Barack Obama wants to be president of these 57 United States

Ah, Oregon. The beautiful Northwest. Rain. Trees. Clouds. Rain. Friendly territory for Sen. Barack Obama, the leading contender for the Democratic Party's long-disputed presidential nomination.

So there he was in Beaverton today at the start of a two-day swing through Oregon, virtually ignoring his remaining Democratic opponent, what's-her-name from New York, as part of his new strategy to act like the actual nominee while she flails around way behind in numbers.

Naturally, this being the Northwest where everything is not ruined quite yet, his staff had Obama visit an eco-friendly company, Vernier Software & Technology, that makes products for science teachers. He could get education in there too, see?

In his prepared remarks Obama was ready to start blasting Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, to show the Illinois Democrat is moving on to the general election campaign.

But first the freshman senator had to go through all the....

...obligatory delighted to see you, delighted to be here part of stump speeches that also require that you actually know where you are.

Obama pulled that off O.K. But then he drifted away from the text a tad, as rookies are wont to do sometimes, forgetting how exhausting this primary process is and should be. And trusting in their instincts, their very tired instincts.

"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."

The Times' conscientious Robin Abcarian thought she heard something different there. She checked her tape recorder. It had captured what he had actually said -- 57 states now. A new Louisiana Purchase that's gone unannounced so far? Was he channeling his inner John Kerry-Heinz 57 personality?

(UPDATE: At a later stop Obama was talking with reporters and expressed concern he'd also mis-stated the number of potential cyclone victims in Burma. He said, ""I hope I said 100,000 people the first time instead of 100 million. I understand I said there were 57 states today. It's a sign that my numeracy is getting a little, uh." At that point, an aide cut him off and ushered journalists out. Before he could mis-speak again?)

Oh, and as far as Hawaii voters are concerned, they're probably delighted to learn that Obama's campaign staff doesn't think that tiny state can justify an appearance by his eminence, even though he did a lot of growing up there. Or maybe because he was there.

Let's see what they do with that in the Honolulu media, which the Republicans have probably already notifed.

Maybe it's Obama's age. He's getting up there in his forties, you know.

(ANOTHER UPDATE: Because of a new development in this situation another item on this subject has been posted here.)

--Andrew Malcolm

Photo Credit: AP / Joe Raymond

Comments

[Xiaobolao]

Obame and his supporters are the only ones who play the race card from beginning to end, and will never stop playing it, just like Jesse Jackson. All attacks against Obama are racist, so they claim. They want to use the race card to shut up every opponent's mouth.

[Jim]

Hmm. Mis-speaking about how many States there are in the Union...or lying about WMD to get us into a 3+ Trillion Dollar, 5,000 casualty, "100 Year" war. Wonder which one is worse???

Yo, Republitards, you are probably thinking it should be Obama's mistake and not Dumbya's...right??

Hey Neocons - get ready for 8 LONG years, folks!!! We just may be able to repair the damage left by the Chimp by then...

[mo]

Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Minor Outlying Islands (Wake Island and Johnston Island)
+ washington DC that make it 57

[RJ]

The race is really on. To see who can loose votes faster, McCain, or Obama. Every time either opens their mouth, votes go right up the spout.

[Daniel]

I think he was counting us (TEXAS) as seven states.
You know, we are kinda big. I think we should elect a Texas President (Rambo, Eastwood,,etc.)

[Jason Sauls]

This was a very interesting statement from Obama "57 States". It makes me wander which 57 states he is talking about. The organisation of the islami conference groups 57 islamic nations from around the world. Does he want to be their leader too?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_of_the_Islamic_Conference

[Grant]

Visiting 57 states is pretty impressive. But he won't win me over until he can name all 57 state capitals.

[Fredette]

I just wonder how this guy is pullng the wool over everyone's eyes. I can't believe the American people can be so wanting a change that they are willing to give our country away to the first smooth talker. Wake up America..

[Neil]

Obamma was just a little confused in his history class. ou see there are 57 nations in te Isamic Conference! Who knows maybe he wants the US will be the 58th.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_of_the_Islamic_Conference

[Amanda]

BO is the antichrist - and like the initials of his name he stinks!

[Jesus is a Liberal]

It's obviously not what he meant. He meant Democratic Primaries. There are 57.
57 primaries =
50 States
+Plus
Washington, D.C.
+Plus
U.S. Territories
* American Samoa
* Guam
* Marianas
* Puerto Rico
* U.S. Virgin Islands
+Plus
Democrats overseas in other locations (United States Airmen, Marines, Soldiers, Reservists, Seamen overseas, U.S. ambassadors to foreign embassies, U.S. bases contractors, AAFES (BX/PX) employees, etc.)
=
57 Primary Locations

[Mister Truthful]

ITS VERY VERY POSSIBLE THAT SENATOR BARACK OBAMA IS THE ANTI-CHRIST WITH THE MARK
OF THE BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES! YES! YES!

I BELIEVE THAT SEN. BARACK OBAMA IS THE ANTI-CHRIST THAT THE BIBLE TELLS US ABOUT BECAUSE:

1. IF WE ADD UP THE LETTERS IN HIS

FIRST, MIDDLE & LAST NAME, WE

WILL GET 666 IF WE USE SOME

UNDERSTANDING!

**SO HERE IS THE FORMULA:

HIS FIRST NAME IS BARACK

HIS MIDDLE NAME IS HUSSEIN

HIS LAST NAME IS OBAMA

BARACK HAS---------------6 LETTERS

HUSSEIN HAS---------------7 LETTERS

OBAMA HAS-----------------5 LETTERS

NOW 6 PLUS 7 PLUS 5 EQUALS 18.

AND IF WE BREAK DOWN THE NUMBER

18, WE WILL GET 6 PLUS 6 PLUS 6.

AND 666 IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST!

2. ANOTHER REASON THAT I BELIEVE THAT

SEN. BARACK OBAMA IS THE ANTI-

CHRIST IS BECAUSE HE LIVES IN AND

HAS WORKED IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

AND THE ZIP CODE IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

IS 60606. AND IF WE TAKE OUT THE

TWO ZEROS IN THIS ZIP CODE WE WILL

GET 666 AGAIN!

AND 666 IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST!

3. THE THIRD REASON I BELIEVE THAT

SEN. BARACK OBAMA IS THE ANTI-

CHRIST IS BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN HE

LIVES IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AND THE

FIRST THREE DIGITS OF PHONE NUMBERS THERE
ARE 666.

SO IF YOU DIAL 1 + AREA CODE (312) +

666 AND THEN THE LAST FOUR DIGITS

OF SOME PHONE NUMBERS THERE,

YOU WILL REACH A PHONE NUMBER IN

THE SAME CITY AND STATE THAT

SEN. BARACK OBAMA LIVES IN! BECAUSE

THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS THERE

BEGIN WITH 666.

AND REMEMBER THAT 666 IS THE MARK

OF THE BEAST!

4. NOW THE FOURTH REASON THAT I

BELIEVE THAT SEN. BARACK OBAMA IS

THE ANTI-CHRIST THAT THE BIBLE

TELLS US ABOUT IS BECAUSE HIS

OFFICE OR CAMPAIGN PHONE NUMBER

FOR VOTERS TO CALL OR FOR PEOPLE

TO CALL WHO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT

VOTING IS: 1-866-675-2008.

THIS IS A TOLL-FREE NUMBER BUT

IT STILL HAS THE NUMBER 666 IN IT!

AND 666 IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST!

SO PLEASE PLEASE BEWARE OF THE

MAN NAMED SEN. BARACK OBAMA!

DO NOT VOTE FOR HIM, DO NOT

WORSHIP HIM AND DO NOT TAKE HIS

MARK! BECAUSE HIS MARK IS 666!

FROM: THE PERSON THAT STUDIES THE

END TIME.

P.S. PLEASE EMAIL ME AT:
owens_ruben@yahoo.com


SO THAT I CAN ANSWER ANY OF YOUR

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS

ABOUT THE END TIME, THE WARS, THE

RAPTURE, THE BEAST OR THE ANTI-

CHRIST OR THE NEW BABYLON!

[Sammy Cole]

Obama is a Man of Integrity and Power, if he should become the President Of The United States Of America i believe he will make life better. Further more there will be no War and racist.

[Greg]

Regardless of whether some think that Obama is the anti-Christ or not, we still have a Sovereign God that reigns over the universe - therefore we shouldn't worry about how horrible things will be IF BO gets elected. Let's just pray that John McCain will find the support he needs from all 50 states.....

[norm]

Obama can't remember how many states there are. This is the guy that says he is qualified to be president. Color him stupid.

[JB]

Obama is familiar with the 57 Islamic States.
All of the other excuses and rationalizations don't hold up to this truth.
Take away his teleprompter and Obama is lost.

[obama is a fake american]

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." And the title of the piece here is, "How the Islamic states dominate
the UN human rights council," and there are 57 of them.


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?

[De Totem]

While we're on gaffes and misspeaks..

According to Mr. McCain;

Putin is the president of Germany.
Iran is training aL Qaeda fighters in Iraq
Beers have earmarks
Infants need hot water
Sunni and Shia are interchangeable
You can walk through Iraq with no body armory on
The surge is working
It doesn't matter when the troops come home
We should stay in Iraq for 100 years

Keep pretending Obama is a Muslim. It's really effective. Chain e-mails never lie!!

Effing Idiots.

[Samual Sproat]

Oh well, everybody makes mistakes, humans are humans. There's this one kid in one of my classes last year that was convinced that there was 51 states and would call anyone a dumb@$$ who said there was only 50.

Stop Genocide!
PEACE!

[Gino]

ISN"T THERE 57 ISLAMIC STATES...I believe that is what he was referring too!! YES, Lets elect him...he's our man. THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND...WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mister Truthful]

THE BIBLE ALREADY LETS US KNOW THAT

THE NAME OF THE (”ANTI-CHRIST”) WILL

HAVE (18-LETTERS) IN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

————————————————————

SO LETS READ REVELATIONS 13: 18 PLEASE!

BECAUSE REV. 13: 18 SAYS “HERE IS WISDOM”!

NOT OVER THERE IS WISDOM!

NOT BACK THERE IS WISDOM!

NOT UP THERE IS WISDOM!

NOT DOWN THERE IS WISDOM!

NOT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF US IS WISDOM!

NOT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF US IS WISDOM!

BUT IT SAYS HERE IS WISDOM!

MEANING RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF
US IS WISDOM WHEN WE LOOK DOWN
IN OUR BIBLE AT (VERSE #18)!!!

WHY VERSE NUMBER 18?

AND WHY NOT VERSE NUMBER 17?

ITS BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS TRYING TO
GIVE US A HINT (CLUE) THAT THE NAME OF THE
ANTI-CHRIST WILL HAVE EXACTLY (18-LETTERS) IN IT!

AND THIS IS WHY VERSE (#18) SAYS
HERE (OR RIGHT HERE) IS WISDOM!

YES!
RIGHT IN FRONT OF US AND RIGHT
UNDER OUR NOSE!

BECAUSE THE NAME “BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA”
HAS EXACTLY (18-LETTERS) IN IT!

SO COUNT THEM!

BECAUSE (REV. 13: 18) TELLS US
TO COUNT THE NUMBER (OR LETTERS)
OF THE BEAST!

NOW NOTICE THAT VERSE (#17)
DID NOT SAY HERE IS WISDOM!

AND THIS IS BECAUSE THE NAME OF
THE “ANTI-CHRIST” WILL NOT HAVE
17-LETTERS IN IT!

AND NOTICE THAT VERSE (#16)
DID NOT SAY HERE IS WISDOM!

AND THIS IS BECAUSE THE NAME OF
THE “ANTI-CHRIST” WILL NOT HAVE
16-LETTERS IN IT!

AND NOTICE THAT VERSE (#15)
DID NOT SAY HERE IS WISDOM!

AND THIS IS BECAUSE THE NAME OF
THE “ANTI-CHRIST” WILL NOT HAVE
15-LETTERS IN IT!

BUT THE NAME “BARACK-HUSSEIN-OBAMA”
HAS EXACTLY 18-LETTERS IN IT!

AND THIS IS WHY VERSE (#18) IS THE
VERSE THAT SAYS (HERE IS WISDOM)!

NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER 18,
WHERE DOES THE (666) PART COME IN AT?

ITS VERY SIMPLE!

BECAUSE IF WE BREAK DOWN THE
NUMBER (18), WE WILL GET (6 + 6 + 6)!

AND IF WE TAKE AWAY ALL OF
THE (PLUS SIGNS), WE WILL GET (666)!

AND (666) IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST!

SO BARACK-HUSSEIN-OBAMA IS
THE ANTI-CHRIST!!

I ASSURE YOU!
---------------------------------------------

FROM: Mister Truthful

EMAIL: owens_ruben@yahoo.com

-----------------------------------------------------------

P.S.*** PLEASE EMAIL ME:

SO THAT I CAN ANSWER ANY OF YOUR

COMMENTS, CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS
-------------------------------------------------------------

ABOUT THE BEAST, THE ANTI-CHRIST,

THE MARK OF THE BEAST,

THE TRIBULATION, THE WARS,

THE EARTHQUAKES, THE END TIME,

HELL, THE RAPTURE, OR THE

NEW BABYLON!
-----------------------------------------------------------

BECAUSE THESE ARE THE

THINGS THAT I HAVE STUDIED!

[Jamz]

Well...there are 57 states of Islam...

[Bill]

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is an international organization with a permanent delegation to the United Nations. It groups 57 member states.. perhaps those are the '57' states that muslim in denial is talking about?

[TonyaK]

Quit making excuses for him... but there are 57 Muslim nations... guess he remembered something but just put it in the wrong context... LOL!!!!

[billy]

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 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 commbating.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_of_the_Islamic_Conference

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?

[grassfox]

"...one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii..." Duh? To my knowledge, Alaska & Hawaii are two different States. It appears that Obama is always only in one state - addled.

Mmmmm - 57-state Organization of the Islamic Conference - very interesting.

[DOUGLAS FIELD]

SENATOR OBAMA, PLEASE TELL AMERICA YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS AMERICAN JUDICIAL INJUSTICE ???

LETS ALL HOPE OUR MEDIA FRIENDS ALSO SHOW AN INTEREST IN REPORTING ON THIS AMERICAN HORROR FACING THESE (TENS OF THOUSANDS) FORGOTTEN AND TRAPPED POORER AMERICANS, AND HOW THIS POSSIBLE FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER HANDLES THIS VERY SERIOUS ISSUE FACING AMERICA’S LATINO AND BLACK AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ????

**WITH 80% OF THE BLACK AMERICAN VOTERS SAYING THEY SUPPORT SENATOR OBAMA IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IT IS ONLY FAIR FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW PRIOR BEING ELECTED OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HOW THIS DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TRULY FEELS ABOUT THIS AMERICAN JUDICIAL HORROR CONTINUING TO INFLICT GRAVE HARM ON THE BLACK AMERICAN FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE ??????

*** WHEN GOD’S FACE BECAME VERY RED ***
THE US SUPREME COURT GAVE ENEMY COMBATANTS FEDERAL APPEAL HC RIGHTS LAWYERS AND PROPER ACCESS TO US FEDERAL COURTS,AND POORER AMERICANS (MANY EVEN ON DEATH ROW) ARE DENIED PROPER FEDERAL APPEAL LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO OUR US FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEAL, AND ROTTING IN AMERICAN PRISONS NATIONWIDE ?????????

**** INNOCENT AMERICANS ARE DENIED REAL HC RIGHTS WITH THEIR FEDERAL APPEALS !
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE $LOWLY FINDING OUT HOW EA$Y IT I$ FOR MIDDLE CLA$$ AND WORKING POOR AMERICAN$ TO FALL VICTIM TO OUR U$ MONETARY JUDICIAL $Y$TEM.

****WHEN THE US INNOCENT WERE ABANDONED BY THE GUILTY ****
The prison experts have reported that there are 100,000 innocent Americans currently being falsely imprisoned along with the 2,300,000 total US prison population nationwide.
Since our US Congress has never afforded poor prison inmates federal appeal legal counsel for their federal retrials,they have effectively closed the doors on these tens of thousands of innocent citizens ever being capable of possibly exonerating themselves to regain their freedom through being granted new retrials.

This same exact unjust situation was happening in our Southern States when poor and mostly uneducated Black Americans were being falsely imprisoned for endless decades without the needed educational skills to properly submit their own written federal trial appeals.

This devious and deceptive judicial process of making our poor and innocent prison inmates formulate and write their own federal appeal legal cases for possible retrials on their state criminal cases,is still in effect today even though everyone in our US judicial system knows that without proper legal representation, these tens of thousands of innocent prison inmates will be denied their rightful opportunities of ever being granted new trials from our federal appeal judges!!

Sadly, the true US *legal* Federal Appeal situation that occurs when any of our uneducated American prison inmates are forced to attempt to submit their own written Federal Appeals (from our prisons nationwide) without the assistance of proper legal counsel, is that they all are in reality being denied their legitimate rights for Habeas Corpus and will win any future Supreme Court Case concerning this injustice!

For our judicial system and our US Congressional Leaders Of The Free World to continue to pretend that this is a real and fair opportunity for our American Middle Class and Working Poor Citizens, only delays the very needed future change of Federal Financing of all these Federal appeals becoming a normal formula of Our American judicial system.

It was not so very long ago that Public Defenders became a Reality in this country.Prior that legal reality taking place, their were also some who thought giving anyone charged with a crime a free lawyer was a waste of taxpayers $$.

This FACADE and HORROR of our Federal Appeal proce$$ is not worthy of the Greatest Country In The World!

***GREAT SOCIETIES THAT DO NOT PROTECT EVEN THEIR INNOCENT, BECOME THE GUILTY!

A MUST READ ABOUT AMERICAN INJUSTICE:
1) YAHOO AND 2) GOOGLE
MANNY GONZALES THE KID THAT EVERYONE FORGOT IN THE CA PRISON SYSTEM.
** A JUDICIAL RIDE OF ONES LIFE !

lawyersforpooramericans@yahoo.com (424-247-2013)

[Kim Weber]

You're kidding! You mean Barack Obama showed some fatigue? He made a mistake in one of the many100's of times that he has been speaking over the past several months? We all do this. Why is this such a big deal that I heard about it from a woman who is otherwise fairly intelligent? She used it as the reason that she wouldn't vote for him. Give me a break. I'm a teacher, which means that unlike Obama I entertain only 150 people or so per day, rather than speaking to thousands. I probably mix up words at least 1x per day, and I'm not even old yet. I can't believe this even made the news.

[Teddy]

They don’t even know where Barack Obama was born. He doesn’t have a birth certificate so he shouldn’t be allowed to even run for president. He is friends with a terrorist. He said that in America that there are 57 states when in fact there are 57 states in the Organization of Islamic States. For those who think I’m crazy, I think that if your going to vote for Barack Obama you are the one who is crazy because this man is nothing more than a super star to you. So if you don’t belive me then please go back to worshiping your new GOD, Barack Obama. You Obama fans MAKE ME SICK.

[Fatima Benghanim]

Obama did not misspeak when he talked
about visiting 57 states.
There are 57 member states in the Organisation of the
Islamic Conference.
He just forgot "where" he was at the time!
People wake-up!
This man is Islam all over and that can slip out
when he is not being careful.
Believe me, you do not want to live under the Islam
rule! He is working with a coalition to overtake
the US.
They already have control over alot in the US.
We must fight against him and his agenda!
That is what I grew-up in and it is deadly!
I was lucky to get out of an Islamic nation in Africa
when I was 23.
Thank God for America!
Fatima

[BlueDog]

Obama went to school in Indonesia till he was eleven. They teach basic US History in those years. So it's obvious he just may not know how many states there are. If he really did know, why didnt he correct himself?

Raised in Indonesia by a Muslim step-father, no wonder he has no real American basic knowlege!

Way to go Obama-Nation -- Where is John Kerry when we need him?

[Ssg Ken]

There really are 57 States. It is The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is an international organization with a permanent delegation to the United Nations. It groups 57 member states,

[MartinSteve]

Yes, under Bush Administration it is true.

the other seven is as follows:

1.Afganistan,
2.Pakistan
3.Iraq
4.China
5.India
6.Bahrain
7.Kuwait.

Yes Bush wanted all these places to be with US.. and loot all the economy of America and give it to this thirdworld never deveoping countries exception of Kuwait and Bahrain because of oil money they are developed, not the people of course.

[john brewer]

you know nuts don't fall far from the tree

[Pamela]

Wow, Republicans are D-U-M-B! He was OBVIOUSLY making a joke about how it seems like he's been campaigning so long and in so many states that they seem to keep going on and on. Can't you hear the people laughing in the background?

[Alice]

If anyone believes in the anti-Christ you should NOT vote because God wouldn't want you to.

[Sean]

For all those out there that are two stupid to see the truth. The President can only do what the Congress and the Senate allow him to do. So why do we bother to even listen to what both these TWO fools say. They can stand up there on the stand and say what ever they like and promise us the world in a handbag. Then when the dust settles you have higher taxes, higher gas prices, higher housing cost, higher medical cost, Higher cost of living, then big business steals your retirement, and your social security check never comes because they taxed the crap out of it and gave it away to those who never put in to it.

I say Thank you Mr. President from all Americans

[Tony]

I agree with John Brewer.
Obama implied that he as a Democrat candidate has been working really hard to the full and beyond the stretch. It is not too difficult to get this joke as we often said something like "I am thinking about you 25 hours a day" .. just to emphasize the feeling for you.
Tony S

[Kathleen]

To all those puckered Republicans with no sense of humor: it was a joke, people. An exaggeration, like others have pointed out. I'm sure when Obama is elected, he will give 110%.

[Lauren]

Barack Obama needs to win with out him are wourl will be a dump john Mcaian don't know nothing about what needs to be changed or anything.

p.s.
VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! !!!

[Usandi Darha]

I live in Lamu Kenya.
The people here know very well of Obama
and know he is muslim.
He does not want the american people to know
and has tried to do each thing to hide that fact.
why are americans so not smart to realize who he is?
He is laughing all way to the whitehouse.
what fools he know you to be.
Usandi

[ron cook]

Has anyone took into concideration about the 57 state comment, Is it that he has visited 57 states and maybe more, Did he mention that he has been in several states two and three times during his campaign. Even if it was a slip of the tongue, "We THE PEOPLE" need to be smart enough to know that he knows how many states there are and quit letting small items like this effect our lives,come on everyone lets pull it together and get this country going once again.

[sandy stein]

This is what you waste your time on? Sounds like the air quality in LA to a deeper dive. Why don't you get some fresh air and report on the real issues.

[Smedley Valet]

Keep working on it you republitics. It ain't stickin' cos the economy is stinkin' and McCain has the smell all over him.

Leave it to Bush to sink McCain, again. Ah, the irony!

watch the landslide! the american people are waking up after years of being terrorised by Bush/Cheney and McCain, the PNAC signer.

[alice]

i like obama as president of united state of america he deserv as presidet viva obama!

[Zeb]

You right-wingers never cease to amaze me. Instead of your "anti-christ" theories, have you ever thought how much more likely it is that he meant to say he had 'visited 47 of the states in the continental U.S. excluding one (of the 48), and not including Hawaii and Alaska'? What is more likely here, that he simply misspoke (like we all do everyday of our lives) and said 57 instead of 47, or that he is the anit-christ? Try to appreciate that we finally have an intelligent president, and could have ended up with one (no, not Palin) who finished fifth from the bottom of his class.

[Cynthia]

Hey Smedley Valet:

It's "I like Obama as President of the United States of America. He deserves to be President. Viva Obama!"
And now he has 9 more states to worry about.

[Bill Zimmerman]

God you People are Stupid! When Obama said 50 (pause) 7 states, he in fact was starting to suggest that he'd visited all 50 states... this is right after saying "...we have traveled to every corner of the united states, uh, I have actually been in Fifty" (as in all 50)... but paused to correct himself... and finished with "7 states",(as in 47,) "I think one left to go" finishing that his staff could not justify a visit to AL or HI. Last time I checked 50, minus 1, minus Alaska and Hawaii = 47 states..! (Watch the damn video and use your brain for once, you Idiot Republicans!)... Magna cum laude = with great Honor. If you have a problem with him, it's likely it's because he's a black man with an IQ more than 30 points higher than yours, deal with it!

[Art]

WOW! 57 states!!! Even G.W.Bush knows we only have 50 states doesn't he? He may not know how to count money the way he is spending it but he does know we only have 50 states. If we do have 57 states then we need to start drafting those guys from the extra 7 states and send them to Iraq and bring the other guys back.The extra 7 states we don't know about can stay over there and we won't even miss them since we don't even know they exist. And this guy is going to be our next President!!! If he tells the nation he's going to go visit the other 7 states are we paying for it or are the 7 extra states paying? Could I come work for him? I could go do surveys for the USA and come back with some really great numbers!

[Sahra]

On 1/20/2009 Obama will be the new leader of the 57 possibly 60 states of the United States. Welcome to the new United States, where a person can be elected without knowing how many states make up the country. One idiot elected by millions of idiots. We officially qualify as a third world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws