By:
Nicole Belle on Sunday, December 9th, 2007 at 4:35 PM - PST
Ahh….the benefits of being a Bushie: you never have to apologize for your lack of knowledge.
Dana Perino appeared on NPR’s “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” and admitted that she RECENTLY had to ask her (British) husband if the “Cuban Missile Crisis” and the “Bay of Pigs” were the same thing.
Keep that in mind the next time she says, “let’s take a historical perspective on this…”
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She may be stupid ,but she sure is damn good lookin.
I heard the same thing. Frankly, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Of course, she speaks for the President, so knowledge and facts isn’t that important.
I’m so sad for my country, and so embarrassed to say this is our government.
jimbeam @ 2:
Oh come on without the makeup . . . never mind.
Can I nominate Ms. S.Carolina as successor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
well bush co has now set a new benchmark, she has to be the dumbist press secretary in modern times.
charles @ 6:
Overqualified!
jimbeam @ 2:
I’d rather go on a date with Helen Thomas than this air head any day :)
I am never amazed by the stupidity of what the Bushies say although this could be a new low….
Good grief. I heard that show and she did fine. I don’t know the details of the Cuban Missile Crisis either and I was actually alive at the time. So what — stop hating! It’s not good for you.
“Being a Bushie means never having to say you’re smart.”
I hope the press corps crucifies her over this. Oh, right, never mind.
smiley @ 11:
You aren’t the White House Press Secretary, either. Though apparently you’re qualified for the position.
I heard it. What an ignorant airhead. Perfect example of the Bush Administration.
Slightly less irritating than the last few Press Liars though.
Dana is a fox.
Her words are worthless.
C’mon, she’s trying to learn.
Last week, she learned Iraq was not spelled with a ‘K’.
Next week, she’s going to try to find it on a map.
Of course, she has to go kind of slow with this stuff. Knowing more than your boss can be embarrassing.
I just watch her lips move.
She’s purdy.
Did she say something????
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiigh ….
smiley @ 11:
We’re not hating, we’re just revolted with facts. There’s a difference.
If you want to scare yourself silly, just try to imagine what would have happened if Bush had been president during the Cuban Missile Crisis instead of Kennedy.
Looks like a bogus degree.
There was a time when I would have been surprised, about 10 years ago. Really.
Medical Diagnosis by Video @ 15:
I don’t think she’s an airhead by any means — she is a condescending, calculated liar. She knows exactly the semantic tightrope on which she is walking, has nothing but disdain for her press colleagues, and willingly lies to advance a sinister cause. She reminds me of an elitist rich kid cheerleader who got on the squad because her parents are rich.
Looks are immaterial. I despise Tweety for making several lecherous comments about her looks.
She’s a hack for Bush, but cute as a bug’s ear.
Someday she’ll get to write a book . I look forward to the chapter about Sadam Hussein orchestrating 911 .
Perino always reminds me of that years-old viral video of the office twit singing “Ray of Light” to her webcam before some irritated coworker from the background snaps and walks over to whomp her on the head with a book. Now I’ll always think of it as a history book.
Well now we know Perino is just a pretty face to mesmerize the 30%ers.
NPR: Dana Perino Don’t Know Much About History
Why do I think that since it speaks of a third person the proper grammar should be DP DOESN’T know much about history?
jimbeam Says:
She may be stupid ,but she sure is damn good lookin.
pretty doesn’t trump stupid.
That’s why I love her. Pretty and not a brain in her head ;) (yes, I’m kidding).
I dream of a world where rinky-dink tinpot yahoos in faux-military garb are no longer anywhere NEAR center stage when nuclear weapons are involved.
I continue to dream.
wiki,
Perino graduated from the University of Southern Colorado (now known as Colorado State University-Pueblo) in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and minors in both political science and Spanish.
Nothing there about pigs’n missiles.
The Bay of Pigs is what we called one of the women’s dormitories at Purdue. The Cuban missile crisis is what we called the situation that transpired after Ev Gonzales got caught by one resident of the aforementioned dorm (who he was supposedly dating) on a date to Harry’s Chocolate Shop with another resident of the aforementioned dorm.
He was a player, that Ev. Wonder what ever happened to him.
Alright already, quit thinking with your [enter sexual organ here.] Try closing your eyes and pretending that she’s the wicked witch of the east or something. Jeebus.
Dana Perino,has as much business being the White House Spokes Person as George Bush has, being the so called President of the United States.
Both are doing a disservice to this country and need to step down in shame, as what will ultimately be the case as history will write and have a whole lot to say about this administration. We can take that to the bank, if they are still in business.
smiley @ 11:
I took the liberty to brush up on my “Bay of Pigs” real quick like..
Perino’s mistake was letting it be known that she is slow. There are ways around slow and she missed a chance.
immigrant @ 28:
It’s a line from an old Sam Cooke song, “Wonderful World”.
Frank Dufek @ 19:
Well, OK , but it was a game show. And a liberal game game show at that. I was glad she was a good sport about the shit she got from the people on the show.
We’re not hating, we’re just revolted with facts. There’s a difference.
Sure sounds hateful to me. Whatever… This kind of stuff is either the boon or bane to the democratic party. I know what you all think but it remains to be seen what it means in reality.
betcha she’s gone before the end of next year……..
immigrant @ 28:
If you ever thought, you might have thought that the ‘Don’t’ was making the point.
Lynn Cheney was on WWDL2me recently. What an insult these scumbags go on Public Radio.
I turned both off.
mudshark @ 39:
You’re on Mudshark. I will up the ante to say she will split during the winter break, along with a few more Bush insiders.
Just watch the cowards try to do a “sneak” resignation while people are on vacation.
These people are SO SO stupid it is painful. How in the world did America elect the absolute underbelly of society and humanity?
ALL Bush press secretaries have been suspect in the “informed” department so maybe we should ratchet down the misogyny here , gentlemen .
Bush thinks “Bay of Pigs” is the noise they make.
mudshark @ 39:
No, she serves her purpose. She serves up the party line, says, “I don’t know,” a lot, insults Helen Thomas, spins like a wobbly top, defends the administration when it does something indefensible, and lies through her teeth. She’s doing just fine. No need for her to go.
RobertD @ 46:
I agree. She’s an administration tool and adept at stammering her way through press conferences. Too valuable to lose.
charles @ 32:
She probably went there on a religious bible-thumping scholarship, and had some love-struck ‘minister’ sit in for her on exams. She may have acted as a ‘bed dictionary’ for an illegal alien to get through her Spanish minor. And she could have blown some fundamentalist, evolution-denying Colorado congressman to squeak through her political science course. (Isn’t ‘political science’ an oxymoron?)
mudshark @ 39:
Are we trying to be funny? Bush ,thank God ,only has 407 days left.
Conservative policy on media relations.. When in doubt, hire a bimbo.
cheers the smat bitch! she gradutated the third grade!
Preacher Boob @ 48:
Isn’t political science an oxymoron—not necessarily in the past, but given the extreme debasement of our political system in the last 8 years, most certainly. Right now we’re just a perfect example of what NOT to do.
jimbeam @ 2:
If it helps you gain some clarity and perspective, I call to mind a line from the film Zorro the Gay Blade, where Bunny Wigglesworth - Zorro’s gay twin brother -says,
“Well, look at it like this: in another 50 years she’ll be just another toothless old hag.”
Personally, her dishonesty and inner corruption make her so ugly to my senses that her physical appearance doesn’t even register. I end up feeling like I need to bath in disinfectant everytime she speaks.
smiley @ 11:
No hating, just ridiculing and getting a laugh (better than a cry) out of incompetence.
Start thinking! It’s good for you.
Paul @ 54:
Right on, Paul.
“She may have acted as a ‘bed dictionary’ for an illegal alien to get through her Spanish minor.”
WTF is this racist comment doing here at C&L? Not funny.