Hot item: The 57-state flag lapel pin
These are going to sell like hotcakes. Hot, hot, hot!
I just bought two.
Obama ‘57. Triple-snort!
Get yours while supplies last at Suitably Flip:
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Update: Pete Wehner on the significance of the little pin.
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Speaking of flag pins, Obama’s been spotted wearing one (photo link here). No word on the star-count:
Barack Obama, who labeled discussion of whether he wears a flag pin in his lapel a false issue in a debate with Hillary Clinton, was wearing one Monday as he campaigned in West Virginia ahead of Tuesday’s primary vote there.
Obama made no reference to the pin, which could be clearly seen in television images and through telephoto lenses as he spoke in Charleston, W. Va., about veterans issue. There was no public comment from his campaign.
Monday morning, pollster and former Bill Clinton adviser Douglas Schoen wrote in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal that Obama needs to better define his values heading into the general election. “First, and obviously symbolically, he must start wearing the flag lapel pin,” Schoen wrote. “He simply cannot afford to raise doubts about his patriotism.”
Although Obama sometimes wears the pin, more often he doesn’t. And he’s long insisted on being a different kind of politician who doesn’t resort to gimmicks or give in to pressure to conform to the status quo.
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Hmmmmm, me thinks hinze 57… and how is Teressa these days…
fwiw, i find the irony meter pegging pretty high that dude says all sorts of highly offensive things and gets a near complete pass, whilst he makes one simple gaffe [57 instead of the 47 which would have made that sentence 100% correct] and gets beaten about the head for it for the better part of a week …
# 2 br
jon kary has done a public service by keeping her completely out of the public eye lately — credit where it’s due i suppose …
Let me guess Jesus Obama include provinces from Mexico?
57 states and one more to go, he said? That would be the one where 10,000 people were killed by a tornado I suppose. Really - people want him to be president. No, I mean it, people really do.
North Missouri,
South Indiana,
Western Michigan,
The UP,
Nebraskasota.
Wiscanada,
and
New Zealand.
There 57!
I’m going to pass on this.
Everyone keeps forgetting East Carolina!
They even have a University!
Indeed, so really the pin should have 58 stars. I recall last year when Obama confused the death toll of a recent tornado (~10) with Katrina (~1000) and came up with a figure of “10,000″ dead from said tornado. The man does seem to have a problem with numbers.
Yes, I know it’s cruel to pick on him, but it’s also fun and we need all the fun we can get in this tragic election. Anyone remember what the democrats did to Dan Quayle? Payback is a b*tch.
Check out why Susan Estrich thinks he needs the lapel pin - so he won’t seem so much like Dukakis.
John and Ken played this piece while I was on my way home from work.
I almost fell out of my car laughing.
And actually, Obama thinks there are 60 states total. He said he had been to 57 and had one more to go, but he couldn’t go to Alaska or Hawaii. 57+1+2=60.
Hmmmmm.
I don’t question his patriotism, now. Just his intelligence. They told us Bill Clinton was the smartest man in the world. Now it’s Jesus Obama. Or is it?…..
This is so cool. I just bought two, too. Not sure who I will give the other one to but I have a co-worker who announced not too long ago that anyone who criticizes Obama regarding Wright is a (direct quote): “f*ckin’ racist.”
Okay (I could say), this has nothing to do with Wright, so wear it proudly.
Local!!! Yes East Carolina and North Texas!! My brother went to North Texas and I think he was disenfranchised!!
Isn’t PURDUE a State too??
I love their chicken.
Ok, I have to say I just ordered 2 also. Thanks Michelle, you’re quite the salesperson.
Don’t forget there’s North Texas, South Texas, East Texas and West Texas. Heh, big enough for 4 states.
BHO should simply wear a green colored flag-pin and thereby placate Hamas, Goreiac’s “the climate is falling” loons and all other psycho’s and America haters. As an added safeguard he might consider having it bordered (pun intended) by the color’s red and white so as not to offend illegals and the PLO. It’s a win-win for him–at least among his constituents. Tee-he.
Is this the best the Democrats can do? The affirmative action candidate that has never had to do any studying whatsoever but has everything handed to him on a platter.
I do question his patriotism AND intelligence. The guy doesn’t even know how many states we have!
Who is dumber? Barack Hussein Obama. . .or those who would vote for a guy who has terrorist friends and doesn’t even know how many states we have?
I really hope McCain doesn’t blow this election and put this guy into the White House.
You can that a “gaffe?” My middle school students wouldn’t even make that type of mistake.
Obama should play this game 20 times before he gives anymore dumb speeches. Lol
Thanks Michelle.
Barak isn’t smarter than a 5th grader
Remember, Hussein Obama stated in complete sincerity last year while campaigning in Richmond that 10,000 people had died in a tornado that struck Kansas.
# 17 G
look, i’m the farthest thing from a b.o. supporter; all i’m saying is you stick your students onto a plane several times a week for 9 months straight, subject them to all manner of crappy food, throw them in front of cameras 12 hours a day, and sooner or later they will say something pretty darn stupid …
According to that game Obama has less than a third grade mentality when it comes to the geography of the United States; and he wants to be POTUS???
And what if Bush or McLame said that? The media would have ran with it for years.
look, i’m the farthest thing from a
No, my middle school students would NEVER state that there are 57 states with two more to go no matter how tired they were.
Man, imagine if President Bush EVER stated something this dumb (ESPECIALLY in complete sincerity, as Obama has done), the MSM would be all over it. But President Bush is FAR more intelligent than Barack Hussein Obama.
I really hope that Republicans have gotten footage of the 57 + 2 more to go speech for campaign commercials.
57 states…57 Islamic states.
The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is an international organization with a permanent delegation to the United Nations. It groups 57 nations.
Just a mistake.
Can anyone look at this video and HONESTLY not state that Hussein Obama is borderline retarded? http://hotair.com/archives/2008/05/09/obama-i-want-to-be-president-of-all-57-states/
Look at him. He is truly struggling to figure out how many states there are. We really need to give him a math test and see what grade level he is on. He wants to president, and yet he has no basic knowledge of geography or math. He puts down his speech and he is completely lost.
No wonder every communist and terrorist wants him to be our president.
# 25 atwg
but according to the nyt he’s not a muslim; he’s an apostate!
/hm, that may not help his case here …
You know, this conversation about 57 states isn’t helping my kids. We need to move on from this!
Buckaroo, no Muslim thinks he is an apostate. They think he being very clever to pretend to the infidel that he is actually a Christian. Check out this article. He has made it clear to the Muslim world that he considers himself a Muslim when he chanted the prayers in “perfect Arabic.”
Granted, he may be getting so tired that his eyes are permanently crossed, but if a Republican had made that mistake the msm and late
night tv hosts would have dug at him until you could see through the
man. He seems to have buck passing and slip of the tongue disease.
( I ordered 4…myself, husband, son and dil.)
Yep, this kids sure got his finger on the pulse of it all, don’t he ? Shades of Dan Quayle and his POTATOE.
The revenge for Dan “potatoE” Quayle.
Hey, don’t forget Southern Illinois and Chicago. That is two more. He is really off the mark. LOLROF!!!
I question Obummer’s patriotism when he won’t place his hand over his heart at The pledge allegeance to the flag, refuses (until now) to wear a lapel pin, doesn’t believe we should be fighting the people that has killed 3,000 Americans, and wants to “talk” to one of the worst terrorist on this earth. For you libs, I know the people that killed them or dead, but the armies they left behind aren’t and thay want to see the 9/11 numbers triple and quad triple. Obummer wants to help them, too. His backbone is the color of cheese and proably just as soft, for he can’t wait to tell our military to lay down their arms and come home.
Obummer and the people supporting him doesn’t know what the word patriotism means. To them it’s “protecting” the country by not offending someone who can blow us to kingdom come. They think if you don’t make them mad, they’ll leave you alone. Did the ones in the towers and in the planes make them mad? I don’t think so.
Patriotism to me is willing to fight and die to protect the borders, and all thats within the country, from people like the terrorists. I’m too old for the military, but not too old to pick up a rifle, if it comes to that, and with Obummer as the Commander-In-Chief, it might just come to that.
Margaret Talev | McClatchy Newspapers reports:
One can only surmise that to B.O. who wants to be a different kind of politician, his gimmick is getting the empty suit elected without being pressured into being a patriot
57 states .. You mean Western Massachusetts FINALLY gets it’s wish?!?!
Oh, and I ordered 5. Two for me, three to hand out to certain special people.
I want a shirt that reads:
“57 is the new 50″ - Barack Obama
or
“57 = 50″ - Chicago Math
“He simply cannot afford to raise doubts about his patriotism.”
I think it’s a little late for that LOL.
Another idea for a shirt:
Illustration of Bush on the front:
“Even I know there are only 50 states Barack!”
Dual purpose shirt, throw the left’s “idiot Bush” theme back in their face while keeping the door open for Hillary supporter sales.
I caught Rush talking about there are 57 Islamic States in the world.
Big enough for a whole country. Should have left it at that in the first place.
I don’t agree with his politics or his foreign policy prescriptions, but I really don’t doubt his patriotism. It would be tough to be unpatriotic and carry on a serious campaign for the Presidency.
The 57 states thing, which I heard when he said it, was nothing more than a simple flub. Do you truly believe that he doesn’t know the number of states?
All that crap about Islam and the Pledge and the hand over the heart…c’mon. Is that the best we can do? Is that what separates him from McCain? Phony stories about his upbringing?
Why do you think he wants to be President? Is it just an ego trip? There are far better ways to satisfy the ego. The job sucks. It is a thankless job. If you act independently, as GWB has (and, as I believe BHO will) you pay the price with every single person who disagrees with you. If you act in accordance with the masses, then you are considered weak and pandering.
Maybe everyone who runs for this office is just doing it for the ego trip. Maybe they just want to be remembered as the such and such numbered POTUS. Heck, they might even think that they can make a difference. They’ll get the blame or credit as the economic winds blow, so it doesn’t matter too much what they do.
Maybe I’m just suffering from a little Presidential nihilism. We concern ourselves with stupidest junk regarding these candidates. There isn’t any real definite differences in any of them. It’s too politically dangerous to take a stand on an issue. Someone might disagree and they might not cast their vote for us.
This is an awful election year. Worse than most. It’s like Ford vs. Carter. No one is qualified. No one stands for anything of substance. Even the Libertarian candidate will be nothing more than a milquetoast Republican reject, and because the GOP will be nominating one of those for themselves, they’re afraid that the LP candidate will take away precious votes.
We’re going to have to do some real suffering for four years before someone with a spinal column runs for office. Someone who doesn’t care what you and I think about the big issues because this person will convince us, persuade us, of what is right and good. But that person isn’t here this time around. They can’t survive in this knee-jerk anti-President environment.
In the meantime, let’s continue making fun of the candidates. It doesn’t help or hurt anything. If it makes us feel better, what the heck? Why not?
I apologize. I’m tired. I’m angry. But I am damn glad to be an American. That is no lie.
DougT, you sound tired. I know the feeling, man.
Allow me to ramble on one of the finer points of your ramble. I’ll use Slick.
Firstly, Slick proved that all you need to be president is some charm and a Collossal ego. That’s all it was for him, imho. So, yes, running for prez today may very well be nothing but an ego trip.
As for the job “sucking,” I offer you the job Slick did: NOTHING. All you have to do when you get the job is pretend you care, learn how to jerk a tear on command and then you can woo all the interns you want. Sit back and let the Republican congress do all the work, and just take the credit. You’re right about that — the Prez is going to get the credit or the blame, even if congress deserves it (either one).
See? Nuttin’ to it….
Boy howdy do I remember how all that went down. It took years before the MSM and the leftards would let that one go. And frankly, that is “small potaotes” in comparison to this Obama flap. Think about it for a moment. You have a guy that is running for VP and he apparently lacks a mastery of spelling juxtaposed against a guy who is running for the big chair who isn’t clear on how many states are in our union. Which of those two is more frightening in the grand scheme of things? Don’t these presidential candidates have to take some kind of test or anything? This clown is a graduate of an Ivy League college to boot! This makes me kinda interested in hearing his educational platform. I’ll bet that would be very entertaining and depressing at the same time.
I will be interested in how much this will be played out in the MSM. I’m sure he won’t get the full Dan Quayle treatment…I mean, after all, he probably know how to spell “states”…he just isn’t too clear how many there are! These are some damn scary times we are living in folks!
Yeah, I am tired, SHoward. Thanks for not jumping all over my rant.
You bring up a great point and example. Slick is exactly what we need to tide us over until we get the next real President. Unfortunately, we don’t have Newt and a passionate GOP-filled Congress. And, if I remember those days correctly, it took two years of Willie (and the Hill) trying to foist their progressive agenda on all of us for that passionate congress to be elected. I’m hoping history repeats itself.
The absolute worst thing that could happen is a RINO White House with a Pelosi/(Reid-Clinton) Congress. If that happens, we’ll probably wind up as provisional members of the European Union within the next four years.
You math/history experts need to remember north and south Virginia are two different states!
Obama always knows what he’s saying, stop taking him out of context… I fought back historical tears listening to him reflect on John Smith and the first settlers in Jonestown, giving thanks with Sacajawea on the first 4th of July.
Fifty States… 50… what a nice round number huh; my gawd is there any fact that is more engrained in our basic american knowledge? As odd as forgetting the colors of Old Glory.
# 45 DT
get.a.grip. please …
Great post at #42 DougT. I’ve attempted to make similar points on a couple of occasions and been shouted down by the unhinged extremists around here (e.g., Gabe). It’s nice to read rational and reasonable posts from a real conservative.
Must have been in one of those other 7 states that he had his 100 million audience. When he tried to explain that and his state mess-up, an aide mercifully cut him off, before he made another fool of himself. What a candidate for President….
Doug T,
Some want to be president because they want to be president: some want to be president because they want to do something. Anyone who runs for the job is a megalomaniac — even my man Bush. You have to be.
If Barack Obama wanted to be president because he wanted to accomplish something, then he would have been working at is while in the senate and in the Illinois state senate. But, he hasn’t done a damn thing in Washington DC, and he voted “present” more than anything in Illinois.
Don’t be fooled, Obama is an egomaniac who wants to be president for no other reason than he wants to be president.
Durrrr, Obama said something silly! Let’s blog about it, durrr!!!
He AIN’T DE-viding TEXAS. My cold dead hands, etc.
Hey Buckaroo (#47), I just needed a little sleep. I’m all better now. Thanks for the advice.
And American Elephant (#50), I am feeling that way about all three candidates. What else, but ego, could keep Clinton in the race at this point? Why else would a 71 year old man hit the campaign trail seeking the office? And, I believe you are spot on about Obama actually DOING something in the job he currently holds and his sincerity about change.
(Thanks, dakine, but I felt neither rational or reasonable when I wrote it.)
I should point out that my beautiful intelligent wife consistently points out gas prices to me with “$2″ leading her quotes rather than “$3″. Because of this, I will never vote for her.
Well, lessee here. Eastern Tennessee was supposed to be the State of Franklin when the USA was first formed. Also, Oklahoma was going to be two different states, Okla and Homa (seriously). And Jimmy Carter tried to make Puerto Rico a state.
So, maybe Barack HUSSEIN Obama is just a very good student of history, who just got a little mixed up.
I thought it was pretty interesting that there are 57 Islamic states!
I understand it’s a simple mistake. The problem is that he didn’t catch it and nobody pointed it out to him so he could correct it. That doesn’t make him look smart. This will get buried by the MSM whereas the potatoe incident stayed in the headlines for weeks.
BTW, a city in Broward County passed a resolution suggesting Florida be split into 2 states. Maybe that was a premonition instead of a gaffe.
O’Bama is an ardent Marxist if you think he’s patriotic that’s fine, OK. But if you think being patriotic means he’s got your back you’re sorely mistaken. The middle class will be ground through the millstones of taxation and inflation under this guy. If you think I’m off my rocker we’ll wait and see.
Obama only knows 3 states …
Elite - Eliter - Elitist
Apologies to the English Majors in the group …
Obama and Dan Quale and go on a 57 state Potatoe tour.
Somehow I think Obama would not have a chance in this election if it were not for the left wing Republican he is running against.
Watching McCain outflank the socialist movement by promising a severe drop in carbon dioxide emissions convince me that he is another Marxist himself, and engaging in his own 5 years plans.
As far as the 57 states. It is obvious, Obama is already including Mexico.
#60 damn it, I was just about to say that. Its not such a bad idea since most of them are here anyway…
That’s okay, we forgive you. Just remember in the future that it’s more eliterful and most elitist.
Schafley has said that this plan has been in the works by the globalists for a while. The new border will be the Southern border of Mexico. The amnesty was just phase 1 of the plan. And we saw the alliance of McCain, left wing republicans and democrats at work last year.
Then when it looked like the McCain’s campaign was dead, all of a sudden the MSM (including Fox) promotes the guy into the clear front runner.
I think it is now official. There is now only one political party. The Republicans have merged with the Democrats (even Newt has crossed over the the dark side). McCain is the choice to make Obama seem less radical. Obama will be the next president, and republicans will just subjugate themselves to the democrats.
Errah, Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, Tamaulipas . . . errah.
Errah, I believe there are 31 states represented srom south of the border that will be voting for Mr. Obama, errah. As Chicago goes . . . Errah
#62, hey my english is more gooder than yours…
Gotta add these to our flag: Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatan, Zacatecas
Errah that is “more better” or “even gooder” errah.
Gabe wrote:
It was clearly your basic flub. And it doesn’t quite compare to, say, repeatedly confusing Sunnis and Shiites.
Oh, we really needn’t imagine such a thing! In fact, our President has said so many impossibly stupid things that a new term was coined for his egregious misstatements, slip ups, and grammar-defying quotes: Bushisms. There are plenty of these gaffes floating around — although the now-famous “Make the Pie Higher” piece only uses a handful:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/piehigher.asp
Wishful thinking.
#57 wrote:
No one who genuinely understands Marxism would ever imply this with even a hint of seriousness. It’s a rootless argument and bears zero resemblance to the apparent truth.
right, lest we forget Hillary was tired when she thought she had come under sniper fire in Bosnia - these cute little dems! Sooo tired all the time. How will they wake up at 3:00 in the morning to answer that all important phone call. Ya’ll - GET SOME SLEEP!
EXACTLY!
There is NO WAY he can say that he meant 47, it doesn’t add up no matter what they try.
It doesn’t compare? Are you kidding me?
Aaahhh.Yeah.compare.
can someone tell me the difference between a “basic flub” and “impossibly stupid things?” I don’t know, but I’m thinking saying 57 states would qualify as an impossibly stupid thing. Especially coming from someone who wants to be President…just sayin.
Well, certainly he is not going to admit it. But with McCain running interference for him, he won’t have to.
Actually, having heard him say it, it is clear that he meant ‘47 with one to go’. Right after that, he said that they couldn’t go to Alaska and Hawaii. That totals fifty.
It was, indeed, a trip of the tongue. Maybe McCain’s repeated flipping of Shiite and Sunni was in the same vein. I don’t know.
Also, I got to agree with nyk on the Marxist rhetoric. Democrats lean a bit more to the left than Republicans, but none of them compare with Marxists.
(Though I will concede that the Democratic party platform will undoubtedly contain pertinent phrases that read like they came out of Das Kapital, in particular the old “to each according to his need, from each according to his ability” nonsense.)
Don’t forget Central Texas, and it’s appropriate to have 5 regions since the Texas constitution provides that it can be split into 5 different states. Maybe BHO thinks that’s already happened.
Doug - this is really all in fun. No one in their right mind would not vote for someone who made a silly mistake! With the exception of a liberal maybe. AS for me, regardless of whether it’s Obama, Clinton or McCain - I’m not voting for any of them.
Nyk said:
I hit a nerve. My whole senior dissertation was on Marx’s labor theory of value; I read and studied Das Kapital whilst cross referencing Marx’s work with scores of authors both antithetical and concordant to the original theory. I know a Marxist when I see one; you bask in the joy of your ignorance.
#74 DougT wrote:
Wow. Having you here is like having a reasonable, informed, non-hyperbolic conservative around. It’s a whole new experience here — and I’m only half kidding…
Anyway — you may be right about Obama and McCain. But in the case of the latter, it’s the REPEATED mix-ups that concern me.
Everyone keeps forgetting East Carolina!
They even have a University! #9
And proud grads like myself
#77 wrote:
Then you should have a better understanding of what Marxism is.
Are you a
Here a few states Obama has been in:
State of Denial when the Wright story broke
State of Confusion when grilled in the ABC debate
Are you a sleepy troll, or just a fool. Do you, nyk, have any idea what Marxism is? Black liberation theology?
Are you old enough to be here?
Nyk said:
A kitch response.
Sometimes it makes me wonder, Misscheryl (#73). Thanks for clarifying. I think I like you. You used the term “cuddle party” in another thread. That takes nerve.
And, nyk, I’m a fan of civil discourse, for the most part, but I can tell that we won’t be on the same side of most issues. The debates could be energizing and enlightening, even if neither side is persuaded. That, to me, is the best thing about a forum like this.
Thank you, Michelle, for letting us discuss and debate here. And for providing the topical fodder.
DougT said:
I’m a fan of Patton…and Michelle Malkin
I started pondering on my blog what the extra 7 states would be. Here’s what I came up with:
1. Puerto Rico
2. North Florida (South Florida already included in the other stars)
3. East Carolina, which has only been theoretical.
4. Baja
5. Virgin Islands
6. Columbia
7. Lincoln (not my idea; this would be in Eastern Washington and Idaho)
Of course, you’d have to watch out for Gerrymandering.
Marxism can thrive to varying degrees and be espoused through the conduit of different political platforms, if you’re trying to make the argument it exists in one monolithic form you’re acting silly and I won’t buy it.
As for Obama screwing up the number of States in the Union; it’s all a jape, I doubt Obama has less than a third grade mentality when it comes to this stuff.
seige, about 95% of what you say is complete nonsense, filled with hyperbole and disorganized thinking, but I gotta give props for a nice piece of vocab usage. “Jape”…very nice. Gonna use that one today in one of my endless meetings.
Isn’t “57″ a Freudian slip? There are 57 countries in the Islamic Conference. If that is Obama’s true focus, he may have inadvertently substituted that number for the states of the USA. Scary!
dakine said:
And it’s uncanny how lots of people tend to agree with me.
At least I get into the fray and call a spade a spade; unlike yourself who reminds me of a chihuahua nipping at my toes. Lol
Well nyk and dakine, you both disagree, but neither of you has said why. I’m interested in hearing why you disagree. Seriously, please expound…
He was clearly thinking about Mrs. Kerry’s “57 Varieties.”
undrwater, I won’t bother with you, as you’re just a big “jape”.
AG, DougT summed it up pretty nicely I think, so I’ll refer you to his comment #42.
dakine said:
You love every minute of it.
In fact you can’t get enough of it.
Yes, definitely Freudian slip on 57…kind of like a married woman signing a check with her maiden name or a man calling his second wife by his first wife’s name. ooopsie!
I wonder how many times BHO has failed the third grade, or was he just given a free pass?
Just a guess here but I think he just got ahead of himself and let the cat out of the bag. We will have 57 states once the North American Union is completed. The plan is probably to create 7 more out of Mexico and Canada.
I hear you, Doug, but many of us just want to apply a little equilbrium to the playing field.
Try to imagine the media uproar if Bush had said that. Remember the recent coverage when McCain made a flub about Sunnis and Shiites? Remember the difference in coverage between the military services of Kerry and Bush? I sure do.
Every tiny mistake by a Republican is magnified beyond all proportion, while those of Democrats are stuck next to the obits if they are covered at all.
If you don’t listen to talk radio, you wouldn’t even know about half the flubs the Dems make, but the media spares no expense to pound away at a simple flub by the President.
Sometimes it is “just about sex,” but more often than not, it is just about Republicans.
Michelle, Obama is right: There really ARE 57 states.
In the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
Freudian slip much?
i thought it was obama that said “words matter” after the biden fiasco? now it’s excuses for being tired? that one was already used: by hillary: after the imaginary sniper incident.
the truly funny thing about all this is…if mcshamnesty had said anything remotely like “57″ the msm would be admitting him into a nursing home with senility as the diagnosis. billary? free pass. barry? free pass.