Wednesday, October 1, 2008

All roads lead to the Middle East

Ben Smith reports the latest McCain geographical head-scratcher:

A Democrat sends over this clip from John McCain's economic forum just now, in which McCain, talking about energy policy, stresses the importance of "ensuring that America is secure, and not dependent on oil from people like Hugo Chavez or other parts of the Middle East which is, we know, could be destabilized under certain sets of circumstances."

I teach seventh-grade history and geography. Right now we're learning the countries of the Middle East as part of our unit on Islam. It is my sincere hope and expectation that a class of twelve-year-olds will demonstrate more geographic knowledge than McCain does in this clip.

Don't you agree that these guys should have to pass some kind of test?

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