Intrepid reader Blarney Bob, who is determined to keep me honest in spite of myself, had this to say about my post on the Rendezvous rib joint in Memphis:
It is Nathan Bedford Forrest and he was the first grand imperial wizard of the KKK.
Thanks, BB. I corrected the spelling. More substantive was this message, in reply to my post on Mike Huckabee's ignorance of Pakistan:
Interesting post Dr. Blanchard. You are at your best when quoting others.
Maybe so, BB. But you get what you pay for, and I ain't gettin' paid nothin' for my own writing on this blog. I criticized the Incredible Huck for his silly comments on Pakistan.
What are your thoughts then, concerning your favorite "alpha dog" on steroids W, who when asked (in the 2000 election)who is the leader of Pakistan? Bush did not know the answer and walked off in a huff. Is this an acceptable level of ignorance for a presidential candidate? Perhaps he would have a better memory if he had not spent decades drinking alcoholically and taking illegal drugs? What a paragon of virtue! It is safe to say that he has secured his place in history along with Grant, Harding and Buchanan!
At the risk of spoiling your obvious joy at tearing President Bush a new exit strategy, I must point out that he is not a candidate in the coming election. He will be judged on his Presidency, and not on how much fun he had in college. As was the case for Clinton-haters (among whom I am not included), you are now faced with diminishing emotional returns on your rants.
You raise a good question regarding how to judge the aptitude of candidates for the White House. We aren't electing a candidate for the next round of Jeopardy. I am reasonably well-informed about world politics, but just right now I couldn't name the two candidates in the recent Kenyan election. Can you, off the top of your head? Maybe we should have scrutinized Bush a lot more carefully before the 2000 election. But what we should have looked for was not a good partner in Trivial Pursuit, but whether Bush and his staff were digesting current political events.
Huckabee and his staff had every reason to know that his knowledge of foreign policy issues was a weakness. He should several competent someones working on such issues. He should have been woken up and briefed when Pakistan, an important part of current American policy, entered a crisis. Clearly he was not so prepared. That is a more significant matter right now than Bush's college escapades.
Again, thanks for the comments.
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