Where Dan Quayle was forever branded an imbecile by the MSM for misspelling the word “potato”, Obama seems to have a free pass to gaffe away. From his “father’s” flag draped coffin (his father died in his home country of Kenya) to his “57 state” whopper, the MSM continues to excuse his buffoonery.
Obama is not unintelligent, and he surely knows there are 50, and not 57, States in the US. But where on Earth did the number “57” come from? It is a strange figure just to pluck out of thin air. If Obama was indeed worn out, he obviously confused the state reference with another reference rattling around in his mind. The human brain is not a random number generator, but retrieves information already stored for later reference. In cases of fatigue, one reference point may be confused for another.
So where did the number 57 come from? Heinz used to use the “57 varieties” long ago, but that was before Obama’s time. Besides, Ketchup and arugula don’t mix. Can’t be the European Union or NATO, since they have less than 57 states. The UN is out, since it has more than 57 members.
The only reference out there that links the number “57” with “state members” is the Organization of Islamic Conference.
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is the second largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations which has membership of 57 states spread over four continents.
http://www.oic-oci.org/oicnew/home.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_of_the_Islamic_Conference
Perhaps Obama’s fatigue led to his confusion between the 50 United States and the 57 States in the OIC. Yes, that must be it.
The flag colors are close. The US has red, white and blue while the OIC flag is comprised of red, white and green.
In case you do not read Arabic, the writing on the flag translates as “Allah Akbar”.
With OIC members spread across 4 continents, it is easy to see how that level of campaigning would wear a candidate out.
