Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

webbrew asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

Why does Obama know so little about the United States?

First he thought there were over 57 states, Now he can't tell St. Louis from Kansas City.

What gives?

http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A...

14 Answers

Relevance
  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I saw that too.

    His daughter asked "Daddy, what city are you in" he said without actualizing the double meaning of that there are more "Kansas City's".

    I also thought Kansas City, Kansas. I forgot about Kansas City, Missouri and others.

    So it was a double sort of a meaning.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Why does mccain know so little about the world....this is the short list, there are far more: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said “Iraq” on Monday when he apparently meant “Afghanistan”, adding to a string of mixed-up word choices that is giving ammunition to the opposition.

    Just in the past three weeks, McCain has also mistaken "Somalia" for "Sudan," and even football’s Green Bay Packers for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

    Ironically, the errors have been concentrated in what should be his area of expertise: foreign affairs.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That's because Obama is too busy trying to count how many Houses, that John McCain owns. Apparently Obama has trouble with counting Houses. City of Stalingrad Housing Authority "Where Secular Progressives Rule"

    Source(s): Our House - Crosby Stills Nash and Young circa 1970
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Those were gaffes from being exhausted on the campaign trail. McCain has his own.

    But here's something we can't explain with exhaustion...

    “McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent

    years. The pastor McCain calls his ‘spiritual guide,’ Rod Parsley, believes America’s founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a ‘false religion.’ McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God’s punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church ‘the Antichrist’ and a ‘false cult.’”

    http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/20...

  • How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
  • 1 decade ago

    Apparently he wasn't a very good student. Guess he had no interest in history either. Seems he doesn't know anything about the history of WWII....even though his great-uncle served in Europe. This is concerning because "those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it." That is not what you want in a president.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Webbrew you live in a delusional world, You think this country is not broken? Get off the couch and quit watching the ORiley factor

  • 1 decade ago

    same reason it took him 3 times to come up with a reply about russia in georgia: he has no clue

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Because he is Kenyan born.

    http://www.obamacrimes.com/

    Make That 58 States: Obama Adds Eau Claire to the List!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7gXEQmE_SI&eurl=ht...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Give him a break. He makes up for it with what he knows about Indonesia.

  • 1 decade ago

    he's emulating most americans who know little or nothing of their own country let alone the rest of the world.

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.