NBC's Ann Curry Can't Find Illinois on Map
On the Monday "Today" show co-host Ann Curry was breaking down the delegate counts for each Super Tuesday state with NBC's political director Chuck Todd but when it came to finding Barack Obama's home state of Illinois on the map, Curry pointed to Minnesota instead.
The following exchange occurred on the February 4 "Today" show:
ANN CURRY: Okay let's talk about the home states because we've got Illinois--
CHUCK TODD: Right.CURRY (pointing to Minnesota): --which is right here.
(Todd points to Illinois)
CURRY: No, wrong one.
TODD: That's okay.
CURRY (pointing to Illinois): No, wrong one. There we go.
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our wonderful American government schools!
Submitted by russedav on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 1:52pm.
our wonderful American government schools!
They can get you ready for "safe sex" with condoms, et. al. but can't teach you readin' & 'riting & 'rithmetic (or geography). Ann would have loved my school where we not only had to recognize all 50 states on a map but, much harder, DRAW THEM by hand on blank paper and name their capitols too. I bet she couldn't even NAME all 50 off the top of her head like we had to, without looking them up!
1. Alabama, 2. Alaska, 3. Arkansas, 4. Arizona, 5. California, 6. Colorado,
7. Connecticut, 8. Delaware, 9. Florida, 10. Georgia, 11. Hawaii, 12. Idaho,
13. Illinois, 14. Indiana, 15. Iowa, 16. Kansas, 17. Kentucky, 18. Louisiana,
19. Maine, 20. Maryland, 21. Massachussetts, 22. Michigan, 23. Minnesota,
24. Mississippi, 25. Missouri, 26. Montana, 27. Nebraska, 28. Nevada,
29. New Hampshire, 30. New Jersey, 31. New Mexico, 32. New York,
33. North Carolina, 34. North Dakota, 35. Ohio, 36. Oklahoma, 37. Oregon,
38. Pennsylvania, 39. Rhode Island, 40. South Carolina, 41. South Dakota
42. Tennessee, 43. Texas, 44. Utah, 45. Vermont, 46. Virginia, 47. Washington,
48. West Virginia, 49. Wisconsin, 50. Wyoming, as I just did!
We also had to name the capitols, though I've regrettably forgotten most of them.