN OBAMA
1.) COLB
Proven fake by more than one source
2.) Sketchy childhood
We know some details - Lots of gaps - muslim?
3.) College thesis has vanished
Was it anything like Micheles?
4.) Overseas travel
Pakistan? Why? On what passport?
5.) Law records
What cases did he represent?
6.) Senate records disappeared
What was he trying to hide?
7.) Associations
Rev Wright, Ayers, Rezko, Michele etc.
8.) Senate voting record
That speaks for itself
9.) SCOTUS
Who would his choices be?
10.) Proven Liar
11.) Inexperience
Copy that....
So, he could have said something like, “I’ve been to 57 states so far.
So, we are half-way to visiting all of the states in the union.”
For you, my Rio Linda-dwelling friend, that means you need to post a transcript of his program and not a video of Obama's comment.
To make a complete list of jurisdictions we would also have to make reference to all the recognized and sovereign tribes of Native Americans, some of which carry out certain quasi-state functions such as issue titles for motor vehicles.
I ain’t got a dog in this feud between you two but I do have the transcript.. for what it’s worth:
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Hey, folks, you want to tweak the Drive-By Media with me right now? Want to participate in tweaking the Drive-By Media? You are aware, probably, that Barack Obama lost his bearings recently and said that he was going to campaign in all 57 states. You heard this? And everybody chalked it up to, “Well, he’s tired.” You know, this is a Dan Quayle moment. I mean, Dan Quayle goes out there and misspells potato, and we still get jokes about it. Barack Obama says he’s gonna go out and campaign in 57 states, he was just tired, you know, it’s been such a long campaign, he’s been so many places, he probably thinks there are 57 states. Well, I have here a printout from a website called the International Humanist and Ethical Union. And here is how the second paragraph of an article on that website begins. “Every year from 1999 to 2005 the organization of the Islamic conference representing the 57 Islamic states presented a resolution to the United Nations commission on human rights called combating —” yes, H.R., get ready for the phone calls up there.
We’re participating here in a tweak of the media. Obama said he’s going to campaign in 57 states, and it turns out that there are 57 Islamic states. There are 57 Islamic states. “Every year from 1999 to 2005, the organization of the Islamic conference representing the 57 Islamic states,” this is from the International Humanist and Ethical Union. And the title of the piece here is, “How the Islamic states dominate the UN human rights council,” and there are 57 of them. So did Obama just lose his bearings, or was this a more telling slip, ladies and gentlemen? Obama’s 57 states, not just a simple gaffe. He might have been thinking of the 57 Islamic states when he said he was going to campaign in all 57 states. (laughing) Can’t wait ‘til the Drive-Bys hear about this.
Thank you. Nice to see someone understands my point. (And it looks like the account of what Rush said is correct).
But say it did come from 57 Islamic states, or Heinz 57 varieties, or Interstate 57 (which runs from Chicago down to Cairo) or Passenger 57 (the Wesley Snipes movie), or Psalm 57, or "57 Channels (and Nothin' On)," or West 57th Street, or 57, the country code for Colombia, what does it possibly matter?
It may be a funny coincidence, but is it really anything more than that?
Thank you - you answered my question.
The whole quote shows what a dummy he is. First he says he’s been to 57 states, then says he has one more to go to. Then says that his security detail hasn’t let him go to HI or AK, which is two states not one. What a maroon.
I don't think he believes there are 60 states. Listening to the audio, I think that by the time he computed the number of states, he'd forgotten that his previous word was "fifty" instead of "forty".
He starts to say 50 states. Then realizes he hasn't actually been to all 50. So let's see, how many has he been to. Well, taking the 48 continental states minus one left to go, that's 47. So he says the "seven", having forgotten that his previous word wasn't "forty". So the correct tally would be 47 of the lower 48 states, which is to say all but one of the states other than Alaska and Hawaii.
This isn’t 1964 when we counted the 48 + the 2 new ones. If that’s their story, it’s a thin reed.
BTW I think the 57 Islamic states makes much more sense coming from Hussein.
Chalk that up to cocaine use.
Disclaimer. He has admitted to it. It could be.
He clearly had meant to say that he had campaigned in 47 states, since he followed up saying that he still had three more states to visit.
It was a stupid gaffe — nothing more.
If Bush had said the same thing, the leftists would have been all over it. Obama continues to have the same types of gaffes that make the left call Bush an idiot.
Thanks for posting the transcript.
I need a nap after this who’s on first routine.
tHAT’S EXACTLY WHAT i’VE BEEN THINKING THE PAST DAY OR SO...WHY DOESN’T bARACK oBAMA EVER INCLUDE HIMSELF WHEN HE SAYS OVER AND OVER THAT REV. WRIGHT MARRIED HE AND MICHELLE AND BAPTISED BOTH OF THEIR DAUGHTERS? wHERE WAS bARACK oBAMA BAPTISED IN THE cHRISTIAN FAITH? wAS bARACK oBAMA EVER BAPTISED IN THE cHRISTIAN FAITH ANYWHERE?
If McCain said the same thing, the words old, dementia and Alzheimer's would be shouted from the mountain tops.
Don't be naive. This battle is far from over and the Rats will not go quietly.
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