GOP accuses Obama of 'abandoning Czechoslovakia'

[the_gabih]

In a stunning display of dishonesty by paid right wing commentator Liz Cheney, the daughter of former VP Dick Cheney, who accused President Obama of abandoning the nation of Czechoslovakia even though the country has not existed since 1992.

The moment came on the political round table talk show called "This Week" broadcast on ABC. In specific Ms.

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[casketscratcher]

I was thinking this too. By not questioning this, you're pretty much implying that you think the same way until you have time to Google it later.

[mellawe]

I really would like to be here more often but the internet (is that even legal ?) takes time away from my FDJ meetings and I have to honor Honecker at all costs

[yeats]

not to be a pedant, but israel didn't exist in 1940. (sorry, history person here.)

[moonshaz]

The GOP is obviously operating in several different time periods at once! (Another history person here!)

lmao Republicans

[kitanabychoice]

even though the country has not existed since 1992.

even though the country has not existed since 1992.

even though the country has not existed since 1992.

[13chapters]

Oh lawd, my mom thinks Czechoslovakia is a place too. (A frenemy of hers is Czech and is suing the Czech government for property confiscated from her family during the Communist period, so it comes up sometimes.) But when I pointed out to her that Czechoslovakia doesn't exist anymore she got super defensive about how old she is and how I shouldn't get on her case about everything.

FORTUNATELY my mother is not a politician and no one cares that her geography knowledge is super out of date.

I have worse stories about Americans' shitty knowledge of Eastern Europe though, cause I lived there for awhile and when people find out about it they ask me the stupidest things ever.

[the_gabih]

Oh man, post-soviet Czech property disputes are the worst. My Czech teacher has a cousin who's been in a constant lawsuit with another relative over who should get their family's old estate almost since the end of the Communist era.