More On McCain's Spainish Confusion

Steve Benen of the Washington Monthly's Political Animal has more on MCCAIN'S PAIN IN SPAIN.... and he brings up a good point, and puts this mistake by McCain in confusion.

McCain's embarrassing confusion is already pretty major news in Spain today, but at this point, the only major U.S. outlets who've picked up on this are the online sections of Time and the Washington Post.

Forgetting Zapetero's name is almost forgivable, though hard to explain for a candidate who claims to be an expert in foreign policy. But the interviewer kept using the word "Spain." She even gave him a big hint with the word "Europe."

Let's also not lose sight of the broader pattern. McCain thinks the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia was "the first probably serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War." He thinks Iraq and Pakistan share aborder. He believes Czechoslovakia is still a country. He's been confused about the difference between Sudan and Somalia. He's been confused about whether he wants more U.S.
troops in Afghanistan, more NATO troops in Afghanistan, or both. He's been confused
about howmany U.S. troops are in Iraq. He's been confused about whether the U.S.
can maintain a long-term presence in Iraq. He's been confused about Iran's
relationship with al Qaeda. He's been confused about the differencebetween Sunni and Shi'ia. McCain, following a recent trip to Germany, even referred to "President Putin of Germany." All of this incoherence on his signature issue.

John McCain may not have the cognitive faculties to be President.


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