39 percent of people who think Benghazi is the biggest scandal ever don't even know where it is

[kpete]

Oh, and speaking of dumb: 74 percent of Republicans think Benghazi is worse than Watergate.



One interesting thing about the voters who think Benghazi is the biggest political scandal in American history is that 39% of them don't actually know where it is. 10% think it's in Egypt, 9% in Iran, 6% in Cuba, 5% in Syria, 4% in Iraq, and 1% each in North Korea and Liberia with 4% not willing to venture a guess.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/05/voters-trust-clinton-over-gop-on-benghazi.html

[KamaAina]

1. Maybe it's Arabic for "Springfield"

[pinboy3niner]

7. I've been straining my eyes looking at that...

...and I still can't find Waldo anywhere!

[KamaAina]

9. He moved to Shelbyville

[RitchieRich]

18. well,...

http://www.bromygod.com/2012/11/07/wtf-looks-like-we-found-waldo-dead/

[pinboy3niner]

20. R.I.P., Waldo

Someday I hope to travel to Cuba and visit your gravesite.

Or Libya. I'm so confused!

[CJCRANE]

2. Noun, verb, Benghazi. nt

[Enrique]

3. what percent think Obama ordered him murdered?

[Richardo]

4. !!!

[nolabear]

5. Best laugh of the day!

[Yavin4]

10. Come on Obama. "Roadhouse" was just a movie.

it wasn't real.

[L0oniX]

11. DUzy

[Blue_Tires]

16. Well, he DID treat objects like women, man!

[L0oniX]

6. Well they can go ask this one about it...

[Brother Buzz]

8. Beat me to it

GMTA

[pangaia]

22. South Carolina, eh.

[tridim]

12. Just tell these idiots it's in Libya, then ask them to point to Libya on a map.

When they fail, ask them to just point to the correct continent. When they fail again just say "I thought so" and walk away.

[lowkell]

13. Benghazi Talk: Call It Out for What It Is

Excellent article by 2012 Democratic candidate for Congress Andy Schmookler!

http://www.bluevirginia.us/diary/9294/benghazi-talk-call-it-out-for-what-it-is

[totodeinhere]

14. To be fair, the poll actually found that more Democrats didn't know where Benghazi is than

Republicans. Only 49% of Democrats knew that it was in Libya whereas 60% of Republicans knew it was in Libya. I have maintained for some time that neither side of the political spectrum has a monopoly on stupidity.

[caraher]

15. True

Looking at their actual results, the nitwits who think this rates as a significant scandal are no worse at this bit of geography than any other group.

I also wonder how many people they polled could actually tell the pollster anything of substance about the scandals they were rating this against. I couldn't give you much information about Teapot Dome beyond the decade in which it occurred...

[CJCRANE]

19. Because they don't watch Fox 24/7 but it's more embarrassing

that 39% of people who are most riled up about it don't have a clue where it is.

If tea partiers are going to be angry, they should at least know what they're angry about.

[KansDem]

24. To be fair, the Democrats aren't making an issue of this...

The Republicans are.

It stands to reason that when you start throwing stones at your neighbor's house, you should know where it is.

After all, this "scandal" is bigger than Watergate!

[FBaggins]

27. Exactly

If you ask people whether they think that the Braves or Redskins are the better baseball team and whether they care... it wouldn't be particularly important that many of the people who don't care also don't know that the Redskins don't play baseball.

It's the people arguing that it's important and that the Redskins are the better baseball team who should be embarrassed.

[totodeinhere]

30. I think it's ridiculous that any American, Republican or Democrat or independent

doesn't know where Benghazi is. Don't our schools teach geography?

[FBaggins]

31. That's a bit of a stretch.

Yes, I agree that geography education isn't what it once was... but few geography curricula would include more than the country's location and the name of the capital (in this case Tripoli).

And few people retain knowledge that they don't use with some regularity. I used to be able to point to Trumbull's painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and name each of the signers and a short bio piece on each. I certainly can't do it today for more than a handful of them.

[lpbk2713]

17. Of course they know where Benghazi is.

It's on Faux Snooze 24/7.

[midnight]

21. Thank you kpete....

[BenzoDia]

23. lololol. Awesome! I'm gonna start asking critics myself.

[Pterodactyl]

25. Interesting: "Somewhat liberal" knows where it is less than "very liberal".

[samsingh]

26. they must be repugs

[Beacool]

28. And why would that surprise anyone.

We live in a nation of uneducated nitwits. A third of the nation doesn't even know who is our current vice president.

[Angelonthesidelines]

29. The biggest scandal in history?

Of course it was when Nixon effectively ended LBJ's peace negotiations with Vietnam by promising the South a better deal after he "won" the election. This is the most disgraceful smoking gun in American history, yet nobody wants to talk about it nor talk about how this is the root of the Watergate break in in the first place.
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/05/10/republican-hypocrisy-on-benghazi/
Didn't hear about this?

It's not surprising, just remember it when some T-bagger declares no one died from Watergate.

[davidpdx]

32. That is because they are uneducated idiots

Who sit around all day watching Fox News, dreaming up conspiracy theories and picking their noses.