More Energy Lies From Obama | Power Line: "Many have already pointed out that Obama’s Rutherford Hayes anecdote is false; my guess is that every one of his purported historical parallels is apocryphal. It worth adding, however, that Obama’s suggestion that those who were skeptical of Columbus’s voyages believed the world was flat is another example of his historical illiteracy. In fact, it was well known by educated people in the 15th century that the world was round. Not only that, they knew that the circumference of the Earth was around 25,000 miles; this had been calculated by the ancient Greeks, using triangulation. So when Columbus tried to raise money for a voyage in which he proposed to reach the East by sailing West, he had trouble because everyone knew that going West was not only an unknown route, but was the long way around the globe. But we are long past expecting Barack Obama to possess even the most elementary knowledge of history."
What a moron. But note that the chief moron couldn't get applause without all the other serf morons his "intellectual" godfathers have so successfully created.
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