Yes. (Will he know where to send disaster relief if there was a disaster and he was told where it happened? Would he know where it is?)

He doesn't have to know anything about television shows or characters (in fact, that's a demerit to those of us who don't stoop to watching garbage on TV), much less be disqualified as unfit if he doesn't know “cultural” [sic!] facts. But geographic facts (not merely sports facts), domestically, yes, it matters.

Especially when a strategy this year by the Dems is to label him as another Bush.

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“Just imagine how Repubs would feel about it if a Dem were elected president.”

I'm GOP-leaning as a rule on a lesser-of-two-evils basis, and as I'm no fan of either dinosaur-welfare-state-and-regulation Dems or left-wing-flirting-with-radical-fads Dems, I can tell you that I don't worry so much about an Obama presidency as I do about a likely huge set of Democratic victories in races for Congressional seats that will put the Dems in charge of the House and in the Senate with likely a filibuster-proof majority. That will trigger arrogance and conceit we haven't seen since the Clintons' first two years in office and likely even more of it, along with huge ambitions to match. [Americans: *GULP*]

Bud and Stella Artois? Advantage, McCain.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/07/14/mccain...

Re-establishing the three EQUAL branches of governement is of crucial importance. Just imagine how Repubs would feel about it if a Dem were elected president.
The only bad thing is the timing. Two wars, naybe a third plus the economy do not provide a good backdrop for the proceedings.

I'm glad Kucinich read it into the record, though. Someting, at least, to refer to.

Pete Abel, have you thought of starting a thread about this icon (even if many don't think it's real beer any more than Coors is; we just love looking at the “babes with cocaine grins” in the Bud billboards — and my eyes will head for the”mountains”).

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/business/worl...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/16/us/16beer.htm...

I don't have a problem with the impeachment because that branch is supposed to keep an eye on the exec. branch. Supposedly. But yeah.

It's pretty bad when letter writers to the NEW YORK TIMES reflect on this Outrage! [tm] at the joke related to the Messiah.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/16/opinion/lweb1...

Five months? Ugh….. But you're probably right that it sounds more civilized than what we will have to endure.

Anyway of moving up the presidential election? I mean we know that Bush will be out and Bush won't be doing anything of note with his remaining time (except perhaps attack Iran…)

Curiously, I have not seen many people other people comment on this implication of the image. As you imply, there are probably few who would make the connection anyhow. The 70s were so yesterday.