At a campaign event in Beaverton, OR, Obama claimed to have visited 57 U.S. states during the campaign.
HA HA HA HA HA HA!
And John McCain called Vladimir Putin the "President of Germany" once. No big deal, since both men probably just misspoke.
But Sarah Palin seems to lack basic understanding of science. Not only that, she's also mocking science and thinks that it's funny.
I don't believe that Barack Obama actually thinks that the U.S. has 57 states or that John McCain thinks that Putin was/is the President of Germany. But Palin didn't misspeak. She probably meant what she was saying and would do it again.
That's the real tragedy.