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Barack Obama wants to be president of these 57 United States
L.A. Times ^ | May 09, 2008 | Andrew Malcolm

Posted on 05/09/2008 6:05:00 PM PDT by Verbosus

Quote:
"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."

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To: Eric Blair 2084
I hope he was just trying to be funny. I’m sure he was just trying to be funny.

When I first saw this I thought the same thing.

Certainly the audience thought so.

But on watching it a second time...I'm not so sure.

221 posted on 05/10/2008 5:24:48 AM PDT by andyandval
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To: BJClinton

BTTT


222 posted on 05/10/2008 5:34:48 AM PDT by No Blue States
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To: MindBender26

you forgot the socialist state.


223 posted on 05/10/2008 6:31:13 AM PDT by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
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To: rrstar96; AuH2ORepublican; livius; adorno; wtc911; Willie Green; CGVet58; Clemenza; Narcoleptic; ...
Puerto Rico Ping! Please Freepmail me if you want on or off the list.


224 posted on 05/10/2008 6:34:42 AM PDT by cll (Carthage must be destroyed)
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To: steveo
If GWB had said this it would be breaking/leading news 24/7 for two weeks.

The liberal bias in the media will be patently obvious if they let this one go. They jumped on Bush for not knowing the name of the prime minister of Canada. That was a little embarrassing but I think most Americans prefer a president who possesses the basic facts of our own country that 99% of 1st graders know.

225 posted on 05/10/2008 6:38:15 AM PDT by TheThinker (Capitalism is the natural result of a democratic government.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"

I'm assuming this wasn't a direct quote, right? Because if he said that, it is equally embarrassing.

226 posted on 05/10/2008 6:42:48 AM PDT by TheThinker (Capitalism is the natural result of a democratic government.)
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To: TheThinker

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/quotes


227 posted on 05/10/2008 6:48:44 AM PDT by cll (Carthage must be destroyed)
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To: TheThinker

From the movie Animal House:

D-Day: “War’s over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.”

Bluto: “Over? Did you say “over”? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!”

Otter: “Germans?”

Boon: “Forget it, he’s rolling.”


228 posted on 05/10/2008 6:50:22 AM PDT by cll (Carthage must be destroyed)
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To: devolve

Reminds me of Forest Gump in the scente where his was in a room full of black panthers plotting violence and revolution and said, “I’m sorry I had a fight in the middle of your Black Panther Party.” Maybe it’s not relevant but it was ironically funny.


229 posted on 05/10/2008 6:52:58 AM PDT by TheThinker (Capitalism is the natural result of a democratic government.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
There are 49 states plus California.

I think most liberals believe this.

230 posted on 05/10/2008 6:54:15 AM PDT by TheThinker (Capitalism is the natural result of a democratic government.)
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To: LJayne
I agree, we all say silly things when we’re tired. Who hasn’t. More to the point, what has he actually done?

I've never in my life been out of it so much that I forget there are 50 states. It's the most elementary of facts American schoolchildren learn. Perhaps his time in Indonesia has put him just that much further out of touch with mainstream America. He's illustrated this before.

231 posted on 05/10/2008 6:57:40 AM PDT by TheThinker (Capitalism is the natural result of a democratic government.)
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To: Verbosus
Unbelievabl;e!

On top of showing himself to be an utter bafoon, Barack, who is Hussein, Obama, is the absolute apex of the domestic enemy, subversive, anti-American movement in this country.

Polished in a prepared speech, charismatic in his presentation, nonetheless, underneath it all lies a smoldering cauldron of marxism, bigotry, and black liberation theology that is the enemy of America and its traditional values.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH - OBAMA'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND SUPPORT

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH - BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND OBAMA'S CHURCH

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH - BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

232 posted on 05/10/2008 6:59:10 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Verbosus

The states of “Chaos” could have been counted.


233 posted on 05/10/2008 7:05:21 AM PDT by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: Verbosus
Ok, well, after reading and listening, it is clear he meant to say 47 states and simply mispoke.

Still, it's a pretty big misspeak, even if you're tired. Makes you wonder how he will misspeak when he's really tired in the middle of a 96 hour national crisis.

234 posted on 05/10/2008 7:12:04 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Jeff Head

Of course he mis-spoke and as much as I detest this man- I would give him some leeway if he hadn’t compounded it by saying he only had one more to go to; Alaska and Hawaii.


235 posted on 05/10/2008 7:18:38 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: svcw

Steve Urkel would never had made that mistake.


236 posted on 05/10/2008 7:26:20 AM PDT by y6162
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To: svcw
My gawd the man is a buffoon.

Yes, he is.

However, if you put him in front of a teleprompter and have him read other people's words, he becomes "articulate', "inspiring", "moving" and "genuine".

Not in reality, of course, but Democrats have a difficulty in differentiating between reality and illusion.

237 posted on 05/10/2008 7:32:10 AM PDT by Polybius
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To: Polybius

Drink the cool aid and feel a warm thrill in your leg every time this man speaks. < /barf >


238 posted on 05/10/2008 7:39:31 AM PDT by weegee (Osama Obama claims to have visited 57 states now. Can you say Potatoe Head?)
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To: Fox_Mulder77
Looks like a Donkey eating briars.
239 posted on 05/10/2008 7:43:58 AM PDT by oswegodeee (Dee ( Born and raised in the south, with a gracious attitude)
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To: Verbosus

Yup, I trust this guy’s level of knowledge of the country. 2nd-graders are laughing at him (and being shut up by Hussein-adoring parents).


240 posted on 05/10/2008 7:55:46 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberals: can't live with them, can't ship them to Syria.)
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