9.09.2010

The wonder of it all

How is it, here in the 21st century, a person in public life can say something like this, in public, and not get immediately laughed right out of the room?

Barbour: There's 'Not Much Known' About Obama's Childhood And College Years | TPMDC

Barbour, the Republican governor of Mississippi flirting with a presidential bid in 2012, told reporters today that Americans know less about President Obama than "any other president in history."

(We know, for example, Barbour said, George Washington chopped down a cherry tree.)

1 comment:

-p said...

See also: Gail Collins in this morning's NYT.