I work with young professionals - some of whom think Barack Obama is the second coming.   They view those of us not equally enamored with their savior as lacking sufficient intellect.   They  share their savior's elitist arrogance - that they are simply smarter than anyone who disagrees with them.  So I was intrigued by how few of them understood the significance of  VP-candidate Biden's recent gaffe in his interview with Katie Couric.

You'll recall Biden answered one question by describing how, when the stock market crashed (in 1929), that "President Roosevelt" "went on television" to reassure the American people.  It wasn't that my young colleagues dismissed this gaffe' out of partisanship -  they  didn't even know it was a gaffe'.  They were unaware that a) Roosevelt was not President in 1929, and b) there was no TV then.  So much for getting a college education in contemporary America !

When advised of those facts, some responded with a classic 'deer in the headlights' stare.  Others challenged me to prove it.   I wonder if the lack of attention paid to Biden's gaffe' (by the mainstream media) is a result of bias in favor of Obama - or is that many in the MSM are as ignorant of history as some of my young colleagues.

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