Fumbling

I guess I could never be a candidate for President. When Rick Perry the other night in the OU debate (and it's not a debate) couldn't remember the third Cabinet post he'd eliminate or curtail, the pundits claimed that was the end of his candidacy. I forget stuff all of the time. The very next day, in class, I was going over the Zimmerman Telegram from the First World War. I couldn't remember that it is/was also called the Z Note and the Z Dispatch. I've taught this stuff, what?, a million times? But I couldn't recall those until, as usual, I hit the expressway on the drive home.

Should this disqualify someone for President? Hmmm. Wouldn't that same President be surrounded by dozens of aides who might give him a cue? And hasn't Obama fumbled for words occasionally? Where were the comments about those? Don't we all forget things, things we know very well?