[Tenniel2]

The "57" remark is a tempting addition to the body of evidence against him, but it's a pup that doesn't quite hunt.

What he actually said was "... fifty ... [slight hesitation] seven states? I think, one left to go. Uh, one left to go -- Alaska and Hawaii I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to because -- but my staff, uh, would not justify it."

It pains me to say it, but I'm afraid on this one he gets the benefit of the doubt. Assuming he meant to say "forty," we get 47 plus one ("left to go") plus two (Alaska and Hawaii, "not allowed to go to"), for a total of 50.

Nevertheless: this usurper of the Presidency should be arrested, tried, and punished for any number of offenses, from falsification of documents up to and including treason.

[SoCal Pubbie]

What you wrote is true enough, but the media would not have given Quayle a pass, nor Bush, for doing the same thing. The fact remains that Obama screwed up, and for such a so called great speaker, it was a big flub, too.