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Lucylastic -> RE: BREAKING: leftists say he they campaign on issues "only when hell freezes over"." (12/1/2011 5:05:33 AM)
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nah I find that their lack of knowledge on subjects like foreign affairs to be abysmal, for example Michele Bachman saying under her watch, the embassy in Tehran, Iran would be shut down
Brave girly but there hasnt been an embassy in Iran since 1979-80
and you want her to be in charge of what?
I dont care that she is a foster mom.. I care that she doesnt have a freakin clue.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2011/12/01/fact_check_gop_field_flubs_big_and_small/
GREENVILLE, S.C.—Newt Gingrich didn't know when he would take office if he wins the presidency. Rick Perry got the voting age and the date of Election Day wrong. Herman Cain didn't realize the president does not sign amendments to the Constitution.
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In ways large and small, Republican presidential hopefuls are proving on multiple occasions to be "factually challenged," as Gingrich rather haughtily described a rival, despite getting some things wrong himself.
Campaigns are long and tough, candidates are often tired and flubs happen. But they are adding up and at some point could give Republican voters pause as they look for the candidate best able to take on the highly polished -- though hardly factually infallible -- President Barack Obama.
In submitting to what is, in effect, America's toughest job interview, there may be only so much leeway in getting matters of current affairs and history plain wrong.
Frequent flubber Michele Bachmann's suggestion many months ago that the Revolutionary battles of Lexington and Concord took place in New Hampshire was an opening shot, of sorts, in a volley of misfires by the candidates. Those battles were fought in Massachusetts in 1775.
On Wednesday, she offered another: She would support the United States shutting down its embassy in Tehran -- but there is no U.S. Embassy in Iran's capital.
Never mind the facts, her top spokeswoman said. "Congresswoman Bachmann is a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence and is fully aware that we do not have an embassy in Iran and have not had one since 1980," Alice Stewart said in a statement.
It's the latest but hardly the worst.
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