Typical flag waving Repug who dont even know their beloved country’s own history. ” A Book? Whats that?  I like me bible though!”

Well he probably just misspoke after a long day on the campaign trail
It will be forgotten
I’m sure all of the wonderful people who call themselves Republicans would never make fun of such a gaffe if the President were to do the same

Mediaite wouldn’t report it if Obama made the gaffe.

The dumber part of his quote that proves he doesnt know what he is talking about is :”they’d just had this experience with this far-away government that had centralized thought-process and planning and what you have you.”

He makes it sound like Americans won independence from Soviet Russia. That’s not an innocent gaffe but either a fundamental misunderstanding or history –or a twisting of history to suit his ideological needs. 

yeah
just little fluff stories
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rep-louie-gohmert-obama-57-states-gaffe-hints-at-loyalty-to-islamic-states/ http://www.mediaite.com/tv/is-president-obama-dumb-hannity-panel-debates-the-issue/

Perry was only off by a few hundred years, for him that’s a good day

yea, hands down a bigger gaffe than claiming their are 57 states, or calling the mexican holiday “cinco de cuatro“, or giving an asthmatic child a breathalizer, or pronouncing “corpsman” as “corpse man”, etc., etc., etc.,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9hZpJp7U3Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4-AKcH3eC8

Facts are for elites.

Such gaffes will only help Rick Perry. Low-IQ Conservatives/Republicans/Tea Baggers will now relate to him even more and would like to have a beer with him.

Dumber the better for Conservatives/Republicans/Tea Baggers.

250 yrs early Rick. 

Help Perry like you claimed it would help Sarah.Where is she now? 

LOL

guess I was wrong

If you watched the ’57 states’ video properly then you’d realise he never claimed there were 57 states – you could argue that he claimed there were 60, or you could realise that he meant 47 when he said the number 57 and that he was talking about the 50 states.

His comment was along the lines of ‘We have been to 57 states, they wouldnt let me go to Hawaii or Alaska and we have 1 more to go to tomorrow.” which makes 60.

The right wing picked up on the number 57 so as to try and suggest that BO was ignorant about the nation when all he had done was said the wrong number.

Rick Perry’s 16th Century mistake is no different, a clumsy slip that happens when you are more interested in providing the answer than thinking about the number you are saying. Clearly Perry had a momentary brain fart and he deducted 1 instead of adding 1.

If you watched the ’57 states’ video properly then you’d realise he never claimed there were 57 states – you could argue that he claimed there were 60, or you could realise that he meant 47 when he said the number 57 and that he was talking about the 50 states.

His comment was along the lines of ‘We have been to 57 states, they wouldnt let me go to Hawaii or Alaska and we have 1 more to go to tomorrow.” which makes 60.

The right wing picked up on the number 57 so as to try and suggest that BO was ignorant about the nation when all he had done was said the wrong number.

Rick Perry’s 16th Century mistake is no different, a clumsy slip that happens when you are more interested in providing the answer than thinking about the number you are saying. Clearly Perry had a momentary brain fart and he deducted 1 instead of adding 1.

Technically, he was only out by 100 years. The gap between the 16th and 18th century is after all only 100 years (the part where the 17th century fits in)

The word ‘few’ usually means 3 or more. This means you were more wrong than Perry as you claimed he was (a few hundred) 300 years out when he was only off by 100.

However, Perry is still a fool.

Republicans jumped on that like a druggie on crack.. and they STILL don’t let him forget it.. Michelle Bachmann said that the Fathers of our country didn’t believe in slavery, even though  many of them actually OWNED slaves?!!?  she knows absolutely NOTHING About our history.. probably just as much as any of the fools up on that GOP stage..  whether or not people call it a “gaffe” even if it IS a simple mistake..

1776 – 177 = 1599
1599 was the 16th century.
At most Perry was out by 177 years, so you are out by 73 years, that makes you roughly 2.4 times better than Perry. Did you ever consider joining in the GOP nominations, they need more math experts like you ;)

Here we go again! So in your world the 16th century started and ended on 1599?

Let me break it down for ya.
1501 to 1600 = 16th century
War of the Revolution 1775 to 1783
1777
- 1527
= 250
I’m been generous by not using the earlier dates from the 16th.

We cannot have this idiot serve as POTUS.  His ship is sinking fast and people are leaving in droves just as rats bailing out of a sinking ship.  From a former Perry supporter.

ok, he slipped up and made a mistake and honestly said the wrong number (a mistake that GWB would never get away with by the libs). now how about giving me an excuse for all the other gaffes that i pointed out. i know that every politician can slip up and make a verbal mistake. but for some reason a verbal mistake by any republican is proof positive of complete stupidity whereas democrats just misspeak out of exhaustion or whatever. if libs want to play the game that gaffes by republicans is a true sign of low intelligence than that same standard should apply to democrats as well.

Everything and everybody will be ok……………….Just vote Romney in 2012………………. the Non-Ideologue

Rep lack of intelligence rears its ugly head on a regular basis as they just dont listen to what has been said.

You are a good case in point, I already said that Obama AND Perry had made a simple slip of the tongue. I am a liberal (actually I prefer the term socialist, but you lot always mistake that for the word commie) so, I am a liberal and I said I think it was a simple slip by Perry. I think Perry as a person sucks, that doesn’t mean I have to find fault with every time he makes a mistake

As for GWB getting away with the wrong number, I am pretty sure you’ll find that’s how he got elected in the first place… http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1095

no, let me break dance for you.
1.  Perry is an idiot.
2. 16th and 18th century are only 100 years apart.
3. Perry is still an idiot.
4. US revolution 1775
5. 1775 – 176 = 1599
7. did you notice I missed number 6?
8. 1599 was definitely in the 16th century (I know, I googled it)
IX. you were technically out by 74 years and Perry was out by 176
c. In England we call it Maths.

If you were born on December the 31st 1599 and lived until January the 1st 1701 your life would have spanned 3 centuries but your age would be 101 years.

I’d bet he knows there aren’t 57 states, however.

Well your assumption is that he new when Revolutionary war was could be your first mistake. The war was 1775 which is 18th century. If it were 1575 which is 16th century he would be off by 200 years.
As for term few, some define it as more than one others 3 or more. I do agree with your point that Perry is a fool

Wasn’t Perry a “corpse” man at one time?

Where’s the REAL birth certificate?

The major issue between us seems to be the word few. I look at it like this: I go to a bar with some friends or alone… I go to the barkeep and say ‘can I have a beer’ or ‘can I have a couple of beers’ or ‘can I have a few beers’ – when I say the last one he always says ‘wtf do you mean a few beers’ and I respond with ‘three’ … which I think you will find settles the matter nicely.

I must congratulate you for agreeing that Perry really is a fool – I have met a few (more than 2) fools and he has to be the biggest.

:D

Since we’ve all suffered our own screw-up moments, although I’d never vote for him, I can empathize. Still, reading all the hilarious and creative #PerryHistory tweets last night added some much needed levity to a grim political year. 

Rick Perry meant the English Reformation of the 16th century and the “onerous crown” refers to the Pope.

That’s my spin.

Books and learning are for Homosexuals, Europeans and Marxists.
Real American patriots take pride in illiteracy, dumbness and ignorance. Learning “facts” will only drive you into the arms of the devil.

Considering how Obama haters love using the 57 state meme, I do not feel sorry for Perry or conservatives in general. BTW, Rick Perry comes of as someone who associates intelligence/ being learned as effete behavior. I actually like the idea of a President being a little geeky or nerdy, but I guess that makes me unAmerican.

So what for the Perry gaffe, would take a book to put down Obama’s and an encylopedia for Joe Biden’s.

Rick Perry perhaps meant the Revolution in 16th century BCE Egypt, where the Hyksos took over Egypt thus beginning the Fifteenth Dynasty. Rick Perry forgot to mention the BC or BCE part.

Rick Perry takes a long and deep view of World and American history and how they are interlinked. He is way to intelligent and brilliant for his own good.

Where’s the REAL birth certificate?

Ask Orly Taitz. I am sure she knows.

That’s okay…obama thinks we have 57 states.

Now I go to a bar and have 2 beers which could be a couple but I view it as first and last  which is more than one but not two or three. Somtimes 4. LOL

Just like Christopher….must make sure he points out mistakes of any GOP candidate. 

Really?

Yep!

It was the 16th Millennium, and Han Solo piloted the 16th Millennium Falcon. 

Nah. That Pope was the ornery cuss.

I’m pretty sure you remember every last one Obama made, and they would fit on a single sheet of paper.

A little education is a dangerous thing. Go to school. Live dangerously.
From the opening subtitle of the movie: Lord Love a Duck

It takes at least 50 of them to make a lib start counting.

How could I have forgotten that? And I graduated with a minor in history.

Devils Spawn, best explanation thus far.

The Perry’s are hardcore Evangelicals apparently. The God of Reverend Jeffries and the Perry family really likes Rick. Perhaps my Pope comment had some validity! Freudian slip? LOL!
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/10/anita-perry-husband-rick-perry.html

Pope Pius V of the counter reformation? 
He was not happy with Queen Elizabeth I.
I am not a Christian, but I do feel that the protestant reformation in England helped pave the way for the United States. Including our institutions. It still is a major influence today in the US. Despite this, I do not consider us in this day and age to be a “Christian Nation”, yet it is a major influence. But not the only one.

After all, the architecture of Washington DC is pagan Greco Roman. America is complicated. Sometimes I consider us to be a post Christian nation.

That makes me the ornery cuss.
My all time favorite Pope was Hilarious, just because of the name he chose.
I agree that we are a Christian nation by culture. So is Canada and the rest of the Western world. We make Christmas a big holiday, though the timing was set to compete with pagans and their winter solstice festivities, and the big symbol is a pagan tree. (Coniferous trees are pagan. Deciduous trees are Christian.)