Bush Gets Ambushed.Running for President without doing your homework can be devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. . That's what Republican front-runner George W. Bush found out November 3, when he was given a pop quiz Noun 1. pop quiz - a quiz given without prior warning quiz - an examination consisting of a few short questions on world affairs Noun 1. world affairs - affairs between nations; "you can't really keep up with world affairs by watching television" international affairs affairs - transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state" . A Boston TV reporter challenged Bush to name the heads of four world hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. : India, Pakistan, Chechnya, and Taiwan. Bush nailed one, Taiwan's President Lee Teng-hui Lee Teng-hui (lē` dŭng`-hwē`), 1923–, Taiwanese agricultural economist and politician, president of Taiwan (1988–2000). , but drew blanks for the others. Critics made hay out of his ignorance, but come on, must the President be an expert on everything? Even some who have made it to high office have been known to blow it: * There is "no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe." --President Gerald Ford, 1976 (ask Eastern Europe) * "Chairman Moe" --President Ronald Reagan, 1982 (trying to introduce Liberian President Samuel K. Doe) * "Today is Pearl Harbor Day. Forty-seven years ago from this very day we were hit...." --Vice President George Bush, Sept. 7, 1988 (the correct date is Dec. 7) * "I agree with him more and more as he moves to the center these days." --Vice President Al Gore in 1999, on former Senator Barry Goldwater (who died in 1998) |
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