Patriotic Barack Obama lapel pins unveiled honoring all 57 states

Yesterday The Ticket broke the stunning news of America's acquisition of seven, maybe eight, new states, according to future president Barack Obama.

He was speaking at the start of a two-day swoop through Oregon, which is already a state.

In Beaverton, which is not a state yet, the Democrat let it slip that during this marathon 16-month party presidential nomination struggle against a bunch of dropouts and this female political zombie from New York who won't surrender short of a silver stake, he had already visited 57 states with one more to go.

That's not counting the existing states of Alaska and Hawaii, he said, which his staff decided aren't important enough to visit. Unless maybe you're Mike Gravel or Dennis Kucinich, who weren't very important either, come to think of it.

Here's the spoof-proof Obama video as evidence:

Has this aging freshman senator -- he'll be almost 60 in 13 years -- lost his bearings? Are the eight new states caucus or primary? And will Howard Dean bar them from the convention too?

Obama's gaffe caused a noticeable stir online during the day and even the respected Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic anticipated that the political media would kindly write the Democrat's mis-statement off to fatigue. But he wrote if, say, the Republican nominee-to-be had uttered the same silly fatigue flub, it would surely be added to eager suspicions of senility.

Besides trying to noodle out what the new states are, some clever campaign folks over at the phenomenal Suitably Flip blog got to thinking right away.

And they've now unveiled a new patriotic lapel pin that anyone can wear with pride even, say, a Harvard-educated senator from Illinois who's been trying to make a point about opposing a war before it even started.

Here is the new pin replete with all 57 stars:

You'll probably want to order several for friends and family. And any Chablis-sipping senators you might know.

--Andrew Malcolm

Comments

[Jenn]

This is the lamest article I've read. You think him making the smallest mistake like that is such a big thing, haha... stupid. Sorry but we are still with Obama, and we base it on policies.

Let's think of other big gaffes the candidates have made... Hillary on Bosnia, and McCain Mistakenly Says Iran Allowing Al Qaeda Fighters Into Country, Later Corrects Error.

So if this is the idea of trying to swift boat Obama, try again!!!

P.S. I'm sick of people saying Obama doesn't get the white vote, I'm white not rich... and not the youth vote. Majority of his voters have been white!

(Who said it was a big deal? It's hilarious! Lighten up.)

[McAncient Clintonfatigue]

Useless...Nonsense!

[Harrette]

This guy is so lame! BOYCOTT CNN & MSNBC for manipulating the Presidential election with the biased pushing of obama before researching.

http://www.dontvoteobama.net.

Obama needs to tell us more about his relationship with Ayers. It’s important because voters might well wonder whether that relationship, coupled with Obama’s longtime relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is just the beginning of a pattern, a pattern in which Obama seems quite comfortable with people who really, really, really don’t like the United States of America. If you question him or his values or policies, you’re part of the “divisive, distracting” practices voters associate with Washington. If you become an unquestioning, adoring political groupie, you’re not. Them’s the Obama Rules.
One day after being drubbed by Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania to the tune of 200,000+ votes, Obama’s chief political adviser David Alexrod was on National Public Radio claiming that white working class Democrats barely exist and hardly matter.
Axelrod said, “The white working class has gone to the Republican nominee for many elections, going back even to the Clinton years. This is not new that Democratic candidates don’t need or rely solely on those votes.”

[Brandon]

That was funny! It probably feels like 57 states after how long this primary season has gone on...LOL!

In terms of McCain, he has done some gaffes himself on the campaign trail as well including mixing up Shia and Sunni not once but thrice, holding his microphone upside down while speaking, as well as countless other things.

I think the "losing his bearings" comment from Obama has NOTHING to do with McCain's age (McCain needs to stop whining about every little thing that is said. I thought he had a "pair" but I guess not. He is turning into "whiner in chief"). I saw the interview and I thought Obama was talking about McCain was losing his "moral compass" since he said he was going to run "positive campaign" but obviously he isn't by saying that Hamas endorsed Obama when that isn't the case at all. Just one Hamas guy complimented Obama by saying that he reminded him of JFK. If the KKK or the Nazi party endorses McCain I am sure that Obama wouldn't stoop so low as to tell the media that this was the case.

McCain is a fraud. I thought he would be different but obviously he is not. No wonder his favorability ratings are going down in the Rasmussen poll. He now has less favorable ratings than Obama in that poll.

[Bruce Feingold]

I had written off the LA Times as a mouthpiece of the Democratic party. Reading this blog--which seems to provide some balance--has me giving the LA Times a second look. I hope this blogger is also a reporter.

[Mia]

Mr. Malcolm,

Please stop exasperating me. Judging by your luminous career, people might start to worry about your character changes.

(Thanks for the concern, Mia. But don't worry about me. Having too much fun over here. Thanks for reading!)

[DrRay from Ohio]

When McCain talked about the 100-year-war or when he said Iran was supporting the Al Qaeda in Iraq (Iran is Shiite and AQ is Sunni), he was not senile. He was just showing his ignorance.

Hillary claiming repeatedly that she came under sniper fire in Bosnia was not due to fatigue as Bill and other Clintonistas claimed. It was a pure and simple lie, told repeatedly at all times of the day.

Obama as a teacher of constitutional law knows that there are only 50 states. His slip won't and shouldn't get much attention because it is a slip. This is very different from the ignorance and falsehood of McCain and Clinton respectively.

[Benjamin9]

BO for Primeminister of the 57 states! Oh.. wait ..

Maybe in the La Raza AbSolut world of the Obamessiah there are 57 states.

[darter]

Clearly he meant 47 states, with 1 to go (48) and not Alaska and Hawaii (49 and 50). Come on folks, he just 'misspoke'. There's always Ron Paul.

[Robert]

People voting for this candidate are driven by ignorance, guilt, and ignorant hate but mostly ignorance. He has no credentials that show his qualifications to hold the office. He is a media created rock star. He is influenced and surrounded by people of dubious character. He has held no real job that he has ever been held accountable for results. His own books written by his ghost writers confirm this and the beat goes on. Sorry he is not the one.

[Janie]

Harvard grad????
Jethro did better when he grad gee ated 6th grade.
:) :)

[Don Hannaford]

If gas is $4.00 a gallon, If the Iraq war is still going bad, If President Bush's approval rating is at 30%, Who really cares if McCain is too old, whether he voted for Clinton or not, whether he can't tell sunni from Shia, Whether or not Reverend Wright or Ayers will hurt Obama, whether Obama thinks there's 57 states or not,whether we care if Clinton came under fire in Bosnia. Let's talk real issues. IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE!!!!

[merry]

Of course he just misspoke, but that doesn't make it any less funny! I'd hate for him (or either of the other candidates) only to misspeak in a prosaic way with no avenues for later mocking. These sorts of mistakes happen often on the presidential campaign trail, and thank goodness for that - it's pretty much the only thing that makes the drawn out primary process entertaining. Now, are they selling those flag pins?

[Bill M]

Are there two Obama's?

One Obama tells us that, as commander in chief, he would listen to his generals re: troop withdrawals from Iraq, but that he would be the MAN and the rate at which we withdraw was his decision alone.

Another Obama, the one who appears on YouTube in the blog, tells us that he wanted to campaign in Alaska and Hawaii (the 58th and 59th states), but that his staff wouldn't allow him.

Pray tell, what happens if the MAN, as President, and his staff disagree re: troop withdrawal rates? Does the staff prevail again?

[Hootie]

RED HERRING!!!! Classic Republican misdirection. What is news worthy about this stupid article? We can now assume anyone wearing one of those idiotic lapel pins shown above is a neocon. And NO if this story was written about John "Gramps" McCain I would feel the same! At long last have you no sense of decency?

[Russ]

You people voted for him....

[TLE]

He may have visited 57 states, but he only wants to count the votes in 48 of them. Unless, that is, Dean & Brazile decide to split Michigan and Florida 50/50, or, better yet (Brazile's idea), just declare both states a win for Obama.

[Ted Thornton]

The article IS LAME. Clearly he meant to say "47" states. He mentions that he has "one more to go" and that he "wasn't allowed to go to Alaska or Hawaii". Do the math. Is that the best you can come up with to criticize the future President of the United States?

[Mike]

If this is the most damning thing that Andrew Malcolm can find to blather on about, it's no wonder he's a hack writer for a dying-on-the-vine paper like the LA Times. Next time, Andrew, see if you can find something substantive to write about.

Mike
http://quicktrivia.com

[xbjllb]

What does this MORON have to do to convince people it doesn't take a genius to give good fricking speeches?

He's a moron. Dumb as Bush, only with Reagan's speech-giving talent. And Reagan was senile and riddled with Alzenheimer's the ENTIRE TIME.

ObamaNation... every bit as stupid as Obama is. Let's all pretend racism doesn't exist anymore in America and suicide ourselves against the old white guy.

Idiots.

[thinkresults]

Everyone chill! - if you actually watch the video you can see that Obama himself was making the joke about it seeming like he's been to 57 states.

Nice fun jumping in on this Malcolm. You have a future at the Onion!

[Marianne]

So, naming 57 states is just an error? How pathetic are you people? All you Obama fans out there should rent the movie "Being There" It might will give you some necessary insight into what life with your "inspirational and hopeful and change candidate" would really involve.

[TM]

57 primaries. 50 states plus Guam, American Samoa, etc.

By spending 2 seconds thinking and even less time doing some research, Mr. Malcolm could have figured this out.

BLAH BLAH BLOG.

[Cynthia]

HAHAHA. I bet even Barack is laughing at this. Best blog\article I've read in months!

LOL what a great way for him to innocently appease the flag pin whiners AND show that he doesn't take himself too seriously. Buy one now, Barack! It'll be a hoot. :-}

Signed,
Middle-class republican white woman, originally from WV & now in VA, over the age of 50, who is now a signed & sealed Obamacan.

[new_york_loner]

Truly, this is much ado about nothing. The Republican smear machine must be running out of gas.

Once the nation has had a chance to see Barack and old man McCain go head to head on the debate floor, the polls will swing solidly in Obama's direction.

Obama's verbal miscue was not a gaffe in the normal sense, McCain, however, doesn't know Shiite from Shinola and he doesn't seem to care about it. For John McCain, all Muslims are the enemy and Israel is our spiritual and political mentor. Joe Lieberman is making the snowballs and McCain is trying to hurl them.

John McCain is a doddering old tool of the War Lobby, half senile already, he would make an excellent, Reagan-like trol for the Energy, Defense and Israel lobbies.

If the Mossad doesn't snuff Barack, America might just wake up and realize that Israel's national interests are not at all congruent with the national interests of the USA. Barack offers hope that a vital realignment might occur.

[cr]

"He has held no real job that he has ever been held accountable for results"

Well, he taught law at the University of Chicago for 11 years, while also working as an attorney, and was elected and twice re-elected to the Illinois Senate.

[SillyAlias]

Oh, that's right Robert. People who support Obama do so out of ignorance. That's why his figures look so fantastic among people with college degrees.

What a silly non issue. People are really grasping at straws.

[fromnj]

Robert - please check your facts. He wrote both his books himself. The people who used ghostwriters are the other 2 in this race (Clinton and McCain)

Funny article about a genuine slip - this election has been so full of ridiculousness that I won't be surprised if the "serious" media start running it and have their "expert" talking heads jabbering away on how this raises serious doubts about Obama.

Obama is the best candidate I've seen in a long time - we are lucky to have someone who is brilliant, even-tempered, a skilled politician and charismatic, all at the same time.

[Dave Miner]

Thank you for exposing this "important" story. You have shown the importance of your column and your career, if this is what you use your writing space for. Boy that Obama is so stoopid. Haw, haw, haw... I'm a gonna vote fer McBush, Haw, haw, haw. He's one of us, haw, haw, haw. Bomb Iran, haw, haw, stay in Iraq forever.........

[Tom deSabla]

Wow, gotta love that President Obama.

That's the kinda "change" we need - 7 new states!

He's sure got the intellect and the ideas to lead this country forward.

Better him than that Ron Paul fellow, you know, the one we only talk about in blogs?

How is he different than Obama again?

[Baby Boomer]

Mr Malcom, being sarcastic to Mia or trying to divert/belittle her comments is not the way you should go. Of course, we are concerned about what is posted here because it carries subliminal messages that try to influence people's mind. Probably the honest thing to do is to state which particular candidate you support just after you sign the article. In that way you declare your interests and people will be aware of your intentions and will understand your character. I am an ex-Republican baby boomer close to retirement and although we had leaders in the past I think that we will hardly have another opportunity to see an emerging leader as Sen. Obama. I decided not to be defined again as R or D but as an American. Sen. Obama is a third-milennium leader and if it is quite obvious for you, no past or current leader will compare to him. For those who are asking for credentials or what are his plans for change, it's easy: start changing yourselves, think globally and stop thinking as if we were still in the past. Finally, Mr Malcolm this is not funny! Perhaps the outcome of this political process will not affect you but for us who are facing gas prices, shrinking buying power and predatory health costs, it is damn serious!!

[Antonio]

John McCain has proven himself in the halls of congress and the US senate; in the skies over North Vietnam and in the prison camps of Hanoi.

Barak Obama has proven himself ________(fill in the blank).

[Cecile]

Fun. Too bad some people are so passionate they miss the joking tone of the article !

Go Obama, president of 57 states or more !

[Gaias Child]

Hilarious !!! Obama is lovable and inspirational enough to live through a few mistakes, as are we all. At least he wasn't inventing sniper fire to make himself look heroic.

[AMIGO]

“We need to elect someone who understands how Washington works and is ready from Day 1.”
You are absolutely right Hillary; YOU have been at 'center stage' for the past 16 years and N-O-T-H-I-N-G HAS CHANGED !!
May be IT IS time to move on - - -

[Keith]

It looks like he was joking. Some people have no sense of humor.

[JKT]

"Chablis-sipping"? What do YOU drink? Seriously, what's the deal with associating wine with liberalism? Where did this come from? I be the Mondavi and Gallo families vote GOP, and there certainly are a whole lot of beer drinkers who vote Democratic. Comments like that make you look foolish, not the people you're trying to lampoon.

[Robert Lilly]

@ darter "Clearly he meant 47 states, with 1 to go (48) and not Alaska and Hawaii (49 and 50). Come on folks, he just 'misspoke'. There's always Ron Paul.

exact on point, nothing more nothing less. Some folks are seeming with bias and will grasp at any little thing.

@Harrette obvioussly cannot deal with the fact that a black man will be president. Its sad to see people like you. For God Sake, Ayers did what he did when Obama was 8. I would be more concerned about the true hatered coming from Pastors endorsing Mccain. To srat turning the way Black Churches prey, partly to let of steam against the fustration they have to deal with, is wrong.

I would be more concerned about statements McCain makes which can end up being a lot more signigicant damaging National Secutiry:
http://www.fanaticattack.com/2008/mccain-a-remake-of-clueless.html

[John Doe]

There are 57 states if you count Puerto Rico, Gitmo, Colombia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Taiwan and Israel.

[Steve]

After the dirty campaign he has been running, criticizing everyone else, saying every little comment was racist or they've lost there bearings. Claiming he doesn't take money from oil or lobbyist when his had is in the same pot of money as everyone else's. How does he like it now, it appears he's not as perfect as he thinks he is.
Obama has enough dirt on him that I wouldn't trust him with a boy scout troop let alone the country. Take the blinders off America you've been had.

[Norm]

I'am with Robert. We are voting for the Presidency of the United States not some local village trustee.

[Tommy]

This reporter has nothing to report but some mis-spoken worlds by Obama. This reporter is so biased and has no professional ethics.

[Lucas]

And the writer of this article is the current problem with politics. What a waste of time.

[Norm]

I'am with Robert. We are voting for the Presidency of the United States not some local village trustee.

[Media Bias]

There is absolutely no doubt that the media would be dumping on John McCain if he had said this. No doubt whatsoever. The media is completely biased and unfair.

[Mary]

Malcoln, Malcom, Malcom

You had to have reached pretty deep for this!
I fear however it suffers from one flaw, ITS STUPID!

Oh but you thought it was dry and witty, Did you not?

Take a geritol and get some sleep

[BN]

Oooohhh .. Yeah OBVIOUSLY Barack thinks there's 57 states! How can the US elect a president who misspoke? You guys are going to misunderestimate him.

As an outsider, I am SHOCKED at the attention that Americans give to Rev. Wright and other "friends" that Obama has had that have either done or said wrong or even incendiary things. GET OVER IT. Focusing on such petty issues is what got you guys in the situation you're in now - a war with no purpose, an economy in the tank and no moral authority in foreign affairs. Obama can at least mend these issues better than any other candidate. Does that matter to Americans? No. They're more concerned about superficial immaterial aspects like whether a candidate wears an American flag on his lapel or that he clearly mistakenly said '57 states' instead of '47 states'.

For the sake of the world and a prosperous America, I beg the American media and people to get over the petty politics that the Republicans have used so successfully since Swift Boat Veterans to cripple the American psyche, allowing their party leaders to mislead their population for their own misguided and even criminal personal gains (either economically or ideologically). You allowed the Republicans to portray John Kerry, recipient of a PURPLE HEART, as "unpatriotic" - even though Bush and Cheney didn't serve a single day in Vietnam and did all they could to dodge it. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.

[Elbram]

You guys should get a grip on life and move on…

The guy was joking…

He was born in the USA, He graduate from Harvard; he was in charge of Harvard law review; he was a constitutional Lawyer; he was teaching law in the university; he was a state senator for about 7 years; he has been in the US senate for about 3 years…..

Do you guys really thing a guy with such a history does not know the number of states that are in the US.

This is the basis for that joke…

There are 50 states in the US….

Six US territories.

1. Puerto Rico
2. Virgin Islands
3. American Samoa
4. Guam
5. Northern Mariana Islands
6. Minor Outlying Islands (Wake Island and Johnston Island)

And one US-Administered region:

1. Guantanamo Bay

If you do the maths, the US president is in charge of these 57 states, territories, regions

[Clintonians are traitors]

Schizophrenic Clintonians: you are traitors! You are financed by Al-Qaeda, and we are hunting you down OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY! Because we are REAL AMERICANS and we hate your drug-dealer LATINO people! Down with Hillary Escobar!
Regarding what banana-bama said it is called IRONY, but he usually outsmarts all you pathetic losers, and all the pathetic press (usually one becomes a journalist when he is not smart enough to get a job on a cafeteria, for example...). Anyways, if banana-bama can't crush you, WE will crush you! Big Mac and Rice will destroy you and better for you, Clintonians, to find a place in Mexico or Canada, because our witch-hunt will make Zimbabwe look like a kindergarten party...

[AgentX]

Well, technically he's right.
He're the list of unofficial US states after the 50th.
51: Canada
52: Puerto Rico
53: Guam and the Pacific Islands
54. Iraq
55. Denial
56. Apathy
57. Warmongering.

[Marie in Tampa]

This article says more about the writer than it does about Obama. Other articles explained that Obama meant 47, not 57. This one is only mocking and derogatory, never clarifying the 57. It's unprofessional when news reporters mask as "news" their personal opinion.

[EMS]

Utterly usless article.. This guy get's paid to do this.. he is obviously pushing Clinton or McCain... what ever happened to being an objective reporter/blogger.

This is typically what is wrong with the media.. if this guy isn't smart enough to figure out that he meant 47 states then he shouldn't be working for the LA TImes.

[Optomyst]

Is this important?

[Andrew]

Obama is losing his bearings.

[haloplayer]

Whar kin I git me one of dim there purty pins wit our 57 states on it?

[haloplayer]

>>>>>So if this is the idea of trying to swift boat Obama, try again!!!<<<<<
Hey, Jenn, you are aware that 'swift boating' means telling the truth? The left is trying to change its meaning. You're the perfect example of that.
Hey, Jenn, try again. LOLOL

[non_prophet]

Much ado about nothing. Oh, but to wish that the only thing at stake here is how few or how many states make up the USofA.

Robert: "...driven by guilt...?"

Guilt about what? You sound like a bushie, who attracts the kind of voters whose choice is driven by fear.

I detect fear in your post. You sound like you fear Obama.

"Qualifications?"

It's LUDICROUS for a bushie (assuming that's what you are) to talk about qualifications in this context. You need to steer very, very far away from that road, Robert.

As bush has tragically demonstrated, there is absolutely no comparison to be made regarding bush or Obama's qualifications for the presidency. No bush supporter should EVER mention qualifications or a lack thereof when complaining about a presidential candidate other than george w. bush.

Do yourself a favor. When the subject of qualifications comes up regarding Barack Obama amongst you bushies, change the subject --- quickly.

[mr mechanic]

Sounds like something Bush would have said. Bush went to Yale. Obama went to Harvard. Give me the Big Ten anytime.

[c'est moi]

But can the man spell "potatoes"? Now THAT was a heinous mistake, and Dan Quayle DESERVED the knee-capping that he got from that, NEVER MIND that the misspelling was on an NEA-approved card which supposedly had the correct spelling.
No, no - the audacious man of taupe merely "misspoke", which is Dem-speak for "Let me eat my waffle."
Can we say "double standard"?
YES WE CAN!

[Gina Hugh]

This report is so shallow, small ,little, How many tiimes have you seen Pres. Bush VP Chaney, Pres Clinton, Sen. Clinton, John McCain, all of the US Sen. and Congress wearing their lapel pin?. this is so sad LA Times, and all of MSM you all clearly showing your racist double standereds against Sen. Obama..

[Terry Ott]

I think that's exciting. Maybe they have oil, those 8 new states. I just hope they are agreeable. It would be a shame if we had to take them militarily, what with being stretched thin and all.

Oh, never mind. I'm stuck in the past and present. After we pull out all the troops from Iraq we'll have plenty of soldiers to use in the "new state" occupation.

[Mysti]

I agree. This article is stupid...It is funny how the writer of it spins it so much....and so the article is largely based on things that were NOT said by the video provided. Way to go Mr. Author....It looks like you should work for Fox news.

[Matt]

Maybe he visited some states twice.

[SoCal4Hillary]

It figures that the ANTI-AMERICA Obama wouldn't even know how many states we have. Perhaps his brain turned to mush after listening to his hate-filled preacher, (and "uncle"...spiritual advisor...mentor...friend) Jeremiah Wright, bash the US for 20 years. Of course, he's blatantly unqualified to be president, but this just further proves its. And people are actually supporting this buffoon? Amazing.

[Raul Garcia]

At least he had the common sense and courage to stand up against the war in Iraq.

This country needs change and he is the best candidate to provide it.

We all have our flaws such as bias and prejudice.

[Tami]

Brandon.......McCain is a fraud? Are you fidding? You need to read Robert's post at 5:58 AM.

Those of you who believe that O'Bama is your savior are truly ignorant. This man is a joke and a media creation. He has no credentials for him to even qualify to be POTUS and especially Commander-in-Chief of our brave military.

What the hell is wrong with you people?

Of course with liberals it is always "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" Hypocrites!

[Robert Dale]

Malcom,

You ought to go out and find a job you are qualified for.

(Hey, Robert--Good to see you back. Still no sense of humor?)

[bruno]

The point is that any tiny gaffe John McCain makes is news for days. GET IT? The only policy obama has clearly articulated is that he wants to take my hard earned money and turn us over to his buds, the muslims. He is a glib anti American who has dual citiznship with another country, Kenya. And folks, let me remind you all; we are still in Germany, Japan and Korea. Don't let the facts get it the way.

[Steve]

It's incredible how people are so entranced by Obamamania that they are blinded to the humor of this blog entry.

I thought it was great, thanks for the laugh.

[Roy]

Harrette, stop getting your talking points from Sean Hannity. He's the only one obsessed with Ayers. No one else is. Well, except you.

[Robinia]

Please white America. You think white candidates in the past (before the 80's) really gave a damn about polls?

It's time to reciprocate, baby! Clinton symbolizes your typical "European-American-Persuasion".

Those who are from the X-generation, or educated used thier brains and observations to see the America they grew up in. Multi-colored-cultural-ethnici-lingual and mobile.

Catch the wave....So, HIllary is the more experienced candidate with solid platform issues. No doubt. She's a pollitician as is Obama. In this case, nothing will really change, except the color of the skin of the poliltician. That, in and of itself, is CHANGE for me and many Americans who can't really explain why they choose Obama over Clinton....

Tootles!

[Derek]

To people who question Obama's credentials, I ask what credentials did Bush have ?

Can anybody do worse than that guy. I think not. I believe almost any man off the street could do just as well as Bush, therefore; Obama or anyone else is an upgrade.

[R]

That pin is pretty funny! I am an Obama supporter and come on, it's okay to share a laugh - we don't have to be all so serious. He's won it, so it's time to just savor the victory before the party healing has to begin in earnest. 57 huh? Let's see if we can get there - we have American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Washington DC, two Texases (primary and caucus), Denial (the state hillary is carrying 100% to 0) and Reaity - that's Obama's headquarters. So there you have it - 57 states!

[purespringwater]

Is Obama is thinking of Heinz pickles and running with Kerry? Here is more on the number "57" (from Wiki):

It's been said that the easiest way to get Ketchup from a Heinz 57 bottle is to tap the 57 that appears on the side of the bottle.

"Heinz 57" is sometimes used as a slang term for mixed-breed dogs; which are more often called "Mutts" or a "Mutt".

In the film The Manchurian Candidate, the character of Johnny Iselin gets the number of "confirmed Communists in the State Department" from the back of a Heinz 57 bottle.

National Hockey League players Steve Heinze and Shawn Heins wore #57 for several seasons in the league.

Joe DiMaggio was going to be offered a sponsorship when his hit streak reached 57 games, but the famous streak ended at 56 games.

In the UK a complicated 57 way bet on horse racing is referred to as a "Heinz."

[la nouvelle yorker]

Barack Almighty is nothing more than the Sanjaya Malakar of the primaries...

[Jean]

Barack Obama is fraud. I am so tired of this man who think he can say and do anything he want and not be scrutinized or questioned about it. His supporters and the media makes an excuse for everything wrong that he do, but they attack Hillary, Bill and McCaine for much less. Obama's statement was not because of fatigue, it was because of his lack of good judgement on what to say and how to lead this country. He does not unite, he divide in a clever way. I pray that he does NOT become president.

[SteveLA]

But inquiring minds want to know if Mrs. Obama was proud for the first time of her country now that her husband was being worshiped in all 57 or 60 states for the first time?

The question is not will Obama loose the general election, it's will he rival the defeat level of George McGovern in 57 or 60 states.

The new Democratic Party motto: Defeat from the jaws of Victory!

[DR]

So - McCain confuses Sunni / Shia and he's losing his bearings. McCain says troops to be in Iraq for 100 years and He Who Does Nothing Wrong immediately misquotes this as a 100 year war and his supporters won't be corrected (Sen Biden, Dr Ray, etc)

We know that He Who Does Nothing Wrong would never confuse Sunni and Shia because his advisers are meeting with Hezbollah.

He Who Does Nothing Wrong says 57 states (an error of about 13%) and anyone who points it out is now a Republican Hack / RACIST / Lame. When will the He Who Does Nothing Wrong-ites open their eyes and see that Politics as Normal has not changed and will not change?

[Joe Dozer]

After Obama gets through adding Gaza, Syria, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., Kenya, Mexico, and Iran as new states it will be 57!!!

[Kathy W.]

He hadn't been to Alaska & Hawaii. He'd been to 47 states, with one left to go--the 48th. That adds up to 50. He's tired; he said "57" instead of "47."

[Anee]

Obama is clearly the Idiot that we love to put in a white house, he is just like bush.

Michelle, the wicked witch is still talking, and sinking her husband's candidacy, now she want's to scratch Bill's eyes out, what class she has.

Just wait til November Obamaicans, sweet revenge awaits you when the chickens come home to roost for all the hate you have spewed to the other people, (non-black).

McGovern all over again.

[Leanne]

It's amazing what "news" agencies will reach for when they run out of real stories.

C'mon guys... high school journalism students can do better than this.

[Seni]

WAKE UP OB ---------- Seems Obama don't know the number of states in his own country. What kind of president would he be? ----------- SCARY.

[chapinlo]

ANY LATINOS THAT VOTE FOR OBAMA, ARE A BUNCH OF IGNORANTS. BLACKS DON'T LIKE US.

LATINOS FOR MC CAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Walter]

NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republican John McCain was "losing his bearings" for repeatedly suggesting the Islamic terrorist group Hamas preferred Obama for president.

Looks like it's not McCain who's "losing his bearings"

[J Swaby]

It's funny how people can make anyone look like a Militant or anything else when they disagree with them. Americans are hypocrites we can tell another country like South Africa that they need to free blacks from oppression but when a black man runs for President he is militant, labled a terrorist and other names. White people have had years of running this country it is time to give a black man a chance. If McCain is so great where has he been the past 8 years.

[John]

Come ON. This is pathetic. Can't you find some real news to write about?

Somehow this is more significant than Hillary saying Barack shouldn't be given the nomination because he can't win white voters (which is blatant racism)?

And Robert, I am curious what exactly Hillary Clinton has accomplished. She keeps saying "experience" but all I can remember is a failed attempt at health care reform and a vote to invade Iraq without reading the intelligence report. As for McCain, he doesn't even have a clue for the difference between Shi'a and Sunni. If that embarrassment doesn't disqualify him to run our country in the middle (hopefully end) of a war in the Middle East, I'm wondering how low the standards are.

Obama has a TON of information about his policy ideas on his website www.barackobama.com. All I'm trying to say is that a lot of us voted not because we're ignorant (after all the college-educated seem to be voting for him across the country) but because we have genuine reasons, just as I'm sure you have reasons to support whoever you might support. I'm kind of sick of people who haven't done their research accusing anyone who voted for Obama as being caught up in his personality.

Harette, the key word there is "SOLELY." As in, they matter but are not the only people who matter and you shouldn't overturn the rest of the votes just because he lost that demographic in a couple states to another democrat.

[Lee]

Obama and his supporters are trying to steal this election. Obama blocked efforts to revote in Michigan and Florida. 93% of blacks support Obama, however any comments regarding this fact, or mention of blue collar white workers for Clinton, is met with accusations of racism. Obama has taken the lead by outspending Hillary 2 or 3 to one, and his caucus wins don't reflect a true lead in popular votes. In addition, early calls for Hillary to drop out show a ploy by Obama to circumvent the democratic process. As a result of all this, the less qualified candidate may end up as our leader ... what a shame.

[Sean K]

"Obama really thinks there's 58 states! Hardy har har! Boy, he must be pretty dumb to graduate from Harvard and think there's 58 states! Ahyuck!".... was that supposed to be my idiot yokel reaction? Stupidest article ever. Your sense of humor is ancient and irrelevant. About as funny as a can of peanuts with fake snakes popping out or a rubber chicken. F-

[Luke]

Don't worry guys, I love Obama and I think this is pretty funny too. Mostly because of the context, and how his handlers had to take him out of the room before he said anything else that sounded a bit off. Everybody, first and foremost, these people are politicians, not idols, heroes, or other objects worthy of worship. If you aren't able to laugh at them when they make little mistakes, perhaps you're being just a little too defensive about them?

[Omar Brown Atlantic Bch, FL]

We all want change, but at the rate this campaign is going, a change in direction could just as well be for the worst, and who would assume otherwise considering that the democratic senator's running in the name of progress want to spend over a trillion more than we already are to fulfill promises our deficit can't afford.

This is going on mind you, while all the mean while the classless high class rich government officials running are targeting the poor with threats of going to jail if they can't find a way to squeeze blood out of a turnip while living from paycheck to paycheck? Going after the poor in the name of progress? I have heard of robin hood, but this is ridiculous, steal from the poor to give to the rich?

This is exactly what our liberal nominees are doing, in their scratch my back while I scratch yours tactics that have the rich getting rich, and the poor poorer. These politicians having their pockets lined by filthy rich insurance companies who are loaded to the hilt at the expense of the poor children they are denying coverage too, while threatening the poor is going too far~!!

The Insurance Companies are insisting that these government officials get the poor to pay for their greed that has them living in mansions, sailing on yachts while uncorking bottles of Don Perion Champaign to celebrate how they dooped the public into going after the poor rather the rich in order to deal with the health crisis our children are facing in th wake of all the resources available to them. . Its amazing…

The Insurance companies need to cease and assist. The system is broken and in the process of being broken it has sent the rate of health costs off the Richter scale. It is time that we had one insurance system for all, by transferring all the companies into one where you don’t have a bunch of executive middle men making billions of dollars at the expense of the Children who are our future. future

We are talking about here is, Government run insurance, not Government run Healthcare. It is time we put the doctors back in command of fulfilling what the patient needs without having to allow the patient be forced to be dictated by what can and can’t be done to him based on his insurance coverage.

There is a big difference between government run health care and Government run Insurance where doctors get the final say. The difference is a change in the right direction for children rather than the right direction for the heartless rich who want to get richer at the expense of the children as well as our government going further in debt.

You want change be careful of the direction the change takes you in. Right now the change is aimed at sending the poor to jail, simply because they are too poor to make up for what the insurance companies are blowing in the form of all the money they are making at the Children’s expense...

All the Billions of dollars the insurance companies have been dumping in campaigns all these years are aimed at doing nothing more than framing the argument without having them being put tin the picture. Well I say get them out of it completely money being dumped in their campaigns to get our votes. The officials are too busy catering to the money rather than the people, while trying to force even more money from the people that they don't even have to give, with threats of jail sentences.

This redundancy of the rich getting richer at the poor’s expense is taking its toll on this nation and this world, IE oil prices going off the hilt while the billionaires use the money to fill their bank accounts instead of building refineries so we can fill our tanks and bellies without having to break the bank…

This direction for change is more of the same and sad fate we face with this change isthe only thing changing is the rate at which this country is being taken down in, thanks to the greed of those running the show…

[Charles Sawyer]

If you had been campaigning as much as he had, and as tired as he is probably, you would be making more slips than that!

Get a life and a real job. I have rad better opeds by posted replys to many of the negative articles I have seen in the news media from the start of this campaign. Maybe the papers and media need to start firing a few and hiring a few from the list of replies.

Bloomfield, Iowa

[Robert]

Obama is lame, lame, lame. Why can't we elect QUALIFIED people in this country? In France, for instance you have to have written volumes on political science, had some actual achievements under your belt that are well documented and that EVERYONE knows about. Obama has NO credentials, and is basically getting a free ride from the guilt-ridden media. Larry Elder for President!

[BayAreaVoter]

Poor, Baracky, he gets so TIRED campaigning. Why can't it just be over? Why won't that smart girl with all the answers just go away?
This guy never worked hard for anything in his life. Great way to pick a president. Didn't we just do this? He's just a smarter version of Bush....but I bet even Bush knows how many states there are!

Oh, yeah, and the Great Lakes are in Oregon, too.

[Remus]

I love these Democratic primaries and would vote for either Clinton or Obama in November, although Obama is my first choice. I would be thrilled with an Obama/Chris Gregoire ticket and Clinton as the Senate Majority Leader.

Limbaugh’s Republicans will be in deep shock when all Democrats (old, women, whites, blacks, educated, uneducated, latte drinking, beer drinking, Prius driving, whateveeeeer) will come together and sweep in November. We are like two packs of dogs fighting for a bone right now. Let McWolf get in the cage and you will be amazed at what happens.

[bruce becker]

I want to know about McCain's medical records. Do they include testing of his short term memory or are they are a celebration of his hiking and cardio vascular state? I dont care about his hiking.
I want to know if he submitted to thorough testing for both Alzheimer's, incipient Alzheimer's, and a battery of tests of short term memory with the results compared to Naval aviators still on duty, not to other 71 year old men. I am sure he is in the high percentile compared to other people my age. I am 65. I have times when I cannot recall the names of the various leaders of the factions in Iraq, with their names in foreign languages, but I am not running for commander in chief. I dont want another Ron Reagan (Alzheimer's in office) and his excuses, like when Reagan was asked to give testimony on the possible treason of others in Irangate, and he had to confess he could not recall at all. No thanks. This health report better be more than McCain's blood pressure and cancer treatments. He was testy about the counter-attack after McCain's nasty remark on Hamas. He thought the response was about his age. It wasnt. It meant, losing his moral compass. Losing his bearing means losing his moral compass, by engaging in unethical comments. However, the fact that his people spun the comment about unethical comments and took it to mean Obama suggests that age may be a factor of McCain's fitness for duty must be evaluated openly and without distortion. The back and forth claiming moral compass means old age is so far off the mark, I suspect they have something to hide. Why are they postponing release of the medical records? They were promised April 15th, tax day. Now they are promised on the day May 20th, when Obama and apparently the Republicans, think Obama will clinch a majority of the elected delegates. If they are published that day, we still wont be satisfied if it is just about his resting heart rate and blood pressure. We need the Alzheimer test and the short term memory tests, compared to healthy young bright cadets, not to old people. I am sure he compares great to other people his age. That is not the question.

[bruce becker]

have both Obama and McCain submit to a battery of tests for short term memory and Alzheimers. Publish the results.

[Kyle]

Wow....

It seems the republicans have there people out on these boards.
Ignorance cannot continue running us. Wake up and get informed before you spew information that is not correct .
Obviously, Robert is one of those people. No facts, just baseless opinions.
We must become smarter as a country. 5th grade arguments should stay in elementary school.
Lets pull together and remember that we are all in this together.

Go Obama!!

[Michael Hughes]

Obama's problem iis not as scary as it seems. He subtracted 3 from 50, on the fly, and got 57. At least, he does not avoid orignial thinking as does Bush. On a related subject, why does Bush seem to think that we care about his daughter's wedding. Whey our son was killed in Austin by a taxi driver carrying a concealed weapon during Bush's term as governor, he couldn't have cared less. You see, Bush and Texas believes that this was an acceptable cost of being able to own an arsenal of weapons, silencers and dismantled submachine guns and carry concealed weapons. The killer, by the way, was a Timothy McVeigh type who spent considerable time in the Phillapines and whom the the police suspected of burning down his own apartment with his mother inside. Not surprisingly, he died mysteriously in prison after being indicted for capital punishment--way too much baggage to be allowed to live.

[alison]

Sen. Clinton is within reach of the nomination, that is why the opponent is calling for her to step down. Isnt that always the way for men to get rid of women ?

She wont quit guys get over it !

[Nick]

Do you think he might of meant to say 47? At least he hasn't lost his bearings.

[Robin]

What? He forgot Alaska? The guy's tired--give him a break. At least he didn't rail about the hard-working white voters.

[Ethan]

Oh the irony. Robert speaks about ignorance from the depths of its blissful embrace.

Obama has almost identical political credentials to those of Abraham Lincoln and similar professional background to John F. Kennedy. He also shares many of their political ideals and principles. I challenge anyone to come on this blog and try to claim that these two men were somehow inadequate Presidents.

One other thing – Obama is renowned for the fact that he writes all his own material, and that includes his books (had you read them you would not be able to ignore his signature style). No presidential candidate since the sixties has done that, and none this century who have done so half as eloquently as Obama.

Sure, this thread is a cheap shot, but when you make a silly mistake those in the media are entitled. For a man who has meticulously crafted his _own_ message, it's a credit to his oratorial acumen that he makes such a gaff so rarely.

Take your willful ignorance back to Rush Limbaugh's home page, Robert – this is the LA Times.

[None of the Above 08]

Hmm, let's see when McCain "confused" Sunnis and Shias, Obama supporters had a field day.

Now that Mr. Obama has made a mistake no first grader should make, it's time to ignore his mis-speak.

Can't have it both ways.

[Observer]

Obama's rise to Presidential candidiate reminds me of the Carol Mosely-Braun Senatorial election cycle.

Not because they are both black. But the quick political rise out of essentially no where.

The attitude at that time was change! Throw the politicians out! And Illinois elected Carol Mosely-Braun.

Then 6 years of ineffectiveness later, they fired her.

It would be a shame to have someone elected that has little experience at getting things done.

Oh well, this country continues to go down the tubes...with the so called effective leaders. Maybe throwing an innefective and unorganized leader will make it better.

But looking at the history of Illinois...maybe not.

[lenny]

How absurd! No, not Sen. Obama, the L.A.Times! This is indicative of how far you have fallen as a credible source of reliable news. To make such a big deal out of an obvious mental slip makes you the joke, not Sen. Obama. Let's see, who owns the paper...? You have just lost many more readers, I am sure. I doubt you will publish this though.

Mr. Zarcufsky

[olivia]

Obama sounds much more like Mss US Teen from South Carolina.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

Please don't ask him the following question before he buys himself a map:

Question: "Recent polls suggest that most American do not know how many states are part of the US and that most Americans can locate the US in a world map, why do you think this is happening?"

Obama: "I personaly believe that most americans do so because they don't have maps. But in my campaign I've already visited 57 states of America even though I don't have a map. Such as South Africa and Iraq. That is not counting Alaska and Hawaii yet which my staff decided aren't important enough to visit"

Ha ha ha ha ha

[MarkJ]

"Sorry but we are still with Obama, and we base it on policies."

Umm, and those "policies" would be........?

At the rate your guy is ditching his advisors (he just canned another one for meeting with Hamas), Pretty Boy will hae to develop his "policies" all by his lonesome self (unless he gets help from his wife, "Bitter Michelle").

[Steven]

All the people who claim this is meaningless / not important probably thought misspelling potato was a big deal... whatever guys!

[Steven]

Posted by: DrRay from Ohio | May 10, 2008 at 05:51 AM

"When McCain talked about the 100-year-war or when he said Iran was supporting the Al Qaeda in Iraq (Iran is Shiite and AQ is Sunni), he was not senile. He was just showing his ignorance. "

and the only examples you could come up with are bogus and spin.

The 100 years, spin. He specifically compared it to Germany and Japan… vs a 100 year ‘war’… unless we are still ‘at war’ in Germany and Japan.

Iraq and Al Qaeda, bogus. They have given them support. The only place Sunnis and Shia won't work together is in left wing partisan imaginations.

[Thomas Asley]

A special performance to share. Written by John Smart of LiberalRapture.com and performed beautifully by Lisa V

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UAFbMLZm4g

They captured what millions of democrats feel.

[IC]

Clearly he meant 47 states, with 1 to go (48) and not Alaska and Hawaii (49 and 50). Come on folks, he just 'misspoke'.

How about Dan Quayle's "potatoes"? He didn't even mispeak, the incident was made up by a reporter, and it stuck. So lighten up. Have some fun, there's a long way to go. Remember what they say about people protesting too much?

[Jones]

re: the handful of early comments freaking out about this post: people, relax, Andrew is just having fun. Jeez you're as thin-skinned as your candidate.

If Obama were as skilled as his supporters say, he would have come back moments later with a joke about it. Its okay to laugh at yourself: everybody knows you're exhausted from this greulling death march of a primary campaign.

In the alternative, perhaps Mr. Cloudo President of Heaven knows something the rest of us don't. In his magical administration there will indeed be seven new states: Harvardstan, South Chicagoville, Further-North North Carolina, as well as the new states of East, West, North and South Iowa. :)

[SG]

Perhaps he was thinking of the 57 varieties of condiments. States, ketchup... whatever, it is only for the little people™ - remember "we are the change we have been looking for"

peace

SG

[Buford Gooch]

The whole point, which I believe to be accurate, is that if McCain had made the same slip, the media would be playing it up big time. They would probably act as though they thought it a funny slip of the tongue, but it would still be used to dig at McCain's age, just like Obama did with the "bearings" comment.

[Blinded Follower]

I agree with Jenn and McAdhominem Clintonhater: We're for Obama because of his policies! Such as Hope and Change! He's gonna change America! He's already looking forward to his vision of America, Heinz '57 States!

Just like he knows history better than anyone! He knows that Roseveldt negotiated with Hitler without preconditions, Truman negotiated with Stalin and Kim Il Jong without preconditions, and Kennedy negotiated with Castro and Ho Chi Minh without preconditions, so he will, too! (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/obama_needs_to_study_history_b.html)

He's our hero and nothing can change our hopeful devotion to following him wherever he may lead us!

[Diana]

There have been 57 contests on the Democratic side -- 50 states plus Guam, American Samoa, DC, Dems Abroad, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands PLUS that extra caucus thingy in Texas.
The real story is not Obama's misstatement -- it is the process-driven, micro monitoring of every candidate's gaffe as a great way to avoid a discussion of the issues facing our nation. It's much more fun to look at this stuff than to contemplate what we should do about Iraq and our failing economy.
We claim to be the most powerful, important country in the world and yet we approach our election campaigns like carnival sideshows.

[OSweet]

We needn't worry - just wait a year or two. This gaffe will begin to show up in updated Bushisms lists as further proof of W's chimplike idiocy.
Callow college students will fervidly email them to each other, Republican-hating journalists will chuckle and move on, and the fact that Obama actually uttered it will be far down the memory hole.
Come to think of it, I'd lay 10-1 odds Oliver Stone will have W do the gaffe in the upcoming biopic.

[genia]

Wow...I had no idea that the LA times was this low. I followed a link here.....I won't make that mistake again.
Not a supporter of Obama..but....I didn't expect this kind of brainless hate from the LA times.
I'm serious when I tell you all that I had to check my address bar ...twice....I could not believe I was reading the LA times.
LOL...hey...now that I think of it.....if this is what the Republicans have to offer....let it rip.LOL
Idiots.

[Beej]

I, too, don't usually click on latimes links because of the one-sided (and sometimes just nutty) reporting. I have to say, though, that this is some pretty funny stuff.

[Darin]

The flag pin is flawed. Obama clearly thinks there are 60 states. Do the math.

[genia]

LOL....I can see this happening, yeah, yeah, it will work......... this crap is linked all over the internet....the brainless sheep read it.....jump with glee.....regurgitate it over and over....oh.....the wacko right...there is nothing quit like it !!...LOL

[Jean]

It appears the candidates "all" need a day off. LOL
McCain can't figure out which end of the microphone to use and Obama just added 7 states to the USA. LOL
Aha The late night comedians hit the Mother Lode with this election

[RuthieM]

So maybe he's really 'thinking ahead' just like he's always been doing. Obama '08!!!

[Shalom Beck]

Obviously, Obama is planning to drop out in favor of the husband of Teresa HEINZ Kerry.

[Don Meaker]

No, you can not assume that anyone wearing a 57 star pin is a neo=con. You can conclude that the wearer has a sense of humor, someting oddly foreign to our friends on the left.

[Ralph crandon]

Everyone knows there are onlt 56 states! Jeessee!

[R. Ford Mashburn]

Dr. Ray,
AQ is being supported by Iran, your argument is baseless.
Iran supports Hizbollah, also a SUNNI organization.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6581-2004Jun25.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,87778,00.html
You ought to do some reading before spouting the thinkprogress party line.

[dlane]

In the meantime, Hillary's camp is hard at work trying to seat delegates from those extra 7 states. It's not over yet! No, really...

[Don meaker]

Lets stay in Iraq for a hundred years. We have been in Cuba for about 110 years. We have been in Germay since 1944, in Japan since 1945, in Korea since 1949.

Why is there such a drive to pull out of Iraq?

Answer: It is the only way to salvage a defeat, just as it was the only way to salvage a defeat in Vietnam after the South Vietnamese Communists were dead, and the North Vietnamese Communists were defeated.

[Josh N.]

All of us with IQ in the triple digits knew that Obama meant that he had visited some states more than once.

I wish people without college degrees would just stay their asses home on election day. Why must you all run this country down with your hiding behind your Bible and you bitter - YES BITTER - attitudes.

[Dave]

It is amazing to me that people who were more than happy to scream about every time Bush "misspoke" are so thin-skinned about their own guy's errors. Lighten up, people, or in the unlikely event this fool does get elected you're going to give yourselves strokes.

[Baby Queen]

Umm - where can I buy one of those pins??

[Don Meaker]

The difference between McCain and Obama: Obama would like to have conversations with Iran while they provide weapons and training to terrorists who bomb US soldiers, Marines, sailors, airmen, and our allies in Iraq. McCain understands that discussions can actually make progress only when the terrorists and their allies are first soundly defeated.

[Christopher Wilde]

That is die hard hilarious. I'm ok with bringing a few more states into the union.
www.futureosophy.com

[Feb]

Has it really been so long since public political figures were able to crack jokes? Why does everything have to be a pre-scripted, result-oriented talking point? Can't a guy say "wow, this campaign has been grueling" by being witty instead of literal?

Just watch the video, and for a moment try to remember that Obama's an intelligent guy who hasn't been a politician his entire life. The way he stretches out the syllables, and inserts a "wait for it..." -style pause before the word "seven" makes it clear that he's making a joke about just how many stops the campaign has made, and how long the process is.

Give him some credit -- he's clearly giving his audience credit for knowing there are 50 states. The idea of there being 57 states IS THE JOKE. Okay, it's not the very sharpest comedy ever, but it's nice to see a politician assume his audience is astute enough to catch on that he's making a joke. Jeez, Internet, lighten up.

[TheXception]

Hey! How can I buy some of those Flag Pins??

Obama for The NEW 57 United States of America!!

[bonehead]

Obama forgot to include Zimbabwe

[LonghornMama]

Wow! Ivy League not quite what it used to be??? Unbelievable. Should prove who has the brains in the Dem primary race. He's pretty and he'll be great for the ambassador work abroad, but we need Hillary on solutions. I love this comment, because it slaps the media who have caused such a huge rift in this country by reporting "educated, affluent" people vote for him. "Poor, uneducated" people vote for her. Let's stop slicing and dicing people and call it one America. And how lucky are we that such great, courageous people step up to serve. Hillary '08

[Wm]

Mr. Malcom,

In your news story you report that he said "he had already visited 57 states with one more to go," and that makes 58 states, not 57.

So why does the lapel pin have only 57?

And why is the headline "Patriotic Barack Obama lapel pins unveiled honoring all 57 states?" All 57? What about the last one, number 58?

Are you against the 58th state joining the union?

This report shows that Canada, Mexico, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Virgin Islands, Kenya, Iraq, and Washington DC (no. 58) are going to become states during Obama's presidency. So you don't want Washington DC to become a state, right. Neither do I.

Wm

[pat]

This is mean. The author of this article might try to do some real reporting, but I doubt if he, she, knows the meaning of the word.

[Anthony]

Who's gonna pitch in to buy McCain a 13-colony lapel pin to remind him of his youth?

[strategy]

Obama was reaching out to Hillary's less educated supporters.

[MyEyeIsOnYou]

much ado about nothing. Really this is quite silly

[Samuel Award]

Karl Rove. You turn a slip of a tongue (47 to 57) into a full essay, and a top active blog on line, with head lines celebrating it on right wing machine?

Is this what the GOP has become? a bunch of grumpy old drunks, pretending to be Nazi comedians on the air waves and on line?

Maybe, just maybe, if you; Mr. Karl Rove, would actually have Sen.McCain start fixing this slip of a tongue from Sen.Obama

How? Maybe if Sen.McCain would say he'll fix this slip of a tongue from Sen.Obama by making our stand in the world so good, that by the end of his presidency, we will have 7 more states join our state of the union.

What states? Maybe if Sen.McCain is convincing enough, he can convince the next states to join the state of the Union; Philippine, port Rico, Jamaica, Israel, Guam, Baja, and Baja Sur. After all, without US, they would incinerate in less than a week.

Thanks to you Karl Rove, we have members in the state of the union, that are almost refusing to participate in the state of the union activity, without huge financial bribes.

(Just curious, Samuel. Where did you see a Karl Rove connection in Obama's slip of the tongue?)

[lightnin]

Not actually "senility", this type is correctly referred to as "Premature-onset Alzheimers", tragic in one so young . This may very well account for his failure to account for what he heard about black racism and anti-Americanism when in the pews of "Rev." Wright's "church", halting explanations of his flaws, failing to recognize that people like Ayers who bomb government buildings in this country are bad, and his failure to understand that he has a "snowball's chance in hell" of being elected President! Sadly, in his case, there is no cure, his delusions will continue to worsen until he sinks from the public view, into the hell that awaits under the bus, with Gore the ignorant and Kerry (ecch!) the malignant. Such a tragedy!

Lightnin'

[BJ]

THIS is a perfect example of how Obamabots will discount anything negative to Obama, BUT would BLOG with such NEGATIVE VORACIOUS VERACITY IF this comment were attributed to HILLARY and especially to McCAIN!

[Becky]

My my the perfect ones followers can't take much.HILLARY 08 BET HILLARY KNOWS HOW MANY STATES THERE ARE. LOL

[X Rocket Scientist]

The pseudo intellectual Obama supporters that call Bush “stupid” are missing the point. Obama’s campaign is based upon catchy slogans without factual basis. However, when Obama tries to state a simple fact, we find "he is not smarter than a 5th grader"!
LMAO!

[C. Cannon]

This is easy, the first 50 are real states and the last 7 are various states of confusion!

[Mandelay]

Wow, the universe really is expanding! Maybe he's including Syria, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, Kenya, Cuba and Libya? Or he's suffering from early-onset senility? No matter, Ted Kennedy will be the shadow president anyway. He's in total control and pulling all this puppet's strings.

[John]

Obama was President of the Harvard LAw Review and taught Constitutional Law. Pretty sure he knows how many states there are....

[Adam]

You people, honestly, he was talking about the states and the territories. When you count Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia and others, you have more than 50 contests. Why don't you think? Is this important? Why do these Hillary people condone her race baiting comments and then jump on Obama for this? Why? The racial undertones in Hillary's campaign tactics is important. That is disgusting. When Republicans say anything against race, they are hounded unmercifully. When Hillary and Bill say racially based comments, the Democrats are silent. Hillary could never win without the black vote, or the youth vote, and she is working hard to ensure that she would get neither. I would rather go with a principled candidate for the Party than for her.

[Gerald F.]

Not bad a slip up. As good as the time he wished to get in touch with the "President' of Canada.....................