Huffpost reports major McCain gaffe in the debate

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

Major Gaffe:McCain said Pakistan was a failed state

"McCain just badly misstated the history of Pakistan. For someone claiming extensive foreign policy knowledge, this is simply not acceptable. McCain said Pakistan was a failed state before President Musharraf came to power. That is not true." More at link.

[AtomicKitten]

1. Failed state, my ass.

[ecstatic]

2. and the media and everyone else blindly accepted his so called

"extensive foreign policy knowledge" without challenging it... ever... Why? On what grounds? Because he was a POW??!!

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

5. Time for us bloggers to do the job for them...again

Get busy ya'll

[merh]

8. Not Keith or Maddow

they both referenced that mistake.

[Phredicles]

9. Exactly: He spent 5 and a half years unable to study Pakistani history,

plus that's just the Mavericky way he does things.

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

Nice talking point for tomorrow don't you think?

I mean if he's supposed to be the expert in the middle east, shouldn't he actually know the real history there? Just sayin...

[firedupdem]

3. He and Palin are a failed state.. n/t

[RichGirl]

7. The man is truly senile...

...if he thinks that Palin has enough foreign policy experience to serve and Obama doesn't.

[blondeatlast]

4. I watched with 12 other people; we all GROANED at that one. nt

[redstate_democrat]

6. McCain is out of his league

He doesn't know what he's talking about. A failed state that has nukes? :wtf:

[rucky]

10. Here's another one Obama could've called him out on...

McCain's Reckless Response to Russia -- So Says Everybody

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-bergmann/mccains-reckless-response_b_129782.html

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

11. Wow Bergmann is all over him tonite!

gotta love it

[Miss Chybil]

12. I Dugg it. nt

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13. Yahoo! Buzz it too!

[Window]

14. That was a major gaffe alright.

[InNeedOfUserName]

15. after read wikipedia, HoffPost stretching a lot ...

Read the sections: First Term, Currency crisis, Second Term
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif

[Hope And Change]

16. K & R!

[Canuckistanian]

17. Juan Cole is certainly going to rip McCain a new one

Not to mention Fareed Zakaria. I imagine he'd have a few things to say.