Jacob Weisberg is an idiot

Matthew Hoy
By Matthew Hoy on May 28, 2004

Slate's one-trick pony, Jacob Weisberg, author of their "Bushisms" feature has stuck his foot in it again.

"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein."—Washington, D.C., May 25, 2004

As Eugene Volokh notes, and anyone who had been following the story would know, the "hand" the president was going to shake was actually a high-tech prostheses. This is supposed to make the president sound stupid? Nope, it just makes Jacob Weisberg look stupid.

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