Zel had to ask him if he knew what a metaphor was.
Neither did he know, until Alan Simpson told him, that Zel had quoted from a panphlet given out at the WWII Memorial.
We here at FR are miles ahead of him in being informed, educated, witty, and incisive.
Chris is removed from any display of honor toward our nation. It isn't surprisingly he has no knowledge it is a famous poem. Though it's lyrical phrasing should have been a hint it was more than a political line.
It does also speak amazingly to his lack of prepartion as a journalist. This speech was known in advance, he could have researched but it would conflict with DNC talking points.