Can We Forgive Obama for thinking there are 57 States ?

Question

I say YES !!!!!

What else would someone who was raised elsewhere and has limited experience in govt. think ?

Answer 1

Yes.  At the moment he was counting the number of primaries, and got his wires crossed with the number of states.  It's an embarrassing gaffe, but not a substantive one.  We know that he knows how many state there are.

Answer 2

I take it you haven't seena Bush speech lately and we KNow he was born and raised here so he has NO excuse!

Answer 3

He did not stutter long enough to think of the correct answer.  Then again maybe he has invasion plans to keep the defense industry humming.

Answer 4

Well most 3rd graders know how many states there are in US . What does that say about Obama?

His daughters should give him some static about that one .

Answer 5

McCain has MANY more gaffes...and I forgive him...so yes, I say we let Obama slide on this ONE slip up.

Answer 6

If you forgive all of the obvious misstatements by Obama, I will forgive those by McCain.  Otherwise, it's like complaining about a typo and of no real purpose.

Answer 7

He was just thinking of when he adds africa and a few others for us to support.

Answer 8

I think if you want to be President of the United States you sure as h**l better know how many there are and what they are called. That is not forgivable or acceptable for anyone who wants to run the country. I would like to think that he really knows and it was just a slip.

Answer 9

Did he really say that? He must have been seriously tired that day.

Answer 10

Counting the Territory's hes not that far off. And Yes people in these Territory's are US citizens. And thats not counting washington dc. which is not a state but is concidered a territory!!!

Answer 11

Yes,

you people forgave Bush for saying we have evidence of weapons of mass destruction.

Answer 12

I am not for Obama but anyone with common sense knows that it was a slip of the tongue.

I mean, c'mon already, the guy is a Harvard Graduate.