Hi I was planning to write a post this morning on the topic of how we might all chip in and send McCain a map of the Middle East for Christmas this year.  Of all the gaffes that he has committed so far this season, none for me was more telling than this recent comment on Good Morning America when he talked about "defending the border between Iraq and Pakistan." I was watching it live and at first I questioned my own intelligence.  I thought I must have it in my head wrong regarding the location of Pakistan in relation to Iraq because surely McCain would not make such a mistake. (I looked at my globe to confirm that I was not mistaken.)  I was going to post a map of the Middle East as a "sample gift".

When googling for maps of the Middle East, I found this wonderful  post on Crooks and Liars.  [It is not tied to the gift idea but it does have all the facts surrounding this gaffe, including the video of the Good Morning America show as well as map.]

How any American could even consider voting for such an uninformed, misguided, ignorant man who proposes to be the 'authority' on the Middle East and who doesn't even know its geography is beyond dumb--it is dumber.

 here is the link for the post and the video on Crooks and Liars

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/21/foreign-policy-expert-mccain-iraq-pakistan-border-extremely-dangerous/