TAKE A GANDER AT THE GOVERNOR

A Democrat leaps in and lands on his face (Zev Chafets, June 25, 2003, NY Daily News)

Last Sunday on "Meet the Press," host Tim Russert asked Howard Dean if he knew the size of the American military. "Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 or 2 million," the former governor of Vermont replied. (The correct answer is 1.4 million.)

Now, half a million is a fairly large margin of error for someone who comes from a state of 608,000 people. Especially if that someone wants to be commander-in-chief of the armed forces. When Russert pointed this out, Dean - who evidently regarded the whole subject as a trick - snapped: "That's like asking me who the ambassador to Rwanda is."

Yeah, Rwanda, that dumb place. Nothing ever happens there.

These pop quizzes are obviously inane, but were considered to prove that George W. Bush was an idiot. What's good for the goose... Posted by Orrin Judd at June 25, 2003 1:45 PM