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Barack Obama's 57 State Gaffe
Right Up Front ^ | May 15, 2008 | Aaron Schwitters

Posted on 05/15/2008 7:24:20 AM PDT by army2008

Is Barack Obama smarter than a 5th grader? Umm.. How about a pre-schooler? We all know how the left-wing media loves to poke fun at Bush's gaffes, but will they play fair when the candidate they dote and fawn over makes a blooper? Roll the tape:

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TOPICS: Government; History; Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: 57states; barackobama; gaffe; gaffes; georgebush; obama; potatoehead; racism

1 posted on 05/15/2008 7:24:20 AM PDT by army2008
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To: army2008

He must have had Te-ray-za Heinz Kerry on his mind at that moment.


2 posted on 05/15/2008 7:27:43 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: army2008

The best part of this was the part where he said he wanted to go to “one more state, Alaska and Hawaii” but his managers said they were not very important!


3 posted on 05/15/2008 7:30:31 AM PDT by Holicheese (Hillary deserves the CMoH for her time in Tuzla!)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi
He must have had Te-ray-za Heinz Kerry on his mind at that moment.

Or the 57 Islamic States.

4 posted on 05/15/2008 7:31:54 AM PDT by frogjerk (Hope is a theological virtue, not a campaign promise)
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“Or the 57 Islamic States.”

Correct.

There are 57 member states of the “Organisation of the Islamic Conference.”

This was a classic Freudian slip.


5 posted on 05/15/2008 7:36:44 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Mossad!)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Yikes! Didn’t even think about that one.


6 posted on 05/15/2008 7:59:48 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

Yep. Read here:

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


7 posted on 05/15/2008 8:07:33 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Mossad!)
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To: MeanWestTexan

I just asked my 2nd grader how many States are in the United States, and she immeidately answered “fifty States”. I told her someone else thought there were at least 57, and she couldn’t believe it.


8 posted on 05/18/2008 5:15:05 AM PDT by CharlotteVRWC
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