gandalf: I can understand if you look at the “bomb at Pearl Harbor” statement in isolation and think it’s just a simple misstatement. If that was the only blunder he did, I wouldn’t mention it and I would not think it important. Unfortunately, it has been a pattern with him from the beginning.
And I can at least judge what he said, as opposed to putting words into his mouth (like where you suggest that “he knew damn well it wasn’t accurate”, where is the evidence for that?).
Here’s another item as well: the speech may have been written by someone else, but the fact that he doesn’t proofread the speech or at least take a look at the speech for inaccuracies before he does that speech? That implies a lack of attention to detail.
And so again, when faced with something derogatory about Obama, you have again resorted to name-calling.
In any case, the evidence is there. The lack of attention to detail, the lack of knowledge in history, the lack of analytical thinking, all combined with the least qualified resume with no significant list of accomplishments of note. While this list is certainly not enough to convince you, gandalf, of his inadequacy, it is enough for me.
And honestly, if you are willing to entrust Obama to make major decisions for you based just because he has a better college degree and says he knows better than you but doesn’t give you the “hard data”, then I suggest you look at the bottom of this website, look at that phrase, and turn in your piggington card.
edit: For the record, I’ve never said he was dumb. Naive, lack of knowledge in history, yes. Dumb, no.
