Now that is hilarious, but frightening at the same time. I really think mcbush has lost it. Next thing you know he will be referring to the Soviet Union and doing a speech that the wall should come down. Pathetic.

Two possible reactions from the media:

1) Oh that's charming, makes you want to have a beer with him, he's a regular guy

or

2) Look, it sure seems like he's wrong about that country existing, but since none of us spent 5 years in a POW camp, who are we to question?

I guess McCain's still in a 1993 frame of mind.

I have said it over and over, and some here have expressed that I was being too harsh, but I am convinced he has some dementia. Not to belittle the man, but this is a BIG concern that seems to be ignored. Again, scientific fact, 86% of people his age show some signs of dementia. It will happen to the best of us, but it should not be noted in a man running for President. People keep saying it is a gaffe, but if you are around patients with dementia you easily pick up the signs. I think we needed FULL disclosure of his medical records, and also his mental capabilities.

It is almost like hearing Montgomery Burns hold forth on world events.

Yes, I'd like to send this letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam by aeromail. Am I too late for the 4:30 autogyro?

I don't think it's nitpicking when it's one of many examples of his blunders on foreign policy. Can't we just have a President who's SMART?

McCain knows the difference. He is still just distorting the facts to fool the Vietnamese, just like he undermined their efforts to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers.

He must have been consulting with Condi "Soviet Union" Rice.

Enough about Czecholovakia - what is McCain's policy regarding Rhodesia and Ceylon???

Well, McCain criticized Obama for spelling "flak jacket" "flack jacket" but according the military, both spellings are acceptable.

Tensions are mounting between the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Grand Duchy of Muscovy.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4936/grandpayellingbw7.jpg

Politico's got the story too:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0708/Remembering_Czechoslovakia.html

And this man is the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee? This national campaign has revealed that John McCain is not only inadequate to the job of president - he is also not up to the job of US senator. The librarian was right, McCain = Bush in so many ways. Another real embarrassment for the US in the eyes of the world community.

That's NOT nitpicking. I've visited the Czech Republic and Slovak Republics and for three years I lived in neighboring Ukraine. The Czechs and Slovaks spent 50 years struggling under communist rule and fought hard politically to gain independence. The Czechs and Slovaks were able to separate peacefully, which is incredible.

The Czech Republic worked hard in the 90's earn membership into the European Union. And the Slovak Republic will join the EU next year. Bottom line: These countries and the people have overcome a lot to become two great emerging democracies in Europe. The least that idiot John McCain can do is acknowledge this.

"... Pittsburgh Steelers"

or the Green Bay Packers, depending on the audience.

OMFG! Senator Wackadoo is the reincarnation of Rondog RE-again

I've said this a hundred times before, McCain's brain lapses are due to his advancing age. You can't force a synapse to fire. He is mentally unfit for the position of President of the United States. period. With all the imbalances we are experiencing in the Financial markets, the last thing we need now is a Leader of the Western World with an incurable imbalance of his own.

Now, on to the Beer Queen-------

Alright people, this is a bit out there. How many of you refer to the country of the Commonwealth of Independent States as Russia? Russia is a country that ceased to exist when the Soviets took over. It became the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, or USSR. Or how about Burma? Sorry kiddies that country now calls itself Myanmar(or spelled somewhat similar to that). The point is why bust his balls over calling a country what it used to be called, when you could be busting his balls for something that really matters. Such as his promises to continue the failed Bush policies, ensuring that more jobs go to Mexico, promising to extend American colonialism to Iran, and the list goes on.

Must be early signs of Alzheimer's. McCain has had several of these "confusions."

McCain Confuses Shiites And Sunnis-- Tue Mar 18 2008

McCain Confuses Iran/al Qaeda Link In Speech Marking 5th Anniversary of Iraqi Invasion--
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

McCain blunders on Iraq AGAIN: Confuses Iraqi cleric with Prime Minister on ceasefire deal--
Sunday April 6, 2008

McCain Confuses al Qaeda in Iraq with Shi’ites. AGAIN --Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

McCain Confuses Sudan and Somalia--June 30, 2008

Beal, for the record, there has never been a country called "Confederation of Independent States." It is a loose, informal collection of sovereign countries that once made up the Soviet Union. Also, Russia did not cease to exist when the USSR was formed. It was known as the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Also, note that none of the other 14 Republicans were "federative." They were simply "Social Republics."