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Eh, whatever.

That’s the state count according to Barry Obama. And liberals say McCain is the 3rd Bush! Hahahaha! And hey, it’s turning into a Barrypalooza day, and we’re still 27 weeks away from the general election.

We all know he doesn’t really give a damn about the United States but is it too much to ask him to pretend a little better that he might have a clue about the country? He doesn’t mind causing damage by raising taxes. He likes having associations with racist bigots and unrepentant terrorists, and now it’s revealed he has no clue how many states are in the union itself. Yeah, that’s a man who deserves to sleep where John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, FDR, JFK, and Reagan slept. Yep, no difference whatsoever.

If so much weren’t at stake, this would be funny.

Barack Obama wants to be president of these 57 United States

In his prepared remarks Obama was ready to start blasting Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, to show the Illinois Democrat is moving on to the general election campaign.

But first the freshman senator had to go through all the obligatory delighted to see you, delighted to be here part of stump speeches that also require that you actually know where you are.

Obama pulled that off O.K. But then he drifted away from the text a tad, as rookies are wont to do sometimes, forgetting how exhausting this primary process is and should be. And trusting in their instincts, their very tired instincts.

“It is wonderful to be back in Oregon,” Obama said. “Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it.”

(UPDATE: At a later stop Obama was talking with reporters and expressed concern he’d also mis-stated the number of potential cyclone victims in Burma. He said, “I hope I said 100,000 people the first time instead of 100 million. I understand I said there were 57 states today. It’s a sign that my numeracy is getting a little, uh.” At that point, an aide cut him off and ushered journalists out. Before he could mis-speak again?)

His numeracy? Numeracy is having “an ability to reason with numbers and other mathematical concepts.” It’s not not having a firm grip on numerical facts, like the number of states or the number of people killed by a cyclone. At the same time, if he used that word because he’s been diagnosed with Innumeracy that would explain why he wants to raise taxes, confiscate oil company profits, and do other various and sundry insane things economically, because he just doesn’t comprehend the consequences of such acts.

Whatever his diagnosis, let’s guess what the other 7 states are in Barryland:

Guam (a territory)
Canada (another country)
Mexico (a country, more like a big drug cartel)
District of Columbia (a district)
The Bahamas (he visited there, it’s sorta close)
Kenya (Gramma lives there but it’s not a state)
Michelle Obama (a state, perhaps a world, unto herself)

Any other suggestions about what states he’s be in?

UPDATE:

Ha! Ambinder got the video and muses about what would have happened had McCain mad that freakish gaffe. And he audience laughs at his 57 states thinking he’s kidding. Wow.