Which is worse--not knowing how many houses you own or how many states there are?

Question

I say thinking there are 57 states is one of the most idiotic things I've heard.

Answer 1

Yes he actually said that.

Answer 2

Worst of all: Now knowing what states your houses are in.

Answer 3

Mistakes made like Obama's after a grueling week of campaigning are far more forgivable than McCain lack of Economic understanding

Answer 4

Whether you like his politics or not, I think that a person who believes a person as intelligent as Barack Obama would not know how many states there are is either dumb or pretending that he didn't misspeak.

Answer 5

Keep babbling. In a few short weeks watch Biden lay the SMACKDOWN on McCain.

Answer 6

Well not knowing how many houses you own doesn't have much effect on the country.  Thinking there are 57 states might make funding a bit hard.

Answer 7

did he actually say that?

Answer 8

Obviously Obama misspoke himself and is quite aware that there are 50 states and said 57 instead of 47.  It's absurd to think that an educated, bright man such as Obama would not know the number of states.

On the other hand, for McCain not knowing how many homes he has is purely ridiculous.  Not to realize the difference here is really quite juvenile.

Answer 9

I say not knowing how many houses you own because that effects you the most.

Answer 10

hmm...have you never made a little slip while talking?  Obama made one.  I know all conservatives, even if they don't like Obama, realize that he knows how many states there are.  The fact that this keeps coming up is sort of pathetic and tells me what I already knew....they don't have anything better.  If they thought slip-ups were a problem, they would have decided not to vote for McCain when he mixed up Shiite and Sunni three times in the same week, and had to be corrected by one of his handlers.

On the other hand, McCain didn't make a slip up...he literally didn't know how many houses he owned until his staffers helped him talley them up.  I don't think it's that big of a deal. That wouldn't change my mind about voting for him, if I already was.  I like Obama, but I agree it's sort of stupid to run commercials about it.  It's just sorta funny...just like continually bringing up a misstatement about how many states there are.  

Answer 11

I answered this 2x today.

Answer 12

Not knowing how many states their are.

Answer 13

Obama's is a Gaffe.  The U.S has 9 territories, which if you add with the states of Alaska and Hawaii makes 59 'states'. It's a slight gaffe and That's forgivable.  However, not knowing how many houses you own when many people are losing theirs or losing the value of their homes due to foreclosure then I'd say McCain's statement is the worst and the most idiotic.  It proves he is an elitist and is completely out of touch with the average American working family.  His not understanding that Pakistan does not border Iraq and his not understanding the difference between Sunnis and Shias is also proof positive that we cannot afford another Bush administration that we would get with McSame.  My god, he takes money from the country of Georgia and then when Georgia attacks South Ossentia and Russia responds, he makes it an American political issue when it shouldn't be.  Wake UP!

Answer 14

you should kno how many houses

you have before you kno how many

states there are....

how old is the moron that

said theres 57 states???

Answer 15

not knowing how many states. but we know that Obama knows that there are 50 states.

but we know that he knows how many states there are. accidently misspeaking (when he clearly intended to say 47 as the link below shows) isn't the same as "not knowing"

stop focusing on slips of the tongues and focus on issues and ideas.

Answer 16

don't be stupid, it was just a matter of accidentally adding 10 (at the time he hadn't gone to 3 states--> 47 he had gone to). I mean there's a lot more legitimate arguments u can make about obama

Answer 17

Not knowing how many homes you own is inexcusably stupid.

The Democratic Party holds primary elections in 57 states and territories. You would know that if you were smart.

Answer 18

Its like Iraq /Pakistan border and Putin is Germany's president.

Answer 19

Houses are even worse than 57 states.Both of the canidates are really not that good.McCain supports Bush even more if the approval of Bush is going down.

Answer 20

Good question you get 10 points.

Now clearly bama just made a mistake, but since you libs are making a big deal out of McCain's remark "How many house do you own", you are treated as you treat others.

Plus McCain owns rental property and condos as well as houses, but are all those considered his homes?  It is a complicated question not answered with one word.

Answer 21

not knowing how many houses you have. since knowing how many states there are is absolutely useless.

Answer 22

yeah, we sang about the 50 states in second grade...   WAY before I thought of what houses cost.

Answer 23

both are pathetic.

Answer 24

I think McCain didn't answer how many houses

he owns, because most the houses are owned

by his wife, so maybe the truth was that he

doesn't actually know how many of them has

his name on the deed. Makes sense to me.

Maybe Obama can't count or doesn't know

his US History well enough to get a passing grade in school.

Answer 25

For someone who owns hundreds of homes, who buys them and sells them all the time, not knowing the exact number of houses you own at any one time isn't bad at all.

So yes, since there have been 50 states in the union since... what... 1959 I think, then that is certainly worse, in my opinion.

Answer 26

Not knowing how many houses one owns--because that showes that someone is so rich that one or 2 more or less houses do not matter--unlike not knowing how many states there are---and about that one I have to say that I think that the U.S. has 7 territories.  We support those territores with foodstamps and welfare---so we might as well add them to our states---Obama said 57 and having 50 states and 7 territories amounts to 57!!!

Answer 27

i agree

Answer 28

what are you talking about?