Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|7025|132 and Bush

ATG wrote:

How could that even be a thing a 'brilliant' guy would have to think about?

That's not a gaffe. It's a dullard.
Right.. so he doesnt know how many states there are .

This kind of dullard attention the media focuses on is why politics has become a joke.
Xbone Stormsurgezz
PureFodder
Member
+225|6709
I'm guessing by now each of the candidates has been on film for hundreds of hours during their campaign. At some point you're going to forget something really simple and sound stupid. Think about the number of times when you forget really obvious things like names of everyday objects, then feel utterly stupid about forgetting it. It's just human nature and the everyday failings of our biological memory.

You'd have thought after Bush's years of misunderestimating the English language that people would start to care less about such trivial things.
JahManRed
wank
+646|7052|IRELAND

Sure he isn't a republican?
d4rkst4r
biggie smalls
+72|6877|Ontario, Canada
Guam's important too!
"you know life is what we make it, and a chance is like a picture, it'd be nice if you just take it"
Nappy
Apprentice
+151|6653|NSW, Australia

Pubic wrote:

*facepalm*

You guys have got it wrong, you've forgotten the 7 most recent additions to the union:
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Northern Territory
Tasmania
South Australia
West Australia
you forgot canberra.

and its more like john howard likes to have gay sex with george bush, not us joining the tards, but i see your point

Last edited by Nappy (2008-05-10 05:43:18)

Lotta_Drool
Spit
+350|6607|Ireland
his middle name is Hussein(sp)

What bothers me is not that he visited 57 states already, but that he still had 2 to go.  I will be watching where he goes very carefully to try to figure out what the 58 and 59th states are.

Obama's close friend, spiritual advisor, and former campaign advisor says that the CIA gave AIDS to blacks.  It is my firm belief that Obama is traveling to the 58 and 59th state in search of the CIA's gay lover that originally infected the organization.

Last edited by Lotta_Drool (2008-05-10 07:14:34)

BVC
Member
+325|7119

Nappy wrote:

Pubic wrote:

*facepalm*

You guys have got it wrong, you've forgotten the 7 most recent additions to the union:
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Northern Territory
Tasmania
South Australia
West Australia
you forgot canberra.

and its more like john howard likes to have gay sex with george bush, not us joining the tards, but i see your point
But with Australia joining the US there'd be no reason for a capital territory.  And I'm just joking mate ;)

Last edited by Pubic (2008-05-10 17:37:54)

sergeriver
Cowboy from Hell
+1,928|7181|Argentina
He wants to replace Bush, he needs to make mistakes.
Scorpion0x17
can detect anyone's visible post count...
+691|7190|Cambridge (UK)

Commie Killer wrote:

Spearhead wrote:

I think he meant forty instead of fifty
So we have 49 states now?
He said he's had to miss out one of them - so, at least he got the second digit right.
ATG
Banned
+5,233|6953|Global Command

Kmarion wrote:

ATG wrote:

How could that even be a thing a 'brilliant' guy would have to think about?

That's not a gaffe. It's a dullard.
Right.. so he doesnt know how many states there are .

This kind of dullard attention the media focuses on is why politics has become a joke.
If my wife said there were 57 states I'd face slap her with my junk for being stupid.

For a presidential guy to say it erodes confidence in his thinking ability.
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|7025|132 and Bush

You are making a good case for teh ADD. It's this kind of disgraceful approach to American politics that has eroded the true meaning of being an informed voter. We've got bigger real issues than this pathetic excuse for news. These candidates have had cameras in their face 24/7 for over a year (along with what amounts to sleep deprivation on the campaign trail). They make these brain farts a lot less than you or I would under similar circumstances. I guarantee it.
Xbone Stormsurgezz
Turquoise
O Canada
+1,596|6829|North Carolina
Very true, Kmarion.  It's not a big deal to me either, but I do find it funny...  (which is why I put it in my sig)   
Doctor Strangelove
Real Battlefield Veterinarian.
+1,758|6892

Commie Killer wrote:

Spearhead wrote:

I think he meant forty instead of fifty
So we have 49 states now?
He didn't go to Michigan as it was stripped of its delegates. He did go to Florida which was also stripped of its delegates, though only briefly.
liquix
Member
+51|6878|Peoples Republic of Portland
once again, does anybody know how many times he visited a given state? It may be possible that he was referring to multiple visits to specific states. Either that, or he meant to say 47. who knows,
Spearhead
Gulf coast redneck hippy
+731|7114|Tampa Bay Florida
I just find it funny how people are looking at that vid and honestly saying that its proof Obama is.. [whatever]

Bush has said much more retarded stuff... so have Hillary and McCain.
ATG
Banned
+5,233|6953|Global Command

Spearhead wrote:

I just find it funny how people are looking at that vid and honestly saying that its proof Obama is.. [whatever]

Bush has said much more retarded stuff....
And look what kind of legacy he is leaving.


Understand. I will be voting for Obama this year. For one reason.


I really couldn't care less if Obama was caught having sex with a corpse. I will never vote for McCain. It just bums me out.
Kmarion, I get you. He looks exhausted. Shit happens.
Bertster7
Confused Pothead
+1,101|7005|SE London

ATG wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

ATG wrote:

How could that even be a thing a 'brilliant' guy would have to think about?

That's not a gaffe. It's a dullard.
Right.. so he doesnt know how many states there are .

This kind of dullard attention the media focuses on is why politics has become a joke.
If my wife said there were 57 states I'd face slap her with my junk for being stupid.

For a presidential guy to say it erodes confidence in his thinking ability.
I think you're reading too much into what was clearly just a slip of the tongue. He obviously knows how many there are.

He said 50 when he meant 40. So what?

Laugh it up. The mayor of London just got elected on that exact principle.
OrangeHound
Busy doing highfalutin adminy stuff ...
+1,335|7073|Washington DC

I'm gonna start wearing my new lapel pin:

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/10/newlapelpin.jpg
nukchebi0
Пушкин, наше всё
+387|6748|New Haven, CT

Commie Killer wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:

Commie Killer wrote:


So we have 49 states now?
nobody loves Utah
Too bad, I was hoping Cali New Jersey would fall in the ocean.
djphetal
Go Ducks.
+346|6760|Oregon
I saw him speak here on campus (University of Oregon) on Friday. It was just a rally, so it was mostly just pointless political jabbering, but as far as presidential candidates go, he's the most verbose, well-spoken I have seen as long as I can remember. I'm only 19, but he's been better than Hillary and McCain, better than Edwards, Kerry, Nader, Bush, Gore, better than what I remember of Clinton and Dole... I long for a day when our presidents are poets, but for now, I can't think of anyone with more verbal skills than Obama.
IRONCHEF
Member
+385|6915|Northern California

Kmarion wrote:

ATG wrote:

How could that even be a thing a 'brilliant' guy would have to think about?

That's not a gaffe. It's a dullard.
Right.. so he doesnt know how many states there are .

This kind of dullard attention the media focuses on is why politics has become a joke.
I know.  WHat's embarrassing is some of the knobs here that think he actually thinks there's 57 states.  WHen I watched it, it appears he starts saying fifty..then pauses to say seven (probably to say he is short 7, making it 43)...it appears like he's doing math in his exhausted head.  The dude has been relentlessly traveling, speaking, touring, gabbing, fund raising, interviewing, etc, etc for months on end without any real rest..all because that beotch won't back down.

Most people ripping on him in this thread are probably just doing it without seeing the video and plagiarizing the few that did...as is common on this message board..I've even done it on occasion.

Last edited by IRONCHEF (2008-05-12 13:06:07)

Megalomaniac
Formerly known as Missionless
+92|6752|105 RVK

djphetal wrote:

I saw him speak here on campus (University of Oregon) on Friday. It was just a rally, so it was mostly just pointless political jabbering, but as far as presidential candidates go, he's the most verbose, well-spoken I have seen as long as I can remember. I'm only 19, but he's been better than Hillary and McCain, better than Edwards, Kerry, Nader, Bush, Gore, better than what I remember of Clinton and Dole... I long for a day when our presidents are poets, but for now, I can't think of anyone with more verbal skills than Obama.
amen, people have been waiting for a year for Obama to say something silly. And when he did people claim hes too dumb to be president... when you guys vote Bush two times.
Pug
UR father's brother's nephew's former roommate
+652|6966|Texas - Bigger than France
reminds me of the old SNL presidential debate skit where someone (Ferrell?) says, "It was to my understanding that there was going to be no math".
kylef
Gone
+1,352|6917|N. Ireland
Love the flip pin

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