Posted on 09/02/2014 8:11:04 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Another embarrassing mistake by Rachel Maddow. This time Rachel has revealed her unfamiliarity with some simple world geography. On her MSNBC show this evening, discussing President Obama's impending trip to one of the Baltic states--Estonia--Maddow told anecdotes of "the last time a US President visited the Balkans." Whoops!
Maddow waxed on about how the last time an American president visited the "Balkans," it was George W., visiting Albania. Rachel recounted the story of how W's wrist-watch disappeared when he waded into a crowd of Albanian well-wishers. With malicious glee, Maddow mentioned that in honor of his visit, the Albanians erected a tall statue of W with a "teeny, teeny, teeny, tiny little head." How tiny must a melon be not to contain the difference between the Balkans and the Baltics?
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Ha, a drunk throwing darts. I see that Obama himself is in the Everglades in that picture.
That was TI’s point, Viennacon.
You think that's ignorance on Madcow's part? I still can't remember which pole the polar bears inhabit.
Furthemore, if someone tells me on this thread, I likely won't remember it this time next week.
Some kinda mental block, I reckon.
Polar bears are on the north pole, penguins on the south. Still, I’m not even paid to know this stuff.
I would venture a guess that she doesn’t know the difference between Slavic and Slovak either.
/sarc is always required with me :p
I didn't go to public schools. The one in our neighborhood was DREADFUL. It was finally closed, it was so bad. Our neighbors went there. They didn't learn to read very well.
Difference Between Balkans and Baltics?
One is a vinegar vinaigrette.
Balkans/Baltic/Balsa/Balsamic. It’s all so very confusing.
Lol. Balkan SEA? Lol. Public school geography, I see.
The polar bears are big guys so they are always on the top. The penguins are little guys so they have to be on the bottom.
It's just the natural order of things.
Exactly. And the other is a lightweight wood.
lol!!
Is that real???
If it is,the stupidity astonishes me.
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It is real.
Half-wit!
wow there is no there there for most of those pointers. Scranton looks like williamsport (baseball) and binghamton is north of there. buffalo might be syracuse and syracuse might be albany. binghamton’s pointer is in o’s xxs. i might check later but i wanted to guess just for fun
Bump
It’s not just that Maddow herself didn’t know the difference, it’s that the entire staff of her show let her go on the air with a mistake of that magnitude.
That is just amateur. Pure and simply amateur.
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