Gamblor
07-12-2004, 09:55 AM
In evaluating the candidates in the November elections, one would assume their knowledge of world affairs would be among the more significant criteria used to judge those candidates' ability to lead the United States.
In Charles Peters' column in Washington Monthly, John Edwards found himself having a Quayle moment:
Appearing on Tim Russert's "Meet the Press" some months ago, Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) did not display a command of the information a president should know. Was this just a bad day for the senator? We hope so, but a story recently told to me by a reliable source is less than reassuring.
One evening while he was campaigning for the Senate in North Carolina, Edwards was faced with a choice of several events he might attend. An advance man suggested, "Maybe we ought to go to the reception for Leah Rabin." Edwards responded, "Who's she?" "Yitzhak Rabin's widow," replied the aide. "Who was he?" asked Edwards.
Tilting at Windmills (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0306.tilting.html#byline)
Another 4 years of Bush & Co. isn't the best idea, but is this the alternative?
In Charles Peters' column in Washington Monthly, John Edwards found himself having a Quayle moment:
Appearing on Tim Russert's "Meet the Press" some months ago, Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) did not display a command of the information a president should know. Was this just a bad day for the senator? We hope so, but a story recently told to me by a reliable source is less than reassuring.
One evening while he was campaigning for the Senate in North Carolina, Edwards was faced with a choice of several events he might attend. An advance man suggested, "Maybe we ought to go to the reception for Leah Rabin." Edwards responded, "Who's she?" "Yitzhak Rabin's widow," replied the aide. "Who was he?" asked Edwards.
Tilting at Windmills (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0306.tilting.html#byline)
Another 4 years of Bush & Co. isn't the best idea, but is this the alternative?